a remix of p2 much like 251, but with some QoL that makes it feel better than 251 - smaller cave floors, remixed puzzles, some interesting boss floor remixes, early pluckaphone etc. kind of like OoT Master Quest if MQ made the game slightly easier on the whole (albeit harder in a couple areas, like the waterwraith dungeon). solid, but if you've played p2 as many times as i have it's hard not to feel that it's not really doing much special. hopefully Blackout will deliver on that front

collecting all treasures in this game was one of the worst experiences of my life and singlehandedly made me like all of pikmin 2 a little bit less. i totaled 1077 pikmin lost, but that's not including the hundreds of resets which probably resulted in 5000+ pikmin deaths. and yet, because i have actually 100%d it, i can say with confidence i am an Ultra Pikmin Gamer 😎

fun, but not substantially different to the experience of playing pikmin 1, warts and all. it's nice to feel endangered from smoky proggs constantly invading your base but after the second time it happens it gets a bit old. if this had pikmin 2's engine polish it'd be a lot better, i hope pikmin^2 will have a randomiser...