Pikmin 2: New Year

Pikmin 2: New Year is a ROM hack that was created by AmigaOwl, with the help of a development team, and was released on 25 to commemorate the twenty-year anniversary of  release. It is available to play on computers, and can also be played on the. The game has much of the same content as Pikmin 2, but features new music, areas, caves, cave themes, Challenge Mode stages, new or reskinned enemies, and one reskinned plant. Additionally, every treasure from Pikmin 2 appears in Pikmin 2: New Year, although the and the  differ in appearance.

Below is the official trailer for Pikmin 2: New Year:

In addition to a gameplay trailer, Pikmin 2: New Year has a soundtrack available to listen to on YouTube. It can be found here in the form of a playlist.

Plot
Pikmin 2: New Year overall plot is identical to that of Pikmin 2. Captain Olimar, in his prized ship, the S.S. Dolphin, returns to Hocotate to find that the company he works for, Hocotate Freight, has been placed under a mountainous debt of. The President sends Olimar and Louie back to PNF-404, in the Hocotate ship, to scavenge for treasures and any other valuables they come across. The two venture through various locations with their Pikmin, collecting what they can, and when the debt has been repaid, Louie wanders off and finds himself at the bottom of a treacherous cave's depths, on top of a Titan Dweevil, and the President takes Louie's place.

Endings
Likewise, the game also has both endings that Pikmin 2 has, both of which are possible to get in the same playthrough.

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Areas and caves
Four areas each representing a different season may be visited, and each one has a number of custom caves.
 * Jungle of Repose: a spring-themed that has seven treasures.
 * Bamboo Garden: has an unknown quantity of sublevels and three treasures.
 * Satellite Koppai: has an unknown quantity of sublevels and sixteen treasures.
 * Cave With No Name: has an unknown quantity of sublevels and fifteen treasures.
 * Awakening Arctic: a polar version of that too has seven treasures.
 * Snowy Descent: has an unknown quantity of sublevels and six treasures.
 * Commodore House: has an unknown quantity of sublevels and seven treasures.
 * Royal Highlands: has an unknown quantity of sublevels and ten treasures.
 * Snagret Skies: has an unknown quantity of sublevels and fifteen treasures.
 * Perplexing Storm: an autumnal . It also contains seven treasures.
 * Spider Attic: has an unknown quantity of sublevels and eleven treasures.
 * Alph's Arcade: has an unknown quantity of sublevels and fourteen treasures.
 * Sewer Room: has an unknown quantity of sublevels and fourteen treasures.
 * Timeless Castle: has an unknown quantity of sublevels and thirteen treasures.
 * Wistful Lake a summery, which contains five treasures.
 * Elemental River: has an unknown quantity of sublevels and seventeen treasures.
 * Colosseum Garden: has an unknown quantity of sublevels and thirteen treasures.
 * Season Den: has an unknown quantity of sublevels and twenty-one treasures.

The new cave themes consist of the following:
 * Clouds
 * Commodore
 * Desert
 * Digital
 * Flower grotto
 * Sewer
 * Space
 * Volcano

2-Player Battle Mode stages
Same as in the original game.

Pikmin
No new Pikmin species are encountered in Pikmin 2: New Year, although pikpik carrots are used in some Challenge Mode stages.

Piklopedia
The following is a complete list of every enemy and plant appearing in Pikmin 2: New Year, listed in the order defined by the Piklopedia.

Obstacles
No new obstacles are introduced.