Text Search Function - Tips, Questions & Feature Requests

[GoogySpudge]

Text Search Function

Hello I am a long-time daily player of Pikmin Bloom. I love the new Text Search Function, It helps me manage large amounts of pikmin, nectar, and petals.

I have used this feature extensively; so much so, I made a reddit post [external link] about it to discuss tips and helpful examples. I will include these tips in the replies to this thread, in case it is helpful to anyone on this forum.

Below, I have some feature requests regarding the Text Search Function.

Feature Requests

• Petals & Nectar: Ability to search petals and nectar by quantity

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  • Sorting by quantity would also be a nice feature, as discussed on these forums.
  • Suggestion - include range, similar to friendship. friendship example: (0-8*)
  • Note - mushroom keyword is not included in the current FAQ article

• Rare Pikmin: Ability to search pikmin by decors which have rare variants

  • Suggestion - rare keyword
  • Temporary Workaround:
    • (=roadside;=café;=pharmacy;=waterside;=station;=supermarket;=bakery;=park;=stadium;="hair salon")
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• Pikmin & Nectar Interations:

  • Ability to search for Pikmin by Nectar Collected status
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  • Ability to search for Pikmin by Flower Type, including pikmin which are leafs/buds/withered
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Minor Requests (“Nice-to-haves”)

• Update documentation (FAQ article) to include missing keywords and info:
  • Petals: mushroom
  • Pikmin: available
• special should be handled as a keyword search, it is currently handled as a string search
  • i.e: “s” returns all pikmin with the special tag
• Keyword for if pikmin have nicknames, i.e. nickname
  • Workaround:
    • !"pikmin"
      • does not include nicknamed pikmin with “pikmin” in the name

I’ve tried my best to include all relevant information regarding my experience with the Text Search Function. I am open to advice, and happy to answer any questions!
I hope this post is useful, thank you for reading!

[GoogySpudge]

Contents of my post to reddit (link in main post)

I think Pikmin Bloom’s search function has some features a lot of people are unaware of. I noticed some things that aren’t documented on the official text search function post or pikminwiki’s interface page (mostly the mushroom keyword for flowers/petals).

I’ve tried to condense important information, so this post assumes you have used the search function before. Check out the aforementioned links if you leave this post with any confusion!

Pikmin

• flower status: leaf | bud | bloom | flower | wilted | <flower type>
  • bloom means flowers have not been plucked
• organization: favorite | squad | busy | standby | lifelog | <location> | <year>
  • location only includes what’s shown on pikmin info screen
• decor: decor | special | rare | <decor name>
• friendship: X* | X-Y* (0-8)
  • X = HeartCount or LowerBound, Y = UpperBound (optional), ‘*’ denotes friendship

Helpful Examples

• =flower
  • ‘=’ makes search exact, excluding flower box/crown decor pikmin
• "<decor name>"&!decor
  • yields pikmin that have yet to acquire their decor type
• (rock;purple)&(leaf;bud)&special&!8*
  • optimized for strengthening special mushroom squads
  • special can be replaced with (ex. balinese) for strongest decor

Flowers & Nectar

• keywords: seasonal | mushroom/available

Helpful Examples:

• mushroom&white
  • show all nectar/petals white and crystal mushrooms are currently yielding

Note: I don’t think you can search by quantity? Unfortunate, please correct me if I’m wrong

Postcards

• <location>| year
• X* | X-Y* (1-4)
  • yields mushroom rank, exact or range. works like friendship search

Note: can’t search for specific people

Logical Operators

• AND: {expr}&{expr}
• OR: {expr};{expr}
• NOT: !{expr}
• GROUPING: ({expr})
• Evaluate “as-is”: "{expr}"
  • allows searching for nicknames and locations containing logical operators
• Exact Match: ={expr}
• Order of Operations:
  • group () → NOT ! → AND & → OR ;

Note: there are multiple options for some of these. It’s best to pick one to avoid confusion, and these are the most clear in my opinion.

Tips & Quirks

• sort your pikmin before searching!
  • if you’re searching for a single pikmin type, use the colored dots. it makes color queries unnecessary and avoids confusion
• your selected pikmin persist if you cancel your search, allowing you to do multiple searches.
  • can’t change sorting method in between searches if pikmin are selected, though
• special isn’t actually a keyword filter (exact match) for event decors. I just included it in that section because it should be used as such, otherwise it causes confusion surrounding nicknames/locations. but yeah, typing “sp” will yield all special decors.

I hope this is helpful! I’m open to feedback and criticism on formatting or anything I missed. Thanks for reading!

[GoogySpudge]

Another nice to have feature: searching for decor ‘categories’ i.e. “Cuisines of the World:”