Finding Nemo: Escape to the Big Blue is a game where Nemo's fish tank friends are sealed up in plastic baggies and ready to make their daring escape! Help Gill, Bloat, Pearl, Jacques and the rest of the Tank Gang make their way to the ocean, and their final destination: the reef itself!
The gameplay focuses on various mini-games that utilize the Nintendo 3DS' unique features. Players will need to complete different tasks to get each fish to the reef, such as rolling plastic baggies across busy roads or riding the East Australian Current. These games can be played either with the stylus or a combination of the stylus and the DS' microphone.
In addition to the mini-games, there is also an 'Interactive Reef' feature that allows players to create their own customisable environment for the escaped fish to live in. Players can earn more items for their Reef by scoring well in the mini-games, which convert points into tokens that can be spent.
There are three two-player multiplayer games available via multi-card multiplayer: Octo-Bash, Hide and Seek, and Pearl Blast. These games are two-player versions of games played in the single-player mode.