Niantic's New Pikmin Game Has Been Downloaded 2 Million Times In Two Weeks

....and I still can't play it. T.T

Huh, I didn't realize it was out in the USA. I'll give this one a shot. I have no interest in Pokemon so I skipped the whole GO thing.

I mean come on, I'm an adult man, I'm not into fake animals that live in balls and fight each other. I'm into little alien beings with flowers growing out of their heads...like any red blooded American male.

It's ok. Pretty passive gameplay which is nice. But, nothing too exciting about it all in all. For instance all you get for community day is a badge, not even a special Pikmin if I understand correctly.

I got access to the beta so I've been playing since April, and I've been having a great time. I hope they continue to keep supporting this game for a while.

so worth the wait for pikmin4, I almost played it for like 15 minutes before it killed my battery

Well it’s a Nintendo brand so initial excitement is expected. On the other hand it’s Pikmin, so a drop off is just to be expected with this property

They’ll milk the relatively low fan base (they only be interested in Pokémon numbers) and then they’ll ditch it just like they did Harry Potter. Don’t pay these guys a penny.

It’s Pikmin. There adorable

Waiting on Pikmin 4

It let me set up an account but then it just closes the app when it gets towards the end of the loading screen

I’ve tried countless times to fire the app up and it just keeps closing itself in the final stretch of the loading bar. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled, no luck. A real shame as I was looking forward to having something to spruce up my mandatory walks

@Stocksy
This game is 100% playable without having to pay ANY money for in-game currency. There's just no real incentive to do so because a lot of the game relies on walking.

I love Pikmin and enjoy Pokemon Go but have zero interest in this title unfortunately.

I'm really enjoying it! Though I did find it a bit disconcerting when I saw the publicly visible trail of flowers from my front door to my place of work as not many others play in my area, it's like a stalkers dream! I've deleted my flower history and will only be planting in busy areas from now on. Niantic claim that they've considered the risks and flowers plant in random patches, not clear trails, but that obviously isn't true. And I can't see any way to make flower trails invisible to others, despite Niantic claiming they included the option.

And uninstalled 1,990,000 times!

Pikmin sales can be depressing sometimes. I'm enjoying the app.

@Meteoroid
I'm pretty optimistic that Pikmin Bloom isn't going to be the case. The game doesn't have any bs gacha mechanics or pay-to-win microtransactions. Most of the microtransactions in this game just speed up time, but like I said, there's no real incentive to waste money on that game. You're pretty much just walking to progress.

Installed it yesterday. I like Pikmin but there really isn't anything here. I guess if you like to walk around a lot it's a nice thing to have but winter is coming and I barely leave the house as it is.

Well that's just me, I'm a cranky old man, but I really don't see this app doing any heavy lifting to anyone as a marketing tool for the eventual Pikmin 4. Better off just making more of those shorts, the shorts were good. I really don't see this holding anyone's attention for long.

I downloaded it. Didn’t quite understand the point. Hated seeing a trail of flowers that tracked my walks and shared it with anyone else playing. Plus it tracks location 24/7–which not only hurt my phone battery, but is creating a massive tracking database. So lots of reasons for me to delete it. I’m curious how many of the 2m downloads have already been uninstalled.

It's a fantastic little app, and it's hilarious how lazy some individuals are that they can't wrap their head around the gamification of this super foreign thing called "exercise".

It’s great, I have no reason to spend money on the game but it’s a fun little experience and with expeditions and challenges it’s a lot better

@Dad You can turn off you're phone's location whenever you want, it can only track you 24/7 if you let it.

I'm enjoying Pikmin Bloom more than Pokemon Go currently and more than I did Pikmin 3 (though I do think I need to give 3 another chance). Level 23 currently and looking forward to continuing to level up. I'm interested in what the game does from now on though as I have access to all Pikmin types aside from Bulbmin which I don't believe are in the game.

I gave it a chance but it just didn’t work and drains the battery like crazy. It tracked steps while the app was open but I got none when it was in the background and kept saying walk 500 steps on the goal screen when I had thousands on the main screen so very buggy. Gameplay seemed like needlessly complicated junk. I don’t think it will last a year on the market.

Oh, it’s out? Shouldn’t they have launched this in the spring? (Along with maybe a bit more of a marketing push?)

That is pretty cool, and gives much needed exposure to the franchise. I don't plan on trying it out myself though.

Is 2 million in 2 Weeks a lot for a mobile free to start Nintendo game? I just hope this + the great sales of Pikmin 3D will lead to a new title on switch

It was probably uninstalled 1.9 million times when people refuse to install Google fit. I'd use it if it was compatible with Fitbit or healthmate.