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Critics Recommend
Nostalgic Fun
A great callback and expansion to the original N64 game.
Sense of Discovery
Seeing Pokemon in the wild and discovering new interactions is charming and, occasionally, thrilling.
Repetitive Progression
Many critics felt the game became a little grindy.
While not every gameplay system thrives, Pokemon Snap is more than a nostalgia safari with its beautiful environments, cute interactions, and solid photography gameplay.
Many fans have been waiting for a Pokemon Snap sequel since their childhood, and while it may not exactly be what they imagined, it's a solid experience and highlights what has been sorely been missed in the franchise. New Pokemon Snap is a worthwhile sequel, a relaxing journey through the Pokemon world, and fun to play in the comfort of one's home or on the go.
New Pokémon Snap is a photography game with occasionally clunky progression, but which is eager to show off its delightful subjects and let them surprise you.
New Pok'mon Snap captures the strange joy of the original game without being derivative.
New Pokemon Snap has issues when it comes to tedium between courses, arbitrary solutions, and boring, barely functional extra mechanics, but the courses and Pokemon are legitimately incredible. The Photodex is a marvel, multiplayer creates healthy competition for replayability , and just being able to inhabit Lental is a spectacle in and of itself. I’m not sure I’d recommend it to someone who can’t tell Bagon from Beldum, but if you’re a born and bred Pokemon fan, New Pokemon Snap could be your sleeper hit of the year.
The thrill of nabbing the perfect shot never dulls, but the repetition of traveling through the same environments sometimes grows weary
New Pokemon Snap pays homage to the Nintendo 64 classic while venturing off in bold new directions.
If you’re the sort of player who got really mad about the national Pokedex in Sword & Shield, you might also bemoan the level of content here. But I think this is plenty, delivering far more than the original and with a whole lot of replay value – it’s just a shame the developers felt the need to stretch it out artificially to justify what they’ve managed to build.
When it comes to long-awaited sequels, New Pokémon Snap doesn't disappoint in the least.
New Pokemon Snap is making history as it breaks a 24-year streak for the franchise and influences future Nintendo game releases.
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It has been announced that a free update is on the way for New Pokémon Snap
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It has been announced that the English adaptation of the Pokémon Sword and Shield manga will release this summer
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A new app that releases next week will allow gamers to print photos from their Nintendo Switch
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