Pikmin Finder

Pikmin Finder
	Logo seen in loading screen.
Console	Mobile web browser
Developer	Niantic, 8th Wall
Publisher	Nintendo
Genre	Augmented reality game
Players	1 player
Worldwide release date	September 1st, 2023

Pikmin Finder is a browser-based AR advergame created to promote Pikmin 4 at the Nintendo Live 2023 event in Seattle. The gameplay involves looking around to find sprouts, plucking them, and sending those Pikmin to find treasures. The game features 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 has 20 treasures to find in total. Once all 20 have been found, a prompt appears to reset all game progress and collect the Pikmin and treasures again.

Gameplay

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

The menu of the game features primarily the player's camera view, where Pikmin can be plucked and sent off to carry treasures back to their starting location. At the top right of the screen is a clock showing the player's current time. At the bottom of the screen is 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 takes a picture of what is currently seen through the camera and shown with AR. If there is nothing showing with AR, the picture will only show the time it was taken (with the words “found at XX:XX”). If there is just a Pikmin type shown, a flower icon and the name of the type of Pikmin will be shown with the time the picture was taken. If there is a treasure on screen, the name of the treasure will be shown. All images have the modern Pikmin series logo at the top left.

Included treasures

Gallery

The game telling the player to open the website on a mobile device rather than a desktop computer.
A Red Pikmin.
A Yellow Pikmin.
A Blue Pikmin.
A White Pikmin.
A Purple Pikmin.
A Rock Pikmin.
A Winged Pikmin.
Two Ice Pikmin.
A Glow Pikmin.
Oatchi.
Two Glow Pikmin heading out to retrieve a treasure.
The loading screen.
The treasure menu, showing previously discovered treasures, the most recently discovered treasure, and spots for treasures that have not been found.
A notice that appears when you do not have enough Pikmin plucked to retrieve any of the available treasures.
A notice that appears after starting the game for the first time, mentioning some details about the gameplay.
A notice that appears after starting the game for the first time.
A notice that appears after opening the game every time.
A notice that appears after starting the game and waiting to pluck your first Red Pikmin.
A very rare style that groups of sprouts can appear in.
One of the three styles that groups of sprouts can appear in.
One of the three styles that groups of sprouts can appear in.
The main menu, showing all the menus that can be opened, and other information.
The first page of the Help Menu.
The second page of the Help Menu.
The third page of the Help Menu.
The Stately Rubber Cutie being retrieved by a group of Red Pikmin.
The Cushion Cake being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
The Dawn Pustules being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
The Dimension Converter being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
The Double Dragon-Eyed Scope being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
The Dusty Bed being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
The Flaky Temptation being retrieved by a group of Glow Pikmin.
The Orb of Destruction being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
The S.S. Berry being retrieved by a group of Yellow Pikmin.
The Slapstick Crescent being retrieved by Oatchi.
The Sphere of Fuzzy Feelings being retrieved by a Purple Pikmin.
The Stone of Advancement being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
The Sunseed Berry being retrieved by a group of Glow Pikmin.
The Talisman of Life (Crane) being retrieved by a group of Rock Pikmin.
The Telekinesis Detector being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
The Temporal Mechanism being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
The Unfloatable Boat being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
The Unlimited Locomotive being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
The Wayward Moon being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.
The Crimson Banquet being retrieved by a group of Pikmin.

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Pikmin-zoeker	Pikmin Finder
French (NoE)	Détecteur Pikmin	Pikmin Detector
German	Pikmin-Finder	Pikmin Finder
Italian	Pikmin Detector	Pikmin Detector
Portuguese (NoE)	Detector de Pikmin	Pikmin Detector
Spanish (NoE)	Buscador Pikmin	Pikmin Seeker

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Games
Main games	Pikmin • Pikmin 2 • Pikmin 3 • Pikmin 4
Spin-off games	Hey! Pikmin • Pikmin Bloom
Re-releases	New Play Control! Pikmin • New Play Control! Pikmin 2 Pikmin 3 Deluxe • Pikmin 1 (Nintendo Switch) • Pikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch)
Web games	Pikmin.com SpaceForce • Pikmin Treasure Hunt • Pikmin Finder
Super Smash Bros. series	Brawl • for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U • Ultimate
Others	Pikmin Adventure (Nintendo Land) • Stage Debut