BODY: A cozy game about a walking house was already charming. It turns out Bloomwalker is also set in the Ni no Kuni universe, one of the best-loved fantasy worlds in Japanese RPGs.
At Tokyo Game Show 2026 on September 17, publisher Netmarble announced that Bloomwalker will come to PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch. The game was previously announced for Xbox Series and PC through Steam and the Microsoft Store. Netmarble also confirmed that the game takes place in LEVEL-5's Ni no Kuni world. English and Japanese trailers were released alongside the news.
Bloomwalker is being developed by Netmarble Neo, and Netmarble describes it as a chance to "travel with a moving house and restore a tainted world in this heartfelt crafting adventure." Players travel in a mobile home and work to heal a corrupted land. They gather resources, craft items with their companions, and build and decorate a pocket dimension inside the house. Players also build relationships with a cast of artisans and spirit creatures along the way.
Longtime fans will recognize some of those creatures. Familiars and higgledies, two signature parts of the Ni no Kuni series, both appear in the game. Netmarble has not yet announced a release date or price, and there is no word on pre-orders or a demo.
The insider take
From Tokyo, the TGS timing looks deliberate. Ni no Kuni still has a lot of goodwill in Japan, largely because the first game was made with Studio Ghibli. However, the series has been quiet on consoles since Ni no Kuni II. This isn't Netmarble Neo's first time with the series, since the studio also made the mobile game Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds. Adding the Switch 2 and Switch versions matters more than it might seem. Nintendo hardware is still where Japanese players go for cozy games, so a Ni no Kuni life-sim that skipped Nintendo platforms would have missed its most natural audience here. It's also notable that the setting was revealed at TGS itself. Netmarble clearly sees the Ni no Kuni name as the hook for Japanese players.
Originally reported by Gematsu (English).