Preview: Cogimyun Gets Her Dues in Hello Kitty Island Adventure Wheatflour Wonderland 

Certain Sanrio characters don’t seem as popular outside Japan. Or at least, they aren’t as visible. Gaopowerroo, Kirimichan, and Minnanotabo feel like good examples. Cogimyun the wheatflour fairy is a good example, but after playing through the Hello Kitty Island Adventure Wheatflour Wonderland expansion, I suspect she’ll be more popular soon. The new area feels like not only a strong addition to an already robust game, but a fantastic introduction to a mascot people might not already know. It also adds a sort of magical girl element to the game that I really appreciated.

Accessing the Wheatflour Wonderland expansion in Hello Kitty Island Adventure does require progressing through the storyline a bit. Which makes sense. We need to be established on the islands and familiar with certain characters. Specifically, initially reaching the Wheatflour Wonderland involves Kuromi and her potions, so make sure you’re at that point to get going. Once we are, we can head to that location, meet Cogimyun, and learn about the need for the Wheatflour Guardians to aid the land. 

First off, Cogimyun herself is adorable. This feels like a true introduction to the character and not just the location and situation. Which is great, because I guarantee not so many people know her worldwide. (I saw the 2025 Sanrio Character Ranking popularity poll results!) Once we get to Wheatflour Wonderland with Hello Kitty, My Melody, and Kuromi’s assistance, it’s a full introduction to who she is. I also appreciated that both the questline tied to the new area and building up friendship with her offers a greater understanding of her backstory and those around her. Like having Cogimyon, her brother, being immediately a part of things instead of an eventual Visitor is really helpful for lore purposes. The depiction of her is great her, both in terms of her personality and appearance, and I love that. Considering she's a little puff of a thing, it's great to see the detail around her accessories and design.

I mentioned the magical girl sort of influence here as well, and I really appreciated Wheatflour Wonderland and Cogimyun introducing a new mechanic to Hello Kitty Island Adventure. We can unlock wands as part of the questline here, with them having both practical and silly applications. Which I love, as it made crafting them really feel worthwhile. There are forcefields that won’t break unless you use the right one, with sometimes multiple wants needed. They can also be used for transformations, which again can be fun or actually necessary. One of the minigames even involves them, however since it did involve a second player I didn’t get to try that out. But at the same time, the other minigames involving characters like Ebi Fry don’t have that limitation and feel challenging in a new way. 

What I also really appreciated about playing Hello Kitty Island Adventure Wheatflour Wonderland, aside from all the opportunities to interact with Cogimyun, is the sense of productivity and fulfillment in it. This is a huge space! There are a lot of areas to unlock and visit. There are so many collectibles, and it goes beyond new clothing and furniture. There are the extra activities, like the Training Courses. We get to search for Wheathearts. I didn’t complete this area during my time with it, of course, but it feels like the sort of area that will keep me busy for a few weeks once it does release and I properly experience it.

I was curious how Sunblink would handle the Hello Kitty Island Adventure additions like Wheatflour Wonderland, especially considering how large and influential the free updates have been, and I'm pleased to see how fulfilling it is to see Cogimyun in such a large role in such an eventful add-on. There is so much to do in this new area. There are so many different kinds of things to collect. Plus the new character herself looks great and feels like she's really given the time needed in the quest and friendship tiers to grow. I'm really pleased based on my first impressions of it.

Hello Kitty Island Adventure is available for the Switch, PS4, PS5, PC, and iOS devices via Apple Arcade, and the Wheatflour Wonderland expansion with Cogimyun comes to the Switch, PC, and Apple Arcade devices on September 18, 2025.  

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