According to a listing from online game rental outfit GameFly, spotted by Siliconera, Monster Hunter Finder will be published by Konami in January 2010, possibly the first DSi-only game to hit North American store shelves. As previously reported, the game uses the Nintendo DSi’s built-in cameras to snap pictures of collectible beasts in the vein of Pokemon and Sony’s PSP game Invizimals.

Monster Finder [GameFly via Siliconera]

As we expect to happen in North America, the first DSi-only game will be from a third party, taking advantage of the handheld’s built-in camera as a core gameplay device. Blog AndriaSang points out some of the gameplay details, which features creature collection via the DSi camera, similar in concept to Sony’s Invizimals for the PSP.

There’s not much in the way of additional details on Monster Finder, which sounds a lot like a Pokemon clone with a title suspiciously close to Capcom’s Monster Hunter.

What we do know is that Monster Finder is due to hit Japan this winter (our summer). Expect the same stateside.

Monster Finder [Alpha Unit via AndriaSang]