I've mostly been playing Pikmin Bloom by exchanging postcards with friends all over the world.
Today I finally received a postcard from Algeria, which means I've now collected postcards from all six inhabited continents!
I guess Antarctica doesn't have any postcards... 😆
I really enjoy inviting friends to the weekly challenge.
This week, though, almost nobody accepted my invitations. I kept thinking, "That's strange," and ended up sending invites to lots of different people before I finally got a team of five.
Today we finished the challenge, and when I saw the rewards, I finally understood why.
Because this week's challenge started before the month changed, the reward was still last month's flowers instead of this month's.
For anyone focusing on this month's event, those rewards are basically useless.
I had no idea that's how it worked, and I ended up dragging four other players into a challenge with rewards they probably didn't want.
I'm really sorry.
I just noticed that the Event Challenges screen now shows which Decor Pikmin you've already collected for the current event.
I don't remember seeing this before. Is this a recent update, or did I somehow miss it all this time?
It's a really nice QoL improvement if it's new.
Many people know the story that Haruki Murakami decided to become a novelist on April 1, 1978, when he watched Dave Hilton hit a double at Jingu Stadium.
For me, the moment I became a Murakami fan was much smaller: when Charlie rang Professor Sheep's doorbell 26 times in a row in Green Street in Sydney.
The first Murakami novel I tried to read was Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. My first impression was simply, "This is difficult." I tried several other novels afterward, but they all felt strangely heavy to me—like walking around in a brand-new pair of leather shoes. I never managed to finish them.
Then I read Green Street in Sydney from A Slow Boat to China. For the first time, I really felt Murakami's humor and rhythm. After that, even the novels I had once found intimidating suddenly felt much more approachable.
Some people fall in love with Murakami from the very first page. Others, like me, need one particular story or moment before everything clicks.
Did Murakami click for you right away, or was there one particular book or story that changed everything? I'd love to hear your experience.
The Flower Crown monthly challenge is almost over,
but it's going to be stormy until the end of the month.
Anyone else seriously considering jogging through that just to finish the challenge? 😅
I just got a beautiful postcard from Kagoshima, Japan.
A big thank you to the friend who invited me to this mushroom battle and made it possible!
It features a stunning view of Sakurajima, one of Japan’s most active volcanoes, seen from the "Sea Observatory" viewpoint.
The scenery is impressive even in-game, and I’d love to visit someday.
What’s your favorite Pikmin Bloom postcard? Share it below! 🌋📮
Once my friend list grew beyond 100 people, I started having trouble keeping track of postcard exchanges and mushroom invitations.
My personal goal is to eventually send at least one postcard to every friend, even if it takes a while. After trying a few different approaches, I've settled on a nickname system that has been working surprisingly well for me, so I thought I'd share it in case anyone else has the same problem.
_US)._UK2 for 2 postcards from the UK)._i3 for 3 invitations).(See the attached image for a real example: _PL2_i, _TW_i, etc.)
_i into the in-game search bar to instantly filter and prioritize active friends who have a history of inviting me.It's not a perfect system, but it's been working well for me so far and saved me a lot of cognitive load.
I'm curious how other people manage large friend lists. Do you use nicknames, external spreadsheets, tags, or just wing it?