Editing New Play Control! Pikmin 2

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'''''New Play Control! Pikmin 2''''' is a re-release of {{p2}} for the [[Wii]], as part of the ''[[New Play Control!]]'' range of video games. It was released in Japan, Europe, and Australia in 2009, and in North America in 2012, and features a number of changes to the original game, mainly in its [[controls]].

The [[:Category:Boxart images|box art]] for every [[region]] is the same as for the [[GameCube]] releases, within a ''New Play Control!'' border; the cover, however, may be turned over and replaced to show the full size cover. In North America, it was released as part of [[Nintendo Selects]], so it has a different border to releases in other regions.

== Changes ==

Quite a few of the differences were also implemented in the enhanced port of the first game, ''[[New Play Control! Pikmin]]''. One unintended change is the inability to bypass the [[Saved game|auto-save]] that happens whenever a new sublevel is entered: because the Wii lacks memory cards, one cannot remove the memory card to stop the game from saving there.

=== Graphics and sounds ===

* The game now has widescreen support.

* The Nintendo logo before the title screen is white, most likely due to the Nintendo logo's color being changed from red to gray in 2006.

* The cursor was graphically changed and arrows appear from the active leader to the cursor when [[swarm]]ing, mirroring changes from [[New Play Control! Pikmin|the previous ''New Play Control!'' title]].

* When a leader is behind the level's geometry from the [[camera]]'s perspective, a silhouette with their color appears. Pikmin do not cast a silhouette.

* Some sound effects play from the Wii Remote's speaker, if it's not mute. The list is the same as the one for the first game's enhanced port, with the addition of the noise that plays when a newly-collected [[treasure]] is rotated, the sound that plays when a new [[spray]] is concocted, and the sounds that play when a spray is used. A new sound effect also plays on the speaker whenever the current leader is changed.

* In the GameCube game, a likely glitch or oversight causes the North American and European versions to have extra instrumentation for the first loop of the [[Music in Pikmin 2#Wistful Wild|Wistful Wild's sunset theme]]. This extra version of the theme is absent from all copies of ''New Play Control! Pikmin 2'', like the Japanese version of the GameCube release.

=== Controls ===

* The new control scheme allows the cursor to point at any point of the screen, allowing whistling from almost anywhere, especially when combined with the down-to-the-ground [[camera]] accessible by holding {{button|wii|padlr}}. [[Throw]]s have had their mechanics slightly changed, but are still limited in range.

* When the camera is centered with {{button|wii|z}}, it focuses to the direction the leader is facing, not the direction the cursor is at.

* If the Nunchuk or Wii Remote are disconnected, the gameplay will pause, and a message will appear notifying the player.

* [[Whistling]] now lasts for considerably less time, only one second.

* {{button|gc|b|wii|b}} can be used to automatically write all letters of [[Hocotate ship|the ship]]'s dialogs, in text boxes, but in the ''New Play Control!'' port, the button can also be used to advance the page; only {{button|gc|a}} can advance the page in the GameCube version.

* Two-player modes cannot be entered unless two Wii Remotes are connected. Even still, the gameplay will not begin until both Wii Remotes have a Nunchuk connected.

 

* The [[Man-at-Legs]] now is resistant to damage while rising from the ground.

* In the US [[region]] exclusively, the [[Massive Lid]] and the [[Happiness Emblem]] have swapped places.

* The game camera is modified from the original game, allowing players to see more of their surroundings.{{cite web|https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Wii/NEW-PLAY-CONTROL-Pikmin-2-282354.html#WHAT_S_NEW_|''New Play Control! Pikmin 2'' minisite|Nintendo.co.uk}}

*[[Throw]]n flower Pikmin now fall straight instead of twirling horizontally at the apex of their throw arc. This also makes them fall at the same speed as leaf or bud Pikmin, instead of falling slower.

* Wild Pikmin can no longer be whistled into the party at all times. Instead, certain conditions must be met first:

* [[Three Color Training]]'s starting sprays have been changed from 2 [[ultra-spicy spray]]s to 1 of each type.

 

 

* As would be expected, the [[controls]] in text and images have been updated to reflect the Wii version's control scheme.

* The European version of ''Pikmin 2'' on the GameCube still uses American spellings and idioms (except for text exclusive to that version). In the Wii release however, a few strings of text in the European version was adapted to use British spelling and expressions.

* This game follows the European [[Region|version]]'s rename of [[Wollywog]]s, [[Yellow Wollywog]]s and [[Wogpole]]s to Wollyhops, Yellow Wollyhops and Wolpoles, respectively, started by ''[[New Play Control! Pikmin]]''. This change does not exist in the European version of ''Pikmin 2'' for the [[GameCube]], but stuck for the European version of ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. It is presumed that this was due to the term "Wog" being considered a slur in British and Australian English, respectively.

* The [[title screen]]'s copyright information has been updated from "© 2004 Nintendo" to "© 2004-2009 Nintendo".

 

*On the [[options menu]], the language, [[rumble]] and sound mode options have been removed, with the sound being locked to the Wii's system settings.

*[[Easter eggs#Totaka's song|Totaka's song]] has been removed from the game. The cave completion instance was removed on purpose, but the save failure instance cannot happen because this port always saves the game successfully, and does not need to use memory cards.

*In the Japanese [[region|version]] exclusively, there is an extra [[attract mode]] cutscene with ''[[Tane no Uta]]'' as the song.

== Controls ==

== History ==

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=== Development ===

=== Release ===

On {{date|15|December|2016}}, this game was made available as an eShop download for the [[Wii U]] Virtual Console in Europe. It only became available on the North American eShop on {{date|30|March}} of the year after. Finally, it became available for Japan's Virtual Console eShop on {{date|20|June|2017}}. As of {{date|27|March|2023}}, the Wii U version of the game is no longer available for purchase due to the closure of the Wii U eShop.

 

=== Versions ===

The first version of this port was released in Japan, and uses Japanese text. Later, the game got released in Europe and Oceania, in a different version, that uses European-language scripts. Finally, the game also got released in North America, in a version that uses only English text. Besides languages, each of these versions have some miscellaneous differences, with the most important one being the list of [[treasure]]s. Most of the treasures are the exact same, but a few got changed to better fit each region's culture.

It is worth noting that since this is a port of the [[GameCube]] original, titled simply ''Pikmin 2'', that that release can be considered a different version. A list of differences between the GameCube and the Wii versions can be found in the [[#Changes|changes section]].

=== Reception ===

== Credits ==

== Media ==

NPC2 boxart.jpg|European box art.

Nintendo Selects Pikmin 2.jpg|North American box art ([[Nintendo Selects]]).

Japanese New Play Control! Pikmin 2.jpg|Japanese box art.

 

 

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