This review contains spoilers
I love a lot about Pikmin 2. I love how brutal it is, I love the weird but memorable soundtrack, I love how interesting the level design becomes with the random dungeons, and I love the new Pikmin types.
But I do have some gripes with this game. It is pretty dated visually, and I also don't like how the two captains are handled. Since I played this after Pikmin 3, I want to multitask like in that game, the go here function sets the "Dandori" bar for the rest of the series. I feel like Louie is only useful for holding all of the Pikmin while the other Captain goes around the floor triggering the bomb rocks and other traps. Otherwise, they're just kinda there.
Still a great game! Not as replayable as 1 and 3, and that brings the game down a little bit for me but it's still Pikmin so I am really glad I was able to finally experience it.
But I do have some gripes with this game. It is pretty dated visually, and I also don't like how the two captains are handled. Since I played this after Pikmin 3, I want to multitask like in that game, the go here function sets the "Dandori" bar for the rest of the series. I feel like Louie is only useful for holding all of the Pikmin while the other Captain goes around the floor triggering the bomb rocks and other traps. Otherwise, they're just kinda there.
Still a great game! Not as replayable as 1 and 3, and that brings the game down a little bit for me but it's still Pikmin so I am really glad I was able to finally experience it.