Game

Pokémon Snap

1999 · Wii · Nintendo 64 · 64DD · Wii U · Simulator

76IGDB player score
254 ratings

Previously Take

A 76 average that undersells it — ask the 254 people who rated it. This is a sandbox for fantasy obsessives. Relaxing in a way few games manage. Solo only, and better for it — this is a one-player experience through and through. A 1999 original that still holds up — they don't make them like this anymore, literally.

About this game

Traverse various areas and take photographs of different types of Pokémon by discovering their secrets. Capture the perfect frame to gain bonus points from Professor Oak in order to unlock helpful items and locate and photograph the elusive Mew, a legendary Pokémon whose existence has never been recorded.

Todd Snap, a fledgling Pokémon photographer, is summoned by Professor Oak to Pokémon Island to help him with a report. Oak needs quality pictures to accompany his scientific findings, and knows from past experience that 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.