Pikmin 2's Underappreciated Detail

Pikmin 2 is one of my favorite video games of all time and it is filled with lots of easy to miss and underappreciated details, especially for a game developed in two years. These range from visual details to game design details.
There's obviously going to be some details I'm going to miss, so lemme know if you know of any! I've played pikmin 2 over a dozen times on multiple platforms, so I'm no stranger to this game at all. All details here were ones I've discovered throughout my time playing and modding the game and from my time in the pikmin community, with some help from pikipedia for the technical details.

The video is sort of split into two sections, the first half is quicker, with a bunch of unrelated details one after the other. The second half focuses on detail regarding sections of the game like specific caves, modes, and just long topics.

Some of these details aren't definite. They could always just be a coincidence. I tried to use appropriate language to describe details that may not be intended by the developers.

Credit: noclip.website for some of the images.
pikminwiki.com for some useful info that helped with recording some of these details.
Kdenlive for being a nice, free video editor.
Nintendo and the developers of Pikmin 2 for making such a great game!
Also the editing was VERY inspired by Zullie the Witch!

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