New Pokemon Snap Gets Lental Region Snap Guide Trailer - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 09 April 2021 / 1,392 Views
The Pokemon Company has released a new Japanese trailer for New Pokemon Snap that provided a look at the Lental Region.
View the trailer below:
Here is an overview of the game:
In New Pokemon Snap, players will take on the role of a budding Pokemon photographer and work with the Lental region expert, Professor Mirror, and his assistant, Rita, on an ecological survey to photograph Pokemon thriving in nature.
Wild Pokemon are all around and have adapted to thrive in all the various natural expanses of the Lental region. They may be seen living in groups patrolling their territory, wandering serenely on their own or even playing with other Pokemon species. With a careful eye and a photographer’s keen sense of adventure, you’ll be able to spot Pokemon lurking in all sorts of places, including secluded hideaways … and sometimes swooping down suddenly from the sky! Players will be able to interact with Pokemon by throwing a Fluffruit, a tasty fruit found across the region, to catch their attention or watch them eat. You can even use this fruit to help draw out Pokemon into a variety of situations to see how they react. These serendipitous opportunities present a special challenge, and catching them with your camera at the perfect moment may gain you higher scores.
Professor Mirror will evaluate and score players’ photos taken on their adventures. Pokemon photography is evaluated based on the subjects’ poses, how large they appear, how directly they’re facing the camera and where they fall in frame. As players take more photos and fulfill research on their journey, they may see Pokemon look and behave in entirely new ways. Players will have to take many photos and use their highest-scoring shots to fill out their Photodex, a collection of Pokemon photographs.
The untouched depths of the Lental region may sound daunting at first, but don’t worry. Explorers will hop into the NEO-ONE, an auto-driving vehicle, which will steer them across various paths on each island and will help free up time to focus on snapping the perfect shots. Throughout your missions, you may even get to see Pokemon looking and behaving differently than ever before. These special moments are memories to savor, so, luckily, you’ll always have your trusty camera on hand to capture them for Pokemon posterity.
Some Pokemon and vegetation that players may discover will appear to have a special glow. These strange occurrences are found only in the Lental region and are known as the Illumina Phenomenon. Jump into the trusty NEO-ONE and uncover the mystery behind the Illumina Phenomenon!
New Pokemon Snap will launch for the Nintendo Switch on April 30 for $59.99.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel dedicated to gaming Let's Plays and tutorials. You can contact the author at wdangelo@vgchartz.com or on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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Pokemon Snap was the first Pokemon game that was available on a home console and that was what, I believe, made it so popular. I bought Pokemon Snap back in 1999 on the N64 and I played for about a month and then put it on my shelf and basically forgot about it, as did I think a lot of other people. You could only play the 8-10 levels so many times and getting the Pokemon on the stages to do a handful of unique things before getting bored and moving on to something else. Despite Pokemon Snap Switch not appearing to add that many new elements to the base formula, I think that it has the potential for a lot more longevity compared to what it had on the N64. This type of game really lends itself to the mobile experience, and people's attention spans just aren't what they were 20 years ago with all the distractions that we now have. This game really lends itself to short play sessions and I recall the N64 game letting you go through a level as quickly or as slowly as you want. Combine this with a far more advanced AI both allowing for more depth in the behavior of the Pokemon as well as the judging of your photographs, I am hopeful that this game will have a lot more replay value for gamers and may actually be a somewhat realistic photography sim as opposed to the N64 version.
I played it for the first time recently, I think what made it popular was the fact that it was a fun and charming game that came out at the height of the pokemon craze. Obviously a lot of people didn't forget about it considering how highly requested a sequel has been for years.
