New Pokémon Snap

New Pokémon Snap[lower-alpha 1] is a first-person rail shooter and simulation video game in development by Bandai Namco Studios, planned to be published by Nintendo and The Pokémon Company for the Nintendo Switch. It is a sequel to the 1999 game Pokémon Snap.

New Pokémon Snap
Promotional art
Developer(s)Bandai Namco Studios
Publisher(s)Nintendo
The Pokémon Company
SeriesPokémon
Platform(s)Nintendo Switch
ReleaseTBA
Genre(s)
Mode(s)Single player

Gameplay
The player photographs Pokémon in their natural habitats to build a "Photodex", and can use apples to lure them closer.

In New Pokémon Snap, the player visits a variety of island locations, including jungles and beaches, where they research Pokémon in their natural habitats, photographing them while traveling in an on-rails hovercraft, to build a "Photodex".[1][2][3] The player collects points based on the quality of the pictures.[2] Like in the original 1999 Pokémon Snap, the player can use apples to lure Pokémon closer.[3]

Development

New Pokémon Snap is developed by Bandai Namco Studios, and is published by Nintendo.[4] It was announced during the Pokémon Presents presentation on 17 June 2020, and is set for release on the Nintendo Switch on an as of yet unannounced date.[2]

Notes
  1. New Pokémon Snap (Japanese: New ポケモンスナップ, Hepburn: Nyū Pokemon Sunappu)

References
  1. "New Pokemon Snap Announced For Switch". GameSpot. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  2. "New Pokémon Snap planned for Nintendo Switch". VentureBeat. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  3. Wood, Austin (17 June 2020). "New Pokemon Snap announced for Nintendo Switch". GamesRadar+. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
  4. "A new Pokémon Snap game headed to Switch, finally". Polygon. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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