5 day run

An 8-day run is where a player completes Pikmin 2 in 8 days. It is similar to the 9-day run in the regard that this is the minimum possible number of days that can be taken to collect all 201 treasures. It is achieved by collecting each type of Pikmin on the first possible day, each one day after the other, and completing the entire Wistful Wild in one day. The following is a brief outline of such a run. The first four days also require the collection of as many available overground treasures as can be managed.

Day 1: Valley of Repose

• This is as in any other run through the game.

Day 2: Valley of Repose

• Complete Emergence Cave.
• Find the Purple Pikmin.

Day 3: Awakening Wood

• Complete Hole of Beasts and White Flower Garden.
• Find the White Pikmin.
• Collect Geographic Projection.

Day 4: Perplexing Pool

• Find the Yellow Pikmin.
• Complete Citadel of Spiders and Glutton's Kitchen.

Day 5: Awakening Wood

• Find the Blue Pikmin.
• Collect all overground treasures.
• Complete Bulblax Kingdom and Snagret Hole.

Day 6: Perplexing Pool

• Collect all overground treasures.
• Complete Shower Room and Submerged Castle.
• All overground treasures must be collected before completing the caves so that you can clear out the area before the day ends due to having cleared the debt.

Day 7: Valley of Repose

• Collect all overground treasures.
• Complete Subterranean Complex and Frontier Cavern.

Day 8: Wistful Wild

• Collect all overground treasures.
• Complete Cavern of Chaos, Hole of Heroes and Dream Den.

[[Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKJhQYnBRK4%7CVideo of 8 day speedrun using only 45 Pikmin