Albeit not having grown up with the games, Pikmin 2 quickly became a huge source of joy in my life. So of course I'd want even more content! These are some of my favorite mods to the game!
One of the largest Pikmin projects yet, Pikhacker and his talented team have fully recreated Pikmin 1 inside of Pikmin 2's engine. This naturally brings many quality of life improvements to the game, notably with the pikmin's ai pathing. Included is the unique addition of Louie's quest, a new story included as a side mode along with a randomiser!
I feel bad calling this a meme-hack, as the quality and effort put into this project is beyond insane, Bikmin 269 offers an dive into pikmin 2's campaign if it was a YTP made in 2011. From full model remakes, to new music and mechanics, Rhey and the wonderful team behind this project have created one of, if not my favorite hack to this day.
Do you hate day/night systems in your videogames? Do you want to be able to play the entirety of Pikmin 2 in one area with no interesting features whatsoever? Well I have the hack for you! Colossal Caverns allows you to play all of Pikmin 2 inside of one cave! Each playthrough is randomly generated leading to infinite replayability.
Have you played Pikmin 2 before? Did you find its bullshit too easy still for the abled-gamer like yourself? Well Lands of torture is here to solve that problem. This mod turns Pikmin 2 into a kaizo-game, giving enemies even more health, more powerful attacks, and even more bullshit! Truly a test of ones skill and knowledge.
Old but gold, Pikmin 251 was the first major Pikmin 2 hack to ever be released. Developed in 2019 by Pikhacker, 251 implements a new pikmin type, the explosive-resilient orange pikmin, and new treasures into Pikmin 2 to create a new game. Albeit simple compared to the hacks of today it holds up quite well and was impressive for its time.
Unfortunately cancelled, Pikmin New Fortune was a project aiming to create a brand new pikmin game inside of pikmin 2, ranging from new enemies, pikmin types, stories, to characters. It was an ambitious project ultimately doomed due to management. I still want to share its wonderful OST however since a lot of work was put into the project.