Pokémon Snap
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| Developer(s) | HAL Laboratory |
| Publisher(s) | Nintendo |
| Release date | March 21, 1999 (JP) July 1, 1999 (NA) September 15, 2000 (EU) |
| Genre | Simulation |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Age rating(s) | ESRB: E ELSPA: 3+ |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 64 |
| Media | 128Mb (16MB) cartridge |
| Credits | Soundtrack | Codes | Walkthrough | |
Pokémon Snap (ポケモンスナップ, Pokemon Sunappu) is a video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is part of the Pokémon series, and was first released in North America on June 30, 1999[2].
It was released in Japan on the Wii's Virtual Console on December 4, 2007, in North America on December 10, 2007 then in Europe and Australia on the next day, three days earlier than previously planned. The Virtual Console version features the ability to send pictures taken in the game to the Wii Message Board and send them to friends. [4] This is the first Pokemon game to get a Virtual Console release and the first Virtual Console title which has been modified to take advantage of features of the Wii console. It is currently available for 1,000 Wii points.
Pokémon Snap was originally revealed as a Nintendo 64DD game.
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[edit] Gameplay
From Professor Oak's central research hub, the player can select between the game's various levels and features using a menu system. The path through the levels is largely pre-determined, and is similar to a rail shooter. Up to 60 pictures can be taken on each course. After completing a course, the player selects their best pictures to present to Professor Oak. He rates the photographs on a variety of criterion and gives the picture an overall score. Scoring well in Oak's report and photographing a wide variety of Pokémon is vital to progressing in the game.
[edit] Scoring
Professor Oak evaluates Todd's photographs on the following criteria:
- Special: if the Pokémon is in an interesting situation or performing some sort of attack an automatic bonus is awarded.
- Size: this category concerns the size of the Pokémon in the frame. If it is too small or goes over the edge of the picture, full points are not given.
- Pose: this evaluates the Pokémon's pose. It is influenced by Pokémon Food, Pester Balls, and the Poké Flute.
- Technique: if the subject is centered in the snapshot, points for everything other than "other Pokémon" are doubled.
- Other Pokémon: If there are two or more of the same Pokémon in the frame, a bonus is given.
[edit] Levels
Pokémon Snap only features seven levels. However, the staggered acquisition of items from Professor Oak ensures that the player must re-explore the courses to discover new material. Any of the first six levels has immense replay value if the gamer hopes to locate hidden Pokémon, alternate routes, or photographic opportunities that yield the best scores. Each of the first six levels (Beach, Tunnel, Volcano, River, Cave, Valley) contains the hidden likeness of a certain Pokémon in the environment (called a "Pokémon Sign"). When the player photographs all the signs and presents them to Professor Oak, the seventh level (Rainbow Cloud) is unlocked.
[edit] Storyline
Todd Snap (Tōru (トオル) in the Japanese version), a fledgling Pokémon photographer is summoned by Professor Oak to an unusual island in order to help him with a report. Oak needs quality pictures to accompany his scientific findings, and from past experience knows Todd is the right person for the job. Pokémon Island, which contains a variety of climatic and geographic regions, is a place where Pokémon live relatively undisturbed by humans. Using a motorized, amphibious buggy named the Zero-One, Todd explores the island and takes photographs of the wide variety of Pokémon that inhabit its environments.
[edit] Reception
Upon the game's release, Nintendo launched a marketing campaign in which owners of Pokémon Snap could bring the game cartridge to a retail store and print a sheet of 16 stickers featuring the photos they'd taken. Nintendo partnered with Blockbuster in North America, Lawson in Japan and Toys "R" Us and Myer in Australia for the promotion. Stores in these franchises carried "Pokémon Stations" which could print the stickers for a fee of three United States dollars. In North America, the promotion ran through the US Thanksgiving of 1999 in more than 4,500 Blockbuster stores.
Pokémon Snap has been criticized for including only 63 of the original 151 Pokémon and having only seven levels.
[edit] References
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