New Play Control! Pikmin 2: Difference between revisions
→Other
(Rewrote some stuff.) |
(→Other) |
||
| (7 intermediate revisions by 6 users not shown) | |||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
|savesize=2 blocks | |savesize=2 blocks | ||
|predecessor=[[New Play Control! Pikmin]] | |predecessor=[[New Play Control! Pikmin]] | ||
|rereleaseof=[[Pikmin 2]] | |rereleaseof=[[Pikmin 2]] | ||
|jp={{date|12|March|2009}} | |jp={{date|12|March|2009}} | ||
| Line 26: | Line 25: | ||
'''''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]]. | '''''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 == | == Changes == | ||
| Line 37: | Line 36: | ||
* 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. | * 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. | * 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 | * 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 === | === Controls === | ||
| Line 58: | Line 57: | ||
=== Text === | === Text === | ||
{{main|/Text differences|t1=Text differences}} | {{main|New Play Control! Pikmin 2/Text differences|t1=New Play Control! Pikmin 2 Text differences}} | ||
* As would be expected, the [[controls]] in text and images have been updated to reflect the Wii version's control scheme. | * As would be expected, the [[controls]] in text and images have been updated to reflect the Wii version's control scheme. | ||
| Line 67: | Line 66: | ||
=== Other === | === Other === | ||
*On the [[options menu]], the language, [[rumble]] and sound mode options have been removed, with the sound being locked to | *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. | ||
*Some [[unused content in Pikmin 2|unused content]] from the GameCube version was removed.{{cite web|http://tcrf.net/New_Play_Control!_Pikmin_2#Unused_content|''New Play Control! Pikmin 2''|The Cutting Room Floor}} | *Some [[unused content in Pikmin 2|unused content]] from the GameCube version was removed.{{cite web|http://tcrf.net/New_Play_Control!_Pikmin_2#Unused_content|''New Play Control! Pikmin 2''|The Cutting Room Floor}} | ||
*When entering the first sublevel of a [[cave]], the game no longer changes from [[Olimar]] to [[The President]] or from [[Louie]] to Olimar. | *When entering the first sublevel of a [[cave]], the game no longer changes from [[Olimar]] to [[The President]] or from [[Louie]] to Olimar. | ||
| Line 106: | Line 105: | ||
== Media == | == Media == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
NPC2 boxart.jpg|European box art. | NPC2 boxart.jpg|European box art. | ||
Nintendo Selects Pikmin 2.jpg|North American box art ([[Nintendo Selects]]). | Nintendo Selects Pikmin 2.jpg|North American box art ([[Nintendo Selects]]). | ||
NPC2 Back Boxart NA.jpg|Back side of the North American box art. | |||
Japanese New Play Control! Pikmin 2.jpg|Japanese box art. | Japanese New Play Control! Pikmin 2.jpg|Japanese box art. | ||
NPC2 Back Boxart JP.jpg|Back side of the Japanese box art. | |||
NPCP2 disc.png|North American disc. | NPCP2 disc.png|North American disc. | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
{{see also|Promotional material}} | {{see also|Promotional material}} | ||
==Trivia== | |||
*The save data description is {{transcript|To me, Pikmin!}} | |||
== Names in other languages == | == Names in other languages == | ||
| Line 140: | Line 143: | ||
|notes=y | |notes=y | ||
}} | }} | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
| Line 148: | Line 148: | ||
*[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/r92j/index.html Official Japanese Wii de Asobu Pikmin 2 website] | *[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/r92j/index.html Official Japanese Wii de Asobu Pikmin 2 website] | ||
*[https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/Wii_Pikmin_2.pdf US version game manual] | *[https://www.nintendo.com/consumer/gameslist/manuals/Wii_Pikmin_2.pdf US version game manual] | ||
*[https://m1.nintendo.net/docvc/RVL/JPN/R92J/R92J_J.pdf Japanese version game manual] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||