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New Pokémon Snap

Bandai Namco Studios

2021•Simulation•PEGI 3•About 15 hours

Taste attributes: adventurefantasyscience fictionvehiclesfresh & originallightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming quest

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Boxlist takeA glossy simulation game that is fantastical, sweeping and accessible. Best if you like polish over grit.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: very glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

77 / 100

62 ratings

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About This Game

New Pokémon Snap is an on-rails first-person photography game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch. It is a sequel to the 1999 Nintendo 64 game Pokémon Snap. Players explore an archipelago in an autopilot hovercraft and photograph Pokémon in order to conduct research about their ecology.

Summary: IGDB

Story

A budding Pokémon photographer travels to the lush and varied Lental region, invited by the esteemed Professor Mirror and his assistant Rita to join their ecological research. Working from the Laboratory of Ecological and Natural Sciences, the player is sent out across the region's islands to observe and photograph Pokémon thriving in their natural habitats, from jungles and deserts to reefs and caves. But the survey has a deeper purpose. The professor is investigating the mysterious Illumina phenomenon, a strange, glowing radiance that certain Pokémon and rare flowers exhibit, a wonder last...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureFantasyScience fictionVehiclesAll consuming quest

Keywords

PhotographyCameraCreature collector

Where to play

Nintendo eShop

Details

Developer: Bandai Namco Studios
Publisher: Nintendo
Released: 29 April 2021
Series: Pokémon
Platforms: Nintendo Switch
Modes: Single player
Perspective: First person
Time to beat: 15h normally
Age rating: PEGI 3
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Source: IGDB

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