You can't return to Hocotate to play. You just see the ending, and continue where you left off.
Pikmin 2 is the second game of the soon-to-be trilogy of Pikmin. In this game, your company (Hocotate Freight) has gone in debt. Your boss orders you to return to the Pikmin world after Olimar drops a treasure he brought back that his ship figures out is worth a lot.You, along with Louie, must return to the Pikmin planet to gain more treasure.
No, Louie doesn't have his own ship, as the ship in Pikmin 2 belongs to Hocotate Freight, his employer. If Louie does own his own spaceship, it is never shown in the game.
In Pikmin 2, there is no name given to the ship, but is known generally as just "The Ship." The Super Smash Bros. Brawl trophy calls it the "Hocotate Ship."
Captain Olimar is the main character in the Pikmin series. He is a human-like person from the planet Hocotate. He is about two centimeters tall. He works for Hocotate Freight, and has to work with creatures called Pikmin in order to accomplish his goals.
Louie is olimars brother he is younger and the same height as olimar he's also the maker of the hoctate ship Louie is Captain Olimar's coworker at Hocotate Freight in Pikmin 2. He is something of a food connoisseur and apparently liked eating bugs as a child. He has no relation to Olimar or the President of Hocotate Freight.
Pokos are the currency on Hocotate, Captain Olimar's home planet in Pikmin 2. 100 Pokos is described to be "more than a year's salary."
Louie will be left behind, and will be replaced by the President of Hocotate Freight. Also, the ship turns gold.
After you finish the main objective of collecting 10,000 Pokos' worth of treasure, the ship will be given a golden exterior.
Yes. The main protagonists use a ship called the S.S. Drake, which is very different in design from the S.S. Dolphin and Hocotate Ship from the previous games.
The original Pikmin involves you hunting for 30 pieces of your ship within a limit of 30 days, with each day being 11 minutes real time. Thus, you have a time limit which makes the game more stressful than usual. If you like a challenge by getting items before time is up, then this game is for you. However, because you only have 30 days, the game will not last that long. Pikmin 2, however, involves you searching for treasure (and even dead bodies of creatures you defeat) in order to pay back the 10,000 Pokos that led the company of Hocotate Freight into debt. Once your debt is paid, you can gather the remaining treasures, and after that you can still raise Pikmin. You have unlimited days to complete all of the tasks, which means some days can be spent just getting more Pikmin while others may involve completing two caves. Not only is there a challenge mode, but there is also a two-player mode to go along with the adventure mode. Most people select Pikmin 2 as the clearly better game, simply because it adds a two-player mode, a challenge mode, and a very intense and thorough story mode that you can accomplish at your own leisure.
No. Olimar and Louie will both automatically return to the ship at the end of the day, along with any Pikmin they have under their control.
No. White Pikmin made their first appearance in Pikmin 2.