New Play Control! Pikmin 2: Difference between revisions

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''New Play Control! Pikmin 2''}}

|developer=[[Nintendo EAD]]

|publisher=Nintendo

|remakeof=[[Pikmin 2]]

'''''New Play Control! Pikmin 2''''' is part of the ''[[New Play Control!]]'' series, a port of ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' to the [[Wii]]. It was released in Japan, Europe, and Australia in 2009, then in North America in June 2012. Unlike the [[New Play Control! Pikmin|first game's Wii version]], 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 places. As with ''New Play Control! Pikmin'', the main changes over the original GameCube game come in the form of enhanced controls.

Quite a few of the differences were also implemented in the remake 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.

* The Nintendo logo before the title screen is white.

* The cursor was graphically changed to look the same as in [[New Play Control! Pikmin|the previous remake title]].

* Arrows appear when [[swarm]]ing.

* 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 remake, 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, the US and European versions have extra instrumentation for the [[Music in Pikmin 2#Wistful Wild|Wistful Wild's sunset theme]] (even if they only play on the first loop). None of the ''New Play Control! Pikmin 2'' regional versions have this, though.

* {{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!'' remake, the button can also be used to advance the page; only {{button|gc|a}} can advance the page in the GameCube version.

* The [[Man-at-Legs]] is invincible while rising from the ground.

* The [[Massive Lid]] and the [[Happiness Emblem]] have swapped places.

* [[Throw]]n flower Pikmin now fall at the same speed as leaf or bud Pikmin, instead of falling slower.

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

* 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 happen in the European version ''Pikmin 2'' for the [[GameCube]], but stuck for the European version of ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. It is presumed that it took place due to Nintendo assuming British players would find the term "wog" offensive.

*On the [[Menu#Options|options menu]], the language, [[rumble]] and sound mode options have been removed.

*[[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 remake always saves the game successfully, and does not need to use memory cards.

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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}}. The Japanese version of the game is only available in Japanese, while the American version is available in English, American Spanish, and Canadian French, and the European version of the game is available in English, European French, German, Italian, and European Spanish.

{{see also|Promotional material}}