A new Pokémon mobile title will allow players to chase down and capture the popular fictional monsters in the real world.

Pokémon Go is a collaboration between The Pokémon Company, Nintendo, and Ingress developer Niantic, which encourages players to search far and wide in the real world to discover Pokémon.

Junichi Masuda, game director of the Pokémon video game series at Game Freak, will also be contributing to the project.

By connecting a device called Pokémon Go Plus to a smartphone via Bluetooth, players can perform simple in-game actions like catching a Pokémon.

Developed and manufactured by Nintendo, Pokémon Go Plus flashes and vibrates when a Pokémon is nearby.

“In the past, the Pokémon video game series has used real world locations like the Hokkaido and Kanto regions of Japan, as well as New York and Paris, as inspiration for its fantasy settings,” said The Pokémon Company.

“In Pokémon Go, players will be able to catch, trade, and battle in the real world by utilising location information.”

The game will be a free-to-play title with in-app purchases, and it’s coming to iOS and Android next year.

“Our challenge was to develop a great game for smart phone devices that expressed the core values of Pokémon,” said The Pokémon Company president and CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara.

“Pokémon Go is the answer to that challenge.”