Pikmin 2 directory tree

This article lists all folders and noteworthy files in Pikmin 2. Yellow rows are folders, and blue rows are files.

To do: Figure all of these out and link them to the relevant pages.

Entry	Description
AudioRes	Audio: music, instruments and sound effects.
AudioRes/Banks	Sound effect and instrument files.
AudioRes/BgmList.txt	List of songs used in the game.
AudioRes/Conductor.arc	Some .cnd files about the songs in the game.
AudioRes/Key.arc	.bas files that supposedly link the enemy's actions to the corresponding sound effects. There's also an enemy.prj file.
AudioRes/PSound.aaf	Unknown.
AudioRes/PSound.asn	Unknown.
AudioRes/Seqs	Sequenced music (like MIDI files).
AudioRes/Stream	Streamed (non-sequenced) music.
banner	Presumably the game banners, on the GameCube menu, for each language.
enemy	Enemy data.
enemy/common	Contains enemyCommon.szs. Models of the rocks used in petrification.
enemy/data	Enemy and plant models and animations.
enemy/enemyResList.txt	List with enemy resource file paths.
enemy/parm	Contains enemyParms.szs. Enemy settings (collisions, animations, ultra-bitter petrification models, misc.).
gameConfig.ini	Game settings.
memoryCard	Contains memoryCardHeader.szs. Something about memory cards (banner.dat and icon.dat)
message	Fonts and text strings for all languages/regions.
new_screen	Menu resources, in all languages.
opening.bnr	Game banner
pikmin2*P.MAP	Unknown. The filename is pikmin2UP.MAP in the US version, pikmin2PP.MAP in the European version, and pikmin2JP.MAP in the Japanese version.
thp	Pre-rendered videos.
timeStamp*.txt	Build dates. File names are still a bit unclear.
user
user/Abe
user/Abe/cave	Lighting settings.
user/Abe/item	Minor settings for some objects (clog, bridge, geyser, plant, rock, treasure).
user/Abe/map	Area settings, test map and Piklopedia areas included (routes, lighting, ...)
user/Abe/Pellet	Treasure models and some configuration files.
user/Abe/Pellet/*
user/Abe/Pellet/*/carcass_config.txt	Unused enemy corpse settings (plus leader carrying). The used settings are in /user/Abe/Pellet/*/pelletlist_*.szs.
user/Abe/Pellet/*/item_config.txt	Unused Exploration Kit + The Key settings. The used settings are in /user/Abe/Pellet/*/pelletlist_*.szs.
user/Abe/Pellet/*/item_texts.szs	Unused Exploration Kit + The Key collisions and animations settings. The used settings are in /user/Abe/Pellet/*/pelletlist_*.szs.
user/Abe/Pellet/*/otakara_config.txt	Unused treasure settings. The used settings are in /user/Abe/Pellet/*/pelletlist_*.szs.
user/Abe/Pellet/*/otakara_texts.txt	Unused treasure collision and animation settings. The used settings are in /user/Abe/Pellet/*/pelletlist_*.szs.
user/Abe/Pellet/*/pelletlist_*.szs	Carriable thing (treasure, leader, enemy corpse, Exploration Kit + The Key) settings.
user/Abe/piki	Pikmin and leader settings.
user/Abe/stages.txt	Area listing.
user/Abe/time	Day time settings.
user/Abe/vs	2-Player Battle stage settings (list of cave units for every pattern)
user/Ebisawa
user/Ebisawa/card_e_reader	e-Reader stuff? (.dwn format)
user/Ebisawa/effect	Visual effects? (.jpc format)
user/Ebisawa/testdata	Test stuff?
user/Ebisawa/testdata/_2D	Old menus?
user/Ebisawa/title	Title screens
user/Kando
user/Kando/aiConstants.txt	Some constants (gravity, spray berries needed, debt, camera angle (FOV?)).
user/Kando/bridge	Bridge models.
user/Kando/develop	Some development tool resources?
user/Kando/effect	Visual effects? Contains Onion beam animations.
user/Kando/map	Area models and route/hitbox settings, including Piklopedia / Treasure Hoard, as well as water and the cave vrboxes (skyboxes).
user/Kando/mizu.bti	Unknown texture.
user/Kando/objects	Model and animation for some objects (clog, bridge, holes, gates, nectar, geyser, mold, Pikmin head, spiderworts, "rock", Ujadani, nectar weed).
user/Kando/onyon	Onion model and animations.
user/Kando/piki	Model and animations for the cursor, Pikmin and leaders.
user/Kando/pod*	Research Pod model and animations.
user/Kando/resulttex	Old Treasure Hoard icons.
user/Kando/texCaster	Unknown texture.
user/Kando/ufo*	Ship model and animations.
user/Kando/vstex	2-Player Battle Roulette icons and other minor HUD textures.
user/Kando/zukan	Slightly simpler version of the test level.
user/Koono	Space mail stuff.
user/Matoba
user/Matoba/challenge	Challenge mode level settings, used and unused.
user/Matoba/resulttex	Treasure Hoard icons.
user/Mukki
user/Mukki/mapunits
user/Mukki/mapunits/arc	Cave unit models and settings.
user/Mukki/mapunits/caveinfo	Cave settings.
user/Mukki/mapunits/units	Cave unit lists.
user/Mukki/movie	In-game cutscenes.
user/Nishimura
user/Nishimura/Camera	Camera settings?
user/Nishimura/Rumble	Rumble settings.
user/Nishimura/Shadow	Shadow settings.
user/Totaka	Music settings.
user/Wakai	Some text files related to music?
user/Yamashita
user/Yamashita/arc	Boot screens.
user/Yamashita/enemytex	Piklopedia icons.
user/Yamashita/zukan	Some settings for the Piklopedia/Treasure Hoard areas.
*gameConfig.ini	Alternative game configuration files.