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The Party Walk menu of the challenge list.

Party Walks are a feature of Pikmin Bloom, introduced on June 25^th, 2024. Party Walks have no set goal to work towards, and are simply a way to walk together with friends. All players have the ability to host one Party Walk at a time, and can join up to three simultaneously, but they cannot be left once joined. Party Walks can be scheduled to last for up to 28 days, and give no rewards upon completion.

Process

Party Walk progress can be viewed in the Party Walk section of the challenge list. Here, players have the option to host their own Party Walk by pressing the “Host a Party Walk” button. Any other players Party Walks that have been joined will appear here.

Clicking on any active Party Walk in the menu opens up a menu showing the name of the host, the name of walk, how much time until the walk ends, and a button to view the invitation link. Below this, there is a section showing the total steps of everyone participating in the Party Walk. Below the total steps, the host’s total steps for the day are listed, and below that, the total amount of participants and a random assortment of 15 walk participants and their total steps are listed. Each time the walk menu is opened, the participants shown are different.

If a walk that the player has joined but has not yet started is clicked on, the menu shows the same information as when a walk has started. Where the total steps are usually listed, the total amount of registered players and the words “Please wait for the Party Walk to start.” are shown.

Hosting a Party Walk

The menu for the first step of setting up a Party Walk.

To host a Party Walk, players need to click the “Host a Party Walk” button. A menu will open, requiring a start and end date to be chosen. Under the “Start date time” section, a button labeled “Start now” can be clicked, which will cause the Party Walk to begin the moment the process to host a walk is finished. The end date for the walk can be anywhere from 2 hours to 28 days from the start date.

The menu for the second step of setting up a Party Walk.

After a start and end date is chosen, the menu progresses to the next step for hosting the walk. Players can either choose their own name (which must be under 30 characters) for the walk, or have a name randomly picked from the following set of names:

• Red Pikmin Team
• Yellow Pikmin Union
• Blue Pikmin Gathering
• Purple Pikmin Circle
• White Pikmin Rally
• Rock Pikmin Forum
• Winged Pikmin Meeting
• Pikmin Crossing
• Pikmin Fanclub
• Leisurely Stroll
• Whimsical Walk
• Serious Walking
• Gourmet Travel
• Neighborhood Watch
• Postcard Collectors
• Health and Wellness
• Super Walk Brothers
• Weathering the Weather
• The Legend of Walker
• Let's party!
• To the edge of the universe!

The menu for the third step of setting up a Party Walk.

After a name is chosen, the menu progresses to the final step for hosting the walk. A summary of the start and end date and the walks name is shown, and the Party Walk will be created once the player presses the “OK” button. The screen will progress to a menu showing a QR code that players can scan to the host’s Party Walk, with a share button to save an image of the QR code and all details of the walk.

Once the Party Walk begins, a menu shows up with the walk details and the words “Party Walk Begins!” for the host and all participants. For the host, a speech bubble will appear in front of their Mii with the text “Party Walk you are hosting has begun!” in it. Any time this speech bubble is viewed afterwards, the text will read “You are hosting a Party Walk!”. Clicking on the speech bubble opens the menu of the players hosted Party Walk.

Joining a Party Walk

A QR code used to join a player’s Party Walk.

Star challenge

From October 22^nd to October 29^th, 2023, an early version of a Party Walk was available to join. The test was called a “Star challenge”, and was hosted by ジョーさん (Mr. Joe). To join, users had to follow a link provided by the challenge's host, or scan a QR code. Once the challenge started, players could create groups of 4 people (either randomly or by inviting people from the friends list) to join ジョーさん in walking 150,000 steps.

See also

• Weekly challenge
• Friend