Pikmin 2

From The Cutting Room Floor

Pikmin 2 eschews the survival aspect of the first game in favor of money, money, and money. Olimar and Louie must erase their company's debt by collecting ancient artifacts and throwing Pikmin at anything that moves.

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Early English Script What's a Psychotic Jumper?

Unused Caves There are how many unused cave floors?!

Unused & Early Treasures What's this crap?

Unused Floor Layouts Exciting stuff.

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Test Map

A fully functional test map can be found on the disc at /user/Kando/map/newtest. While there's no known way to access it properly, the level model and object data can be swapped with The Perplexing Pool's -- yakushima on the disc -- with this RAR file.

Download Pikmin 2 Newtest Files File: Pikmin2YakushimaReplace.rar (8 KB) (info)

An overhead view of the entire map in a model viewer.	Another angle, via a model viewer.	The starting position is appropriately located at 0,0.
These tiles test the environmental walking sounds.	A small pool is used to test walking up slopes and carrying pellets underwater.	These walls are used to test the player and the Pikmin's movements on sloped surfaces.
A number of enemies can be found here, like Flint Beetles, Shearwigs, Wogpoles, and falling rocks.	All environmental hazards can be found here. The Watery Blowhogs are used in place of water traps.

Unused Music

File Name	Track	Notes
book		Unknown. Possibly an early track for the Piklopedia / Treasure Hoard screens.
Camera		Meant for the unused camera tutorial.
ff_o_win		Likely meant for a 2P result screen. This variation is for Olimar winning.
ff_l_win		Likely meant for a 2P result screen. This variation is for Louie winning.
ff_draw		Likely meant for a 2P result screen. This variation is for a draw game.
ff_akirame		"Akirame" means "give up", so this could have been used when exiting a cave.
ff_onyonboot		Another track used in an unused cutscene. As it is, the onions are always above ground, so there's no need for this track.

Unused Cinematics

Unused Text

Development Strings

These strings were never intended to be seen.
0x1E65B:

This message was moved
(ID 1005)

This message was moved
(ID 1006)

0x37FD5:

Test Area (ID 8394)

Test Area (ID 8394_01)

Test Area (ID 8394_02)

Test Area (ID 8394_03)

Filler Log Entries

This text is stored with the Piklopedia and Treasure Log template text.

Piklopedia

0x3772B:

Stretches its neck to look for
prey. When it finds Pikmin, it
gobbles them up instead of
chasing them.

Treasure Hoard

0x3782C:

A hard, shiny rock.
Highly valuable.
Makes an excellent gift.

Test Messages

0x38C38:

Test Message 9995

Test Message 9996

AquickbrownFoxJumpsoverthelazy

Treasure Log Alerts

These messages were seen in early versions of the game on the treasure collection screen. 0x3898E

It's been added to your Treasure Log!

0x389B4

You can't log this treasure until you
reach the surface.

Development Text

Hidden in the ISO, along with some standard error messages, are these odd strings:
0x49903C: damedayo! (Don't do that!)
0x49BD1C: Oh! no!
0x49EFC4: MOC = Mouse on Cars!
0x4B6580: go to hell!

Miscellaneous Unused Graphics

Alternate Title Graphics

These images can be found in /user/Kando/develop/sysres.arc

Japanese Title

File: Title.bti
This is "Pikmin" in blue chrome(?)

English Title

File: Title2.bti
A very blue and electrified Pikmin 2 title.

Development Graphics

Graphics for two development programs are found in /user/Kando/develop on the disc.

Map Editor

File: mapeditor.arc
Map editor icons, including a mouse and zoom button, as well as GameCube buttons.

File: mapcode_tex.arc
Graphics for every type of surface on the main fields.

Route Manager

File: routeMgr.arc
Arrows to indicate the Pikmin's route settings.

Miscellaneous Icons

File: j2dtest.arc
Graphics from the game "Mappy" developed by Namco are banked in game files, for some reason.

Map Screen Mock-up

Mock-up	Final screen

An early map screen is stored in /new_screen/jpn/worldmap.szs, texture name world_map_info_00. It is very different from the finalized map screen:

• The top bar is entirely occupied by a Pokos count. 回収したお宝の金額 translates as "Number of recovered treasures"
• The day graphic was moved to the lower left, which is occupied by the Treasure Hoard and Piklopedia buttons in the mock-up.
• The buttons to access the Piklopedia and Treasure Hoard were changed from Y and X to L and R. The Treasure Hoard is called お宝図鑑, Treasure Encylopedia, in the mock-up.
• There are four caves with the same name, 最低最悪の洞窟, or "Absolute Worst Cave". This is an early name for the Dream Den: It's referred to as such in the configuration files. The map name, のぞみの大地, translates as Land of Hope, the Japanese name for the Wistful Wild.

Perplexing Pool Wire-frame

This is a wire-frame image of the Perplexing Pool found in the file select menu. This is based on an earlier version of the Perplexing Pool -- the starting area is noticeably different -- and what it's doing in the file select menu is anyone's guess.

Piklopedia Dummy Image

This dummy image is found in the Piklopedia, probably used in development for creatures that did not have a finished icon.

Waterwraith Dummy Texture

A dummy texture can be found in the Waterwraith's model file.

Weighted Platform Test Model

A test model for the weighted platforms can be found in the file /user/Kando/objects/downfloor/backup/downfloor.arc.

Unused Lighting

All lighting files can be found in /user/Abe/cave

Jyoou_light

Jyoou ("Queen")_light was probably used for the Hole of Beasts at some point in development.

File: Jyoou_light_lv0.ini	File: Jyoou_light_lv1.ini	File: Jyoou_light_lv2.ini
File: Jyoou_light_lv3.ini	File: Jyoou_light_lv4_5.ini	File: Jyoou_light_lv6.ini

Sirohana_light

Sirohana translates as white flower, so it's a safe bet that these lighting files were once intended for the White Flower Garden.

File: Sirohana_light_lv0.ini	File: Sirohana_light_lv1.ini	File: Sirohana_light_lv2.ini
File: Sirohana_light_lv3.ini	File: Sirohana_light_lv4.ini	File: Sirohana_light_lv5.ini

Other

Files: Muraon_light_lv0, muraon_light_lv3
While muraon_light files 1-2 and 4 are used, these variants are not.

Files: Key_light_lv0
This is a slightly brighter version of the lighting used in the Snack Hall challenge level.

Files: Light_blue, light_red
These lighting files use an earlier format than the others, so the only way to get these to work right is to import the RGB and light settings into a different file. It's possible that these settings were meant for Olimar and Louie, who would light the caves with their tracking beacons. Or they could just be test files.

Unused Corpse Values

The following enemies leave corpses and are not found above ground, leaving these seed values unused.