Software:Pikmin Finder

Short description: 2023 mobile game

Pikmin Finder
Developer(s)	Nintendo Niantic
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Series	Pikmin
Platform(s)	iOS, Android
Release	WW: September 1, 2023
Genre(s)	Augmented reality
Mode(s)	Single-player

Pikmin Finder is a 2023 augmented reality browser-based mobile game in the Pikmin series, developed and published by Nintendo using Niantic's 8th Wall development platform. The game involves using the player's mobile camera to display Pikmin and command them to carry treasure back to the player. The game was distributed in early September to coincide with Nintendo Live.

Gameplay

Pikmin Finder is an augmented reality mobile game, utilising AR gameplay similar to that seen in Pikmin Bloom. The player uses their mobile phone's camera to locate and view Pikmin in the surrounding environment. At first, the player will find Pikmin sprouted in the ground that can be pulled out by swiping up on the phone screen. Once plucked out of the ground, the player can send the Pikmin away to collect and return treasure. The player repeats this until the player collects all the treasure in their catalogue. The phone's camera can be used to take pictures with the Pikmin in the environment.

The game features all the types of Pikmin that can be found in Pikmin 4, but it depends on time of day and location to determine which types show up. The treasures are also the same as the ones found in that game too, with twenty treasures for the player to collect.

Development

Finder was developed by Nintendo with the assistance of the Niantic subsidiary 8th Wall, using their web-based development platform. The game was originally release to coincide with Nintendo Live in Seattle to promote the recently released Pikmin 4. The game was made available worldwide on all browsers using either the game's link on mobile or a QR code on the desktop version.