# New Play Control! Pikmin 2: a Wii decompilation

> pik2wii reconstructs source for the USA Wii release of New Play Control! Pikmin 2. Its workflow extracts the user's game files, builds with Ninja, and uses objdiff to compare source objects; a separate nonmatching mode produces a modifiable DOL.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/projectPiki/pik2wii>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/projectPiki/pik2wii/blob/c337efc6223170da79977a05f8f3d1bf8774fe73/README.MD>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pik2wii-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/pik2wii-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/pik2wii-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** A user-provided USA retail disc is required; the build guide extracts its system files with Dolphin Emulator.
- **Prerequisites:** Python and Ninja are used by the build workflow.
- **Limits:** The project is a work in progress and labels setup as in progress.
- **License:** Unlicense.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/projectPiki/pik2wii/blob/c337efc6223170da79977a05f8f3d1bf8774fe73/README.MD>

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