Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch)

Pikmin 2
	Pikmin 2
Japanese name	ピクミン2?
Rating
Console	Nintendo Switch
Developer	Nintendo European Research & Development
Publisher	Nintendo
Genre	Real-time strategy
Players	Single-player (story mode); 1 or 2 players (Challenge Mode and 2-Player Battle); 2 players (2-Player Battle)
Release date
Japan	June 22nd, 2023
North America	June 21st, 2023
Europe	June 21st, 2023
Australia	June 21st, 2023
South Korea	September 22nd, 2023
Related games
Re-release of	Pikmin 2

Pikmin 2 is a port of the original Pikmin 2 to the Nintendo Switch. It was revealed during a Nintendo Direct presentation on June 21^st, 2023, alongside a port of Pikmin. Both were released on the eShop immediately after the presentation concluded. This port is based on New Play Control! Pikmin 2.

A bundle of this game and the Pikmin Switch port was also released as Pikmin 1+2. This bundle received a physical release in North America, Europe, and Japan on September 22^nd, 2023.

Changes

In general, the game has no regional differences unlike the previous releases, and is instead based on the US version. This port is also built off of the US version of New Play Control! Pikmin 2, meaning that unless stated otherwise, all changes from that version also apply to this game. On top of those and the changes common to both this game and Pikmin 1 (Nintendo Switch), which are listed here, the following additional changes exist.

Gameplay

Pressing shows a screen displaying the game's controls .
Holding while using now rotates the camera in the Piklopedia and the Treasure Hoard. If the camera was already looking in a direction via alone, the camera will keep looking in that direction while rotating.
Cutscenes (excluding the end of day scenes and the cinematics) can no longer be skipped.
By default, stages in 2-Player Battle generate using the unbalanced random generation mode instead of picking from the preset layouts available.
The Man-at-Legs is no longer invincible while getting up, unlike in New Play Control! Pikmin 2.

Graphics

The white space inside the President's hair curl in the Debt Repayment Cinema has been removed.
Much of the product placement in the original game have been removed and replaced with fictional brands, likely due to Nintendo losing the legal rights to use the branding seen on the treasures. This includes treasures in the Mystical Energy Series, Massive Receptacle Series, Survival Series, Ancient Ad Series, and Odd Logo Series.^[2]
All instances of the word "Louie" that were colored blue have been recolored to a light yellow, matching the color of Louie's icon background in Pikmin 3.
The majority of the UI elements and a few environmental textures have been upscaled, using a combination of reused original high quality artwork, creating new high quality art, and upscales of the original textures.
- The backgrounds of the health icons is now a full black circle rather than re-using Olimar's background.

Text

Various pieces of text have been changed. (e.g.: cutscene text, mail, Olimar's notes, etc.)
- Mail overall has been changed to be more polite, one example being removing the mention of Bulbie not getting fed.
- Spam mail has been changed to remove links to promotional sites.
Various treasures and series were renamed, along with some of their descriptions.
- The Husband's Tears Series was renamed to the Expensive Sentiments Series, and its corresponding completion announcement was completely rewritten.
- The Space Love Series was renamed to the Celestial Vibes Series, and its corresponding completion announcement was completely rewritten.
- The Gemstar Wife was renamed to the Red Gemstar.
- The Gemstar Husband was renamed to the Green Gemstar.
- The Gherkin Gate was renamed to the Flavor Gate.
- Part of Olimar's notes on the Love Nugget were rewritten.
Various enemies were renamed, or received other changes.
- The Caustic Dweevil was renamed to Hydro Dweevil.
- In the US version, the Wogpole, Wollywog, and Yellow Wollywog were renamed to match the EU names, being the Wolpole, Wollyhop, and Yellow Wollyhop respectively.
- The Doodlebug's family was changed from the flint bug family to the flint beetle family (same as the Iridescent Flint Beetle) to align with the Japanese version's script.

Audio

The Pikmin singing Ai no Uta Easter egg has been removed. Since the attract mode cutscenes have been removed, Japanese players can also no longer hear Tane no Uta. Licensing complications may be part of the reason for these removals.
Concrete 1 and Flooded Stump have some instruments missing.

Other

The European model of the Arboreal Frippery is now used in all regions.

List of treasures with different appearances

The following article or section is in need of assistance from someone who plays the Nintendo Switch version of Pikmin 2.
Particularly: Document all the treasures that appear differently in this game to the original Pikmin 2.

Other information

Game size: 1.04 GB.
Supported play modes: TV (1 or 2 players), tabletop (1 or 2 players), and handheld (1 player).
Supported controllers: two Joy-Cons, and Nintendo Switch Pro Controller.
Supports cloud save data.

History

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Updates

See: Update#List of Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch) updates

Trivia

The key art is likely inspired by the Japanese box art for the original GameCube game.

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