Tile Lands

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Tile Lands is the eighth 2-Player Battle stage in Pikmin 2. As the name suggests, most of the floor is tiled. Although many sublevels that have a similar style to this arena have large pools of water in the indents, in this 2-player arena they are dry, so the blue team doesn't have an unfair advantage.

Level information

• Theme: Tiles
• Treasures:
  • None
• Enemies:
  •  Shearwig (under marbles)
  •  Skitter Leaf
  •  Snow Bulborb
  •  Water Dumple
  •  Yellow Wollywog
• Obstacles:
  • None
• Plants and fungi:
  •  Pellet Posy
• Others:
  •  Egg

Technical sublevel information
Internal cave name			vs_10_tile
"Main" object maximum (?)			40
"Treasure" object maximum (?)			0
"Gate" object maximum (?)			0
Dead end unit probability (?)			0
Number of rooms (?)			4
Corridor-to-room ratio (?)			0.05
Escape geyser (?)			No
Clogged hole (?)			No
Cave units file (?)			vs_10_test_tile.txt
Lighting file (?)			vs_10_light.ini
Background (?)			None
Cave units (?)
Layout 1 (1/3 chance)
Room with waterless pool (×1)	Square room with 4 exits (×2)	Square room with 1 exit (×2)	Dead end with item (×5)	Turning corridor (×2)	Long corridor (×3)
Corridor (×1)
Layout 2 (1/3 chance)
Room with waterless pool (×2)	Corridor with 6 pipes (×2)	Turning corridor (×6)	Long corridor (×2)	Dead end with item (×6)
Layout 3 (1/3 chance)
Square room with 4 exits (×8)	Square room with 1 exit (×2)	Dead end with item (×4)	Long corridor (×4)	Turning corridor (×4)
Random units
Dead end with item	Three-way crossing	Four-way crossing	Turning corridor	Corridor	Long corridor
Square room with 4 exits	Square room with 1 exit	Room with waterless pool	Corridor with 6 pipes

Tips

Above are the majority of the enemies which appear in this arena. Be careful not to get cornered by a Wollywog or a roulette Volatile Dweevil on the wrong edge of one of the large square shaped indents that can be found in the floor.

In some layouts there is a metal corridor leading directly to your opponent's Onion. These are usually abundant in both Yellow Marbles and cherries. If going for the Yellow Marbles, start with the ones closer to your opponent's Onion and work back. The corridor works well for surprise attacks, but your Pikmin will always take the opponent's marble back the long way, making them susceptible to attacks from both enemies and opponents.

A wider but shorter corridor can also be found in a certain layout. This also leads directly to the opponent's Onion and contains yellow marbles. Cherries will occasionally fall from the sky here. This corridor also works well to surprise attack your opponent's Onion. Be warned, though, this is also abundant in Snow Bulborbs. The creatures can be defeated before a surprise assault, or they may optionally used for cover if an ultra-spicy spray is used on your Pikmin force prior to the raid.

Several layouts, if not all, include a small room to the side of the square shaped indent filled with Water Dumples and with a single Yellow Marble in the center. Your Pikmin squad can easily be depleted if they are not managed carefully in here. Water Dumples can be lured out of the room and possibly into the indent and defeated individually, or roulette hazards can be used to your advantage to defeat several at once.

Gallery

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  Stealing a marble in Tile Lands.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning	Notes
Japanese	タイルコース? Tairu Kōsu	Tile course
French	Pays Carrelé	Tiled Country
German	Klötzchenland	Little Blocks Land
Italian	Via di tegole	Path of shingles	A mistranslation: tegole refers to roof tiles rather than wall or floor tiles.
Spanish	Mucho Azulejo	(A) lot of tile