Pikmin Bloom's January 2022 Community Day Shows Improvement, But Isn't Perfect
Niantic's mobile games have kept fans' attentions using various content releases, with Community Days being a prominent example. A Community Day takes place once a month, and in Pokemon GO these revolve around a specific monster; January 2022's Community Day featured Spheal, and an extra Community Day Classic was held today featuring Bulbasaur. Harry Potter: Wizards Unite shuts down on January 31, but it has historically held Community Days offering bonus items for completing set tasks. Pikmin Bloom acts a bit differently.
The Pikmin crossover game, Niantic's second Nintendo-themed venture, is more concerned with exercise than offering mechanics that facilitate event task lists. Taking part in a Pikmin Bloom Community Day is as conceptually simple as walking 10,000 steps to receive a commemorative badge, and players incur other benefits as they get steps in. Pikmin Bloom's January 22, 2022 Community Day is its third attempt at the event, and shows Niantic getting more comfortable with what makes the game special. However, its rewards could still use some work.
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Despite featuring the skeleton that future events would follow, the first Pikmin Bloom Community Day on November 13, 2021 was rough around the edges. Players were tasked with walking 10,000 steps between 9:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. local time, receiving passive benefits like 1.5-times Pikmin Seedling growth, fruits providing twice their usual nectar hauls, and "Big Flowers" (set on the same landmark grid as Pokemon GO's Gyms and PokeStops) blooming into pansies rather than default daisies.
There wasn't much in-game fanfare to demarcate a Community Day compared to any other, and the badge
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