2-Player Battle

2-Player Mode is a new mode introduced in Pikmin 2. There are two players, Captain Olimar and Louie. Olimar has Red Pikmin and Louie has Blue Pikmin. 2-Player Mode takes place in underground areas and the Onions will be underground. There are two ways to win, get four yellow marbles or steal your opponent's marble. There are 10 areas you can play in with a friend. Getting a cherry will give you a roullete wheel spin.

Ways to win

• 4 Yellow marbles
• Opponents marble
• PIKMIN EXTINCT!!!

Maps

• Battle Field
• War Path
• Carpet Plane
• Angle Maze
• Colosseum
• Rusty Gulch
• Brawl Yard
• Tile Lands
• Dim Labyrinth
• Hostile Territory

Roulette Wheel

The Roulette Wheel can be accessed when you find a cherry and cash it into your Onion. You will have access to 12 different effects that will help you and be bad for your opponent. When you defeat roulette enemies, you can't carry them to the Onion, they disappear after they're defeated. Here are the 12 roullete opions.:

• Ultra-Spicy Spray, gain one dose of Ultra-Spicy Spray.
• Ultra-Bitter Spray, gain one dose of Ultra-Bitter Spray.
• Volatile Dweevil, a Volatile Dweevil will fall near your opponent.
• Fiery and Watery Blowhog, a Fiery Blowhog will fall near Louie or a Watery Blowhog will fall near Olimar.
• Withering Blowhog, a Withering Blowhog will fall near your opponent.
• Swooping Snitchbug, a Swooping Snitchbug will fall near your opponent.
• Marble, you recover your marble if it is stolen.
• Boulders, boulders will drop near your opponent.
• Flower, all of your Pikmin that are under your control will bloom.
• +5 Sprouts, you gain five Pikmin sprouts.
• +10 Sprouts, you gain ten Pikmin sprouts.
• Unknown creature, you become invisible for a limited amount of time.

Pikmin Arithmatic

Enemies found underground in Story Mode are also in 2-Player Mode, here is how many sprouts they are worth.

• Snow Bulborb, 4 sprouts
• Dwarf Orange Bulborb, 4 sprouts
• Breadbug, 4 sprouts
• Anode Beetle, 5 sprouts
• Careening Dirigibug, 8 sprouts