Pac-Man NFTs to Fuel Pokémon Go-Like Scavenger Hunt in Tokyo

Flickplay, an NFT interactive character platform, has teamed with Bandai Namco Leisure—one in all its traders—to launch a Pokémon Go-style scavenger hunt to rejoice the forty fifth anniversary of traditional arcade recreation, Pac-Man.

Set to debut in February 2025, the partnership will start with the discharge of two sequence of unique Pac-Man digital collectible “toys.” One sequence will solely be out there to these within the Japanese neighborhood the place Pac-Man was first seen in 1980, Shibuya.

Flickplay is a platform filled with character NFTs that may be imported into video games. For instance, the platform launched a Bratz Dolls assortment earlier this 12 months. These “Digi-Dolls” will be performed with in Flickplay experiences—i.e. GIF creation and Tamagotchi-style character widgets—and have since been built-in into Ethereum metaverse recreation The Sandbox as playable characters.

The primary Pac-Man assortment is deliberate to launch in the course of the four-day DIG Shibuya Pageant in Japan, as a part of a location-based occasion akin to Pokémon Go. The scavenger hunt will happen from February 8-11 at over 40 places in Shibuya Metropolis. The collectibles may have a restricted provide, so finishing the hunt shortly is essential.

As soon as the Pokémon Go-style occasion begins, Flickplay will announce particular places in Shibuya Metropolis for gamers to go to. As soon as inside a predesignated radius of the situation, followers may have the chance to change Diamonds—Flickplay’s in-app forex, granted by way of an Expertise Move—for the Pac-Man digital collectibles.

The second assortment won’t be tied right down to these in a selected location, opening it as much as a worldwide viewers by way of the Flickplay retailer. Extra particulars and dates have but to be introduced.

events will be capable of buy an Expertise Move, as a part of a pre-sale. This may grant customers sufficient of the Flickplay’s in-app forex to unlock the complete Pac-Man assortment in Shibuya Metropolis. Plus, customers will probably be given a Pac-Man digital collectible proper off the bat with no need to do any legwork.

On high of all this, Flickplay claims that members within the occasion will probably be gifted a “Thriller Tremendous Uncommon merchandise.”

Flickplay at present helps Move, Ethereum, and Polygon, however the platform is at present in dialogue with different Ethereum layer-2 networks to develop the challenge’s interoperability.

“Wanting forward, it’s in our 2025 roadmap to make the expertise of taking digital toys seamlessly from one ecosystem to a different accessible to common customers,” founder and CEO of Flickplay, Pierina Merino, instructed Decrypt.

On the time of writing, Flickplay has but to determine which chain the Pac-Man NFTs will probably be deployed on. For now, there are not any confirmed recreation integrations for the Pac-Man collectible toys, however the firm is looking out for tactics to offer holders extra utility.

“We’re actively scouting for excellent video games the place we might pilot deeper interoperability with our characters as a step towards introducing a broader ecosystem strategy,” Merino completed.

Edited by Andrew Hayward