(Did ya see that title? I’m such a funny man)

If you’re familiar with the Pokemon series, then you know that it’s a world filled with awesome monsters and you are the chosen one, sent to collect them all! It just makes ya wanna be the very best, like no one ever was! Pokemon snap, while having Pokemon in it, takes the series in a new direction. Its now a world filled with monsters and your on a set path as the chosen one, sent to ummm…well…take pictures of the Pokemon for Prof. Oak to grade. This idea just sounds…so… awesome?

Alright, first thing that happens is Prof. Oak says one word and from then on only moves his lips with no audio…its pretty scary at first but you tend to get used to it. So any way Oak needs you, oh chosen one, to take pictures of all the Pokemon. He tells you that he has a little mechanical buggy to ride around in which seems cool at first, but then in the first seconds of the level you realize that your on some rail road tracks and can’t escape. So you can’t escape, but you have your trusty camera its time to snap some photos of Pokemon! It’s pretty fun at first. Your driving around taking pictures of different Pokemon, for some game play footage click here. This game really starts off well, but gets old pretty fast. It’s a short game, I beat in about 3 hours(with all the secret bonus stuff)and that three hours is spent doing the same thing over and over again. Pokemon Snap has a good concept that just gets old after the first few levels. I mean they don’t even give you the rush option until you beat all the regular levels! That rush button could have saved this game if it was implemented sooner. This game just feels like it should have been a mini game in Pokemon stadium, not its own feature length game.

Putting aside the slowness of the game, there’s not to much else wrong with it. (Besides Oak being the worst critic of photography ever) The controls are pretty tight, the graphics look pretty good, and the Pokemon look cuter than ever. One of the few redeeming qualities of this game is just how fricin adorable some of those Pokemon are! If your in to photography, like Pokemon, and like your photos being judged by a creepy Professor…Then this is the game for you! If your not well then go play Soul Silver. Pokemon Snap receives 2 out of 5 stars.

(How I feel playing Pokemon Snap)