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Pokemon Snap still holds up in 2021 - Destructoid
Jan 19, 2021 1 min, 31 secs

Plenty of you still have your original Pokémon Snap cartridge, but for those of us who never bought the 1999 photo-snapping spin-off (or strictly experienced it as a weekend rental way back when), it's not too late to go back before New Pokémon Snap carries the torch to Nintendo Switch at the end of April.

Inspired by the recent release date trailer, I fished my Wii U out of storage, wiped down the glossy fingerprint-covered GamePad, added ten bucks to my account, and bought the fondly-remembered N64 original – a low-key jarring experience as someone who has gotten extremely comfortable with their Switch and tends to forget how sluggish the Wii U can be, even when you're just bringing up menus.

That said, if you don't have the original hardware or your current TV isn't well-equipped to handle legacy platforms (latency, a lack of inputs, etc.), this is one option.

And the ability to create save states sure comes in handy for Pokémon Snap.

I'm not here to convince you that this is the best place to play Pokémon Snap – there are clear pros and cons – but I am here to tell you that it absolutely holds up.

Puzzles that stumped me as a Poké-obsessed kid seem more intuitive now, and after exhausting every environmental interaction in every zone to the best of my ability, well, there's the internet – I don't mind looking up some of the more obscure solutions.

There's something to be said about having a curated group of iconic Pokémon pulled from the original Red and Blue roster, to say nothing of the N64 as a console in general.

I can't wait to see a flood of ridiculous Pokémon photography in my social media feed

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