New Play Control!
The Play on the Wii (Wii de Asobu in Japan, New Play Control in Europe and North America, and previously called Let's Play On Wii) range of video games is a collection of GameCube titles ported to the Nintendo Wii, with their controls altered for play on the newer console. During a Nintendo press conference in October 2008, the games were announced, along with the details that it will include the two Pikmin games.[1] On November 1st, the re-release of Pikmin in North America was confirmed,[2] and the game has a Febrary 6th 2009 European release date.[3] It has since been announced that the release date for Pikmin in Japan is 25th December, 2008.[4] It has been announced that Pikmin will be rereleased in North America in March 2009.[5] Currently, Pikmin 2's re-release is expected to arrive in 2009.
Changes that will be made to Pikmin 1 and, presumably, its sequel, include a new control scheme that allows control of the cursor by pointing at the screen[6], improved graphics and an updated save system[7]. This allows players to restart play from any previous day.