Bloomwalker has been announced for Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2. Netmarble revealed the adventure and crafting game on September 17, 2026, confirming that it is set in the universe of Ni no Kuni. The game follows a traveler moving through the corrupted world of Luminoa with an unusual companion: a house with legs that can travel between areas, support exploration, and develop new capabilities along the way.
A Moving House Leads the Journey
Bloomwalker’s central premise combines exploration with the feeling of maintaining a home on the road. The player travels from sanctuary to sanctuary, using the moving house as a base while investigating the surrounding lands. These areas contain resources and other opportunities for exploration, and the journey gradually reaches deeper into Luminoa as the player restores parts of the damaged world.
The house is more than a way to get from one location to another. It grows alongside the player and can change its appearance as new functions become available. Its mobility also gives the adventure a distinct rhythm: the player can move toward a new sanctuary, gather materials in the surrounding region, return to the house, and use what has been collected to support further restoration and crafting.
Restoring Luminoa from Pollution
Luminoa’s sanctuaries have been affected by a form of pollution that has damaged the land and disrupted the guardians once responsible for protecting these places. Those guardians have succumbed to the corruption and become manifestations of the same force threatening the world. The player’s progress therefore involves more than simply discovering new locations; each sanctuary is tied to the larger effort to cleanse Luminoa and recover its lost vitality.
The condition of the world also affects its inhabitants. The higgledies, small spirits connected to nature, are placed under threat as pollution spreads. As the player removes contamination and restores areas, more higgledies can join the growing community around the moving house. Their presence gives the restoration effort a visible sense of progress while also expanding the game’s resource and care systems.
A Pocket Dimension Behind the Door
One of Bloomwalker’s most distinctive features is found inside the house. Passing through its door leads to a special pocket dimension where players can construct buildings, arrange facilities, and decorate the environment. This private space serves as a customizable home as well as a practical center for the game’s crafting and community systems.
Familiars and higgledies live within this dimension and contribute to its development. They can eat, sleep, and work there, gradually turning the space from a simple refuge into a busy settlement filled with activity. The player’s choices about structures and decoration are connected to the wider progression loop, making the home a functional part of the adventure rather than a separate cosmetic feature.
Friendship Unlocks Crafting Options
Familiars act as artisan companions, and building stronger relationships with them unlocks additional formulas, structures, and crafting paths. Each familiar has individual stories and characteristics for the player to discover. Spending time with them is therefore tied directly to progression, since deeper friendships provide access to new ways of processing materials and producing useful items.
Higgledies have a different role. They must be cared for with food and shelter, much like pets, but they can reward that attention by providing vitality and resources. Materials gathered or delivered by the higgledies can be processed through the facilities and formulas unlocked by the familiars. Bloomwalker consequently presents crafting as a shared activity involving the entire household rather than a system operated by the player alone.
Crafting Supports the World’s Recovery
The products created in the moving house have practical uses beyond filling an inventory. Crafted goods can help restore villages and housing, support the recovery of damaged communities, and produce gifts that strengthen relationships with companions. This connects the game’s major systems in a clear progression: exploration supplies materials, relationships unlock new crafting possibilities, higgledies assist with resources, and the finished results help bring life back to Luminoa.
That structure gives the announcement a strong identity within the Ni no Kuni universe while establishing Bloomwalker as its own kind of adventure. The game combines a story about a world threatened by pollution with a more personal loop centered on friendship, domestic life, construction, and care. Its moving house and pocket dimension also provide a natural way to connect large-scale restoration with the smaller routines of managing a living community.
Release Details for Switch Players
The announcement confirms Bloomwalker for both Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2, giving players on the two Nintendo platforms a way to follow the game’s exploration, restoration, and crafting systems. A trailer presented with the announcement offers a closer look at the moving house, the corrupted sanctuaries, the pocket dimension, and the companions who help bring the world back to life.
Netmarble has not yet revealed a release date for Bloomwalker. For now, the confirmed platform availability and expanded details about its setting and mechanics are the central pieces of information. The project’s combination of a traveling home, customizable construction space, relationship-driven crafting, and environmental restoration makes it a notable new addition for Nintendo players interested in adventure games with a strong community and creativity focus.
Source: Nintendo Everything.