New Pokémon Snap
2021 first-person on-rails photography video game developed by Bandai Namco Studios
New Pokémon Snap is a 2021 photography video game developed by Bandai Namco Studios and published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch. It is a sequel to HAL Laboratory's 1999 Nintendo 64 game Pokémon Snap. It was announced in June 2020 during a Pokémon Presents livestream and was released on April 30, 2021, during the franchise's 25th anniversary. Players are invited to join Professor Mirror's research team to explore the archipelagic Lental region in an automated hovercraft and photograph Pokémon in order to conduct research about their ecology as well as certain phenomena occurring in the region.
Gameplay in New Pokémon Snap is similar to its Nintendo 64 predecessor; courses consist of on-rails photography sessions where players try to take high-quality photos of Pokémon. As the game progresses, players will unlock new courses to explore as well as items that help with taking better photos. Additionally, courses can be levelled up, allowing different Pokémon and interactions to occur. New Pokémon Snap introduces night-time courses, boss battles and a new photo rating system to indicate how rare a species' behavior is. The professor's lab serves as the game's hub for accessing courses and acts as a space for players to review their research on wild Pokémon and their habitats, manage their photo album, customize their account, and interact with online features.
Discussion of a sequel to Snap occurred over multiple years for different consoles until Bandai Namco Studios were given the opportunity to develop the game due to the development of Pokkén Tournament, which they also worked on.
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