Pikmin Bloom from Niantic and Nintendo released a little while ago on iOS and Android worldwide. We featured it as our Game of the Week when it released. If you’ve not tried it out yet, Pikmin Bloom (Free) is a collaboration project between Nintendo and Niantic as the first of a series of apps. Pikmin Bloom has you walking to grow Pikmin as you walk more. You then collect flowers from your Pikmin’s heads and plant them to make flowers bloom. It also has a diary-like feature at the end of the day to see your step count and log your memories. Today, a major update has gone live with a new friend invite feature and more. Watch the Pikmin Bloom launch trailer below:

Today’s Pikmin Bloom version 40.0 update lets you invite friends with your invite code. As your friends start playing through your invites, you will earn in-game rewards alongside your friends. These include single use slots and nectar. The other new feature is getting a picture with your daily step count when you cross 10k steps. If you’d like to try Pikmin Bloom out, you can download it for free on the App Store for iOS here and Google Play for Android here. Head over to our forum thread here for more discussion around it. Pikmin Bloom is free to play with in app purchases including different sets of coins and storage. There is also a $1.99 starter box available. What do you think of Pikmin Bloom so far and are you going to play it at launch?