FlickplayAn NFT interactive character platform, has collaborated with Bandai Namco Entertainment– one of its investors – to launch a Pokémon Go-style scavenger hunt to celebrate the 45th anniversary of classic arcade gamePac Man.
The collaboration will debut in February 2025 and kick off with the release of two series of exclusive Pac-Man digital collectible toys. One series will only be available to people in the Japanese district where Pac-Man was first seen in 1980, Shibuya.
Flickplay is a platform full of character NFTs that can be imported into games. For example, the platform launched a Bratz Dolls Collection earlier this year. These “Digi-Dolls” can be played with in Flickplay experiences – i.e. GIF creation and Tamagotchi-style character widgets – and have since been integrated into the Ethereum metaverse game The Sandbox as playable characters.
I’m incredibly excited to announce that @flickplayapp is teaming up with #BandaiNamcoEntertainment Inc. and the city of Shibuya for what will be a groundbreaking inaugural @flickplayapp activation in #Tokyo, celebrating Pac-Man’s 45th anniversary.
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— Pierina Merino (@MerinoPierina) November 19, 2024
The first Pac-Man collection is expected to launch during the four-day DIG Shibuya Festival in Japan, as part of a location-based event similar to Pokémon Go. The scavenger hunt will take place from February 8 to 11 at more than 40 locations in Shibuya City. There is a limited supply of the collectibles, so completing the hunt quickly is crucial.
Once the Pokémon Go-like event begins, Flickplay will announce specific locations in Shibuya City for players to visit. Once within a pre-designated radius of the location, fans will have the opportunity to exchange Diamonds (Flickplay’s in-app currency, awarded through an Experience Pass) for Pac-Man’s digital collectibles.
The second collection is not tied to a specific location, but will be accessible to a global audience via the Flickplay store. More details and dates are not yet known.
Interested parties can do that buy an Experience Passas part of a pre-sale. This gives users enough of Flickplay’s in-app currency to unlock the entire Pac-Man collection in Shibuya City. Plus, users get an instant digital Pac-Man collectible without having to do any legwork.
Additionally, Flickplay claims that event participants will receive a “Mystery Super Rare item.”
Flickplay currently supports Current, Ethereum, And Polygonbut the platform is currently in talks with other Ethereum Layer-2 networks to expand the project’s interoperability.
“Looking ahead, our 2025 roadmap is to make the experience of seamlessly transferring digital toys from one ecosystem to another accessible to everyday consumers,” Flickplay founder and CEO Pierina Merino said. Declutter.
At the time of writing, Flickplay has yet to decide on which chain the Pac-Man NFTs will be deployed. For now, there are no confirmed game integrations for the Pac-Man collectible toys, but the company is looking at ways to give holders more utility.
“We are actively looking for great games where we can test deeper interoperability with our characters as a step toward introducing a broader ecosystem approach,” Merino ended.
Edited by Andrew Hayward