Pikmin Bloom Celebrates 3.5 Years with Classic Console Throwback Event

Pikmin Bloom is set to celebrate its 3.5th anniversary next month, and Niantic is pulling out all the stops to make it memorable. The festivities will begin with a special event starting on May 1st, 2025, bringing back a wave of nostalgia with classic gadgets from the game.

The Update Is a Cool Throwback to the Good Old Nintendo Days!

Over the years, Pikmin Bloom has delighted players with a variety of fun decor, such as Pikmin adorned with Mahjong Tiles and Playing Cards. For its 3.5th anniversary, the game is reintroducing classic Nintendo game consoles from the 80s and 90s, tapping into gamers' nostalgia.

Adding to the celebration, a new Playing Card (Clubs Suit) Decor Pikmin will be introduced. This design pays homage to Nintendo's origins in the playing card industry before they became a household name in video gaming. The cards' designs are inspired by Nintendo’s vintage playing card decks.

The event will run from May 1st to May 31st, 2025, providing players with a full month to engage in event missions and collect unique new Pikmin. Completing Event Challenge missions will reward you with random items, including Game Button Cells, seedlings that can grow into Nintendo Consoles ‘80-‘95 Decor Pikmin, and flower petals.

During the event, Brilliant Mushrooms will also appear. Destroying these mushrooms will yield Mystery Boxes containing Game Button Cells, flower petals, and other goodies. The Nintendo Consoles ‘80-‘95 or Playing Card Decor Pikmin are particularly effective at smashing these mushrooms.

Pikmin Bloom 3.5th Anniversary Also Brings Big Flowers in May

The May event will also feature large flowers that can bloom into carnations, sweet peas, lilies of the valley, freesias, canola flowers, or anniversary roses, depending on whether you plant red, yellow, white, or blue petals around them.

There's also an update to the nectar system; fruit obtained from mushrooms during May will produce nectar for regular flowers, as well as for special blooms like carnations, sweet peas, lilies of the valley, freesias, canola flowers, and anniversary roses.

Alongside these updates, other events like Community Day will be happening. Make sure to download Pikmin Bloom from the Google Play Store and get ready for the 3.5th anniversary celebration.

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