Pikmin Bloom, now on Android!

From the developers of Pokemon Go, Niantic announced Pikmin Bloom, a cute little game involving you and the adorable little creatures called Pikmin!

After planting a Pikmin seedling in your planter, walk around to make your Pikmin grow. Once you've walked a certain distance, you can pluck the Pikmin out of the planter, and it will join your entourage! Pikmin come in seven variations: fiery Red, shocking Yellow, watery Blue, powerful Purple, poisonous White, flying Pink, and rock hard Stone. You can also give the Pikmin a name if you so desire.

While out on a walk, you can obtain fruits. Using these fruits will allow you to turn the leaf on a Pikmin's head into a flower! Once you have a flower Pikmin, you can then tap on them to gather some of their flower petals! What are they used for?

Well, while you're out walking, you can plant/scatter the flower petals around to grow flowers! Walking through these flower trails will make the Pikmin in your planters grow faster. While out and about, you can also run across a Big Flower, which will only appear if you - and various other players - plant/scatter enough flowers nearby. These Big Flowers help your Pikmin Seedlings grow even more than regular flowers!

You can also send your Pikmin out on expeditions to gather fruit for you, or even try and take down giant mushrooms! Once evening approaches, the Pikmin will come back with what they've obtained. You can then use the fruits and mushrooms to turn them into nectar for your Pikmin.

Sometimes during the Pikmins search, they can come across decor. Giving these to the Pikmin will turn them into Decor Pikmin, allowing them stand out from the others.

Speaking of which, once evening approaches, the game will show you how many steps you've taken for the day, then ask how well your day went. (Smiley Face, Neutral Face, or Crying Face) Additionally, the game will also save whatever photos you've taken during your walking trip, and you're given the option of sending the photos to your friends if you wish.

Pikmin Bloom is available now. In fact, it was released last month on October 26th. Get to walking, Pikmin fans!