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Nintendo just dropped a new trailer for New Pokémon Snap, showing some new details, including some of the Pokémon you’ll be able to find and capture photos of. The most important bit of information revealed was the game’s release date. You’ll be able to pick up the sequel to the beloved Nintendo 64 classic on April 30th.

 

[Kioku]

Maybe it is just me but they should have implemented the "Snap Mode" in the lets go series. I'm just tying to see how does Nintendo justify the $59.99 price tag for this game if all you are doing is taking pictures

People paid $60 for let's go... It was alright, but I wouldn't call that a full game.

 

[x65943]

I know I am in the minority but I never understood the appeal of the original. An on rails photo snapping game?

Gimme Pokemon Colosseum 3 plz.

 

[the_randomizer]

Looks good, wished Sword and Shield used this style of graphics instead of what it actually used

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

I know I am in the minority but I never understood the appeal of the original. An on rails photo snapping game?

Gimme Pokemon Colosseum 3 plz.

For me, it was the whole "immersive" nature of being able to see Pokemon in full 3D in their own little environments, and then being able to interact with them in whatever funny way (throwing apples or pester balls at stuff was hilarious when I was like 7 ). Going from a little top down, 2D sprite game to a fully 3D game in a bunch of different courses and areas, even when on-rails, was just super cool to me as a kid. And it wasn't just snapping photos, you had to figure out how to get the best pictures through trial and error, or figure out a sequence of events in order to get a Pokemon to evolve or to get a Pokemon to lure another Pokemon...Just a lot of nice little touches and stuff that took Pokemon from being a simple RPG to more of an "actual world" kind of thing.

But I can understand why someone might not like it, I think if you never played it as a kid/didn't really care about Pokemon all that much beyond enjoying the "RPG" aspects it'd probably not be that interesting of a game.

 

[enigma85]

For me, it was the whole "immersive" nature of being able to see Pokemon in full 3D in their own little environments, and then being able to interact with them in whatever funny way (throwing apples or pester balls at stuff was hilarious when I was like 7 ). Going from a little top down, 2D sprite game to a fully 3D game in a bunch of different courses and areas, even when on-rails, was just super cool to me as a kid. And it wasn't just snapping photos, you had to figure out how to get the best pictures through trial and error, or figure out a sequence of events in order to get a Pokemon to evolve or to get a Pokemon to lure another Pokemon...Just a lot of nice little touches and stuff that took Pokemon from being a simple RPG to more of an "actual world" kind of thing.

But I can understand why someone might not like it, I think if you never played it as a kid/didn't really care about Pokemon all that much beyond enjoying the "RPG" aspects it'd probably not be that interesting of a game.

You are spot on. each level is like a puzzle to get the best pictures. You have to do the right things at the right time to get the highest scores. So it's a puzzle game. Can't wait for it. still love the original.

 

[Windaga]

I hope this game lives up to the expectations that fans of the original have. It's certainly pretty.

I might pick it up for my sister's mother-in-law. She's super into Pokemon Go and photography, but doesn't like Pokemon Let's Go or the main series. I'm thinking she'll like the immersion without battles aspect of it.

 

[Goku1992A]

People paid $60 for let's go... It was alright, but I wouldn't call that a full game.

I actually liked the Lets Go series more than the SW/SH series I feel the snap mode would have fit better in that game. The only thing that held the game back was the broken exp meter but as far as the adventure went I had fun.

 

[MajinCubyan]

You forgot Bravely Default II

My gf is getting that, Rune Factory 5 and Story of Seasons lol

 

[Julie_Pilgrim]

You forgot Bravely Default II

Wasn’t there already a sequel to bravely default on 3ds?

 

[x65943]

For me, it was the whole "immersive" nature of being able to see Pokemon in full 3D in their own little environments, and then being able to interact with them in whatever funny way (throwing apples or pester balls at stuff was hilarious when I was like 7 ). Going from a little top down, 2D sprite game to a fully 3D game in a bunch of different courses and areas, even when on-rails, was just super cool to me as a kid. And it wasn't just snapping photos, you had to figure out how to get the best pictures through trial and error, or figure out a sequence of events in order to get a Pokemon to evolve or to get a Pokemon to lure another Pokemon...Just a lot of nice little touches and stuff that took Pokemon from being a simple RPG to more of an "actual world" kind of thing.

But I can understand why someone might not like it, I think if you never played it as a kid/didn't really care about Pokemon all that much beyond enjoying the "RPG" aspects it'd probably not be that interesting of a game.

I can understand that. I did have the game as a kid, but only ever played it a couple of times. Maybe kid me didn't really get the fact that a course could be fun for more than one playthrough. I also had "hey you pikachu" and similarly got bored of it quickly. I was a huge pokemon fan (I beat pokemon red over and over until I had a team of 6 mewtwos).

I dunno in comparison to pokemon stadium, the 3d zeldas, mario 64, paper mario, harvest moon (and the gameboy pokemon games themselves) the game just couldn't hold my attention. I think the on rails aspect was really disappointing after I'd played so many games with freedom of movement.

I guess the game felt more like a tech demo to me would be how I would sum it up. Similarly I could see myself playing this new switch game a couple times just to see the courses, but as for long term replayability I am a little skeptical.

edit: I just realized I probably took more photos of my pokemon in pokemon stadium than pokemon snap. I had like 15 photos of my aerodactyl alone.

 

[DerpDingus]

Be ready for sketchy Pokémon BS like a severely limited game with cut content that will come later for more $$$$ I know I'm stating the obvious but just taking a jab at the Pokémon cucks who defend them no mater what.

 

[Kurt91]

I beat pokemon red over and over until I had a team of 6 mewtwos

Nintendo Power used to do a monthly thing to talk about the games and anime, and show off teams that readers submitted, kind of like an extremely-early prototype version of that Smogon site. One month, out of disbelief that somebody was insane enough to play the game that many times in such a short amount of time since the game was released, they showed off a full team of 6 Mewtwos, each with different movesets and built as a competitive team.

I don't suppose that "insane somebody" was you, was it?

 

[x65943]

Nintendo Power used to do a monthly thing to talk about the games and anime, and show off teams that readers submitted, kind of like an extremely-early prototype version of that Smogon site. One month, out of disbelief that somebody was insane enough to play the game that many times in such a short amount of time since the game was released, they showed off a full team of 6 Mewtwos, each with different movesets and built as a competitive team.

I don't suppose that "insane somebody" was you, was it?

Haha wow, I wish!

I was not playing the game until a couple years after it came out. I was a really young guy in 1998.

 

[pedro702]

Great but where is THE SNAP?

i doubt they will include him, but it would be nice if we after we beat a certain score could unlock todd snap and maybe an hd remake of the first game levels xD hopping for too much here i know but one can dream xD

Seriously i wanted a sequel for so long, hopefully its as good, i loved find the paths, capturing all the pokemons on camera, finding the secret interactions and evolution methods xD

 

[Hells Malice]

Damn that looks awesome. I'm glad they seemingly haven't tried changing the formula. I'll definitely be picking this up at some point.

 

[linuxares]

Wasn’t there already a sequel to bravely default on 3ds?

Yes, That's Bravely Second. That is Bravely Default 2nd. They're basically doing a FFX-2 etc

Bravely Default 2 is coming out in February to the Switch.

 

[Deleted member 512337]

They should add a mode where they just let you go and explore the world while taking pictures. I think that along with some new things will justify its price tag.

 

[mattzilla30]

I can't wait to play it! I've never played the original before to be completely honest.

 

[HideoKojima]

Is this gonna be for the Switch or N64?

 

[Axido]

I'm curious whether or not this will feature gyro controls. The trailer definitely doesn't answer that.

Great but where is THE SNAP?

The snap is the literal Thanos snap. We can expect this game to include maybe half of the Pokémon that exist currently... if we're lucky.