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.	{{{4}}}
AudioRes/Banks/Sound effect and instrument files.	{{{4}}}
AudioRes/BgmList.txt/List of songs used in the game.	{{{4}}}
AudioRes/Conductor.arc/Some .cnd files about the songs in the game.	{{{4}}}
AudioRes/Key.arc/.bas files that supposedly link the enemy's actions to the corresponding sound effects. There's also an enemy.prj file.	{{{4}}}
AudioRes/PSound.aaf/Unknown.	{{{4}}}
AudioRes/PSound.asn/Unknown.	{{{4}}}
AudioRes/Seqs/Sequenced music (like MIDI files).	{{{4}}}
AudioRes/Stream/Streamed (non-sequenced) music.	{{{4}}}
banner/Presumably the game banners, on the GameCube menu, for each language.	{{{4}}}
enemy/Enemy data.	{{{4}}}
enemy/common/Contains enemyCommon.szs. Models of the rocks used in petrification.	{{{4}}}
enemy/data/Enemy and plant models and animations.	{{{4}}}
enemy/enemyResList.txt/List with enemy resource file paths.	{{{4}}}
enemy/parm/Contains enemyParms.szs. Enemy settings (collisions, animations, ultra-bitter petrification models, misc.).	{{{4}}}
gameConfig.ini/Game settings.	{{{4}}}
memoryCard/Contains memoryCardHeader.szs. Something about memory cards (banner.dat and icon.dat)	{{{4}}}
message/Fonts and text strings for all languages/regions.	{{{4}}}
new_screen/Menu resources, in all languages.	{{{4}}}
opening.bnr/Game banner	{{{4}}}
pikmin2UP.MAP/Unknown.	{{{4}}}
thp/Pre-rendered videos.	{{{4}}}
timeStamp*.txt/Build dates. File names are still a bit unclear.	{{{4}}}
user/	{{{4}}}
user/Abe/	{{{4}}}
user/Abe/cave/Lighting settings.	{{{4}}}
user/Abe/item/Minor settings for some objects (clog, bridge, geyser, plant, rock, treasure).	{{{4}}}
user/Abe/map/Area settings, test map and Piklopedia areas included (routes, lighting, ...)	{{{4}}}
user/Abe/Pellet/Treasure models and some configuration files.	{{{4}}}
user/Abe/Pellet/*/	{{{4}}}
user/Abe/Pellet/*/carcass_config.txt/Unused enemy corpse settings (plus leader carrying). The used settings are in /user/Abe/Pellet/*/pelletlist_*.szs.	{{{4}}}
user/Abe/Pellet/*/item_config.txt/Unused Exploration Kit + The Key settings. The used settings are in /user/Abe/Pellet/*/pelletlist_*.szs.	{{{4}}}
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.	{{{4}}}
user/Abe/Pellet/*/otakara_config.txt/Unused treasure settings. The used settings are in /user/Abe/Pellet/*/pelletlist_*.szs.	{{{4}}}
user/Abe/Pellet/*/otakara_texts.txt/Unused treasure collision and animation settings. The used settings are in /user/Abe/Pellet/*/pelletlist_*.szs.	{{{4}}}
user/Abe/Pellet/*/pelletlist_*.szs/Carriable thing (treasure, leader, enemy corpse, Exploration Kit + The Key) settings.	{{{4}}}
user/Abe/piki/Pikmin and leader settings.	{{{4}}}
user/Abe/stages.txt/Area listing.	{{{4}}}
user/Abe/time/Day time settings.	{{{4}}}
user/Abe/vs/2-Player Battle stage settings (list of cave units for every pattern)	{{{4}}}
user/Ebisawa/	{{{4}}}
user/Ebisawa/card_e_reader/e-Reader stuff? (.dwn format)	{{{4}}}
user/Ebisawa/effect/Visual effects? (.jpc format)	{{{4}}}
user/Ebisawa/testdata/Test stuff?	{{{4}}}
user/Ebisawa/testdata/_2D/Old menus?	{{{4}}}
user/Ebisawa/title/Title screens	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/aiConstants.txt/Some constants (gravity, spray berries needed, debt, camera angle (FOV?)).	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/bridge/Bridge models.	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/develop/Some development tool resources?	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/effect/Visual effects? Contains Onion beam animations.	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/map/Area models and route/hitbox settings, including Piklopedia / Treasure Hoard, as well as water and the cave vrboxes (skyboxes).	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/mizu.bti/Unknown texture.	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/objects/Model and animation for some objects (clog, bridge, holes, gates, nectar, geyser, mold, Pikmin head, spiderworts, "rock", Ujadani, nectar weed).	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/onyon/Onion model and animations.	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/piki/Model and animations for the cursor, Pikmin and leaders.	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/pod*/Research Pod model and animations.	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/resulttex/Old Treasure Hoard icons.	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/texCaster/Unknown texture.	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/ufo*/Ship model and animations.	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/vstex/2-Player Battle Roulette icons and other minor HUD textures.	{{{4}}}
user/Kando/zukan/Some settings for the test level.	{{{4}}}
user/Koono/Space mail stuff.	{{{4}}}
user/Matoba/	{{{4}}}
user/Matoba/challenge/Challenge mode level settings, used and unused.	{{{4}}}
user/Matoba/resulttex/Treasure Hoard icons.	{{{4}}}
user/Mukki/	{{{4}}}
user/Mukki/mapunits/	{{{4}}}
user/Mukki/mapunits/arc/Cave unit models.	{{{4}}}
user/Mukki/mapunits/caveinfo/Cave settings.	{{{4}}}
user/Mukki/mapunits/units/Cave unit settings.	{{{4}}}
user/Mukki/movie/In-game cutscenes.	{{{4}}}
user/Nishimura/	{{{4}}}
user/Nishimura/Camera/Camera settings?	{{{4}}}
user/Nishimura/Rumble/Rumble settings.	{{{4}}}
user/Nishimura/Shadow/Shadow settings.	{{{4}}}
user/Totaka/Music settings.	{{{4}}}
user/Wakai/Some text files related to music?	{{{4}}}
user/Yamashita/	{{{4}}}
user/Yamashita/arc/Boot screens.	{{{4}}}
user/Yamashita/enemytex/Piklopedia icons.	{{{4}}}
user/Yamashita/zukan/Some settings for the Piklopedia/Treasure Hoard areas.	{{{4}}}
*gameConfig.ini/Alternate game configuration files.	{{{4}}}