It’s 2026 now, and Pokémon Unite has evolved dramatically since its debut, but I still get a little nostalgic thinking about the spring of 2022. Back then, the game was barely a year old, and TiMi Studio had just dropped one of its most charming celebrations ever — the Pokébuki event. I remember logging in on April 28, seeing the splash screen covered in cherry blossoms and kabuki-inspired Holowear, and immediately knowing I was about to lose weeks of my life to this thing.
If you weren’t around for it, Pokébuki was essentially a love letter to Japanese spring festivals, wrapped in the familiar chaos of a MOBA. The event ran until June 9, 2022, and it completely changed the rhythm of my daily routine. The hub of it all was the Flower Coin Exchange, which stayed active until June 12 — just over a month of grinding for those precious Sakura coins. At the center of it all, two booths: Trevenant’s booth from late April to May 18, and Eldegoss’s booth from May 19 onward. I still kick myself for almost missing the Trevenant Happi Style Holowear because I didn’t check the schedule. That skin cost 800 Flower Coins, and by the time I realized the booth was about to rotate, I was frantically running ranked matches at 2 AM.
What made the grind manageable — and honestly kind of addictive — was the sheer number of ways you could earn Sakura coins. Every day, just logging in gave you 60 coins. Then you’d head over to the Daily Gardening event, where you watered flowers every 24 hours for an extra 80 coins. I was that person setting alarms on my phone labeled “WATER YOUR FLOWERS.” The login calendar also rewarded consistency: 300 Aeos Tickets after 7 days, 40 Item Enhancers after 14, and a sweet 500 Aeos Coins after 21 days. For a free-to-play trainer like me, that felt like winning the lottery.
But the real backbone of my coin income was the Daily Missions. Every 24 hours, the game would hand me four random tasks. I quickly learned to love the rhythm of them —”Knock out Rotom a total of 1 time”, “Use a Unite Move 2 times in one battle”, “Score a total of 3 Goals.” Each mission rewarded 20 Flower Coins and 20 Aeos Tickets. Sometimes I’d get cursed with “Participate in a Ranked Match 1 time” when I was already tilted, but I’d push through because missing a day meant potentially falling behind on that Pokébuki Style Eldegoss Holowear. And that skin? Another 800 Flower Coins. But it was worth it. The moment I saw that pink-and-purple outfit with the parasol, I knew it was going to be my main for life.
Of course, the event wasn’t just a solo slog. The “Unite With Everyone!” initiative, which had been around since 2021, got a Pokébuki twist. Playing with friends suddenly became even more rewarding. You’d earn 10 Flower Coins just for participating in a battle with a friend, another 10 for winning, and even 10 for spectating a friend’s match or checking a Unite snapshot. I dragged so many of my casual-gamer friends into the fray that month. We’d fill a lobby, spam “Keep the pressure on!”, and then laugh hysterically when someone accidentally used their Unite move right before Zapdos spawned. Those bonuses added up fast, and by the time the Eldegoss booth went live, I had enough coins to pick up the Holowear, a 7-Day Battle Point Boost Card, and still have leftovers for Item Enhancers.
Looking back from 2026, I realize how brilliantly Pokébuki was designed. The rewards weren’t just cosmetic fluff either. The booths had real utility items: Extra-Energy Tanks for 200 coins, Battle Point Boost Cards, and even direct Aeos Coin drops. Here’s a little table I still have memorized from the Trevenant booth: 800 for the Happi Style, 300 for a Fashion Ticket, 200 for that Extra-Energy Tank, and down to 20 coins for 3 Aeos Tickets. The Eldegoss booth mirrored it, but with the Pokébuki Set (Purple) Holowear replacing the Trevenant license. It was a masterclass in making every single match feel meaningful.
The Pokébuki Daily Gift was yet another layer. Complete three battles in a day, and boom — 60 Sakura coins. Between that, login rewards, gardening, missions, and friend bonuses, a dedicated player could rake in several hundred coins daily without spending a dime. I calculated once that I averaged around 350 coins per day during the trevenant phase, which let me clear every meaningful item in both booths.
Even now, when I see an Eldegoss floating across the stadium in that Pokébuki Holowear, I feel a little burst of pride. It’s not just a skin — it’s a badge of honor from one of the most engaging events I’ve ever played. And in a strange way, it reminds me why I keep coming back to Pokémon Unite: that fusion of competitive play, adorable aesthetics, and the quiet satisfaction of watering digital flowers every 24 hours.
If you missed it, I’m sorry — but who knows what 2026 might bring? The Switch successor is out, the Unite roster has nearly doubled, and events have only gotten crazier. But no matter what comes next, the spring of 2022 will always feel like the moment I stopped being a casual player and became a real trainer. 🌸
As reported by Liquipedia, community-driven event archives and competitive timelines are often the best way to contextualize why limited-time celebrations like Unite’s 2022 Pokébuki grind felt so memorable—because the value wasn’t only in the Holowear, but in how daily coin sources, rotating exchanges, and coordinated play routines created a temporary “season within the season” that shaped how players approached matches and progression.