Editing Pikmin Finder

{{Page title|''Pikmin Finder''}}
{{infobox game
|name        = Pikmin Finder
|image       = Pikmin Finder Logo.png
|size        = 300px
|caption     = Logo seen in loading screen.
|console     = Mobile web browser
|developer   = [[Niantic]], 8th Wall
|publisher   = [[Nintendo]]
|genre       = Augmented reality game
|players     = 1 player
|release     = {{date|1|September|2023}}
}}

'''''Pikmin Finder''''' was a browser-based AR {{w|advergame}} created to promote {{p4}} at the Nintendo Live 2023 event in Seattle. The gameplay involved looking around to find [[sprout]]s, [[pluck]]ing them, and sending those [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] to find [[treasures]]. The game featured all 9 main Pikmin types and [[Oatchi]], with [[Glow Pikmin]] only available to find from 8 pm to 8 am in the player’s timezone, and all others available to find any other time throughout the day. The game had 20 treasures to find in total. Once all 20 had been found, a prompt appeared to reset all game progress and collect the Pikmin and treasures again.

The services for ''Pikmin Finder'' were discontinued on {{date|31|December|2024}}.

== Gameplay ==
After plucking the group of Pikmin that appeared upon opening the website and allowing the required permissions, a button appeared to send those Pikmin and others that have been plucked to retrieve a treasure. Once the treasure was brought back, it was added to the list of all treasures that had been discovered so far, and a button to find more Pikmin appeared. The amount of sprouts and the maturity of the Pikmin was random each time, and Glow Pikmin simply needed to be tapped rather than plucked. There was also a chance that not all Pikmin types or Oatchi would be discovered before collecting all treasures and restarting the game from the beginning. This gameplay loop continued the same way for all treasures, with different types of Pikmin available to find, depending on the time of day. The order treasures were discovered in was different each time the game was restarted, besides the first treasure being the [[Stately Rubber Cutie]], and the last treasure being the [[Crimson Banquet]].

The menu of the game featured primarily the player's camera view, where Pikmin could be plucked and sent off to carry treasures back to their starting location. At the top right of the screen was a clock showing the player's current time. At the bottom of the screen was a taskbar showing (from left to right), a button to open the help menu, a button to open a menu that shows all of the treasures that the player has received so far, a button to take a picture, and a bubble with art of a Red Pikmin, showing the player's total amount of discovered Pikmin, with an additional icon of Oatchi that appears to the side of it after discovering Oatchi. Taking pictures of the game with the provided picture button would take a picture of what was currently seen through the camera and shown with AR. If there was nothing showing with AR, the picture will only show the time it was taken (with the words “found at XX:XX”). If there was just a Pikmin type shown, a flower icon and the name of the type of Pikmin would be shown with the time the picture was taken. If there is a treasure on screen, the name of the treasure would be shown. All images had the modern Pikmin series logo at the top left.

== Included treasures ==
* {{icon|Stately Rubber Cutie|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Dusty Bed|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Dimension Converter|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Stone of Advancement|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Unfloatable Boat|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Double Dragon-Eyed Scope|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Flaky Temptation|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Cushion Cake|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|S.S. Berry|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Telekinesis Detector|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Orb of Destruction|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Talisman of Life (Crane)|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Temporal Mechanism|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Sphere of Fuzzy Feelings|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Dawn Pustules|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Sunseed Berry|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Unlimited Locomotive|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Slapstick Crescent|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Wayward Moon|v=P4|y}}
* {{icon|Crimson Banquet|v=P4|y}}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Pikmin Finder PC Screen.png|The game telling the player to open the website on a mobile device rather than a desktop computer.
Pikmin Finder Red Pikmin.png|A [[Red Pikmin]].
Pikmin Finder Yellow Pikmin.png|A [[Yellow Pikmin]].
Pikmin Finder Blue Pikmin.png|A [[Blue Pikmin]].
Pikmin Finder White Pikmin.png|A [[White Pikmin]].
Pikmin Finder Purple Pikmin.png|A [[Purple Pikmin]].
Pikmin Finder Rock Pikmin.png|A [[Rock Pikmin]].
Pikmin Finder Winged Pikmin.png|A [[Winged Pikmin]].
Pikmin Finder Ice Pikmin.png|Two [[Ice Pikmin]].
Pikmin Finder Glow Pikmin.png|A [[Glow Pikmin]].
Pikmin Finder Oatchi.png|[[Oatchi]].
Pikmin Finder Glow Pikmin Retrieving.png|Two Glow Pikmin heading out to retrieve a [[treasure]].
Pikmin Finder Loading Screen.jpg|The loading screen.
Pikmin Finder Treasure Menu.jpg|The treasure menu, showing previously discovered treasures, the most recently discovered treasure, and spots for treasures that have not been found.
Pikmin Finder No Treasure Notice.jpg|A notice that appears when you do not have enough Pikmin plucked to retrieve any of the available treasures.
Pikmin Finder Time Notice.jpg|A notice that appears after starting the game for the first time, mentioning some details about the gameplay.
Pikmin Finder Sound Notice.jpg|A notice that appears after starting the game for the first time.
Pikmin Finder Permission Notice.jpg|A notice that appears after opening the game every time.
Pikmin Finder Pluck Notice.jpg|A notice that appears after starting the game and waiting to pluck the first Red Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Seven Red Sproutes.png|A very rare style that groups of [[sprout]]s can appear in.
Pikmin Finder Three Yellow Sproutes.png|One of the three styles that groups of sprouts can appear in.
Pikmin Finder Two White Sproutes.png|One of the three styles that groups of sprouts can appear in.
Pikmin Finder Main Menu.png|The main menu, showing all the menus that can be opened, and other information.
Pikmin Finder Help Menu One.jpg|The first page of the Help Menu.
Pikmin Finder Help Menu Two.jpg|The second page of the Help Menu.
Pikmin Finder Help Menu Three.jpg|The third page of the Help Menu.
Pikmin Finder Crimson Banquet.png|The [[Crimson Banquet]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Cushion Cake.png|The [[Cushion Cake]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Dawn Pustules.png|The [[Dawn Pustules]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Dimension Converter.png|The [[Dimension Converter]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Double Dragon-Eyed Scope.png|The [[Double Dragon-Eyed Scope]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Dusty Bed.png|The [[Dusty Bed]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Flaky Temptation.png|The [[Flaky Temptation]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Orb of Destruction.png|The [[Orb of Destruction]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder S.S. Berry.png|The [[S.S. Berry]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Slapstick Crescent.png|The [[Slapstick Crescent]] being retrieved by Oatchi.
Pikmin Finder Sphere of Fuzzy Feelings.png|The [[Sphere of Fuzzy Feelings]] being retrieved by a Purple Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Stately Rubber Cutie.png|The [[Stately Rubber Cutie]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Stone of Advancement.png|The [[Stone of Advancement]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Sunseed Berry.png|The [[Sunseed Berry]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Talisman of Life (Crane).png|The [[Talisman of Life (Crane)]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Telekinesis Detector.png|The [[Telekinesis Detector]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Temporal Mechanism.png|The [[Temporal Mechanism]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Unfloatable Boat.png|The [[Unfloatable Boat]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Unlimited Locomotive.png|The [[Unlimited Locomotive]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
Pikmin Finder Wayward Moon.png|The [[Wayward Moon]] being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
</gallery>

== Names in other languages ==
{{foreignname
|FraE=Détecteur Pikmin|FraEM=Pikmin Detector
|Ger=Pikmin-Finder|GerM=Pikmin Finder
|SpaE=Buscador Pikmin|SpaEM=Pikmin Seeker
|Ita=Pikmin Detector|ItaM=Pikmin Detector
|Dut=Pikmin-zoeker|DutM=Pikmin Finder
|PorP=Detector de Pikmin|PorPM=Pikmin Detector
|notes=n
}}

== See also ==
* {{pb}}

== External links ==
* [https://pikmin-finder.nintendo.net/ ''Pikmin Finder'' website]
* [https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/62646/session/L3RpbWUvMTcyMTUxMDMzNS9nZW4vMTcyMTUxMDMzNS9zaWQvZlU4V1I1VXcyRTNqaDltejdwellLU09XX3ZycU9IbUJsakxJJTdFY1U3eUJBZW9fME04cHAyeTFONXF2TmZSeW9UX0NzendoY3FHd0FrRm93Zk9TeE9ybFptTENPV1dzJTdFeFQlN0VvOXlFbDBsQ2IwdmpBQzlMUFg5VFpnJTIxJTIx/ ''Pikmin Finder'' support website]

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