Pikmin Bloom's Coins Could Solve the Issue of Huge Travel Times
If Niantic's Pokemon GO is about catching 'em all in real life, Pikmin Bloom is about seeing all the cute outfits its titular beings can cobble together from real-world goods. The AR mobile game is an exercise tool, with players encouraged to wander their neighborhoods and find Seedlings for each colored Pikmin at specific places — like Pikmin Bloom's new Sushi Restaurant locale. Part of the fun comes from Niantic simulating the original series by requiring a team of Pikmin to travel and bring items back in real-time.
However, this design is less charming when taken to its extreme. Pikmin may take anywhere from a minute to a couple of hours to complete a delivery (with variation based on their color) if players walk around the block or take a trip to the store. One widespread Reddit post around the game's launch in October 2021 showed it can take over a month for Pikmin Bloom to retrieve items if players travel long distances. While niche, this concern can be problematic for users who want specific items or lose access to their Pikmin for a long time. The underutilized Coins could offer an easy solution that benefits fans and Niantic.
Pikmin Bloom: How to Unlock Decor Pikmin
Collecting every kind of Pikmin is the closest thing to «completion,» and this being a centerpiece of the title is clear given Niantic releases holiday decor for events like Lunar New Year. Its latest activity for Earth Day has Big Seedlings appear that provide the plucked Pikmin a Forest-themed decor. As with prior limited-time events, Niantic makes it more of a challenge by restricting spawns to one event Big Seedling at a time — each requiring 10,000 steps to mature.
Event Seedlings are the most extreme example of how Pikmin Bloom's real-time item
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