New Pokemon Snap Announcement Trailer, My Thoughts

In 1999, Nintendo published the HAL Laboratory/Pax Softnica-developed game Pokémon Snap for the Nintendo 64. A spinoff of the mega-popular Pokémon franchise, the game centered around Todd Snap, a photographer hired by Professor Oak to take pictures of Pokémon on an island that was uninhabited by humans.

The game would sell over 1.5 million copies, and was a popular choice for rental. I've played it, and yeah, it's a great rental game. The game would also get praise for being innovative and fun, but it would get criticism for lack of replayability, and a limited selection of Pokémon (At the time, the Pokémon games were still in Generation One, with Two on the way). Despite the flaws, Pokémon Snap still ended up being regarded as a cult classic. Fans have wanted a sequel for years, and now, after two decades, one is coming to the Nintendo Switch! Let's take a look at the announcement trailer.

Oh, give me a home, where the Bouffalant roam, and the Stantler and the Gogoat play...

Wow, look at this place...it's so beautiful. Hopefully there'll be wide variety of areas to go.

I imagine the forests at night are the playpens of various Ghost-type Pokémon...

The Pokémon here look incredible.

It used to be that the vehicle rode on train tracks, but now there are holographic roads...

It does look like we'll get multiple generations of Pokémon represented. That makes sense, as considering it's been over twenty years since the last Pokémon Snap, and the main games are now on the eighth generation. There's now over 900 Pokémon. I doubt we'll get all of them in this game, but I am hoping we get a respectable number, and every generation gets plenty of representation.

That Magikarp is dead.

Aww, Torterra is protecting the babies. "LET THEM SLEEP IN PEACE!"

It's a shame this isn't actual gameplay footage. It looks amazing.

Back in the day, I did rent Pokémon Snap and play it for the N64. I found it fun, but yeah, it was a rental game. There was little replayability value, and I hope the sequel addresses that. Despite that, I am looking forward to this game. I can't wait to start photographing Pokémon in the wild again!

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