If you were around during the Nintendo 64 era, you might remember special Snap Station kiosks in-store allowing you to print out your photos in Pokémon Snap. It was quite a novelty at the time.
To make the upcoming Switch release New Pokémon Snap just a little bit more nostalgic, Lawson (a local convenience store chain in Japan) will be offering trainers a chance to print out their favourite shots in the new game.
The process of printing looks relatively simple - all you have to do is transfer your photos from Switch to a PC or mobile device, and register through Lawson's special website (designed for New Pokémon Snap) to access the photos you want to print out.
Lawson is also offering a download card including a copy of the game that comes with a special New Pokémon Snap sticker.
It's not yet known if a similar promotion will make its way across to the west, but we'll let you know if we hear anything. Does this promo bring back any fond memories? Will you be picking up this long-awaited sequel later this month? Tell us below.
[source newpokemonsnap.lawsonprint-ondemand.com, via otaquest.com]
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We the Miiple demand Switch Camera and Switch Printer accessories!
I think it will become Pokemon's Next Top Model. 😆
Japanese Konbinis are amazing. Truly, they define the term convenience. How I miss them and Japan in general.
Wow, I was JUST discussing with a friend, wondering if anyone was gonna be doing a printing service for this game like Blockbuster did back in the day. Even predicted that it would be Japan exclusive this time around.
Hopefully I'm wrong about the latter, though. This is some free real estate for Office Depot or FedEx. Or maybe one of the online print companies might jump on this?
That’s really cool. It would be nice to have that outside of Japan, although once you have the files on your computer you could upload and get them printed almost anywhere, maybe not as fun, but it can still be done!
Amazon has some nice options for custom poster printing.
I will definitely give it a go for the novelty alone.
Huh. Neat!
Way back when, I had wanted to use a Snap Station to print stuff from Pokemon Stadium 1 and 2. Unfortunately, we live in the middle of nowhere, and the chain that had the kiosks shut them down before I ever got to see one.
Please Nintendo! I want to print off personal Pokémon stickers and intend to stick them everywhere but actually just hoard them unless I have like 3 the same because I’m silly!
Why did they make it so that you had to go through a PC?
Why not integrate it into the program?
Ah wait, its Nintendo, we dont even have themes yet
Nintendo teams up with FedEx Kinkos next.
So convenience stores in Japan have had multi-function printers in for a while, so being able to send stuff to get printed out isn't anything new. "Net Print" (aka Nepuri) sends stuff to 7/11 machines which you print out by entering a code into the machine. I know some artists in Japan who add their art to Nepuri and then put the download codes on Twitter so people can print them out themselves (just drop a few coins into the printer to print, it doesn't cost anything to host and generate a code). Looks like Lawson has something similar called "Lawson Print Ondemand" and this service is just a Pokemon-branded version I think? That also explains why you need to transfer to a PC, cos it's all independent and part of Lawson rather than the game itself. This is more of a joint marketing effort rather than anything actually new.
I guess the one thing it does give is authorisation to print out content under copyright. Not sure how strict these convenience store printers are for that sort of thing.
I love Lawson. When we visited Japan the staff were so nice and helpful to us when trying to post a letter, especially when we didnt know any Japanese!
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