Pikmin 2 (ピクミン2, Pikumin Tsū) is a 2004 real-time strategy video game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo GameCube video game console. The game is the direct sequel to the 2001 game Pikmin and is the second game in the Pikmin series.Like its predecessor, Pikmin 2 focuses on exploring the surface of an unknown planet from a microscopic perspective, where the player directs and delegates tasks to a horde of tiny plant-like creatures called Pikmin.