Pikmin Bloom Game Reviews

Great but….. First thing wrong, this WILL drain your battery FAST! So, if you have plans on playing this game for long extended periods of time… have a few external batteries handy. 2- tracking is off. Not like Pokémon Go, but I like how there’s a massive map with the streets if you zoom out. I have noticed that once I hit level 7, the game started giving me the dreaded “failed to connect to server” issue. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the game to find it is in fact, NOT MY PHONE! Luckily I saved all my data and linked to an account, but I had two groups of Pikmin out on an expedition. As expected with a new game… there are a lot of bugs, but there are also a lot of possibilities I can see with this game! Let’s hope it doesn’t turn out like Harry Potter: Wizards Unite… and shut down. Niantic, please, update the server issues and continue to add to this game as well. It’s good to have two games similar to each other. What I like about this game that I wish Pokémon Go had. The expedition feature. It’s nice to be able to send Pikmin out to a spot and wait for them to return with the goodies. Without having to hit a stop everyday to keep a streak up. But, I understand that the games are the way they are to make them separate and unique. Perhaps there’s a way to incorporate expeditions into Pokémon Go? Regardless, this game is fun and cute. Nice to pass the time, visually appealing and nostalgic!

Mildly fun game potential to be amazing. There are three main features to this game 1 ) Collecting decor pikmin, this is the process of raising pikmin until their friendship level is maxed out and then they’ll put on a little costume based on their place of origin. For example if you find a pikmin by the train station they’ll have s train themed costume. 2 ) Mushroom raiding, there are giant mushrooms in your town that you can send your pikmin to destroy. After defeating the mushroom they will come back with various items. 3 ) Blooming buds into flowers, there are giant buds around your town, you have to walk around the bud and plant mini flowers until the bud blooms into a gigantic flower. After it blooms you are rewarded with various items. The only reason I play is to collect all the decor pikmin… I find the other two features I mentioned extremely boring, too repetitive, it doesn’t feel immersive. Niantic needs to add new features and polish their existing features or this game will not have longevity which is a shame. Features like combat and adding enemies to the game would be great. Everything considered, Pikmin Bloom is a solid 3 out of 5 stars with so much room to improve.

Better than Pokémon go. What I love about this is that you get to unlock things the more levels you gain and the farther you get into the game you can get different kinds of pikmin even special rare ones no lag or glitch nothing is wrong with the app great step counting app we’re you can also have your pikmin beat big muchroom you can plant and bloom flowers get friends send them postcards see them in the game if you plant flowers than go back in flowers and press with others you can see them plus there are quest flower pots if you get enough steps you can pluck out a pikmin you can get extra pots and the more you progress in the game your pikmin will bring you gifts and every day you play the gifts get just a little bit better you can feed them nectar and press there flowers for that stuff I forgot what it’s called tho by the way love your game keep on adding updates and working on the game don’t give up don’t listen to people who don’t like it keep on pushing until they do! Than you for making this game its a total day changer :D download guys!

Pikmin Bloom Review. This is the best mobile app I’ve played in years! Although that’s not saying much lol. Pikmin is one of my favorite video game franchises ever, so I’m always excited to see new games being made. And seeing this announced on the 20 year anniversary of Pikmin just brightened my entire day. And on top of that, this game is just genuinely amazing. Walking around planting flowers and growing Pikmin is so incredibly fun. And all the different types of decor Pikmin are awesome. Their costumes are so cute! Plus, even when I’m not out walking, I can send Pikmin on expeditions and challenges which is really useful. My only real issue with the game is the coins. It’s really difficult to get coins by planting flowers, and the only other way is to buy them, and well… I’m really not a fan of micro-transactions. However, that doesn’t change the fact that this game is absolutely amazing and I enjoy playing it so much! Amazing job Nintendo and Niantic! (Btw Nintendo if you’re reading this, please make Pikmin 4! I would be so insanely happy if that happened!)

Excellent game, could use some minor tweaks. Overall this is an excellent and fun game to encourage exploration and being more physically active. I love collecting all the different types of pikmin and blooming a variety of flowers. This game is very well polished. My only complaint are some minor tweaks that could improve gameplay. 1) a way to organize pikmin by color on the main pikmin page itself. Currently you can only do this during an expedition and it can make things clunky if you are wanting swap in certain colors into your squad outside of expeditions. 2) more decor pikmin! The decor pikmin are excellent and honestly what I love most about the game and what keeps me exploring. I’m always excited to get a new cafe or beach pikmin. I love their designs and they always bring a smile to my face in their little costumes. However, I worry that in a few months of actively playing the game I will run out of unique pikmin to find. I think there is a lot of room to expand the types of decor pikmin, such as gym pikmin holding weights or wearing sweat bands, or taco stand or other food groups outside of burgers, hospital pikmin wearing masks or stethoscopes. There are so many great ideas!

I’m in love with this game! A bug that’s been bugging me though…. I cannot stress how grateful I am for past me downloading Pikmin Bloom. I was at a point in my life where I was just looking for any motivation to get my legs moving, and boy did this deliver. I’ve been playing since early November and I’m so overjoyed with the improvement in my quality of life. That being said, one of my favorite features of the app is that it has a daily logbook. It motivates me to take nice pictures and fill it like a tiny scrapbook. BUT… there seems to be an issue with keeping the images. I’ll upload an image and attach a caption, but after a week (or sometimes just a few days) the image gets deleted and only the caption remains. I’ll reupload the images every now and then, but it doesn’t last super long before they get deleted again (strangely enough, the caption sticks around; it’s just the image which goes missing.) I LOVE Pikmin Bloom. I am so eager to keep growing my pikmin family and keep getting out there and exploring. I just want this little issue to be resolved so that I can look back on my daily logs and not scratch my head at wherever the images went lol. I don’t delete them from my phone, so why do they go missing after a while?

Definitely better than Hey! Pikmin. Even though it’s just an enhanced step counter, this game definitely feels more like a Pikmin game than Hey! Pikmin. I understand so much of the upgrades costing real money as it’s only been out for a week and a half, and they are trying to get revenue off of it. However, I hope they add collectible “treasures” like in Pikmin 2. Its be a great thing to have besides from collecting costumes for Pikmin. I still give it a five star because I can see a lot of potential for this. But only time will tell! However, I’ve seen all these bugs on the game from other reviewers, but my only bug is a very minor one that doesn’t affect anything: sometimes when I log in, the game will give me a notification saying that I am going too fast, when I’m sitting down at a table. That’s my only problem and I hope any readers will have a good day, thank you for taking the time to read this!

Pikmin Go. Every time someone asks me what this game is, I tell them it’s basically Pokémon Go, but with Pikmin instead. And it is, but I actually enjoy this game a lot more than I did Pokémon Go. The biggest difference is that the main focus is on the steps you take, making it a great exercise motivator. But the other thing I like about it is that you don’t have to go to specific places to get the different Pikmin (I believe Thomas Sanders made a joke about traveling halfway across the world to get an Arcticuno…) You do have to go to different places to get some of the more special Pikmin, but it’s general places that should be near most people such as bakeries, salons, and Ramen places. The other thing I like about that aspect of the game is that you don’t have to constantly have the app open to find the Pikmin either, you simply walk around and it saves the Pikmin that you find for you to go collect whenever you have time. The one complaint that I have is that there’s only one way to earn coins, which is through planting flowers, and it’s very slow. I’d say on average I earn about 8 coins a day and the cheapest thing in the store is about 100 coins so… it takes a while to earn enough to do anything useful with them. I understand that games have to make money somehow, but as someone who really doesn’t have cash to spend on mobile games, it’s pretty frustrating. Overall though, it’s a great game and I love walking places now instead of dreading it.

An amazing game turned awful overnight. While myself and my partner have loved this game since day one, and spent many many dollars on in game purchases- we are leaving the game until they decide to make changes that allow expeditions to be suitable for users that do not live in densely populated areas. Mushroom challenges which used too take less than one minute now take up to 20 days to complete. Mushrooms have increased from 10s of thousands of HP to millions with no scaling of existing pikmin or challenge rewards. This is sickening to say the least. A once great game has turned in to an unusable product over night, and I’ve seen this opinion shared by EVERY SINGLE PLAYER that I follow online. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS of DAY ONE players have spoken out against this change, and niantic has unreceptive. Having 100%d pikmin 1-3, I think a solid approach would’ve been making very large, dangerous “boss” creatures with these mega HP bars. This invites collaboration, cooperation, and the sort of multiplayer niantic was aiming for. These challenges could have increased requirements and increased rewards. Mushrooms, challenges which in the mainline pikmin games are basically slimes, taking 20 days, though, is absolutely beyond comprehension. PLEASE FIX THIS. If the change becomes properly rebalanced, and a thought out implementation of the current challenge system is put into play, this game could easily become one of the best niantic has ever made.

Pokemon Go but laid back. I picked this game up a year ago and kinda fell off for a while, but the game still kept track of all my walking progress so when I opened it, I was able to get a head start on leveling up on where I left off. This game also allows you to go at your own pace while giving a bit more of a push to get out and explore in turn for rewards. No matter what task you do, you'll always be leveling up your pikmin to fight mushrooms, and there's a plethora of seasonal/monthly events that makes sure you'll never fall too far behind. I picked this game back up during summer of 2023 at level 7 and I'm all the way at level 46 today! If you ever need a game that keeps you busy while rewarding you for your efforts, this is definitely the game for you! I wholeheartedly suggest trying it out regardless of whether you have background knowledge of Pikmin as a whole or not

Almost perfect… just a few things they could add/change. I really do love Pikmin Bloom, in fact I have gotten others to join me in it and it is fun to destroy mushrooms together and send postcards back and forth. The things I wish were different are that I wish you could send friends things other things besides postcards (and that don’t cost actual money) like I had extra mushroom tickets or an over abundance of nectar that I would have loved to have been able to share the wealth. Also, although I enjoy joining other random people on their mushroom adventures, I wish I could send friend requests to my fellow mushroom hunters and get to know more people in my area via the app! I mean, it’s supposed to be a social game, right? I would also love it if gaining coins was a little easier, I don’t need to drown in coins, but I feel like it is beyond hard to get them without paying for them. Those things would make the game perfect. I do appreciate the daily free packs and the new challenges to get stuff. Keep it up!

Good game but what if more could be in it. Well imma be honest I’m a pretty big Pikmin fan and to see it be this type of game was pretty fun something I liked on mobile for new people to enjoy neat. But it didn’t feel like a Pikmin game though my first thought was well if it’s Pikmin where’s the enemy’s like Bulborbs Wolly wogs Firey Blow hogs the water wraith. (No I’m kidding screw that enemy) or like really anything I feel the absence of the enemy’s in Pikmin bloom really makes the game feel like just a walking simulator if enemy’s were added to let’s say give a break just from doing walking and actually adding some strategy with the types we got in the game it could work as like how Pokémon go does their enemy Encounters. It would be nice to have a walking game have at least some strategy to it since pikmin has always been that a strategy and somewhat time management game. But anyways insanely good game I hope enemies get added in the future.

Manage button fail. I severely dislike the new manage button. You may have organized things neatly, but now choosing which Pikmin I can add to my squad is more work. Before, I could select Pikmin on standby until the Move button grayed out. Then I’d know there were no more empty slots in my squad. Now I select Pikmin, select Manage, then look to see if “Swap to squad/standby” is ghosted out. Couldn’t you add a counter for room left in the squad? Also, the Swap button is right next to Release. This is poorly designed. In addition, I don’t mind rewarding you financially for all the work you put in to this game, but you really do make it difficult to complete event challenges without investing money. I’ve played for a week and a half with no new white Calla lilies. I am forced to buy some if I want to complete that challenge. This feels greedy to me and makes me actually not want to give you another dime. Your random distribution of seedlings also feels broken. For example, with the space suits, I have six blue Pikmin and four yellow Pikmin, but no red. Again, it was an incentive for me to buy some, but there have to be less greedy ways of helping me part with my cash.

Love Pikmin Bloom! 🌱🌼. Pikmin Bloom is my favorite mobile game! I’ve been playing daily since launch in October 2021. I enjoy traveling and I adore that my little buddies are like memories of all the places I’ve been these last 2+ years. Some aspects of the game frustrate me like region locked exclusives and the heavy mushroom requirements in events that can block you from progressing as quickly as you’d like. But other than that, this game only gets better with time. It seems the developers do take into account what their users are asking for and slowly make improvements over time. One of the best additions they’ve made in the games is that we now have “bullhorns” which allows you to invite friends to help you defeat mushrooms. I have a friend who almost never leaves home so before this she couldn’t help me with mushrooms and I felt annoying asking other friends and family to go find the mushroom I’d started and join it. Now I get invitations from friends in other countries to join mushrooms and I have opportunities to obtain lovely postcards I’d otherwise never get! Adore the Pikmin franchise and this was the perfect addition! I, along with many others, hope that Ice and Glow Pikmin are in the near future of the game 🙏🧊❇️

Good but major problem. So as a father most of my walks are with my kids or I enjoy a bike ride. Both seem to be a problem so let’s start with the first. When I go for a walk with my kids I use a stroller, this isn’t properly counting my steps or just not counting them at all (I assume this is because it’s assuming I’m in a car or something?). The next problem is bike ride, when I go on a bike ride I throw my phone in my backpack where it assumes I’m driving and also doesn’t calculate even my distance at this point. I really like this app but there are randomly spots on my map which can only be from when I took a break from riding my bike and the app decided that only that counts. Let me iterated that this app is quite enjoyable but these minor flaws missed me out on my badge today which minor, is quite upsetting. Hopefully next community day the app will consider stroller walking or bike rides as a common way to transport! Thank you!

Great little game. Latest update, not so great.. I get a lot of satisfaction out of planting different flowers as I walk and completing challenges. The Pikmin are adorable and it’s really fun to collect different types. I rarely spend money on games, but am happy to on this one with some regularity. That said… PLEASE stop bugging me about postcards. I let my postcard inventory get full so I could do mushrooms without having to deal with postcards. Now, with the latest update, I have to choose to “Discard” or “Receive” the postcard every time I complete the mushroom. (I suspect if I choose “Receive”, you’re going to take me to the shop to try to get me to buy more mushroom storage.) I get that you’re in this to make money, but this is the type of mechanism that is aggravating and insulting. Send me a pop-up once a month if you have to, but please stop making me deal with this 3+ times/day. Also, it would be awesome if you’d do more challenges where we can get Pikmin that aren’t local to us (the beach Pikmin, for example).

Good game!. I love pickmin bloom, I just love pickmin! Can you add creature cards? So creature cards are collectible cards that never wear out and can start a battle with a pickmin predator (If your pickmin die, you lose points, not lose the pickmin), you don’t get more pickmin, but you can get seedlings. So there’s very common, common, uncommon, rare, legendary, and mythical, 2 very common make a common, 2 commons make a uncommon, ect. Also pease make a expedition for a boss card after you get all the cards in a rarity (boss cards are just creature cards but there bosses instead of normal opponents), and the card rarity is judged by difficulty, the more points you end with, the better rewards you get. And lastly can you give the person a in-game interactive house that you can get things to decorate (the decor pickmin give you special figures, and normal pickmin give you normal figures, and every first type of pickmin give you a figure of them). Thanks for reading my (very very very) long explanation. But this is a great game! It’s one of my favorites. Bye and thanks!👋

Good game, but I found a bug. So, i played this game expecting it to be another idle stepcounter, but it’s different. You pick up things from your Pikmin and use them to get more or change the flowers on your current ones. The game is great and i had a lot of fun with it so far, but…what prevents me from giving it five stars is the bug i encountered. See, i wanted more Pikmin so i walked until two new ones i got were ready to pluck, but i wasn’t leveling up as a friend who recommended the game to me warned about. Curious, i went to the level screen where i was given an overview of the level system and told i needed 500 total steps to do so. I had about 1000 at that point. I figured “okay, if i do 500 steps then i’ll be back to normal, right?” No matter how many steps i took, that number never went any higher. It stayed stuck at 0. I hope the devs see this; i’d really hate to need to restart and do things in a very specific order to proceed. I think i broke the sequence they wanted players to go through and that’s why i’m getting this bug. Not even restarting the app or my phone worked. Though, if you want a relaxing game to have on in the background while you walk around, then by all means get this game. It’s relaxing and fun, especially with AR mode. I just hope another bug patch is implemented to fix whatever sequence break i happened to glitch the game out with.

Fix Mushroom Battle Privacy!. I’ve been loving all the updates. They’ve motivated me to walk and get out more. I don’t mind that the mushroom battles got harder. It’s just incentive to keep going and growing. However, the new mushroom battle format needs a privacy update ASAP. My Mii has always looked like me. I LIKE that it looks like me. It’s fun to play Mario Kart as a family with everyone using their own likeness. I don’t use my real name in the game but I’m seeing lots of people who do. Having someone appear at a mushroom for 9+ hours with their real name or even just their likeness is a huge privacy concern for me. I had to change my Mii on Nintendo just so my avatar wouldn’t look like me to battle a mushroom. I don’t mind working together on a mushroom but I want to be able to do so anonymously. It’s one thing for my Mii to look like me on a game server with international players or friends and family. It’s quite another thing to show up on a map with a person’s name and likeness for hours on end next to their residence, school or place of work where most of play most frequently.

Good concept but big issue. So, I’m chilling, looking around and see that there’s this new game by niantic called Pikmin bloom. Cool. I go and get it. Cooler. The game is great, but a big issue is that it is purchase able on an iPad. This may not seem bad, in fact, good. BUT. A thing about bloom is that it uses apple health to calculate your steps. A tiny kink in your plan, apple health was removed from iPads in 2018. Now, I get it is a game meant to be played on your phone, but niantic has already released Pokémon go that calculates your steps perfectly well and works perfectly fine on an iPad. Maybe they were in a rush, or it needed exact steps due to the exact step amounts needed to re-awaken the pikmin. None the less, good game, but they should remove it to be bought on iPads. My hope is that this ages like spoiled milk, and more people know about this. Niantic thought they could sneak the fact that the game just doesn’t on iPads work into the notes. But I see you. And I think you need to patch this, or find a way around it. Many who want to get this game are deterred by the fact it is just broken. Maybe you are working on the patch right now, but I just wanted to say that this needs to be told to more people.

Great concept, but a really long way to go. I just tried to add a note for the past day. It was limited to 300 characters and that was basically nothing to use it as a dairy. The note would be folded in the journal, too, so I think it’s definitely possible to allow multiple entries or a longer entry. I personally really like the concept, but sadly the map is pinned to your location so you can only see the flowers around you. Can there be a button that you can see the whole map, though might limited to 5 miles around you, or limited to the flowers that only you planted? I don’t like that you have to start a session in order to have your flowers planted. I think the app encourages people to take sessions of walking (fast walking, running, etc.) instead of the general walking steps. The flower planting is time-centered instead of distance/step-centered. I feel like there are not many things that you can do in the game. The flowers planted during a session were not even even if you are walking with a steady speed. Update: today I found that part of the flowers I planted disappeared from the map… wow

Glitches and Bugs take the fun away... Don’t get me wrong, Pikmin Bloom is such a fun and active app that gets me excited to get all of my steps in. I enjoy growing new pikmin for my collection and meeting new friends to complete the weekly challenges. However, there’s been a rise a of bugs throughout the game which is spoiling the fun of Pikmin Bloom. I constantly get duplicate pikmims when I go and try to join a mushroom battle. These glitchy pikmim are not able to college nectar and I would have to close the app and try again. Just recently, Pikmin Bloom just ended their Spring Event but on the last day there was another bug on the pikmin strength making the Spring/ Easter Egg pikmin usless to Spring Mushrooms causing million of players to not complete the Easter challenge- I paid to get in game coins to boost my chance in completing the Spring Challenge only for the entire game to glitch out on the last day, making it a total lost for everyone in the Pikmin community. Sorry this is a bit of a long review but hopefully the developers at PB really focus on these bugs and address them properly.

Let’s revive Pikmin!! Major suggestions!!!. Pikmin was one of my most faveriot childhood games, and we have not seen a Pikmin game in such a long time. I believe this game could show Nintendo that Pikmin 4 needs to come out!! If you want your app to grow rapidly, let me give you some ideas. Growing Pikmin is fun, but more gimmicks are needed. How about like Pokémon gyms and stops, you have a way to battle with your Pikmin. Enemies could drop loot, and like the original Pikmin games, the bigger and badder the enemy the more expensive loot. Maybe have a trophy case with the loot, or have the loot to be sold for coins, which could upgrade your backpack or outfit. I would love to see bosses, and how in Pikmin you can build bridges with tiles, how about a habitat where you have Pikmin build bridges, and playgrounds for them to play with instead of just a screen with grass on it. How about buried treasure that requires a certain amount of one type of Pokémon to dig up the treasure. Like the blue Pikmin are required to dig up greaser stuck in a lake, or red Pikmin are required to dig up treasure in a fire. Adding more game mechanics will get people hooked to the game just like they got hooked to Pokémon go.

In game purchases gotten out of hand. I really enjoy this game, however they amount of coins they want for you to buy anything helpful has gotten expensive. In game they constantly have events to plant flowers, it it’s not easy to get flowers in areas that don’t have large flowers to bloom, thus making it near impossible to participate and complete the event unless you purchase flowers from the store. Then the premium pass for events I had a misunderstanding about and instead of listening to my feedback support didn’t listen to anything I was saying and closed the conversation as I was typing. What kind of support is that? Not a very nice nor helpful one. For 999 coins when it’s advertised you would receive a colored seedling of your choosing, it shouldn’t take you the entire duration of the event to get what you paid 999 coins for. Since they closed my conversation before I could respond here’s my review. Either what you pay coins for should actually be worth it or the cost should be reduced. I refuse to spend any more money on this game due to the rise in coin prices, I remember months back flowers did not cost 300 coins to buy also

Fun but HUGE bug. This game is super cute, but the only thing is I hardly have any incentive to play anymore because no matter what I do, my pikmin’s friendship levels WILL NOT go up. I have a purple Pikmin that I’ve taken on SEVERAL expeditions as well as some starred pikmin because I like to farm decor pikmin. It’s been a good week and NONE OF THEM have increased friendship level even a little bit. It shows the little heart above them when they come back from the expedition and I collect the item from them, but other than that, they show no signs of leveling up. It’s incredibly frustrating and makes me not really want to play the game if I can’t even get decor pikmin anymore. I’m not even having trouble with counting steps or anything, everything else in the game is working fine (other than the occasional glitch where two or more pikmin are in the EXACT same spot and clip through each other, but that’s just visually funny and doesn’t affect gameplay) but I CANNOT raise friendship levels. I’m not sure if anyone else is having this issue, but it’s incredibly frustrating since I’ve starred all the pikmin that are from places where they’ll get a non-sticker decor item. Its a fun game and doesn’t drain my battery as much as pokemon go, but this is very annoying and I don’t see the point if I cant even get decor pikmin

Avid Niantic player. So I’ve played Ingress. Not really my jam. I play Go prolifically. I’ve played Wizards Unite but it’s boring as heck and I’m not surprised they’re killing the game early next year I decided to try this one. First it doesn’t track steps as well as Go. I look on one app versus the other and it barely registers my steps. Two the Ingress portals are not all available on Pikmin. In fact very few. The portals or poke stops and gyms should be universal. Especially to loyal players that know where all of these spots are located. I seriously bought my home knowing I was within walking distance to 6. So it’s disappointing to see in Pikmin that I can’t reach any of the 6. They just aren’t there. Instead the closest to me are in high traffic areas that are not the most safe due to the transient population. No, I’m not saying all homeless are the scourge of society. I’ve been accosted by enough in my area to know that mental illness is a real problem among the homeless. I’ve also questioned why I don’t see the aliens they clearly can see. But I digress. Open all the portals in Pikmin please! I spent months looking for the perfect home.

Level 15 and Unlocked all Basic Features. I really enjoy this charming game. It’s pros are things I don’t enjoy about Niantic’s flagship Pokémon Go. Being that Pickmin have no inherent CP rating, pulling and naming Pickmin feels more rewarding, as you will never have to put any of your Pickmin in a candy blender. Additionally, there isn’t a push to play so that you don’t miss out on new content. You can tackle the quests at your own pace and interact with seedlings and Pickmin at your behest. Additionally, sending your Pickmin on fetch quests and watching them walk toward map locations in real time is quite cute. However, there is still more from the Pickmin side of things that I would like to see. One cool idea that uses previous Niantic features would be battling the series’ famous monsters. In this iteration, however, you would throw Pickmin like a Pokeball at the monster to attack. Hitting the sweet spot could mean your Pickmin takes less damage or doesn’t die. Type resistance could also be used from the main games. In reality, that is one core concept I would like to see. Eventually, I’m sure I will have the max of 300 Pickmin. I think it would really add to the game to feel a sense of responsibility for one’s Pickmin and helping them not die from monsters like the console counterparts. Just please, Niantic, whatever you do don’t give Pickmin CP.

Obnoxiously addictive for a simple concept.. Though the content within is mite lacking, it does incentivize walking around with minimal effort. You walk to get fruits, you use those fruits to get nectar, you use the nectar to plant flowers, and you plant flowers around big blooms to get more fruit. It’s an endless cycle but a fun one at that. There’s also a unique decoration system that changes depending on where the pikmin was born, incentivizing you to get out of the small bubble and explore around to gather more decos for your pikmin. Honestly the best part about this game is that the microtransations aren’t predatory in the slightest, unless you play too often. Even then it can be managed with the base upgrades in the long run. The only negatives is that Roadside decorations are hilariously common and feel like a waste of time once you’ve seen the same letter with the same color for the 55th time. And the fact that it absolutely eats the everloving crap out of your battery, but hopefully this can be patched later on in its life. Overall while not really needing to carry the pikmin mantle, I’m glad this is the franchise niantic settled on to represent. Would recommend for some offhand fun.

Way better than Pokémon Go. This game is the best in every way :) It knows exactly what kind of fan service Pikmin fans want and delivers the cute 100% with decor pikmin, special flower types, and unique little animations when you click on them. It feels so great to add more Pikmin to your squad and the challenges you have to overcome are usually not too difficult. Of all the fitness apps out there, this is the only one that has successfully encouraged me to go out of my way to go outside and explore places outside of my daily routine. The best part is Community Day, which asks you to walk 10k steps to receive a special badge. I always end up going somewhere unique and having an unforgettable time on Community Days :) I’ve been playing since November and not only are there still tons of new surprises & discoveries to be made in the app, but they are updating constantly. Just recently they added sushi and snack decor, which I’m stoked to find :D Like Pokémon Go there are also interactive events, which I unfortunately haven’t been able to participate in yet but I’m looking forward to the next one! Overall an extremely wholesome app that is beneficial to your physical AND emotional happiness :)

This App Is Amazing!. I think this app is AMAZING!!! At first I downloaded this app because I thought the little plants were adorable. However after opening the app and engaging in it, I realized it was so much more. You can not only use it to encourage you self to walk around in which you can grow adorable little plants. But, you can also journal on this app. At the end of the day, it tells you how many steps you have taken and where you all walked to and planted flowers ( which everyone in your community can see your flowers that you have planted as you walk which is so cool ). It also asks you how your day was and gives you the ability to write a short paragraph about your day. In this you can add photos so you can look back and remember what you did that day. So I highly recommend this app to anyone interested in journaling or even just cute little plants that follow you around :)

Absolutely Pleasant. From when I first started Pikmin Bloom, I was enraptured by its charm and personality. It has nestled its way into my daily routine. This app works so well for me and what I need. I’ve needed motivation to get out more, and I’ve been exploring my new city after moving. From constantly planting, growing, and feeding my little Pikmin friends, I look forward to the new adventure each day brings. While I have played other AR games, I find this more than any other is a pleasant motivator to go on walks and explore. While there are times I stop and interact with AR elements in the world, much more of my time is spent actually just moving. I adore the little journal entries at the end of each day. There is a spot for little notes and it compelled me to write a haiku to remember the day by. Sometimes it’s about a novel interaction from the day, and other times it’s about my admiration for my little Pik friends. This app has brought me so much joy and warmth. I can only hope that others will find the same elation I have with Pikmin Bloom.

Fun passive game, but absolutely trash performance. I’ve been playing this game since it launched on my iPhone 11 Pro. For the most part, it’s a pretty fun little game. It’s basically a gamified pedometer, but it has some neat features to encourage walking out and about in the world. Because it’s a passive game, there isn’t much to do; the joy comes from the exploration and seeing your personal achievements each day and week. Unfortunately, over the past couple of months, the game has become nearly unusable. There’s 10-, 15-second freezes for every action that I do in the game. I’ve tried logging out and logging back in, deleting and reinstalling the game, everything short of wiping my phone to start over. Nothing fixes it. So what should take a minute or so to do in the game takes five or more. I used to run flowers every time I walked outside, even if was a short trip to my car in a parking lot or to the bus stop. Now, it’s not even worth it. More than half of my journey is over by the time I get the game to work. Now that the weather is getting nicer, I’d love to play it more. Unless Niantic fixes the performance, and I don’t see that happening, then it’s going to be relegated to an “occasionally when I have time” type of game.

Wish I could do more challenges. I love Pikmin I’ve played every installment of the franchise I downloaded this game just because of my love for the little guys. So far I’m having a great time with this app even more then Pokémon go the only thing I wish I could do was do more challenges. I recently just got to the point where I can take down big mushrooms and it’s been cool getting the little fruit or stuff when there done it’s super fun. When I couldn’t do another challenge like that due to my Pikmin being tired I tried to switch out my squad hoping that would let me continue but sadly that wasn’t the case. So it kinda sad to see a challenge there and I can’t play it yet my Pikmin can go on as many expeditions as there are available. I hope in an update soon I can do as may challenges as I can expeditions other then that the game has been a simple joy to play I also wish how it counts ur steps near the end of the day u get like a prize every mile stone u pass like one nectar or after ten thousand steps get a random pikmen or something

Enjoying the app a lot, unfortunate audio issues. This app isn’t perfect and it fits into the same niche as Pokémon go (natural considering it’s from the same devs), but I personally find it more enjoyable. It’s a much more casual experience, and I find it to be a cute at charming way to count steps. The gyms are replaced with these large flowers that everyone helps to grow, so there’s not much of a competitive aspect, but that doesn’t really seem like the point to me. Much like in Pokémon go there are certain upgrades like more space in your party or more growing slots locked behind micro transactions, but for a free phone app that I used to blow of steam in my spare time, I don’t mind (but I relatively enjoyed Pokémon go, and am a looooong time Pikmin fan, so it speaks to my personal interests). I haven’t been able to get the audio to work however, which is a big deal for me, but if/when that gets resolved, that would be my only major complaint solved. I say if you liked Pokémon go or games like that but are looking for a lighter, more relaxing alternative, it’s worth a shot at least!

Great "game!". Going into this, I honestly expected it to be either a glorified pedometer or another Pokemon GO ripoff, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was somewhere in the middle! It is, for all intents and purposes, "Pedometer app: Now with badges!!!1!" Meets Pokemon GO... But in a good way. It helps take focus away from the "game" itself and more on actually going for a walk. As I've heard many people say, Pokemon GO, while still getting one into the world, requires a lot of attention in order to see where the wild Pokemon or pokestops or gyms are, but Pikmin Bloob doesn't try to do anything over exciting... And it works! It's a "game" designed to get you to look away from your phone. However, you probably noticed the fact that I have continuously put game in quotes, and that's because... Well, it just doesn't really feel like a game to me. And we'll I am aware that at the time of me writing this Pikmin Bloom has only been out for around a week, I feel like there's a lot more they could have done to make it feel more like an interactive walking experience and less like a pedometer with badges.

Great game but I need bulbmin. This is one of my favorite apps on my phone, and I love how you get to have your own Pikmin and care for them. There are all of the Pikmin types in Pikmin 1-3! Or so I thought... The cutest Pikmin isn’t in this game. I wish that bulbmin were in this game but they sadly aren’t. I understand why since they are exclusive to caves in pikmin 2 but I thought of these special expeditions you could do where you send Pikmin to explore in caves for a small amount of time and there is a set chance of finding bulbmin or fruit. Using more Pikmin or different types can change the chance of finding bulbmin and fruit and the length of time it takes the Pikmin to go on the expedition. There is a minimum of 10 Pikmin to go on the expedition, but there can be less if you use rock or purple pikmin. I hope Nintendo or niantic sees this, because it would be so great if bulbmin made it into the game.

Amazing game but one thing I would like added. I’ve started playing just about a month ago and I love this game I’ve played quite a bit of the actual Pikmin games on the GameCube and switch and stoked for Pikmin 4 so I’m not diving into the game headfirst but honestly, you really don’t need to know basically anything about Pikmin to play this game. The Pikmin are cute and it makes it feel like every walk is a goal to accomplish. I would highly recommend this game. Now for the one thing I would like to add. Now sometimes I forget my phone at home and I can bummed out because I was just in a parade yesterday for a maple festival and I forgot my phone. I could have easily grown some Pikmin but I didn’t have my phone. However, this problem could be fixed for the people who have Apple Watches I feel like because it can already track your steps and stuff. This would a huge game changer and would like to see it added. Other a 10/10 game. Thanks for creating a Pikmin mobile game!

Play it passively for the best experience!. I’m loving this game, I just found a toothbrush Pikmin as a pet of the pharmacy collection and I was absolutely in love with the design. The step counter and day logging is fantastic and I’d love to see you expand upon that experience. It be great to see the miles walked too so I could use it as a gauge for how far I’ve gone since I’ve started a walk. I do think the friends feature needs some love. It be great if you put access to friends n the front page so it be easy to find. Maybe make a Pikmin post office and it could be coupled with your postcard collection and your “Pikmin-dex”. Also, I loved stickers in Pokémon go so it be great if you could have a sticker collection system too. It be special to have a postcard and a stamp collection and then choose which special Pikmin takes it to your friends. Maybe with stickers it can be the cost to attach a berry or two as a gift. I just really want the social features to go beyond what was in Pokémon go. I think there great. Also, it crashes whenever I open the stock camera and there’s no way to mute the music.

Fun stepcounter. I’m level 8 and intent to get farther, so far it’s really just walk and I pull up Pikmin and collect some berries and stuff, it’s cute, I don’t feel useful in game yet but I think I’m around the corner, I play Pokémon go as well so it’s kinda a nice one to have in the background to count and still progress good. You definitely need a phone that counts steps to play, as I’m seeing reviews saying they can’t progress so it makes sense. I would rate it 5 stars but as others said, it’s pay to play basically, you can’t get expansion slots to anything without real money, and the coins you can earn are frankly ridiculous, and no real use for those coins. Currently I don’t mind Pokémon Go’s system to earn coins and get expansions with them, yes I still spend plenty of real cash but I like the option and I like to cut my cost by earning some, so in this one not having that just feels like a turn away from the right direction, cause it’s a flat fee, I tend to throw a 20 at it cause it’s a better deal on coins so I get more expansions. Enough ranting about that, the game itself is why your reading thing? The game is fun if you like their other games, if you didn’t like it, then you won’t like this, it’s that simple. Tho unlike their other games, this one is a lot slower on screen, it’s very focused on walking so even healthier I guess.

Amazing game, could be even better. I’ve been playing Pikmin bloom for quite a while now, and I must say it’s really really fun. I wish this game got the love it deserved from fans because it really is great. It’s like pokemon go but with Pikmin, but the main mechanic is footsteps instead of your location, and personally I think this works better. It’s really fun to exercise while also making progress! I really hope they’re planning a big update when they add the Pikmin 4 Pikmin, because there are two things I think would improve the game even more: 1. A more direct connection with Apple health, since they could use other measurements for other progression mechanics and it could be really cool. And 2. Functionality with Apple Watch!! It would be amazing to just start planting flowers on my watch without pulling out my phone and seeing when they’re done and the rewards I got from planting without going through the long cutscene. Overall, I’m happy with the game and think it’s great, but I can’t wait to see what they do with the next big update

Good game could use improvements. This is a great game as we have played all of the Pikmin games, so when we saw this we had to give it a go. It is a great step counting interactive game, fun events, and has gotten my entire family out and moving. The improvements that I would love to see is having mushrooms spawn in more rural areas. I live in the outskirts of town and no mushrooms ever spawn within a 8 mile radius of us. We have to drive into town to battle mushrooms. I can pick things up and do basic seedling and fruit expeditions but that gets a little boring. If there was an algorithm to allow mushrooms or some other enemy to spawn in heavily flowered areas (our roads and back yard are absolutely full of flowers) that would be fantastic! It would add to the game so much more to have actual enemies added as mini expeditions (like seedlings, fruit, etc) instead of mushrooms. Seeing enemies such as Wollywogs, Bulbmin, and bulborbs would deeply add to the experience. To me it seems like it is a missing element to the game to be walking around and not seeing the natural enemies as you would in the game. Something needs to be added surrounding the flower planting and drawing stuff in. This is not a deal breaker for me entirely, but a lot of missed opportunities to use peoples steps and work planting worth their efforts. I would love to see a Bulborb pop up in my “garden” for me and my family to battle.

Love it but…STOP CORNERING USERS TO PAY FOR PLAY. Been playing for weeks and I’m at level 24 at the moment but its almost obvious the way Niantic tries to squeeze every last penny out of players, leaving those who want to enjoy the game for enjoyment sake with a somewhat slow/mid of an experience. Here are some of the reasons why ill probably stop playing: 1- Lack of incentive to level up, goals get increasively more ambitious but the rewards are awful (ie walk 20k steps and spend hours battling mushrooms for 5 nectars and a pat in the back) 2- Space available to hatch pikmin vs. amount of seeds encountered. I feel like Niantic is holding those empty spots over our heads while shoving seeds down our throats to have us pay for the expansion or pretty much be forced to discard seeds. 3- Rewards for battling mushrooms almost not worth the time at this point to be honest Pretty much everything listed here points at you either pay up or put up with this. I would be more incentivized to buy in-game items if it wasnt for the fact that the more I level up the more aware I am that paying to play is ultimately inevitable. Its unfortunate that these days in the mobile gaming industry paying for play has been normalized. Please put yourselves in the shoes of those who like me, just want to play for fun and like to actually see the results of their progress without having to pay for shortcuts. Sincerely, Increasingly dissilusioned but hopeful user

I’m a fan. Been playing for a few years, love collecting all the different types so pickmin, my fav are the holiday ones. Halloween especially! This app makes walking a little more fun and sometimes pushes me to walk and move more. I love the quick little reflection it does at the end of the day. Select a face that fits the mood of the day- happy, sad, or neutral. You can add a pic or a few, and if you’re in the mood you can write a little bit. If not no worries, and it records your steps at the end of the day! I love to journal and have kept one most of my life, but for someone who doesn’t journal this could be a great way to get into it or try it out to see if you like it! An Apple Watch or Fitbit make the app a lot better- I think they’re more accurate then my phone @ counting steps. Only thing i would like to change: Would love it if I was able to add the people who join me when I’m destroying mushrooms to my friends. Idk why that’s not an option. And cuter free clothes and avatar accessories… but mainly the adding friends thing.

Helping me a lot through a tough time.. This came out right as I’m going through the hardest part in my life so far, especially mentally, and to my surprise being able to use this app has been a bit helpful for that. Let alone the nice feelings of having excuses to go for walks, my favorite thing is actually the “journal” feature the game has, and it’s been very nice to have so far since I’ve been using it a bit to keep track of my progress in improving myself mentally every day, alongside the other positive parts of seeing where I’m going on this journey with my Pikmin. I would love to see this expanded upon a bit, but at the very least would appreciate some minor changes, such as being able to add more than one text post, and a fix to navigating the text being somewhat clumsy. (Doesn’t seem to support any features of the system keyboard such as autocorrect and the 3D-touch scroll). I would like to see sharing options for friends being added to that feature as well, but it for sure needs options for privacy too, especially for the kind of situation I’m in, where a lot of that info should stay private primarily but would like to share with one or two friends specifically I’m comfortable showing that too.

It’s awesome and super fun but two issues. It’s a fun game that really gets you through a long game but I think it would really benefit us and Nintendo if we had boss fights and ice pikmin, I think that for ice pikmin you could unlock them at level 25 or 26 cause I love them a lot. I would also love to see a boss fight feature where sometimes flowers will be attacked by famous pikmin bosses that will have a difficulty system like sometimes you will have like a bulborb as a tier one enemy blocking the flower or the titan dweevil as like a tier five enemy, and you can play solo with others. I know there is a big pikmin can’t die in this game rule so what if there is like a time limit where you only have a small amount of time to beat the enemy before it’s over and the boss throws all the pikmin off it and onto your screen as they slowly slide off it. Honestly besides these things I love the game but their is not much content and I think these would really make the game more fun. -Eli Seton

Adorable, fun, better than Pokemon Go IMO. I personally enjoy this more than Pokémon Go mainly because you don’t have to constantly be on the app while walking and your steps still count towards something. I’m not a hardcore Pokémon go user for a lot of reasons and one of them is the fact that you have to be staring non-stop at your phone with your head down while walking out in public to utilize the app which I don’t do for a multitude of reasons. Pikmin Bloom is cute and I find myself continuing to be motivated to get more Pikmin, fill their hearts and send them on their journeys to get their little gifts…even if 90% of them are stickers with a letter on them. It would be cool if you could trade Pikmin, if only for the sake of obtaining a decor you like/want in exchange for a decor that your friend really wants, not for the goal of maxing out CP or anything in the way that people trade in Pokémon go, I’m not a huge fan of that. The concept of planting flowers around your neighborhood and anywhere you go when you walk is so wholesome and feels more rewarding than just collecting stuff.

Very fun but…. I was very excited to see something new, Pikmin related. I just started playing and I’m having fun with it. It’s concepts are very creative! I don’t know what it is, but for me collecting Pikmin is way more satisfying than catching a Pokémon in Pokémon Go. It’s cool to see your collection grow as you walk more. Very rewarding. Now here’s what I want added to this game. The game is pretty good at the moment, but I want a bit more variety. Sending your Pikmin on expeditions is cool, but I want more uses for them. First off, similar to the Pokéstops, maybe there could be treasures scattered around the map. Treasure collecting was one of my favorite concepts in Pikmin 2, and I would love to see that here. And maybe some of the more rare treasures require more Pikmin to carry it. That would be another great reason to boost your army. Also, I would love to see enemies on this game. On the map, there can be occasional creatures like bulborbs. And you can challenge it. You use your Pikmin to fight the bulborb, and swipe the screen to throw them like in Pokémon go. These enemies could drop some cool rewards like treasures, fruits, and Pikmin planters. This game has quite a lot of potential, and if you add some of these features to the game it would really make it a better experience!

This is definitely good enough. This game is awesome, I’m really addicted. It doesn’t help that I love going outside and walking in nature. Gives me more reason to do so. The only complaints I have is that it has a plethora of bugs and visual glitches. These will be fixed with time though. My other complaint though, is that the coins are too difficult to get. You have to consecutively plant 500 flowers without stopping to receive 1 coin. The cheapest thing in the shop is 50 coins (50 white flower petals). That means, that in order to afford this relatively easy item to obtain, you would need to plant 25,000 flowers, or about 60,000 steps. The coin system needs some serious balancing. Otherwise, this game is wonderful, and unlocking each color makes walking the most addicting thing ever. I’m 5 weeks in and I have about 309,000 steps in total. I’m already level 30 and I am in love with this game I do recommend, for all ages

Excellent pedometer based game!. This game, while retaining somewhat similar mechanics in certain areas, has a completely different base mechanic in that it revolves entirely around step count, and walking, unlike PGo using distance travelled as it’s base metric. Through the week it serves as mainly a pedometer and something to do during downtime, breaks or lunch. However, in my free time it has completely transformed how I spend big chunks of my free time. I’m constantly looking for new area to explore and walk through to keep things fresh, as well as find unique Decor variants. I’m almost always looking for a good place to start a Pikmin day when I’m out and about, and pushing my step counts ever higher and for longer periods. This also works really well being that my wife still plays PGo, and is always willing to go hunting for ‘mon while I’m planting up some ‘min. If you’re a fan of walking, Niantic mobile games, pedometry, exploring your local area, or are maybe just looking to boost your physical output daily in a fun, cute, very enjoyable way I very much recommend giving Pikmin Bloom a shot. The monetized portions are EXTREMELY not necessary but are there if you don’t mind tossing a couple dollars to Nindy to save a bit of grinding. Well done Niantic and Nintendo, and the Devs. I expect much more content to be added down the line, it seems a bit threadbare right this minute, but still has lots to do and many levels to grind through. Enjoy!

Good game but could use more. It’s a fun game and I like playing it since I feel too late to join the Pokémon Go train. However, I would like to see more mechanics added to it, as it feels less addicting than finding Pokémon to collect. Maybe adding a mechanic like you have to gauge the timeframe to send Pikmin out on expeditions so that they arrive before sunset, otherwise they risk being eaten by monsters, like in the Pikmin games. Or like have some stops include puzzles for you to figure out with your Pikmin or surrounding players. Maybe places that have more flowers planted within them get special bonuses. I’d like to see more different types of Pikmin and for earning coins to be easier to actually buy items like the slots in the shop because I have so many seeds to plant. Just feels like it needs more. Thinking more incentive to collect or compete like Pokémon Go or more little things to do, more details added, similar to a life sim like Animal Crossing. I hope the devs read this and it doesn’t get lost in the sea of reviews.

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Cute with a few bugs. This app definitely makes walking more fun, but more often than not it says I’m going too fast when I might be literally sitting on the couch. I really like the feature of sending out pikmin to get fruit and seedlings, and the postcards they bring back are cute too. It’s a more passive game than Pokemon Go, but I think I like it more for that reason since I don’t want to be constantly checking my phone while I’m out. I can just open the app, turn on flower planting and then just tuck it into my pocket and know I’m making the world more beautiful.

I’M IN LOVE!. I absolutely love this app! The pikmin are adorable and it’s amazing how you grow attached to them (get it?), the music is so cheery and fun, and the gameplay itself, keeps me coming back every few hours. Here’s a tip: NAME YOUR PIKMIN! You’ll like them more that way. I can’t wait to see what comes of this game in the future!

Ongoing issues & Nintendo/Niantic don’t seem to care. Two community days in a row now (Dec & Jan) there have been issues with the CD badge. The first one didn’t get issues for ages and the most recent one, you were meant to get the total camellias planted on your badge. Despite planting camellias for more than 20,000 steps, mine showed as zero for days and now shows no total at all. Since the last update, it only works on wifi and not with cellular data. Multiple comments on their social accounts are going ignored. This is a game that relies on logging in when you’re out and about so to leave an error like that for so long and without any recognition is disgraceful. Aside from the bugs, it’s low level of in game rewards and functionality is poor. The sorting function isn’t user friendly or logical (especially when compared to PoGo), and there are way too many road ones with boring stickers and not enough other types. Road as a theme has so much potential with cars, road cones, traffic lights etc so why just the boring stickers? The limits on mushrooms are stingy, you can’t invite friends to mushrooms and postcards serve absolutely no purpose. You also can’t delete expeditions. All in all, it’s a visually cute game that’s really not making the most of its potential and since the last CD, I’ve stopped bothering.

Still can’t get it to access my step data. I’ve tried multiple times weeks apart with many uninstallation but I still can’t get it to access my step data so I can’t even get past the first screen to play the game :(

Fun taken away. Most of my map of the places I’ve been has been deleted and covered with white again. This is very disappointing and I hope a new update returns it to how it should be. I really enjoyed seeing how much of the country I had visited with Pikmin Bloom but that is now gone.

Heaps of potential. I love this game and that there is no “battling” other players. I enjoy walking around with Little flowers and planting flowers. I think that the adventure sync feature on Pokémon go could be adapted to this app, there is a MAJOR discrepancy to the steps counted on my watch and on my Pokémon go to this app. Otherwise, I love the chilled out vibe of this game.

Fun game but too many animations. I enjoy this game a lot and I walk more because of it. However, I wish there was a setting to turn off the animations after finishing a mushroom, getting a new Pikmin, etc. The animation transition is repetitive after some time and I’d prefer the animation to cut to the important parts.

A wonderful and peaceful but there’s one bug…. I grew up with playing Pikmin and this game is great. Music is soft, graphics are more than decent, and it’s just Pokémon Go but more gentle. Now with just one bug I’m experiencing, I can’t progress in the game. My steps aren’t being counted! I’ve checked more than triple times if fitness was being tracked, but was no good. I’ve looked in support too about the issue but hasn’t been resolved. I hope this bug gets fixed and I can get back to making the world more fluorescent!

Enjoyable, but has its issues. I have been playing this game for around 4 months now and I’ve been really enjoying it. Though, there are a few QOL changes that would make the game a more enjoyable experience. These being: -Blooming flowers is fun but tedious due to the small radius you must walk in order to progress. I often find myself walking in circles in a small area which is quite embarrassing. I would like this to be changed, maybe by increasing the radius on where we must plant the flowers, or by adding a whole new mechanic to make it less tedious. -Pikmin storage should be increased from 300 to a minimum of 500. Im level 39 and already finding myself running low on storage. Buying more storage is an option, however, the prices are absurd for such a small increase of 20 Pikmin. Either increase the max default storage, or lower the prices and increase the effectiveness of buying Pikmin storage. -If you travel far distances often, you will notice how long it takes for some Pikmin to return with their decor. I went on a holiday and came back home and it took my Pikmin 70 days to return. This is just stupid. I understand the realism, but there is no excuse for such a wait time. I would like it for Pikmin to have a maximum return time of 7 days. I look forward to what the team has in store for us! 🍀

Such a joy!. I work as a cleaner at a huge hospital so I always come check this game at the end of the day to see my step count. The game is such a joy and I love to see the path of flowers that I’ve planted with the cute pikmins!!

Cute little creatures, I want to see them all day!. I love Pikmin so much and I’m glad I got the game. I think it should have new decor Pikmin as well, like globe decor Pikmin. It would also be fun if there were Flying Mushrooms for winged Pikmin to battle, or in this case call them Levitating Mushrooms.

I can’t play. I can’t play Pikmin bloom because it hasn’t requested to track steps so basically can’t grow Pikmin I’m not sure if deleting the app and reinstalling it will help Also I’m thinking you could add bulborbs that you can attack and if a Pikmin gets wounded it would take a certain amount of time to get it back to attack with it again from going to your backpack and getting revived

Fantastic for kids. This game is great for the kids “my legs are too tired” moments when you are only halfway home. I only wish I could purchase surprise items to place up ahead or in places I wish to walk to increase excitement levels for getting places.

It’s just Pokémon go but boring. I tried to play the game but after the tutorial it just got super boring All you can do is just walk, check how much you’ve walked, plat flowers and play with your Pikmin but even that’s a stretch since all you can do is throw them, feed them nectar, and call them not to mention you need to walk 1,000 just to get ONE Pikmin I walked around my whole block and BARELY Broke 100 how an I supposed to make 1,000 AND have fun? At least walking huge amounts in Pokemon go is an ALTERNATIVE and not a requirement like in this game and the Pikmin do absolutely NOTHING besides give you more Pikmin. Like they could have at least added enemy’s that you could fight for stuff like using your Pikmin the defeat a bulborb and gain some more Pikmin or a new nectar like the red one or the purple one or have a flower that you could set certain Pikmin to to collect stuff over time so that you have INSENSITIVE go and walk around but it doesn’t have any of that it’s just a step count that has Pikmin in it that do NOTHING. All this time with no new game and this is what we get? Really? Metroid game looks great kirbys game is 3D and looks great Pokémon’s new games look great Pikmin get a bland step counter with Pikmin you can toss around and that’s it. (At least I HOPE this isn’t it and they might add more to it down the line but we can only wait and see)

Great! Keep updates constant.. I’ve been having a blast with this game, it’s like pokemon go but with way less maintenance. As long as updates are constant with new costumes, features and events i will be playing for ages!

Little goobers. The game is pretty good and the Pikmin are cute but I have a recommendation regarding glow Pikmin not being in the game it could be that you can find glow Pikmin after 5pm and they would have their own type of nectar that you need to get from glow fruits, which will also spawn after 5pm which will encourage people to go on night walks more often and you could only attack mushrooms with them if it is night time but they would have like 3X damage and when night ends they would leave the mushroom battle, just a suggestion niantic.

Loss of points when update app. Very disappointing that I lost 200 points last update ….2 weeks of walking lost and so unable to use points for upgrade Pikmin to play latest game

Pleasant but requires too much interaction. I adore the postcards pikmins bring back. I hope this app can enable more auto functions. Planting flowers, colour selection, squad selection feeding and petal collection are quite time consuming and distracting. I’d rather it can provide a mode where pikmin can be multi selected into squad, auto planting while leaving home, auto feeding and petal collection to reduce screen time.

Pikmin Joy. These little Pikmins are the answer to relieving stress while getting you out to spread the joy with beautifully created flowers. Not only that you collect coins for the amount of flowers you spread so extra rewards. Cha Ching!! Then you get special Pikmin during the year by participating in challenges and goals. Highly recommended for kids to adults who love to find a reason to get out there and enjoy fresh air or a bit of fun.

Great game. It’s a great game and gets me walking more, only think that’s not amazing is how much it can drain your battery. And it would be great to have options to have remote like access with the mushroom challenges so you could play with others maybe. But I love the flowers and the little Pikmin, super cute and love giving myself a challenge with the steps.

Good game but pikmin are missing. Pikmin bloom is amazing, but the pikmin from pikmin 4 are still missing. I know that glow pikmin are gonna be gone for a while since the glow pikmin are busy with my wife and daughter. But theres no reason Ice pikmin can’t be here unless they be hanging with snoop Dogg. Other than that I love this game, especially the purples in my a-

Unplayable for travellers, kinda boring after a while, but good to get moving. I wanted to love this game, but as someone who travels a lot, it’s virtually unplayable. Expeditions can literally take YEARS to complete, making those Pikmin and seedlings entirely useless. Not only that, but after 2 months of playing, it’s starting to get boring. There’s really only so much you can do in the game before it’s just all the same repetitive actions with no new outcomes. I think with new features and an amendment to make overseas expeditions faster, it would be a lovely game. It’s definitely got me moving more, which is a huge plus, so I do love it for that, but I don’t see myself playing it for much longer honestly if these things can’t be fixed :(

Loving it but there needs to be more to do. Firstly, this app is a great step counter app and also a pretty good mood tracker app. I like the ability to pick my mood of the day and add a small little note. However, there’s really only so much to do on this app. It’d be nice if there were daily tasks or if you could get tasks from bloomed flowers just to give you something else to do aside from working on levelling up. The gifts from Pikmin are also usually the same. So many stickers! It’d be nice for there to be a better selection of seeds to go on expeditions for as it’s pretty much all roadside seeds that lead to sticker decor. I understand this is mostly due to my location but it’s frustrating that I live near the beach and still only get roadside seeds. The mushroom animation should also be skippable as it can be time consuming and annoying especially when you’ve just opened the app. I’d also like to be able to add moods even on days I didn’t really walk at all. Like I said I like this as a mood tracker app and just because I’m not walking around doesn’t mean nothing has happened that day. The final issue for me is the coins. You get a very small amount of coins every time you walk which means you need to walk quite a lot to get anything from the store. Obviously this is so you’ll pay for coins which is frustrating. Especially as the flower planting process can be very draining on your battery life which means it’s not always practical to plant flowers for long periods. Would be nicer to get some more coins when you go for a walk. I know this app is still in its early days so it’s there’s room to improve and I can’t wait to see what happens

Love it but flower planting time is too long. I seriously love this game. I started last year, and I have nothing but positivity towards this game. This motivates me to walk, and seeing the progress at the end of the day is exciting. I love walking with the little Pikmin and collecting more along the way. It’s all so pleasing and I love it! As someone who has played this game since last year, I know a lot of things that have changed since then, and some updates I really enjoy. However this game used to be a 5 star, now it’s 4 stars. We need to talk about this flower planting time lately. Like some go for literally days! It’s crazy!! I know you wanna make it seem as real as possible, but this is wayyyyy too long compared to how I started. Can it pleeeeeeaseeeeee be back to how it was. Thank youu!

Loved it until it stopped loading. I have been playing this game for a few months and was loving it. Would have given it 5⭐️but recently it’s no longer loading the game I have almost gotten to the point I’m going to delete the app. Disappointed 😢😫

Too difficult to complete challenges. I really like this game and love the introduction of challenges, however mostly they are almost impossible to complete when the flowers required to complete the challenges are simply not available in the game. It makes the challenges completely boring when there is no way of completing them unless you want to spend coins purchasing the required flowers

Latest version keep crashing!!!. Cannot connect to server it's horrible update. Only works under wifi, not on mobile data. Please help fixing...

Good and improvements possible. It’s a good game that gets you out walking. More passive a game than Pokémon Go that encourages faster Walker and less faff. 2 complaints or things I wish were different: • Ability to opt out of some of the animations or make them go faster (eg collecting rewards from mushroom, and especially finishing the weekly challenges) - they’re so low and require painful click through • monthly rewards - feminine costumes are seemingly always the highest rewards level. Why not rotate if it’s the feminine or masculine that’s at 12,000?

Great game very fun. I’m a fan of Pokémon go and this is just like it if your a fan of the pikmin games it’s very similar,I know the game is very new but maybe in the future it would be cool to add new stuff in already level 6 can’t wait to level up more

Storage space??. I absolutely love this game I play it everyday with my partner and I am already up to level 40. One of the only things that I don’t like, is that I can upgrade any of my storage unless I use real money. The game already has in game money, and I would love if we could use that to upgrade all storage types!!! Maybe that could be changed in the next couple of updates?? Much appreciated keep up the good work!! Please please please please please give me the option to delete unwanted expeditions!!!

Excellent. Everything is good but I would like to know if you could add a indicator saying you’ve already named a Pikmin the name you’re trying to give it. Since I have so many I give them random names leading to some who share one so please consider helping this. Great game so good job.

Very cute. I have always liked pikmin, but getting to see them up close in AR mode is probably the best thing to come out of the series. Overall this is is one of my favourites on the AppStore,

Steps aren’t being counted. I love the game but there’s definitely an issue with the way my steps are being counted. I will go somewhere with my friends who play they’ll all easily get 5k+ steps in the time mines registered maybe 1k. I also have a smart watch that counts my steps and generally do 8-10k steps a day, I always have my phone either in my hand or my pocket but only get 1-2k steps a day in Pikmin. It’s becoming very frustrating and makes playing at this point feel pointless.

A bug. Please deal with the bug on access that keeps locking me out, with the error message that I don’t have Internet access- when every other app including Safari, on my iPhone does have Internet access and I have 5 bars signal strength. Last time I had to delete the app, re-load from iCloud and log in again. I suppose I will have to do the same now. Otherwise a nice step counting adventure app - if you can access it.

Great game. Pikmin Bloom is a great game—charming, relaxing, and a fun way to stay active. Their Support also acknowledged a technical problem when I raised it, so I have bumped this up to 5 stars. As a thank you to Niantic I bought an in-game gift for a fellow player.

Disappointed about map but beautiful game. This game is relaxing, pretty, and cute. The colours are nice to look at, and I love all the cute little pikmin running around. I also really enjoy the lack of a competitive element; the game feels much easier to play day to day. That being said, the map leaves me slightly disappointed. I live in a fairly remote little town, and many of the things that we have (post office, cafe, splashpad, ect) don’t exist on the map, leaving me no opportunity to get any pikmin except roadside pikmin. Also listed is a shop that used to exist here, but hasn’t in over a year. All in all, it’s a lovely game. The colours are nice to look at, the gameplay is relaxing, and I really enjoy not having to battle others for rewards.

Adorable + Peaceful Game. I never played Pikmin on Nintendo, but I looked forward to this game coming out when I saw the announcements of it being in the works. I wasn’t sure what to expect as a mobile AR, such as how it will play out and what the game itself is like. And all I can say is, I really love it. It’s great for fans of Pikmin (as I’ve heard), and for people like me who are new to these cute plant-like creatures. It’s a calm kind of walking game, way different to Pokémon GO and Wizards Unite. There’s no pressure. It’s just about gardening. 😁

Coins. Too hard to earn coins and there’s no way I’m paying that insane price. I feel like walking while planting is not rewarding at all… unless your next to a plant so you can watch it grow… but I’m not walking around in ridiculous circles to achieve this… reward people for planting and walking better. And make it so you don’t have to walk in circles to grow a flower…

It’s great but…. I love this game and the only reason it isn’t 5 stars is that ice and glow Pikmin have not been implemented yet for ice Pikmin they can be like the other Pikmin but maybe they could have glow Pikmin be found after 5pm They could even add new mushrooms to fight I do think that this mode should be optional though if they implement it or something like it

Great game with a few issues. Very enjoyable game totally worth the download. That being said, there are a few issues. Firstly, there are a few small bugs that come with most new mobile games and will hopefully be fixed soon. Secondly, the walking system can easily be cheated by manually inputting your steps per day on the health app! This needs to be fixed ASAP! Finally, the game itself is good but it does need some more content. Possibly more mini games, a reason to actually explore. The large flowers you can find and make bloom don’t seem to have any apparent value. They don’t seem to do much and personally, aren’t much of an incentive to explore. Regardless this game is very enjoyable and definitely worth the download, i hope it receives continuous support and more players. Great game 👍

Good but an annoying bug.. I was going around looking for leaves to find and wait for them to become flowers. Then, I found 2 near my house. All went right, but when I walked over, my internet supposedly disconnected (got a message on the screen). Only when I got to the leaf. My mii was moving on the map. I was still connected to wifi it said on my actual device. Then I walked back. Got home. 0 steps?! I walked for a long time and 0 STEPS?1 Please fix this. Or tell me how.

Got me walking again. Simple game, very enjoyable and don’t need to spend money to have a good time. Got me walking even on my most unmotivated days so I’m very grateful for this. The Pikmin are adorable as well ^.^

Nice game! I have some suggestions. I really like this game, it’s very fun to play as you’re walking around or commuting. I’ve been playing it for about a year now and I’m surprised it’s been that long! The decor Pikmin are really fun to collect and are probably my favourite part of the game. Sometimes the game gets a little glitchy and the sprites stretch or glitch, but honestly I feel like it’s part of the charm haha. One suggestion I have is that the nectar and flower petal interfaces be organised more. It would be helpful to have them categorised by month or season, just because sometimes you have to scroll down to find the one you want and sometimes the flower petals/ nectar of that month are not grouped together. Also, it may be helpful to have a ‘strength symbol’ next to each nectar in the interface where you feed Pikmin before battle, because sometimes I am unsure which nectar is strongest for that month and I have to rely on seeing how much the strength number goes up in the upper right corner. The symbol could be different or a different colour depending on how much it boosts your Pikmin. One other thing I have found is that I usually just grow big flowers remotely using the 150 petals instead of walking around the flower, which i feel like many players may experience and which is not really the aim of the game. This is because to grow a big flower from walking around it, it requires a maximum of 300 petals, which can take a while to plant and the player would have to walk around only that specific area planting all the flowers in order to grow the big flower (I have tried to do this before, it was not super fun!). I would suggest making the number of petal required to grow a big flower smaller to entice players to walk around them, instead of just growing them remotely. One other solution instead may be to give players a bigger nectar reward by planting petals around the big flower, compared to doing it remotely. I think that this would reinforce the central idea of the game to walk around and explore! I think these changes would be great for the player and would definitely make the game more enjoyable!

no friends for mushrooms. I love this game it’s encouraged me to get out of the house a lot and I’ve explored beaches and parks, it’s been really enjoyable. But with the new updated mushrooms, it would takes around EIGHT hours, to destroy a set of small mushrooms when it use to take 28 seconds. For large mushrooms it takes 4 DAYS that’s with a friend. I love the new displays but the time it takes to complete mushrooms is kind of ridiculous.

Purchase History Feature Request. I would like to suggest adding a purchase history feature to the game. It would be very helpful for players to be able to view their past purchases, including details of the items purchased and what each purchase includes.

Absolute waste of time and ruined since last update. You can spend days upon days on mushrooms with little to no reward. The spawn rates for anything other than small mushrooms just isn’t there. I have nothing but smalls around consistently since the update and little to no nectar from them! This isn’t sustainable when you ask for challenges to plant flowers. Unless you’re spending real money you cannot get anywhere in challenges anymore. It’s not worth any time or effort anymore. Shame because it was a fantastic game I spent so much time on. But not anymore :( What were you guys thinking doing this? Get rid of this ridiculous small mushroom spawn rate. There’s no chance of any other size anymore unless you’re in a major city. You do not have the player base nor amount of people needed to destroy these smalls or anything else to make it worth anyone’s time :(

It’s more fun than you think!!. You might think it’s just Pokémon go but with Pikmin, no it keeps you walking for hours on end to get you steps higher and higher and higher for exercise and fun!! (Endless fun) Thanks Nintendo for making my legs stronger!!

Can’t play when I get to level 6. When I finally got to level six it didn’t let me play but I always love the game before that

Walking but a lil funnier!!. I’ve been addicted to this for about 2.5yrs now! But if you’re looking for an in-depth game you can sit +play then this is not for you, it’s not that sort of game! This is a complimentary game, it’s essentially a pedometer with a few fun lil characters to collect +activities to do AS YOU WALK AROUND! All the bad reviews seem to want a proper game but it’s more a fitness aid. I’m obsessed, I have ADHD so getting small rewards or getting motivations to finish a challenge has really helped me get out there +walk more! Plus I’ve started going to different locations for walks which has enriched my experience, seeing so many new sights +it has let me prolong my motivation to keep walking!

A bug. Every time after receiving postcards from friend, my screen freezes on postcard introduction pop up that I cannot close or proceed but quit the app.

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Motivator asf. This game is so much fun to play with friends. I could see it being boring if you’re only playing alone, but together it has been so competitive and motivating for me to get my 10k steps a day. It has gotten me out of the house on a lazy day off because my friend was close to passing my total steps. It gets me excited to go anywhere so that I can plant flowers, find expeditions, postcards and mushrooms to fight. I am OBSESSED and I love getting my friends to play with me.

pikmin. pikmin

AVATAR NEEDS UPGRADE. I love the game but the avatar/mii should at-least have more clothes. Letting us customize face and hair separate, and having more options. I think it should be like making a normal mii, but with more clothing possibly. Hopefully this gets updated in the future, other than that I have no complaints.

swag. first review?

Doesn’t work well. Keeps freezing every time you collect rewards forcing you to restart the app crashed a lot won’t even open at all now in two days just freezes on the collect screen reinstalling doesn’t help reported this issue 4 months ago it’s gotten worse as now it won’t play at all.

P I K M I N. Pikmin

Pikmin Bloom cured my depression. Pikmin wear hats enough said

Cute fun and calm but…. Pikmin bloom is a fairly unserious little game about collecting little flower guys, cosmetics are nice, but very limited unless you spend money (which I don’t recommend). I also have concerns about data collection and retention as it is made by ninantic which also made Pokemon go (if you know the controversy). Overall good game but I’d like clearer policies and more F2P cosmetics!

It has potential. While it’s not a 5 star game yet, it has the potential, with continued development. It’s a good motivator to walk. However, there’s a point (and I’ve hit it) where I can’t seem to collect any new decor even at places with a lot of variety. I haven’t seen anything that isn’t a roadside in weeks. More map refinement and decor types are needed. It sort of takes away from the motivation. And from a 20 year Pikmin console game fan, bring us more of the lore that made Pikmin so amazing. Onions and skitterleafs and bulborbs … maybe even (be still, my heart) bulbmin?

Fun, but could definitely use more content.. Something that I find is an issue, which will probably be fixed in the future, is that there isn’t a lot of content. I don’t know if there are still stuff not unlocked for me level-wise, but only being able to go on expeditions, which isn’t really gameplay and more of a waiting game, and sprouting those gigantic flowers, there isn’t really much else that is generally entertaining, as everything else is just not really as entertaining and is more of a slow grinding kind of task, and it’s a TINSY let down. Using Pokémon GO as example, you were able to battle people by using your Pokémon, and using abilities by doing things like swiping the patterns on screen, which was really fun, but fighting in this game (challenges) is just a stopwatch with a reward when the health is depleted. This is a mini-issue, something that can’t really be helped, but playing SOLO is a bit tedious and unfair. Challenges and planting flowers becomes a ton more challenging, and tedious, as now you have to do everything yourself, and with things like challenges, that isn’t really an option, but that’s just because I live in a smallish town. I get that this game is aimed towards multiplayer, so I cant really complain about it. (This game could become popular tomorrow for all I know anyway, surely there will be people to play with.) Despite some issues I have, I still find it a surprisingly fun game for how shallow it was content-wise. I still enjoyed getting my whole squad 4 hearts, trying to get them all cute accessories, and this game even made me become a bit more active! which is what matters in the end; I am satisfied, it just definitely could get better by adding more stuff to aim for, or to do. 3-5: Fun, but could use more content.

Love it but won’t Cawnt. I love it but it doesn’t count my steps I could walk around the world and not even 1stap and sumtynms it says I’m going to fast but I’m not even moving and it’s not Amekrit In steps and make flower bonus pernimint if you listen to me I tank you and please give Dooooooom9532 a big bonus jk but if you do I won’t mind 🥧❤️

Not tracking me :(. The app is not even tracking my steps. It is consistently staying at zero steps recorded no matter how many steps I have taken.

love it. pikmin

Stop emailing me…. You are literally emailing me twice a day to tell me to download this app. Well you succeeded. I downloaded it just so I can rate you one star and now have deleted it. Spam does not equal profit.

best step game ever.. I am way more motivated to track my steps to collect these cute little critters and explore the game further!

New mushroom battles…. The new mushroom battles are awful, even on co-op… the commitment in duration is ridiculous. The star thresholds and mushroom health are way too high to be reasonable. Additionally, reducing the rewards for Small size mushrooms while vastly increasing the strength threshold to earn better results is simply lame. As a Lv 40 player, on a good day I would be able to collect 3-6 large fruits. With a friend on co-op, I would be able to collect 6 large fruits daily, guaranteed. It would be a process that would take five minutes to be done with! Now, squads sent out with the same initial conditions yield far less fruit and take much longer, ridiculously so, to complete. Having entire squadrons of pikmin gone for *days* at a time to earn LESSER rewards than the same group was able to earn in *thirty seconds* pre-update is just not good design. I’ve no other way to put it. The gameplay is a huge downgrade and is so much less enjoyable for so many players. I look around the community and the places they converge online, and I see that 98% of people have similar opinions: simply, this is bad, and prefer how it was before. It was simpler, much less of a time commitment, yielded better in-game rewards, and much more accessible for solo players. With the old system, one could complete all mushroom battles for the day in just a few minutes, satisfyingly. I will say that the UI changes and communication features, as well as the nectar option on the prep screen are all very good and convenient changes. That being said, the main change to the entire mushroom battle system is awful and genuinely upsetting for me and many others. The entire community is upset with this decision, and I’ve seen many people who are considering uninstalling because of it. Therefore we ask you to please consider our thoughts and feelings, and remake the mushroom battle system to be more enjoyable than it originally was, as opposed to how it is now: significantly less enjoyable and way more inconvenient. Thank you for your consideration.

Bugs. Bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs bugs sooooo many bugs in this game. Great game, barely works.

Can’t play it :(. I open the app, it loads and then immediately crashes.

Game is Fun but Battery Drainer. The gameplay is very fun. But man, this app drains your battery like no other! Having it open and active on my phone for 10 minutes drained 25% of my battery and made my phone warm. Also, it causes intermittence in my Bluetooth signal, and has major lag within the game, causing slow down. Niantic needs to fix these issues (especially the battery draining) in order for players to be able to fully enjoy the game.

hmmmm…. I was really looking forward to playing this, but when I try to sign in with my Nintendo account, it says something like, “You need permission to share your location. Ask for help from an adult to change location settings”. I set all my location settings in my account and on my phone for the game, to allow or always. Is this a bug or am I just being stupid?

Loving it. Best App game ever played in next 10 years

Good game gut one thing…. I like the game but I want ice and glow Pikmin

Underage. Says I’m underaged to play Pikmin bloom. I’m 13

Overwhelming. Tried coming back to the game after a few years and spent the first 20 minutes reading popups of new things. Incredible returning player experience /s

fantastic. i named one of my pikmin “booyag piddle”. awesome game

Love this app!!. I love this app so much! I LOVE PIKMIN!!!!!!! It really encourages me to walk more and finding decor Pikmin is so much fun! But I do wish there was a way for players to retake photos on postcards because a lot of them look HORRIBLE!!! I have a postcard is literally a blurry picture taken at night and the worst part is that I have two of them!! Other than that, if you like Pikmin then I definitely recommend this game!

Great Game, poor performance. I adore this game and play it nearly everyday but its difficult to have the game open for any more than 20 minutes at a time as it has a tendency to heat up my phone and lag like crazy. Ive seen that many others experience similar issues, hopefully this is something fixable.

Pikmin. The Pikmin can where hats that is more then what I wanted

Event Nectar Drop rate way too low. I fought multiple large and normal (including event) mushrooms. The drop rate for normal colored nectars are way too high for the larger fruits which makes the event nectars really hard to collect. I just did two large mushrooms and for both mushrooms, the three largest fruits were all normal nectars.

Pikmin. Pikmin

Pikmin Bloom Review. It has Pikmin

Crashes - can’t even open. Tried to open the app, managed to login with Nintendo account after 5th crash then the loading screen will go no further. Loads 75> of the way then crashes

silly. in all fairness it’s actually really nice it really helps with depression if you need to get outside and it adds some structure to your life

love this game!!. this game is so fun and really motivates you to get up and walking. i really enjoy it!! some things i wish were a part of the game however: -more emotions to use when looking back on your day. right now it's only sad, indifferent, or happy; it would be really cool if there were more emotions to pick from! -the ability to trade pikmin with others would be really cool!

Pikmin. Honestly this is the best mobile game I’ve played in my life, because uuhhhh. Pikmin

pikmin bloom ROCKS. Please add the function to add little notes to postcards! Me and my girlfriend love this game :)

ATE. this games serving cuntylicious queen behaviour, long life the pikmins

Needs more options. Okay so this game is cute and fun but after a while gets a little boring. Instead of just recycling unwanted Pikmin seedlings you should be able to sell those for coins to get more space/cool flowers or fruits/cool Pikmin etc etc. As it is there are very few ways to get coins and I’m not going to spend my own money to get things in a game lol. Also if the quests were a bit more interactive that would be fun

Data needed for planting flowers. PLEASEEEE make the app available offline or at least make us able to plant flowers without wifi!

Please fix.. Fix crashes on iPhone 6 (it has iOS12.5), thanks.

Such a great game!. Super cute— I much prefer the base mechanics to Poké Go, since you can get all the benefits no matter where you live, and everything is unlocked just by walking. It’s great to be able to put my phone away and walk without having to check it constantly. The one issue I have with the game is that some items in the shop (like capacity upgrades for flower petals or pikmin) can only be bought with real money, not in-game coins. Since coins take so long to save up, I don’t really see myself using them at all, since the majority of the shop items are easily obtainable through normal play.

I love it. This game gets me to go on walks more and I love it

game glitches. slow and connectivity to the game is poor very difficult to load with data at times

Love it! Mii outfits ugly tho. Super fun, but the outfit choices for the mii avatars are lacking.

I love this game!!. This game is so much fun! Its also amazing quality and stability considering it just came out!! Kudos Niantic and Nintendo! This needs to become the next Pokemon Go!!

I love this game. I love pikmin stopped me from killing myself and it makes me touch grass 10/10 would play again

Hey Nintendo, when will Pikmin 4 come out?. Hey, I’ll get this game because it’s the closest thing to Pikmin 4, but please. It’s been so many years. I just want Pikmin 4, man.

PIKMIN IS MY FAVOURITE. This is an amazing game; I changed a lot because of this! I have been more motivated to walk long distances

reward system for events. this game is very cute, however it is extremely difficult to obtain event pikmin without spending money and the levelling up rewards never get better.

Crashing problem, can’t play. I selected to make an account with google than taken to the loading screen but when the bar on the bottom filled up about eight tenths the app crashes and I’m sent back to my apps screen. I can’t really give much more than 1 star since I can’t even play it.

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This App Is Amazing!. I think this app is AMAZING!!! At first I downloaded this app because I thought the little plants were adorable. However after opening the app and engaging in it, I realized it was so much more. You can not only use it to encourage you self to walk around in which you can grow adorable little plants. But, you can also journal on this app. At the end of the day, it tells you how many steps you have taken and where you all walked to and planted flowers ( which everyone in your community can see your flowers that you have planted as you walk which is so cool ). It also asks you how your day was and gives you the ability to write a short paragraph about your day. In this you can add photos so you can look back and remember what you did that day. So I highly recommend this app to anyone interested in journaling or even just cute little plants that follow you around :)

Call me greedy, but.... The game simply doesn't reward the player enough. As someone that walks an average of 14k-18k steps a day, it baffles me that I can plant flowers for nearly 8 hours straight and get rewarded with one coin. Sometimes not even that. :( If a planter slot costs 150 coins, and the player earns 1-2 coins a day -- don't bother with the math, because it shouldn't take more than a week to earn enough coins to get an additional planting slot; particularly since the coin planters are single-use only, unlike the Pokemon Go model of 3 uses per incubator. The concept alone of planting flowers all over the map that other people can see is heartwarming in its own right. Pikmin are adorable, I love the little accesories (though I do wish they were a little more varied between types of Pikmin), and the music is surprisingly catchy. I want to keep playing this game! Please consider fixing the extremely sparse coin acquisition so we dedicated players can walk miles for their freemium items.

Good game but what if more could be in it. Well imma be honest I’m a pretty big Pikmin fan and to see it be this type of game was pretty fun something I liked on mobile for new people to enjoy neat. But it didn’t feel like a Pikmin game though my first thought was well if it’s Pikmin where’s the enemy’s like Bulborbs Wolly wogs Firey Blow hogs the water wraith. (No I’m kidding screw that enemy) or like really anything I feel the absence of the enemy’s in Pikmin bloom really makes the game feel like just a walking simulator if enemy’s were added to let’s say give a break just from doing walking and actually adding some strategy with the types we got in the game it could work as like how Pokémon go does their enemy Encounters. It would be nice to have a walking game have at least some strategy to it since pikmin has always been that a strategy and somewhat time management game. But anyways insanely good game I hope enemies get added in the future.

Great concept, but a really long way to go. I just tried to add a note for the past day. It was limited to 300 characters and that was basically nothing to use it as a dairy. The note would be folded in the journal, too, so I think it’s definitely possible to allow multiple entries or a longer entry. I personally really like the concept, but sadly the map is pinned to your location so you can only see the flowers around you. Can there be a button that you can see the whole map, though might limited to 5 miles around you, or limited to the flowers that only you planted? I don’t like that you have to start a session in order to have your flowers planted. I think the app encourages people to take sessions of walking (fast walking, running, etc.) instead of the general walking steps. The flower planting is time-centered instead of distance/step-centered. I feel like there are not many things that you can do in the game. The flowers planted during a session were not even even if you are walking with a steady speed. Update: today I found that part of the flowers I planted disappeared from the map… wow

Would love to give five stars but…. I figured 4 stars would grab devs attention better. This app is perfect as an exercise app and I prefer it over Pokémon go even. My favorite part is that it tracks by steps instead of distance which means it does a better job of tracking activity outside of the app as well as tracking forms of exercise like treadmills. There are some things I want to see in the app though. I know this is already a feature in Pokémon go, so I would love to see it be an option here, is a ‘download all assets’ option. I realize pokemon go inherently has more information with the 900+ pokemon models, but when I reach my data cap and my speeds become throttled, I load into pokemon go, while I can’t load into Pikmin. Additionally a ‘high frame rate’ option would be cool too. Another thing that really needs a rework is the menus. It was unintuitive to begin with with pokemon go, and it’s worse here. I realize some of this likely comes from the fact that this is an exercise app, so the steps should be first when you open the game. However, I think navigating beyond this should be a little more intuitive. Personally, I think the most intuitive thing would be to make ‘tapping’ on the mii being an alternate way to pull up the world environment instead of sliding to the right. ALSO having expeditions be a button on the world view would be nice. Having to leave world view to tap on the button located on the map menu is very confusing to get used to. Tl;dr this app is an amazing exercise app and it actually gets me out more than pokemon go. I would love to see some changes to the UI but that will not stop me from playing this awesome game :) I love it!!!

Can’t wait to see where it goes!. I agree with others who say in some ways this is more satisfying than Pokémon Go. I live in a rural area in a farm so unless I’m “out” there isn’t much for me to do in Go except use the AR camera or hatch eggs. But with Pikmin Bloom it’s very fulfilling to see how far I’ve walked around my farm and filling it with pretty flowers. I really enjoy when I get to use the AR camera with amy games and I enjoy it with Bloom as well. I’ve taken some very cute pictures of my Pikmin out and about! It would be cool if they were more interactive or if you could find/buy items that they could interact with in the AR environment. One additional detail that I think would really make this app even more addicting is if the Pikmin had different personalities or anything to differentiate them and make them a little more unique. I know it’s in the early stages though so I’m just enjoying it now and looking forward to what’s next!

Great for mental health. It’s always nice to walk outside but there’s not really much reason to these days. Especially if you're working/ taking classes online. This app is a great motivator for taking a relaxing stroll. And once you’re outside, it’s hard to stop planting flowers and collecting fruit from your cute Pikmin companions. There’s always something to work toward in the game like the weekly challenges, leveling up, growing new Pikmin, and more. One of my favorite features is the daily look-back that shows you how much you walked, as well as the little journal that allows you to talk about the highlights of your day in 300 characters. The game is adorable and is helping me stay positive, motivated and present. Also I forgot to mention there are so many Pikmin types you can collect. They are all so adorable!

I’ve finally touched grass! it’s been years sent I last did that. This game is so fun and the best part is your actually doing something good with video games. So basically what you do in the game is walk around to grow seedlings that grow into pikmin! And you can feed nectar too your pikmin and they will give your flowers in return and you can use those flowers to plant them all over where you go you can get many different varieties of pikmin like rock, winged, white, purple, red, yellow and blue. and you can get Pickman wearing different costumes from places in the real world and you can send them to destroy mushrooms which you can get rewards like nectars. They’re also as a fence for your Pickman to get costumes which you can do quest. I highly recommend this game it’s free and has no adds.

Sadly it becomes a money grab. I really enjoyed this game as a fun way to encourage me to walk. Part of the game is earning pikimin and having them join your collection. However, they artificially limit the amount of pikimin you can have. After a while, about 6 months for me, you need to start purchasing space for them. It costs 440 coins, in the amount of time it took me to fill up the 50 pikimin I unlocked, I only managed to save up about 200 coins. So I will be unable to collect more pikimin. I will be unable to help my friends or destroy mushrooms in a timely manner, unless I want to pony up a couple bucks every couple of months. There are other games out there that encourage walking that won’t require you to pay to be effective. In the end I’m disappointed to find it’s just a money grab. I guess they’re not content with just selling my data. I will be deleting the game… I’d recommend you pass on this one.

Wonderful Start. I have been playing this game on and off again since launch. Here are the features I love : The calendar design of the UI allows a great journal system with 3 different mood attributes to pick between to document the overall feel of your day, as well as images and your progress in the game specific to each day your play on the calendar. It makes me feel motivated to record a glimpse of each day to look back on! The pikmin are very fun to interact with and the game runs so smoothly! Zooming in and feeding your pikmin it’s reminiscent to the Wii Home Screen. (Mii Plaza I believe?) Also the various expeditions you can send your pikmin on. I love the massive mushroom expeditions & the postcards they bring back showing where they came from! It’s a neat way to incorporate some Pokémon Go type collaboration into the game as well as the weekly challenges. Although there are many other various features I did quite enjoy, I felt the game still feels a bit lackluster several months after launch. I would love to see some more attention to depth in these pre-existing features and have a lot more customization options for your Mii character as well as your pikmin. I am looking forward to future updates to see how the game improves, and hopefully this game will get the same attention with its development & community as Pokémon Go one day!

Game is heading in the wrong direction :(. I absolutely love this game but sometimes it gets very unmotivating and frustrating, especially with the pikmin decor special events and leveling up. I haven’t been so upset with the new update in the store changes though. I would save up coins and use them to buy more pikmin storage but due to the recent update, it costs 440 coins instead of the usual 180. On a normal day, I can get 7 coins at most. And flowers aren’t easy to come by as well. I dislike getting rid of my pikmin resulting in me getting stuck on multiple missions and on the same level for long periods of time. I’ve come to realize the game is becoming more of a pay-to-play game than something to enjoy in your free time. I find it very disappointing and saddening because I would love to play this game like I did before! I have talked with other players, and we share the same sentiments. Please change it back! ｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡｡ﾟ(ﾟ´Д｀ﾟ)ﾟ｡

Cute game but lots of bugs. Pikmin bloom is a cute walking app game that fans of Pikmin will enjoy. I like the use of dandori between destroying mushrooms, finding treasure, and planting flowers. I especially love the skipping animation of the mii and the pikmin during the flowering phase. However, there are some bugs need fixing before I can rate the game 5 stars. The main bug is that when I swipe out of the app during the flowering phase or the wifi switches, the location of the mii glitches. Since the app uses location tracking, tracking apps like Google maps also get glitched, indicating I’m somewhere that I am not. I have to restart my phone to recenter my location. The other bugs are Pikmin getting stretched when strolling through the Pikmin collection. Sometimes Pikmin who returned from destroying a mushroom will not appear on the screen, but the Pikmin squad will respond as if they were there.

Great bones, needs development. I really love competing with my friends with this activity tracker but there are some areas that need improvement. 1. There is limited interaction between players. I wish that I could customize postcards by adding a drawing or picture on the back, and the images used for the postcards are poorly taken so there’s no real incentive for me to send them. I would also like to be able to gift Pikmin to my friends, especially when I am getting the same special characters over again. 2. There is a bug with the detector. They allow you to use it once per day, but the button itself isn’t clickable, as it is only visible for one second if you click on the flower icon, then it disappears. 3. I agree with other users that the types of Pikmin should be more considered for activities for players. For example, the only real advantage is the flying Pikmin are faster but you need a whole group of them. Rock type should be able to smash things open to retrieve items. And battle should be an option to retrieve items as well, where the player needs to walk to certain locations to fight monsters to get higher value items. Overall, this game is a great way to incentivize increased activity, but needs some patching, and incorporating Pikmin gameplay would elevate it from being just a step counter :)

Another game Niantic only half thought of. The bugs in the game, in true Niantic fashion the game loads slow at times or doesn’t load. Next you send Pikmin off to battle, sometimes for days and they come home with 3 nectar for a large mushroom. You get 30 nectar for doing a 1 minute walk and 3 for sending 20 some Pikmin for days to battle. Anywhere else you are paid extra for battle, not with Niantic, you are paid less. Then they want you to collect nectar from flowers, but the flowers are few and far between and they take forever to bloom. I have a Pokestop and gym by my house and I was hoping since I live in the country, one of those would become a big flower, but sadly no. My daughter and I are walking a mile in the morning and a mile at night to build strength in my total knee and the rest of my joints. It would be nice if Niantic kept country folk in thought when placing flowers and mushrooms. As I said in the beginning, this game was only half thought out. You would think Niantic learned from its mistakes from Pokémon Go, but it keeps making the same if not more mistakes.

First app to make walking fun. This app has finally gotten me excited to walk and be active. I was pulled in as I was previously a huge Pikmin fan, and while this wasn’t what I was expecting, I’m glad that the app is the way it is. I have tried Pokémon go in the past, and while it’s fun, I never felt like I had to walk anywhere or play. I could simply open up the game at the house, catch a few Pokémon, and be done. When I did try to play while walking I had to constantly look at my phone. Pikmin Bloom is different in that most of the time you’ll start planting flowers and then put the phone away and just enjoy your walk. Then, once you’ve finished, you can check in and see what new items you’ve found, which new Pikmin you’ve grown, and if you’ve leveled up. A perfect companion app for walking, can’t wait to see what’s added next!

helped motivate me. I’ve gotten out of the house more and now my family goes on walks together. My mom loves the app and gushes over how cute the pikmin are. Whenever we go somewhere we always plant flowers together and destroy mushrooms together. It’s a lot of fun to bond as a family over this while also being active. I get excited to go on walks because I can get my steps in and grow a new buddy! Only thing I wish they add is more decor pikmin in the future, a way to get more blue nectar, or a way to cash out nectar and petals if they’re full. I’ve come across that if you go on challenges but don’t walk and plant flowers constantly you’ll quickly stockpile 200 of each red, yellow, and white petals and nectar, but hardly any blue. I get at most 4 blue nectar and I’m not sure why. I look forward to any updates!

I will play this game if it’s the last thing I do. I feel like I have had to brute force every step of playing this game, and I have to fight the bugs off with my bare hands. Day 1 I had to download and delete it 5x before I could get past the character creation screen and it took me the rest of that evening to link my Nintendo account. I have to close the game constantly and when I’m out for walks I’m often standing in place for long periods trying to get it to work. I feel like this game is actively trying to dodge my attempts to play it, and I’m astonished Nintendo would be behind such a supremely unpolished product. I LOVE this game, and I’m absolutely begging (as someone who would happily participate in micro-transactions) please make it usable. I’m using an iPhone 15 and it feels like I’m trying to run this game on a calculator and an electrically charged potato. My dear pikmin need me- I beg.

App has gone downhill. I loved this app when I got it in April, 2024 but it has since had a change in ownership. I have always spent a decent amount of money on the app, so I’m not looking for free stuff. But how can I spend 12 active hours on a major theme park planting around 9,000 flowers and not receive a single theme park seedling?! I even used five detectors over two days and still not a single theme park seedling. The detectors now give mostly fruit you don’t need and only one seedling, maybe two if you’re lucky and it’s almost always something you already have. When I went to Florida in February, I never stepped foot in a theme park but was able to get three theme park seedlings for just being nearby. I also still have a lot of decors to get but mostly just keep getting the same ones over and over again. At this point, I think I’m just going to stick to playing for free, it’s losing its appeal.

A great start to a game with a lot of potential. In it’s current state, the game is a little barebones in the sense that there really isn’t that much “game”. It’s more of a daily pedometer with a built in journal feature with an adorable Pikmin skin. Bloom has a lot of charm and is even more fun to play alongside a friend. For Pikmin fans, there are not many core gameplay elements in Bloom such as task management, enemies, or puzzles but as a fitness app it’s fantastic. Just as other Niantic games start pretty barebones, I hope and expect to see this game expanded on in the future. You can play the game very passively and plant flowers in the background as you go on your daily walk, checking back occasionally to manage your resources and send pikmin on expeditions. It’s perfect to have on in the background while you play Pokémon Go or use your other apps and I think its low maintenance is one of its strongest features. However, there are times I’d like more active gameplay and I hope over time they will add more ways to interact with your pikmin and more things to do when you want to really play it. The Pikmin franchise is fantastic. Anyone who has the means should definitely play the core games, such as Pikmin 3 deluxe on switch or Pikmin 1/2 on Wii. You can start anywhere in the franchise as the games are very minimally connected. Bloom is a great fitness app with a pikmin skin and while it needs some work, especially with the coin economy, I’ve had a lot of fun going on walks every day which I normally would never do before. It’s free and very easy to pick up and start playing, and I highly recommend anyone who has read this far to give it a try!

Motivating and cute but…. Downloaded Pikmin Bloom after my favorite gamified walking app went away. Never played the Pikmin games before so it was all new but easy to learn. Really appreciate that they have increased the number of levels available and I enjoy collecting all the different types of Pikmin. The challenges are great and push me on days when I feel lazy. What would make this perfect is a couple exercise stats to avoid me needing a separate walking app to track my steps and mph. Although Pickman Blue does track your overall distance and I guess you can calculate your own miles per hour from that, it seems like a very simple addition that would provide meaningful information. And people really like to track their steps, however the app only shows you the number of flowers planted, which does not correspond one to one with steps. So if we could get those little stats added, I would say this is a perfect app.

Could have more features. As of today, it’s a great game! I didn’t like Pokémon Go because it was practically impossible to collect all Pokémon and gym battles never interested me. When I play Pikmin I get themes of nature and being environmentally conscientious. The idea of flower planting and seeing how each of us make the world beautiful is touching. I think the learning curve feels natural as one progresses, almost intuitive, and it encourages friends to show each other cool tricks the game doesn’t teach. There should be more Pikmin designs though. I understand why forest Pikmin have many categories but bakery Pikmin only get bread designs. Why can’t I see them wearing a donut or a muffin? Planters should be cheaper to purchase. I’m more likely to make several $0.99 purchases a week, but unlikely to make $1.99 purchases that often (once every other week). Nectars should be in different colors for purchase and available as you level up. Recycling seeds should have you earn something. It could be a coin for the big seedlings and fertilizer otherwise. It would be nice to create separate squads by holding* the whistle to bring up a menu of pre-made squads (a squad for my coffee Pikmin, one for the banana boys, my forestry Pikmin, etc). I think it’s important to keep the feeling of the game to be about the outdoors. I love seeing icons of the Pikmin I’ve collected stacked in my area. It would be cute if I could see them chillin in the city. Overall it’s a nice game. Well balanced. You can go for a 15 minute walk and come home to an adequate amount of play while laying on the couch. Recommended to several friends already.

Love it but…STOP CORNERING USERS TO PAY FOR PLAY. Been playing for weeks and I’m at level 24 at the moment but its almost obvious the way Niantic tries to squeeze every last penny out of players, leaving those who want to enjoy the game for enjoyment sake with a somewhat slow/mid of an experience. Here are some of the reasons why ill probably stop playing: 1- Lack of incentive to level up, goals get increasively more ambitious but the rewards are awful (ie walk 20k steps and spend hours battling mushrooms for 5 nectars and a pat in the back) 2- Space available to hatch pikmin vs. amount of seeds encountered. I feel like Niantic is holding those empty spots over our heads while shoving seeds down our throats to have us pay for the expansion or pretty much be forced to discard seeds. 3- Rewards for battling mushrooms almost not worth the time at this point to be honest Pretty much everything listed here points at you either pay up or put up with this. I would be more incentivized to buy in-game items if it wasnt for the fact that the more I level up the more aware I am that paying to play is ultimately inevitable. Its unfortunate that these days in the mobile gaming industry paying for play has been normalized. Please put yourselves in the shoes of those who like me, just want to play for fun and like to actually see the results of their progress without having to pay for shortcuts. Sincerely, Increasingly dissilusioned but hopeful user

Enjoying the app a lot, unfortunate audio issues. This app isn’t perfect and it fits into the same niche as Pokémon go (natural considering it’s from the same devs), but I personally find it more enjoyable. It’s a much more casual experience, and I find it to be a cute at charming way to count steps. The gyms are replaced with these large flowers that everyone helps to grow, so there’s not much of a competitive aspect, but that doesn’t really seem like the point to me. Much like in Pokémon go there are certain upgrades like more space in your party or more growing slots locked behind micro transactions, but for a free phone app that I used to blow of steam in my spare time, I don’t mind (but I relatively enjoyed Pokémon go, and am a looooong time Pikmin fan, so it speaks to my personal interests). I haven’t been able to get the audio to work however, which is a big deal for me, but if/when that gets resolved, that would be my only major complaint solved. I say if you liked Pokémon go or games like that but are looking for a lighter, more relaxing alternative, it’s worth a shot at least!

Great wellness app but with unresolved issues.. I have been using Pikmin Bloom since it was first launched in October 28, 2021 and have been a regular player until now. It is a great app to get you active—I daresay it may be the best app—however, it is not without its faults. I will discuss them here: Models of Pikmin when scrolling down the list of Pikmin have a major visual glitch. THE MODELS LOOK STRETCHED OUT AND DISTURBING. It is very distracting and it will take players out of the immersion of the game. In addition, the seedling icon has a major visual glitch whenever you collect seedlings in the Pikmin garden or whenever a seedling is ready to be plucked. A STRANGE BLOCK APPEARS WHENEVER YOU COLLECT A SEEDLING OR WHENEVER A SEEDLING IS READY TO BE PLUCKED. Can the developers please fix these? The most recent update did nothing to address these, and for those who have spent money using Pikmin Bloom this is very disappointing. All in all, Pikmin Bloom is a great wellness app. If the developers at Niantic fixes the issues I mentioned , Pikmin Bloom has the potential to be the perfect wellness app.

Great game but I need bulbmin. This is one of my favorite apps on my phone, and I love how you get to have your own Pikmin and care for them. There are all of the Pikmin types in Pikmin 1-3! Or so I thought... The cutest Pikmin isn’t in this game. I wish that bulbmin were in this game but they sadly aren’t. I understand why since they are exclusive to caves in pikmin 2 but I thought of these special expeditions you could do where you send Pikmin to explore in caves for a small amount of time and there is a set chance of finding bulbmin or fruit. Using more Pikmin or different types can change the chance of finding bulbmin and fruit and the length of time it takes the Pikmin to go on the expedition. There is a minimum of 10 Pikmin to go on the expedition, but there can be less if you use rock or purple pikmin. I hope Nintendo or niantic sees this, because it would be so great if bulbmin made it into the game.

Amazing game/some ideas. This game is really well made, the decors are very good and fun. It makes me go outside and walk in nature while having fun. I just want you to add something that will make the game better, the detector. It should tell you how high of a chance your going to get a decor you want. This will make me a little less disappointed when I don’t get the one decor I want. Doing this will tell the player which decor they are going to get commonly in that place. You should put three more decors, I have some ideas for them. First one should be a flower dress, it’s like the leaf hat but it’s on their body. Second one should be more fairy lights, maybe two more? The last one should be a crystal decor for the rock Pikmin. I hope you do one of these things, the flower one is my favorite one so far. Have a nice day

This is definitely good enough. This game is awesome, I’m really addicted. It doesn’t help that I love going outside and walking in nature. Gives me more reason to do so. The only complaints I have is that it has a plethora of bugs and visual glitches. These will be fixed with time though. My other complaint though, is that the coins are too difficult to get. You have to consecutively plant 500 flowers without stopping to receive 1 coin. The cheapest thing in the shop is 50 coins (50 white flower petals). That means, that in order to afford this relatively easy item to obtain, you would need to plant 25,000 flowers, or about 60,000 steps. The coin system needs some serious balancing. Otherwise, this game is wonderful, and unlocking each color makes walking the most addicting thing ever. I’m 5 weeks in and I have about 309,000 steps in total. I’m already level 30 and I am in love with this game I do recommend, for all ages

Good, but a bit empty.. The idea of contributing to a global tapestry of flowers has its inherent appeal. Unfortunately, when you’re in a small playing area and flowers disappear, it accentuates the emptiness. Perhaps areas with less players could have longer lasting flowers? Also, earning currency is pitiful. Having to plant at minimum 500 flowers per coin makes me less want to plant flowers during the shorter, more frequent walks that make up my day. The least they should do is have the daily flower total used to calculate coins, as opposed to flowers per individual walk. On the brighter side, the daily recap is one of my favorite features. Simplifying a journal log to a mood scale encourages me to go the extra mile and actually write about my day. I’ve always like the keeping a journal, but only now have I actually been incentivized to keep one going.

Great little game. Latest update, not so great.. I get a lot of satisfaction out of planting different flowers as I walk and completing challenges. The Pikmin are adorable and it’s really fun to collect different types. I rarely spend money on games, but am happy to on this one with some regularity. That said… PLEASE stop bugging me about postcards. I let my postcard inventory get full so I could do mushrooms without having to deal with postcards. Now, with the latest update, I have to choose to “Discard” or “Receive” the postcard every time I complete the mushroom. (I suspect if I choose “Receive”, you’re going to take me to the shop to try to get me to buy more mushroom storage.) I get that you’re in this to make money, but this is the type of mechanism that is aggravating and insulting. Send me a pop-up once a month if you have to, but please stop making me deal with this 3+ times/day. Also, it would be awesome if you’d do more challenges where we can get Pikmin that aren’t local to us (the beach Pikmin, for example).

Great but….. First thing wrong, this WILL drain your battery FAST! So, if you have plans on playing this game for long extended periods of time… have a few external batteries handy. 2- tracking is off. Not like Pokémon Go, but I like how there’s a massive map with the streets if you zoom out. I have noticed that once I hit level 7, the game started giving me the dreaded “failed to connect to server” issue. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the game to find it is in fact, NOT MY PHONE! Luckily I saved all my data and linked to an account, but I had two groups of Pikmin out on an expedition. As expected with a new game… there are a lot of bugs, but there are also a lot of possibilities I can see with this game! Let’s hope it doesn’t turn out like Harry Potter: Wizards Unite… and shut down. Niantic, please, update the server issues and continue to add to this game as well. It’s good to have two games similar to each other. What I like about this game that I wish Pokémon Go had. The expedition feature. It’s nice to be able to send Pikmin out to a spot and wait for them to return with the goodies. Without having to hit a stop everyday to keep a streak up. But, I understand that the games are the way they are to make them separate and unique. Perhaps there’s a way to incorporate expeditions into Pokémon Go? Regardless, this game is fun and cute. Nice to pass the time, visually appealing and nostalgic!

Fun and Actually Gets You to Walk!. Although I love Pokémon Go after the first few months and community days I stopped waking around, I’d either drive or sit in a coffee shop and let a lure do the work but this game actually keeps you active. It’s made to where your attention is not completely glued to the screen at all times and works in the background instead, only alerting you if you’ve grown a Pikmin or and exposition has been complete. This way you can pop in some headphones and go for a jog and comeback and see progress without being distracted 24/7. The idea works for almost everyone, even people who aren’t huge Pikmin or Nintendo fans, it’s just a cute way to track your steps throughout the day. This game is wonderful and definitely gets my steps up!

ALWAYS frozen!!. I love pikmin bloom! It’s the cutest app, encouraged walking, and is overall just a more uplifting and collaborative version of Pokémon go (which I never got into). However, it’s been practically unplayable for the past few months because of the lag. Their servers are too slow for the number of features that are integrated. When you open the app there are a million screens that play before you can do anything, i.e. upcoming announcements, mushrooms that have been destroyed, if you’ve collected enough of that month’s special object to receive an award, etc etc. This is fine except that there’s a 5-10 second lag after each new screen, and sometimes it’s totally frozen and the app has to be restarted. It’s gotten to the point that on my 15 minute walk to classes I’ll open the app as I step out the door to plant flowers on my walk, but because of all of the freezing, when I finally reach my destination 15 minutes later it still hasn’t progressed far enough for me to get to the planting flower screen. This is devastating, as Pikmin is the only game I play and by far my favorite mobile game. Instead of being a stress reliever it has become incredibly frustrating, and I highly encourage the developers to get better servers or reduce the new features that are taking up tons of bandwidth and preventing the game from functioning.

Would be higher but…. So to start, I ADORE this game. I genuinely do. And I would absolutely love to give it five stars. But I simply have to only give it one star right now for a single reason… when the game released, I was able to manually add steps to my Health app at the “end” of my day (whenever I was done running errands), and that was a great feature because sometimes when I’m just running to my mailbox or the neighbors to drop something back off, I wouldn’t take my phone but would wear my Fitbit so the tracked steps according to my phone were different than what I actually walked. And it was easy for me to just go into Health at the end of my day and manually add the difference in steps. The game USED TO track that change and add the manually entered steps to my daily total. Then one day (a day I actually had my phone on me), it just suddenly stopped counting steps at all. It was a Pokémon GO community day and I was planting flowers on Pikmin in the background (never have problems with that) but when I checked my app, it said I only had 1200 or so steps out of the 7800 my phone and Fitbit had recorded. This went on for days no matter what. It’s like the game suddenly had a limit on my steps or something. I tried to manually add the difference and that wasn’t working either. And this was back in November or December. I figured it might have been a glitch but it still hasn’t been fixed and I’m beginning to consider uninstalling because I walk an average of 1000 steps a day and most days it only has about 150 recorded. Please, Niantic, fix this so I can go back to ensuring my Pikmin grow right and not have to worry about only getting 100 or 200 steps a day recorded. I feel silly walking 35 steps with my phone for no reason other than “it’s the only way to grow my Pikmin!”

Good game could use improvements. This is a great game as we have played all of the Pikmin games, so when we saw this we had to give it a go. It is a great step counting interactive game, fun events, and has gotten my entire family out and moving. The improvements that I would love to see is having mushrooms spawn in more rural areas. I live in the outskirts of town and no mushrooms ever spawn within a 8 mile radius of us. We have to drive into town to battle mushrooms. I can pick things up and do basic seedling and fruit expeditions but that gets a little boring. If there was an algorithm to allow mushrooms or some other enemy to spawn in heavily flowered areas (our roads and back yard are absolutely full of flowers) that would be fantastic! It would add to the game so much more to have actual enemies added as mini expeditions (like seedlings, fruit, etc) instead of mushrooms. Seeing enemies such as Wollywogs, Bulbmin, and bulborbs would deeply add to the experience. To me it seems like it is a missing element to the game to be walking around and not seeing the natural enemies as you would in the game. Something needs to be added surrounding the flower planting and drawing stuff in. This is not a deal breaker for me entirely, but a lot of missed opportunities to use peoples steps and work planting worth their efforts. I would love to see a Bulborb pop up in my “garden” for me and my family to battle.

As a Completionist, I'm frustrated.. As someone who needs to get more physical activity, this is a great motivator. As a completionist, I'm frustrated. The recent trend of Pikmin being in large sets is so annoying to see, it's almost impossible to complete a set when it's just the 7 original types of Pikmin, but adding in multiple to collect in a bit less than a month makes completing the set impossible without paying money. You cannot get the flower petals needed to complete specific goals otherwise, and even if you do, that is not a guarantee you will get all the Pikmin. It is a recorded fact that, the more money you spend, the worse your luck is on random draws. I think that there should either be more actually free opportunities to finish sets from completed events, or it should be possible to hide incomplete special event sets. I also hate the large impossible-to-complete sets, as it makes the game less fun to play as a whole.

Lags terribly, unusable. I want to play this game, because it was fun back when it worked, but the lagging is ridiculous and seems to be getting worse. I tried searching online for solutions and instead found a bunch of people having the same problem. It takes ages to load, barely runs once it’s up, and crashes often. I can’t plant flowers on my walk unless I want to take five or ten minutes before leaving to coax the game into letting me start the flower planting - and lately even that’s no guarantee. One of my favorite things to do in this game is getting postcards from mushrooms in fun places, but it’s just not worth stopping my walk and staring at this app’s loading screen for five minutes, only to have it crash on me immediately anyway. This game’s always been laggy, but it’s somehow been getting worse and worse over time. I keep hoping it’ll at least go back to its previous level of just-be-patient lag, but at this point it freezes up, crashes, or refuses to even open so much that the game just can’t be played.

Where to begin?. First of all I have always wanted to play a pikmin game and this one feels very cozy and easy to understand. I personally haven’t been as active as I used to be and find it easier to go outside and run around the neighborhood collecting different types of pikmin. I have never been this motivated before, even with Pokémon go (which I am a big fan of). There are events all the time and new costumes to unlock every month. It makes you feel rewarded for walking and has a really cute diary aspect to it so you can look back and see how you felt, the pictures you chose at the time, and write a little note saying how your day went. This game is wrapped nicely with a beautiful bow and I couldn’t recommend it enough if you need motivation to go outside and collect cute outfits for these little guys.

The game is really cute!. I really like Pikmin bloom. It’s a really fun game! You can also collect seeds to get a new Pikmin! All you have to do is walk 1000 steps! It also helps you wanna walk more and that’s good for your health. You can also earn medals and edit your mii character!! And also you can send your Pikmins on expeditions and then when they come back you’ll get something from them! And also you get these yellow things you can feed to them and they can grow a flower on there head! And also you can unlock different colors. I’m pretty sure there’s only 3! The colors; Red, Yellow & Blue! And also if you want to make a goal for how many steps you do the game will count your steps! There’s also weekly challenges! Example: walk 10,000 steps. And you can link your Nintendo account to your game if you would like! :) So, I would recommend the game!

PIKMIN BLOOM Review.. I’ve spent about a few weeks with this game (I got it at launch) and… It’s good! A long time ago, I found out that Niantic and Nintendo were partnering together to make a brand new “walking experience”. Okay. Fun. THEN, I also found out that they were making a PIKMIN walking experience app. PIKMIN. Being the Pikmin fan that I am, I was more than just excited. I. Was. Hyped. No name or any details announced, it was a hard wait. Then it happened. Pikmin Bloom was announced and launched in Australia! I was all like: “YEEESSS! PIIIIIIIKMIIIIIIIN!”. Then: “Aww man, when’s it coming out in the U.S.?”. The day later: “YEEESSS! PIKMIN BLOOOOOM!”. And here I am, writing this review/backstory thing. The app is a fun way for me to have any insensitive to go outside and take a walk. You grow Pikmin by walking, you pluck the Pikmin, and send them out to get more Pikmin. I love coming home and looking back at all the stuff I’ve done in the game, and in my real life, even if I don’t really go anywhere. You can collect fruit to get different kinds of nectar, then feed it to your virtual Pikmin to get flower petals. Plant the petals to grow your Pikmin faster, make big flowers bloom, and earn coins. One problem is that the coins only come with every 500 flowers you plant, and the stuff in the shop is very expensive. Not that it matters, though. I never feel like I have to spend money, but instead I feel like I need to take a walk. It’s great, and it accomplishes the goal in the mind of the creators. I love collecting different Pikmin as I level up (can’t wait until I get white Pikmin!). There are some problems involving accounts, and I would like to state them so that the creators can help out: 1. You cannot play without an account. 2. You cannot link Nintendo Accounts that are “child accounts” (I really want to use my Mii!) 3. I have to constantly sign in almost every other time I log on. I hope you guys hear me out, and thanks for creating a fun way to get me to walk. I can’t think of anything else to write about so… Thanks for reading this giant as the Empress Bulblax review, and keep covering the entire planet in flowers!

A fun little game that doubles as a journal. I love Pikmin Bloom. It’s a lot less active and attention needy than Pokémon Go, but doesn’t fail to deliver some time killing joy while walking or waiting for the bus. The little Journal function at the end is a helpful daily routine, and the day ratings have helped me revaluate how I see a day. Blue, Grey, or Yellow, a bit simple but that simplicity helps keep my stresses in proportion, by letting me ask myself “was today bad enough to be a blue? What happened that maybe made it a grey? Oh man, today has been a yellow for sure.” It’s a little bit buggy here and there, but they’re working on it and it shows. I think that a little patience makes all the micro transactions nonessential (although they could be a little less stingy with the coin giving). All in all, give it a shot! It’s fun and doubles as a little journal to boot :-)

Love this game as-is! Don’t change it!!. I love this game because it encourages me to walk. (Currently Level 32 when I wrote this, so yeah, I’m walking!) I also love this game because there are no events that force you to play more than you can; you can play at your own pace. I also love that this is not a fighting game. Yes, you can send the little guys out to take out a mushroom, but that is it. PLEASE NIANTIC, keep this game this way forever!! DO NOT add events that force people to play. DO NOT add fighting and anything resembling aggression. This game does not need these things. It accomplishes what it needs to just fine— it gets me out walking, exercising, and out of the house. As with your other games (Wizards Unite, I’m looking at you), when you’re in constant event mode it burns people out. They stop playing because they are tired of events and you lose money. Consider that, please.

Gets me up and walking. Having decent fun with this game. Level progression seems fair enough through level 30. Higher levels are harder to achieve but no complaints. A couple things I’d change are the selection process of Pikmin when switching them from your active to standby. I’d like to select more than one at a time through click-and-drag the way you can select multiple photos on iPhone. The other thing is in regards to mushroom challenges. I think a “beacon” or “call-out” to other nearby users when attacking a Large mushroom by yourself would come in handy. I can easily coordinate with other users in my household but they’re not always around to help and having four empty slots for other users to join seems like a waste. Something along the lines of a request to other users with a timer or countdown to join the challenge should be a lot of help to people in suburbs or rural areas

Cute Walking Game. IN SHORT: non-competitive, slow-paced PoGo that doesn’t punish you for how much you engage. I’ve never played Pikmin before but the little guys are pretty cute. Hoping for more updates! THE GOOD: I feel like this game was designed to “fix” a lot of the major criticisms of PoGo as well as hop on the mindfulness trend. Rewards take much less time and less walking. Steps count instead of distance, so run on that treadmill all you want! You can journal pictures, writing, and in-game stickers. And so far I don't feel like I NEED to buy more than the $2 start pack that I wanted to buy on my own. CRITICISM: Please have a sound or vibration when Pikmin find items, finish growing, or come back from expeditions. Having to figure it out myself encourages me to stare at my screen constantly instead of enjoy my walk.

All the fun no Epicness. I love the Pikmin games hoping for a Pikmin 4 so far it’s like a walking exercise game mostly don’t mind that Pokémon the Witcher in The Walking Dead but what I’m hoping for is that it’s not all pay to play I can’t move around like I want to at the moment but when I do I’m going to enjoy my self. The only thingI really want in the game is the battling system I see you added the fighting mushroom but do you eat come by levels are you have to have a lot of Pikmin and even so what about the first enemy in the game like you don’t have to have all the enemies just like a enemy for each color Pikmin what about some puzzle solving or treasure hunting or sending a pic went out to go bring something back like doing missions if it’s Pikmin I want them to do all that they’re able to hate you only gave us two spots and not the onion that repopulate them but still this is a new game let’s see how it goes.!?😌

Pokemon Go but laid back. I picked this game up a year ago and kinda fell off for a while, but the game still kept track of all my walking progress so when I opened it, I was able to get a head start on leveling up on where I left off. This game also allows you to go at your own pace while giving a bit more of a push to get out and explore in turn for rewards. No matter what task you do, you'll always be leveling up your pikmin to fight mushrooms, and there's a plethora of seasonal/monthly events that makes sure you'll never fall too far behind. I picked this game back up during summer of 2023 at level 7 and I'm all the way at level 46 today! If you ever need a game that keeps you busy while rewarding you for your efforts, this is definitely the game for you! I wholeheartedly suggest trying it out regardless of whether you have background knowledge of Pikmin as a whole or not

Made for explorers. When starting the game there is a stark lack of things to do but walk and wait to level up. Through the first new levels I honestly thought the game was still in beta or something since all I could do was watch my step counter go up. You have to be patient and wait for the fun to unlock as you gain more and more features as you progress. So far I’m level 12 and overall extremely happy with the speed of progressing being purely biased on how many steps you are willing to take. I will say if you want to collect all varieties of pikmin you will need to go to different types of stores and venture into the wilderness in hopes of getting a seed from a location with an outfit tied to it. Since I live in a city it’s extremely hard for me to find anything but roadside sticker pikmin. Overall a great game to get you outdoors exploring new places.

Glitches and Bugs take the fun away... Don’t get me wrong, Pikmin Bloom is such a fun and active app that gets me excited to get all of my steps in. I enjoy growing new pikmin for my collection and meeting new friends to complete the weekly challenges. However, there’s been a rise a of bugs throughout the game which is spoiling the fun of Pikmin Bloom. I constantly get duplicate pikmims when I go and try to join a mushroom battle. These glitchy pikmim are not able to college nectar and I would have to close the app and try again. Just recently, Pikmin Bloom just ended their Spring Event but on the last day there was another bug on the pikmin strength making the Spring/ Easter Egg pikmin usless to Spring Mushrooms causing million of players to not complete the Easter challenge- I paid to get in game coins to boost my chance in completing the Spring Challenge only for the entire game to glitch out on the last day, making it a total lost for everyone in the Pikmin community. Sorry this is a bit of a long review but hopefully the developers at PB really focus on these bugs and address them properly.

Good but major problem. So as a father most of my walks are with my kids or I enjoy a bike ride. Both seem to be a problem so let’s start with the first. When I go for a walk with my kids I use a stroller, this isn’t properly counting my steps or just not counting them at all (I assume this is because it’s assuming I’m in a car or something?). The next problem is bike ride, when I go on a bike ride I throw my phone in my backpack where it assumes I’m driving and also doesn’t calculate even my distance at this point. I really like this app but there are randomly spots on my map which can only be from when I took a break from riding my bike and the app decided that only that counts. Let me iterated that this app is quite enjoyable but these minor flaws missed me out on my badge today which minor, is quite upsetting. Hopefully next community day the app will consider stroller walking or bike rides as a common way to transport! Thank you!

Definitely better than Hey! Pikmin. Even though it’s just an enhanced step counter, this game definitely feels more like a Pikmin game than Hey! Pikmin. I understand so much of the upgrades costing real money as it’s only been out for a week and a half, and they are trying to get revenue off of it. However, I hope they add collectible “treasures” like in Pikmin 2. Its be a great thing to have besides from collecting costumes for Pikmin. I still give it a five star because I can see a lot of potential for this. But only time will tell! However, I’ve seen all these bugs on the game from other reviewers, but my only bug is a very minor one that doesn’t affect anything: sometimes when I log in, the game will give me a notification saying that I am going too fast, when I’m sitting down at a table. That’s my only problem and I hope any readers will have a good day, thank you for taking the time to read this!

Cash Grab, Pay to Win/Play. So I’ve been playing this game for a while now, close to a year. And it was great! Until the mushroom update in November 2022… suddenly the mushrooms took days to defeat and you didn’t get much nectar from the small mushrooms that still took hours and hours. Nothing was really fixed. If you live in a town where you are the only player or there aren’t that many players, you are going to have a really difficult time making any progress in the game unless you buy what you need with your real money. Since then the developers have been putting out more and more updates against the players, ridiculous events that are impossible to complete without buying flower petals/nectar, you get more and more duplicates now in events, and just recently they changed how much it costs to get more storage. Before it was 180 coins to get 20 more storage slots for pikmin. Now it’s 440 for 50… unless you magically are able to get 60 coins a day which is the max coins you can get per day, it’s gonna take months to get more Pikmin storage now rather than a couple weeks or less. I average around 5-20 coins a day, it just depends on how much I’m able to plant. Really unless you have no life and can just walk all day every day for miles and miles, it’s pretty impossible to play free. They also changed the mushroom rewards so now you get even less nectar than before and it was already bad. Their other game Pokémon Go is also a horrid cash grab, they are doing the same to this game. It’s impossible to make progress in the game without spending real money. It’s pay to win/play now. If you like wasting money on phone games than this and Pokémon Go are for you, if you want a game that isn’t pay to win/play then I suggest you don’t even bother with this game or Pokémon Go. The updates get worse and worse, playing the game is now just more frustrating than fun. Just stay away from this cash grab.