Pikmin 2
Captain Olimar has returned to marshall new colors of Pikmin in a wild, open-ended adventure—and this time, he's brought an assistant. The company he works for is going bankrupt and, to save it, Olimar has…
Pikmin 2 is an adventure developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development, released 12 March 2009 on Wii U and Wii.
What Pikmin 2 is
Pikmin 2 is an adventure game developed by Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development and released in 2009. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Wii U and Wii.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Captain Olimar has returned to marshall new colors of Pikmin in a wild, open-ended adventure—and this time, he's brought an assistant. The company he works for is going bankrupt and, to save it, Olimar has come to salvage the treasure buried below the surface of the planet. His company's debt is a whopping 10,000 Pokos.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Pikmin series
Pikmin 2 is the 26th of 41 entries we hold in the Pikmin series. The next entry was Nintendo Land in 2012. Its critic score of 80 is 3 points below the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. for Wii U at 95.
How it was received
Pikmin 2 holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 13 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Pikmin 2 launched on 12 March 2009, within three weeks of Resident Evil 5, Killzone 2, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars and Empire: Total War. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 5, Killzone 2, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Empire: Total War.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Pikmin 2 yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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