I'm usually very relieved when I complete a decor set.

Now there's more and there's even levels that you climb by... Releasing them? You get them to send the away permanently.

Or that's how I understand it.

What do y'all think of the changes? Will you be chasing the rares? Do you plan to release them?

Will you get them, raise them and release after you have x number of that kind and color?

This seemed more balanced and upbeat than other reporting on the topic.

I'm always happy to see support for Matter and increased awareness.

The more we expect matter devices and insist on them, the better things get for consumers.

Evangelical pushing back on White Christian Nationalism. Book, interviews, and articulate explanation of what the Bible actually says about topics.

My normal step counter is incrementing, but the 3k step is frozen solid. Restarts and all.

Do y'all have this issue too?

Edit :full phone restart was required. Not ideal, but at least I'm not waiting on bug fix.

Now that HA is getting further with local voice control, I'm working towards a full non-cloud, de-googled home experience.

We have a Google Home Hub and we love the slideshow aspect of it. If the Hub goes, I'd like to replace it with something visually appealing and take on the responsibility of putting photos into some directory(s) for use in a slide show.

Does anyone have:

• Preferred HA card/integration/HACS solution?
• Recommended hardware (ideally it's a screen, not a tablet)?
• Advice for me while I'm on this journey?

After guessing last month and getting it wrong, I have no idea what to expect for April's pikmin.

Last year it was Easter, but I dunno that they'd do that twice in a row.

What do y'all think it could be?

We have 3 starting today and continuing until March 10th.

Sorry about the earlier speculation.

This is the link to the event that starts 3/1. It looks like red, blue & yellow pikmin will be earned by collecting poetry slips, while the others will be from spins after mushrooms and such.

More details in the link. Mii clothes as reward for poetry slip milestones, like usual.

Sounds like the map will see an update of:

• More mushrooms
• More blooms
• Postcard images

I'm hoping this is additive and not an overhaul of where mushrooms exist. Although if well-known landmarks could be mushrooms, I'd love that.

Fingers crossed and it sounds like it happens soon.

I got the notification for this feature and almost immediately dove in. I love it.

In conversation, it seems like not everyone caught on to what's happening here.

If you go to your Pikmin, select decor and then filter by whatever category you want, you now see which types you have AND the full set of pikmin you own who are part of that category.

That's handy after a challenge month when we may want to figure out what can be "released." Or just when we're trying to stay under some number of pikmin.

Thought I'd share, hope y'all are having fun, staying active, and thank you to friends you bullhorn me into specials and larges. :-)

I don't remember getting a notification about these, so I'm posting here. There's some new Ramen Noodle Keychain Pikmin.

Best link 8 can find at the moment.

It's just the standard Niantic Community Day thing, but I know my wife and I usually plan something more walk-centric on weekends like this. Reminders help.

This almost escaped my attention and it seems important for gameplay and planning.

And that continues until 12/24.

It's not a long blog post, but there's a lot to what they have to say. Recommend the click.

A new "Fairy light" kind of pikmin (found at appliance stores), a new Electric Special Mushroom (for yellow pickmin), and an emphasized roll out period.

Take all of that, and give everyone three bullhorns per day (for the duration), and I see a lot of activity kicking off. And I see mushroom recharges being bought across the world...

I had been plateauing with my squad - this is a fun and unexpected addition. I'm jazzed.

Note: the cute mittens and the old Winter Stickers are concurrent to much of this. I think I see extra steps in my future.

What do y'all think? Like, dislike, wish was different??

What I saw was an initial flurry of invites - usually special or large/giant. Then those kinds of mushrooms became more scarce and now invites are... 2 per day, at best. Some days I get no invites and see nothing worth inviting others to.

How have things been for you or y'all?

IGN: Clyde Barrow

Any news on special pikmin or new challenges?

Is anyone planning any big hits? Chained invites?

I've seen good hits on Giants, but never anything close to a 4 star and I'd love to see that at least once.

I rather enjoyed it. Invited others to one and I was invited to some others.

It all seemed to work as planned and we got to do a team take down of mushrooms across the world.

If there's anything I'd wish, it's that we could ensure teammates are situated to send a good squad. If they've already engaged a Normal Magic, their contribution when invited to a second will likely be... Less than awesome.

I kept waiting for one to finish before joining the new invite and that worked okay. I just worried that I look disinterested when really I want to bring my harder hitting (best) team to the fray.

What's been your experience and what do you think?