Pikmin Bloom is a 2021augmented realitymobile game in thePikmin Series, published byNiantic. LikePokémon Go, it rewards players for spending time outside. The player's real-world movements are rewarded with items for Pikmin creatures. Its worldwide rollout began in late October 2021.
Pikmin Bloom is anaugmented realitymobile game in thePikmin series. For wandering and spending time outside, players are rewarded withitems that can either grow or feed Pikmin creatures[2] that appeared throughout the mainPikmin games.
The walking player is depicted as aNintendo AccountMii (or one with limited customization for those without such an account) leading Pikmin, creating a trail of blossoming flowers on the map with flower petals collected from Pikmin, and the Pikmin can find items. This includes fruit and costumes. The Pikmin grow flowers on their heads when fednectar, which in turn produces more flower petals, and then plant more flowers on the map.[3] Local landmarks are represented as either big flowers, from which flower nectar can be collected, or as mushroom, which can be destroyed by Pikmin collaboratively with other players in a mushroom battle. There are also planned, collaborativemultiplayer events and challenges involving large flowers.[2]
The player can take real photographs with virtual Pikmin. Thelifelogging component, inspired byOlimar's daily ship logs fromthe firstPikmin game, encourages the player to make and caption photos for daily calendar entries. The game app connects withApple Health andGoogle Fit to count steps but has no smartwatch connection.[2]
Niantic developedPikmin Bloom under license fromNintendo after having previously collaborated onPokémon Go.[2][4]
It was first announced in 2021.[2] Global rollout began in Australia and Singapore on October 27, 2021,[3] North and South America on October 28,[5] Japan on November 1,[6] and lastly it was available worldwide by November 2.[7]
On March 12th, 2025, Niantic announced thatPikmin Bloom and several other Niantic games would be acquired byScopely for a sum of 3.5 billion dollars.[8][9]
Pikmin Bloom received "mixed or average" reviews from critics, according to thereview aggregation websiteMetacritic.[10] Early reviewers likenedPikmin Bloom to agamified fitness experience, similar to fitness apps that convert daily steps taken into coins and minigames.[15][2] Jess Reyes ofDigital Trends wrote thatPikmin Bloom was "more a Nintendo fitness app than a video game", comparing it toPokémon Go.[16]
SomeAndroid users usingAndroid 11 or12 at the game's launch reported delayed notifications includingSMS messages.[17] Initial reports of the delayed notifications were reported duringbeta testing.[18] Niantic acknowledged the issues on November 5[19] and released two updates which minimize the delayed notifications.[20]
Pikmin Bloom was downloaded two million times in two weeks after its launch,[21][22] and as of April 2024, the game has grossed $44 million since its release.[23]
