Netmarble officially revealed on Thursday that its cozy crafting adventure belongs to Level 5’s celebrated fantasy franchise, showcasing the Bloomwalker game during the Xbox Tokyo Game Show 2026 stream (a Tokyo Game Show broadcast). Reporter Crystalyn Hodgkins published the confirmation for Anime News Network, noting that the title expands beyond its original working name into a shared magical setting. Players will travel across corrupted terrain in a mobile residence to heal damaged ecosystems. The announcement establishes simultaneous releases on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and both generations of Nintendo Switch. [1]
Netmarble Reveals the Bloomwalker Game at TGS
The Tokyo Game Show broadcast placed Netmarble’s project directly in front of console audiences on Thursday morning. Netmarble used the presentation to screen brand-new footage, confirming that the upcoming title links directly into the wider Ni no Kuni universe (a cozy crafting adventure). Trailed footage debuted in two languages. Crystalyn Hodgkins reported for Anime News Network that Netmarble distributed both an English version and a Japanese version of the video to illustrate the world’s setting and visual style. [1]
Netmarble first introduced the project under the provisional title Project Bloomwalker in August 2025. Development duties belong to Netmarble Neo, the internal studio that previously built the mobile adaptation for the same intellectual property. Netmarble Neo handles development. The studio brings extensive experience with cel-shaded anime rendering and open-world mechanics from its earlier franchise project. The transition from a tentative codename to a full franchise entry clarifies how the studio intends to position the Bloomwalker game across major home platforms. [1]
Gamers had spent months tracking development updates since the August 2025 announcement without knowing whether the game would remain an isolated spinoff or tie into an existing world. How does Netmarble plan to connect a pastoral crafting loop to the lore of an established fantasy world? The livestream trailer answers that question by grounding its environmental recovery mechanics inside familiar universe roots. [1]
The Fallen World of Luminoa
Netmarble describes the adventure as taking place within the fallen world of Luminoa, a once-beautiful territory formerly shared in peace by human societies and enigmatic spirits. The background lore outlines a cataclysmic rupture that shattered that peaceful balance when a mysterious meteor plummeted from the sky. The impact site released overwhelming contamination across the surrounding geography. According to official story details reproduced by Anime News Network, the resulting pollution became so severe that ordinary biological life could no longer survive in affected areas. [1, 2]
Bloomwalkers emerged in response to the ecological collapse. These specialized figures wield unusual powers capable of restoring organic life, purifying contaminated soil, and tending the wounded earth. The earth needed repair. When ordinary residents fled the spreading contamination, these dedicated caretakers began venturing toward the impact site. By stepping directly into the boots of a Bloomwalker, players bear the responsibility of confronting barren ground and gradually reviving the harmony that previously linked natural spirits and human settlements. [2]
Netmarble presents this recovery process as a cozy crafting adventure rather than a traditional combat-heavy journey through monster dens. The official overview stresses environmental revitalization as the core thematic heartbeat of Luminoa. Purifying blight forms the central objective. In the Bloomwalker game, healing the wounded terrain serves as the engine that unlocks new resources, draws peaceful spirits back to abandoned groves, and reconstructs fractured communities. [2]
Moving Houses and Cleansing the Land
Instead of relying on stationary villages or static base camps to anchor player progression across the wilderness, the adventure centers its exploration loop around a moving house system that functions as both transport and shelter. Netmarble confirmed that players will navigate Luminoa inside their unique mobile structure, piloting the traveling building across desolate expanses while working to cleanse toxic blight spreading across the continents. The traveling structure provides a mobile workshop where travelers can craft tools, brew botanical remedies, and rest between grueling expeditions into contaminated zones. As the mobile shelter moves deeper into polluted territory, Bloomwalkers deploy restorative abilities to reclaim soil, clear atmospheric toxins, and unlock dormant regional passages that were previously uninhabitable. [1, 2]
What will traveling inside a mobile workshop look like when pollution covers the horizon? Journeys begin on wheels. The moving home serves as a protective sanctuary where players prepare expeditions, store harvested raw materials, and fabricate items required to heal degraded flora. Netmarble’s trailer illustrates how the mobile base advances over uneven ground, allowing players to establish footholds in areas where toxic conditions would otherwise halt unassisted travelers on foot. [1, 2]
Traveling across Luminoa requires balancing resource collection with active environmental remediation. Players must venture outside their mobile dwelling to cleanse toxic deposits, gather natural ingredients, and restore equilibrium to troubled spirit habitats. The moving house provides continuity across long journeys. Once a zone is cleansed, nature reasserts itself, transforming gloomy wastelands into blooming meadows that reward diligent caretakers with new crafting recipes. [2]
Where the Adventure Fits into Ni no Kuni
Connecting Bloomwalker to the Ni no Kuni universe positions Netmarble Neo on familiar franchise ground. Netmarble previously developed Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds, the mobile role-playing entry that debuted in Japan in June 2021 before launching worldwide in May 2022. Level 5 originated the fantasy property with Ni no Kuni: Shikkoku no Madōshi for Nintendo DS in 2010 and a game for Japanese phones. In 2011, Level 5 debuted Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch for PlayStation 3 in Japan, building an enduring international reputation. [1]
Namco Bandai Games published Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch outside Japan in 2013, introducing global gamers to iconic cutscenes produced by legendary animation house Studio Ghibli. Studio Ghibli crafted cutscenes. A remastered version of the first console adventure arrived on PlayStation 4 and PC in September 2019, while the original game landed on Nintendo Switch on the exact same date. Level 5 then expanded the mainline franchise with Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom, releasing the sequel on PlayStation 4 and PC in March 2018. [1]
Revenant Kingdom subsequently reached Nintendo Switch in September 2021 before making its Xbox debut on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S in March 2023. The franchise also inspired a full-length theatrical anime film that opened in Japanese theaters in August 2019. The series has continuously explored varied gameplay genres across different hardware ecosystems. By establishing Bloomwalker as part of this tapestry, Netmarble broadens the property from tactical role-playing into community-centered crafting and environmental repair. [1]
Platforms, Releases, and the Franchise Road Ahead
Netmarble announced that the Bloomwalker game will release across Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam. Platforms span five hardware ecosystems. Gaming outlet Gematsu independently carried the multiplatform confirmation, highlighting the planned releases across Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo, and PC storefronts. Netmarble’s deliberate decision to support both Nintendo Switch hardware generations positions the cozy title for an expansive player base, arriving amidst modern console transitions such as the Pikmin 4 Switch 2 edition reported by PerEXP Teamworks. [1, 3]
Netmarble has not yet announced an official launch date or commercial pricing for the multiplatform release. The publisher screened dual-language promotional material during the Tokyo Game Show stream but kept launch windows undisclosed for all five systems. Neither Netmarble nor developer Netmarble Neo has detailed whether digital editions will launch simultaneously in all global territories. The studio has also withheld whether cross-progression will link console and PC accounts. Players eager to experience Luminoa’s moving house system must watch for subsequent development updates regarding launch timing and beta testing schedules. [1]
A vast healing journey awaits the Bloomwalker game as Luminoa prepares to welcome travelers on consoles and Steam. [1]
- ONLINE NEWS Hodgkins, C. (2026, September 17). Netmarble Reveals Bloomwalker Game is Part of Ni no Kuni Universe in New Trailer. Anime News Network. [Article Link]
- PRESS RELEASE Netmarble. (2026, September 17). [Bloomwalker game overview and moving house premise]. Reproduced in C. Hodgkins, Netmarble Reveals Bloomwalker Game is Part of Ni no Kuni Universe in New Trailer, Anime News Network. [Article Link]
- ONLINE NEWS Gematsu. (2026, September). Bloomwalker adds PS5, Switch 2, and Switch versions; set in Ni no Kuni universe. Gematsu. [Article Link]
