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 four ways to win (see below). There are 10 areas you can play in with a friend. Getting a cherry will give you a roullete wheel spin.
Ways to win
- Take back 4 yellow marbles
- Take back your opponent's marble
- Pikmin Extinction
- Olimar/Louie is down!
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. Also, if you wait 1-2 minutes, the enemy will simply die on its own. Here are the 12 roulette options:
- 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 appear near Louie's Onion or a Watery Blowhog will appear near Olimar's Onion.
- Withering Blowhog, a Withering Blowhog will appear near your opponent's Onion.
- Swooping Snitchbug, a Swooping Snitchbug will appear near your opponent's Onion.
- Marble, you recover your marble if it is stolen (otherwise, it will bounce around your Onion).
- Boulders, several boulders will drop near your opponent.
- Flower, all of your Pikmin that are under your control will bloom into flowers.
- +5 Sprouts, you gain five Pikmin sprouts if you have less than your starting ammount.
- +10 Sprouts, you gain ten Pikmin sprouts if you have less than your starting ammount.
- Ghost-like creature, you become invisible to your opponent for a limited amount of time (they can see only the dust from your footsteps).
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