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Thursday21st Mar 2024
Poll What's The Best Pokémon Spin-Off Game? Rate Your Favourites For Our Upcoming Ranking
Sideline 'mon
21st March 2024 is the 25th anniversary of Pokémon Snap for the N64, a great little on-rails shoot 'em up from HAL Laboratory where you attempt to catch 'em all in your camera lens. It's available to play on Switch with a Nintendo Switch Online Expansion Pack subscription, and we'd thoroughly recommend checking it out if you haven't...
Friday24th Jun 2022
News Pokémon Snap Is Now Available On Switch Online's Expansion Pack
The N64 classic returns
Update [Fri 24th Jun, 2022 02:05 BST]: Pokémon Snap has now been made available to Switch Online Expansion Pack subscribers. You'll be able to access it via the Nintendo 64 games library. Original article [Fri 17th Jun, 2022 02:05 BST]: Nintendo has announced the N64 release Pokémon Snap will be coming to its Switch...
Thursday23rd Jun 2022
Nintendo Download 23rd June (North America)
Fire Emblem Warriors! Sonic Origins! AI: The Somnium Files!
The latest Nintendo Download update for North America has arrived, and it's bringing new games galore to the eShop in your region. As always, be sure to drop a vote in our poll and comment down below with your potential picks for the week. Enjoy! Switch eShop - Nintendo Switch Online +...
Saturday18th Jun 2022
Gallery Here's A Look At Pokémon Snap For The Switch Online Expansion Pack
See for yourself
Nintendo yesterday announced the classic 1999 Nintendo 64 release Pokémon Snap would be coming to the Switch Online Expansion Pack service. Apart from Custom Robo and its sequel, this was the only remaining game scheduled to be released in the original batch of teased games. From here on out, we're not entirely sure what's on the...
Thursday17th Mar 2022
Random A Super Rare Pokémon Card Resurfaces, One Of Only 20 In Existence
Sold at auction for $136,000
An incredibly rare Pokémon card from the late '90s has resurfaced, selling for a whopping 5 million yen ($136,000 USD) at a Japanese auction. The card in question is one of 20 'Snap Magikarp' cards doled out to winners of a Pokémon Snap competition held in Japan. The competition itself required entrants to send in...
Friday7th May 2021
PSA New Pokémon Snap's Professor Mirror Is A Monster
"Fluffruit is soft" he says
Dead?! No, no, he's just stunned. Pinin' for the fjords, he is We didn't think we would have to say this, because you've all been to a zoo, right? You know the bit where it says "please don't feed the animals"? Well, the implication is also that you shouldn't LOB UNDER-RIPE FRUITS AT THEM, EITHER. And yet, here we are...
Sunday2nd May 2021
Poll Box Art Brawl #84 - Pokémon Snap
Snappy chappy
Welcome back to Box Art Brawl, our regular retro box art-based poll to find the best regional variants from two or more territories. Last time we looked at Brain Training for Nintendo DS on its 15th anniversary, and after a meeting of the minds it seems that Europe had both the brains and the beauty; the EU cover walked away with over...
Thursday29th Apr 2021
Video Here's How Pokémon Snap Might Have Looked On Game Boy Color
Snap 'em in your pocket
This week sees the release of New Pokémon Snap for the Nintendo Switch. Fans of the original Nintendo 64 game have been waiting for a sequel since 1999. As excited as many probably are to explore the Lental Region, have you ever wondered what a Game Boy Color version of this series might have looked like? Well, wonder no...
Thursday11th Feb 2021
Video How Pokémon Snap Replaced Its Blockbuster Collaboration On Wii & Wii U
Next slide please, professor
With New Pokémon Snap on the horizon, we can be sure many of you are itching to share the various photos you take around the new Lental region, but things weren't always so simple in the olden days. The original Pokémon Snap had quite a marketing campaign when it launched in 1999; in collaboration with Blockbuster...
Thursday4th Feb 2021
News Famitsu Coverage Of New Pokémon Snap Includes New Snaps, More Pokémon
New images have also been added to the website
We're so glad Meganium is finally getting their time in the spotlight. As the best starter Pokémon that's ever existed, they deserve it. Chikorita's final evolution may be a left-field choice for the face of the upcoming New Pokémon Snap, but we have to say - it's the right one. Ahead of the 30th...
Friday22nd Jan 2021
News Nintendo Explains How Photo Evaluation Works In New Pokémon Snap
Spoilers: It's the same as the last game
New Pokémon Snap, due to arrive on Switch on the 30th April, is a lovely, relaxing photography simulator that's all about appreciating wildlife and nature. Right? WRONG. New Pokémon Snap is a game that you can win, and thanks to Nintendo of America's new information, we know how to do it. Start exercising...
Sunday7th Jul 2019
News A Sequel To Pokémon Snap Won't Happen Unless There's A "Very Unique Twist"
It's not going to happen in a snap
One of the most requested Pokémon games of all-time is a sequel to the 1999 Nintendo 64 title, Pokémon Snap. Will it ever happen, though? While fans have been hoping for a follow-up for two decades, according to Game Freak's Junichi Masuda, it's going to need a very unique twist. During an interview with Metro's...
Thursday21st Mar 2019
Anniversary Pokémon Snap Turns 20 Years Old Today
And we still don't have a sequel
Twenty years ago today, on 21st March 1999, Pokémon Snap was first released in Japan. A Nintendo 64 exclusive, Pokémon Snap follows the adventures of Todd Snap, a Pokémon photographer who is tasked with taking perfect shots of the adorable critters and showing them to Professor Oak for inspection. It features 63...
Wednesday27th Feb 2019
Video A Look At Pokémon Snap's Cut Stages, Pokémon, Sequel Ideas And More
"Wonderful!"
Pokémon Snap stands out as one of the most memorable experiences on the Nintendo 64, especially if you're a fan of Game Freak's hugely popular monster-catching franchise, and was also one of the best-selling games for the system, too. It would appear that a considerable amount of content was cut from the final version of the game,...
Tuesday12th Feb 2019
News Live Out Your Pokémon Snap Sequel Fantasies With GO Snapshot
"You were close"
If there's one thing we've been clamouring for over the last few years ("we" meaning "at least one of us"), it's a direct sequel to Pokémon Snap. The 3DS seemed like a perfect opportunity with its camera functionality, but nothing, and the Wii U's GamePad seemed even more suited as you'd be able to line it up with the TV, but nope...
Friday17th Aug 2018
News Grab Discounts On Classic Pokémon Titles With The Latest North American My Nintendo Rewards
"Wonderful!"
The North American My Nintendo Rewards site has updated with a new batch of discounts for games on Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. This time around, the focus is on Pokémon, Pokémon, and a little bit more Pokémon. The pocket monster theme has been established in celebration of the latest digital distribution taking place in Pokémon...
Thursday5th Jan 2017
Nintendo Download 5th January (North America)
Pokémon Snap! Spheroids! Quiet, Please! More!
It's the first Nintendo Download Update of the year in North America, and the headline release is a much-requested N64 title on the Wii U Virtual Console. Beyond that there are some interesting Indie options to consider, so let's get to it. Missed the European Nintendo Download Update? No need to wail...
Wednesday4th Jan 2017
News Pokémon Snap Listed for North American Wii U eShop Release on 5th January
Picture perfect
One common topic that's come up in North American Nintendo Download comments sections has been "where's Pokémon Snap?" It arrived on the Wii U Virtual Console in Europe back in August 2016, so there's been an unsurprising desire to see the much-loved N64 title in NA. Well, the wait seems to be almost over, with Nintendo's game page...
Tuesday16th Aug 2016
Nintendo Download 18th August (Europe)
PONCHO, Pokémon and lots of discounts!
There's a whole smorgasbord of Wii U and 3DS eShop goodies for you to feast on this week. If one of the many new releases doesn't grab your fancy, there are tons of tempting discounts to consider also. Let's get to it! Wii U eShop: PONCHO (Rising Star Games, €8.99 / £7.99) - Explore an open world full of...
Monday15th Aug 2016
News Pokémon Snap Confirmed For Wii U Virtual Console Release This Week
Todd Snap is back in business
One of the most beloved entries in the Pokémon series is finally making its way to the Wii U Virtual Console this week. Originally intended for the 64DD add-on, Pokémon Snap launched in 1999 (2000 in Europe) on the Nintendo 64 and for many fans presented the first look at Pocket Monsters in 3D. The game plays like an...
Wednesday30th Mar 2016
News Pokémon Snap Comes Into Focus for Wii U Virtual Console Release in Japan
Centre frame
Whenever there's a conversation around Pokémon and desired games, it naturally turns to a new entry in the Snap series. In the current day it's questionable how relevant such a release would be, especially when the likes of Pokémon Go will have us pointing our smartphone cameras into the real world to catch pocket monsters. In any...
Wednesday5th Aug 2015
Video Kids React to Pokémon Snap In Rather Interesting Ways
Where's that darn Z button?
It's oddly fascinating when young gamers get given a retro game to play, which helps to partly explain the huge success of the REACT channel. Yes, it covers people of all ages reacting to all manner of things, but when you hand a kid a retro controller the results can be - in their way - educational. The latest episode...
Thursday16th Oct 2014
News Junichi Masuda Talks Pokémon Snap and Listening to Fans
Get your Game Freak on
In a recent interview about Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, director of the Pokémon games Junichi Masuda talked about the fans' desire to see a new Pokémon Snap game. Masuda-san was clear to point out that the N64 cult classic "wasn't originally developed by Game Freak", although it does seem that he has a certain...
Wednesday20th Mar 2013
Video Pokémon Snap Gritty Reboot Spoofs Jurassic Park
"Welcome to Pokémon Island!"
The Gritty Reboot team — which did such a fantastic job on Harvest Moon earlier this month — are back with another Nintendo-related trailer, this time based on the N64 title Pokémon Snap. The clip boasts the same astonishingly high production values as it predecessor, and this time spoofs the Hollywood smash-hit...
Tuesday11th Dec 2007
News Surprise EU VC Release - Pokemon Snap + worldwide Photo Channel update
As some of you might have already noticed this morning, everybody's favourite blue Wii light was flashing. If you turn on your Wii you'll have gotten a message from Nintendo alerting you that the Wii Shop gift feature is now available (After a Wii Shop update). But that's not all!
Nintendo of Europe also saw fit to release Pokemon Snap together with...
Monday10th Dec 2007
News US VC Releases - 10th December - Pokemon Snap
The first Pokemon game hits VC in the US today! It's the strange but fun Pokemon Snap for Nintendo 64, where instead of capturing Pokemon in Pokeballs, you capture them on film. The game itself is good fun, but as an overall package it is a bit lacking. Still, if you're a Pokemon fan, better make do with this, because this will most likely be one of extremely few Pokemon titles to come to VC (We think the only other one will be Pokemon Puzzle League). Another thing worth considering is that this version of Pokemon Snap has a VC-exclusive feature!
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