Pokémon Snap Comes Into Focus for Wii U Virtual Console Release in Japan

Bring this to the West, and I'll buy without hesitation.

I keep throwing money at my phone screen, but nothing's happening. T_T

I missed out on the N64 back in the day, so Snap is more than welcome to come to the VC.

Maybe that means we will see it by 2017. Maybe not.

Day 1 if released in US. Plus it would only be like 2 bucks because I own it on Wii. I actually used the Wii feature to send photos to my friends a few times lol

It will be ported to NX in 2018.

Well it be on the NX before Wii U.

I really love this game, and probably is my favorite Spin off ever.

A new one with the 721 pokemons on Wii U would of been perfect, what a missed opportunity.

..oh Snap!..bring this west...

I would hope they'd realize how perfect the concept of Pokemon Snap is for the Wii U...

I wonder if this is going to be controllable with the Gamepad's motion. Probably not, but still.

SEQUELSEQUELSEQUELHNNNHHHHHGGGHH

@InternetBowser Those are happy eyes.

This is perhaps my favorite Pokemon game. Not that big a fan but this was fun! If it comes stateside it's a definite!

Could this be considered the first walking sim?

"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."

Wow. Bingo. Great point. For everyone begging for a sequel to this N64 rental worthy game, you will soon have a psuedo sequel on your phone.

We're never getting any of the VC games Japan has anytime soon are we? :/

Cool, at least they haven't forgotten about it.

Wish they would have made a pokemon snap game for the Wii U. I mean it seems like a game that would have been a great way to showcase the gamepad as a launch title

I enjoyed this game back in the day, and still got a kick out of it when I bought on the Wii VC some years ago. I wouldn't mind a sequel.

At least I'll be getting the discount. Fun game. Not terribly long though.

Its not a game where you play through just to see the ending, and shame on the people who think that just because they got to the end of the last stage that the game is over. Its supposed to be replayed and replayed trying to get a higher score.

I'm glad I recently bought this for my N64.

@InternetBowser Welcome to the N64, where it only had 4 KB of texture cache to work with.

Add Gyro controls or no buy!!

A Wii U version or Sequel makes too much sense, come on Pkmn Company!!

@InternetBowser N64 is at a different time and age. we didnt had these "great awesome graphics" as we do today.

Took long enough. I mean sharing your photos on Miiverse? This game was MADE for Miiverse!

In other news, the resulting fangasm on AntDude92's part caused him to die of spontaneous combustion.

I'd buy a new entry of this that included all the Poking Men. If this came stateside I suppose I'd buy it at some point, but it wouldn't be a priority.

Please NOE, I need this!

Pokemon Gold and Silver should be released on VC in addition to this game.

If this comes to the west I shall excrete a pokeball out of sheer joy... and the buy the game.

If they could use the gamepad as the Camera Oscura in Fatal Frame, they could have even done a remake of Snap for Wii U (or a new one).
It's a great game, if it comes west I'll get it day one!

PASS THE GOODS AROUND, NINTENDO! This game has a consistent cult following, and it would be downright disrespectful for Nintendo to keep this game a Japanese exclusive. I don't expect it to be, but I'm not exactly optimistic on its oversea release.

Given the tablet mechanism Nintendo is imposing on its consumers, it's incredulous how a Pokemon Snap sequel or derivative hasn't been made yet.

It shouldn't be unreasonable to expect Nintendo to add the option of motion control with the Wii U tablet considering how they bound Duck Hunt with the Wii remotes. Sadly, an expectation like that won't come to fruition.

A good fit for virtual console, I'd buy it

@GrailUK No, Pokemon Snap is considered a Rail Shooter. How can it be a walking simulator if you don't even walk?

To my knowledge (I could be wrong) the first 'Walking Simulator' is probably LSD Dream Emulator.

Man, I love this game. I hope it makes it West. YOU HEAR US, NINTENDO!?

Aw hell yeah!

Imagine Pokémon Snap U.
On rails, just like the OG, but with more variety and branching paths.
The TV shows the Pokémon, the gamepad shows what you'd see through the camera lens.
Gyro controls: turn the gamepad to move the camera, use the left stick to change the viewing angle on the TV.

IT WOULD PRINT MONEY, NINTENDO!

Is this going to have Gyro Controls? Cuz that'd be pretty sick!

@Seacliff Fair enough.

@Seacliff Ye, so long ago I played it I forgot you weren't walking.

Pokemon Snap 2 as a launch title on NX, the console sells out in 5 minutes.

that's cool. i still think a new one would be fun for younger fans. adding in the other regions, new pokemon and challenges, sharing online, making digital picture frames for your snapshots etc.

I got pictures of all the Pokemon, and score... uh, not much point in that, unless you want it to have a point. If so, more power to you.
"Shame on me", really? Sorry the way I play a certain game is such an affront to you?

If a single player game is designed to be short on length but high on replayability, and someone is criticising it just on length alone then that's an unfair judgment of the game. Making the player keep trying to get a better score is a perfectly valid game design. You can do what you want with your game but its wrong to criticise it on something it wasn't intended to be.