Pokémon Snap: Difference between revisions

{{samename|book based on this game|Pokémon Snap (book)}}

|platform=[[Nintendo 64]], [[Wii]] ([[Wii#Virtual Console|Virtual Console]]), [[Wii U]] ([[Wii U#Virtual Console|Virtual Console]])

|release_date_ja=March 21, 1999 <small>(N64)</small><ref>[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/other/64-snap/ Pokémon.co.jp - Pokémon Snap (N64)]</ref><br>December 4, 2007 <small>(Wii VC)</small><ref>[http://www.pokemon.co.jp/game/wii/snap/ Pokémon.co.jp - Pokémon Snap (VC)]</ref><br>April 6, 2016 <small>(Wii U VC)</small>

|release_date_na=June 30, 1999 <small>(N64)</small><ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-snap/ Pokémon.com (US)]</ref><br>December 10, 2007 <small>(Wii VC)</small><ref>[http://press.nintendo.com/object?id=14206 Nintendo Pressroom] ({{tt|requires login|Username: guest; Password: nintendo}})</ref><!--please replace with a public source if possible--><br>January 5, 2017 <small>(Wii U VC)</small><ref>[http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/pokemon-snap-wii-u]</ref>

|release_date_au=March 23, 2000 <small>(N64)</small><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/19991012033839/http://nintendo.com.au/poke_snap_framset.html Nintendo Australia] (archive)</ref><br>December 11, 2007 <small>(Wii VC)</small><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20071215062030/http://www.nintendo.com.au/# Nintendo Australia - News] (archive)</ref><br>August 19, 2016 <small>(Wii U VC)</small><ref>[https://twitter.com/NintendoAUNZ/status/765109466157096964 Nintendo Australia & New Zealand Twitter]</ref>

|release_date_eu=September 15, 2000 <small>(N64)</small><ref>[http://www.pokemon.com/uk/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-snap/ Pokémon.com (UK)]</ref><br>December 11, 2007 <small>(Wii VC)</small><ref>[http://www.pegi.info/en/index/global_id/505/?searchString=pokemon+snap PEGI]</ref><br>August 18, 2016 <small>(Wii U VC)</small><ref>[https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/765096436992188416 Nintendo Europe Twitter]</ref>

It was released on [[Virtual Console]] for [[Wii]] in Japan on December 4, 2007, in North America on December 10, 2007, in Australia on December 11, 2007, and in Europe on December 11, 2007; it was released on Virtual Console for [[Wii U]] in Japan on April 6, 2016, in Europe on August 18, 2016, in Australia on August 19, 2016, and in North America on January 5, 2017.

In Pokémon Snap, the famous Pokémon Researcher [[Professor Oak]] is studying Pokémon on [[Pokémon Island]], and invites [[Todd Snap]], a talented young [[photography|photographer]], to assist in his research. The only current inhabitants of Pokémon Island are wild Pokémon, making it the perfect place to study Pokémon in their natural habitat. Whereas a Trainer may not be able to resist catching the wild Pokémon of the island, Todd's photography skills may equally aid in the Professor's research to complete his {{OBP|Pokémon Report|Pokémon Snap}}.

This game was also {{book|Pokémon Snap|adapted into a novel}} for the [[Pathways to Adventure]] series.

[[File:Snapstation.jpg|thumb|left|128px|The Pokémon Snap Station]]

For a period of time after Snap's launch, ''Pokémon Snap Sticker Stations'' were available at {{wp|Blockbuster LLC|Blockbuster}}, which would print out stickers of pictures which were taken in the game for three dollars, by loading credits on one of five cards that features {{p|Bulbasaur}}, {{p|Charmander}}, {{p|Squirtle}}, {{p|Pikachu}}, or {{p|Jigglypuff}}. There was also a mode in ''{{Eng|Pokémon Stadium}}'' which would take and save pictures of Pokémon and print them out at the Stations. Special overlays were made to promote ''Pokémon Stadium'', so there exists two variations of the station. Internally, it is just a Nintendo 64 with a printer that connects to P4 port, a special version of the cartridge for the printing tasks, and a special cartridge adaptor to switch between ''Pokémon Snap Station'' and ''Pokémon Snap'' or ''Pokémon Stadium''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMbjvGvPkV4]</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_UGpRN6AnM&t=3m35s]</ref>

In this release, {{p|Jynx}} were recolored purple from the black they were in the original game, to reflect the changes in its design and to avoid controversy that Jynx's original design caused.

To celebrate this re-release, the Japanese Yahoo! Kids Pokémon page streamed all of the episodes in which Todd Snap appeared from December 14, 2007 to January 14, 2008.<ref>[http://park3.wakwak.com/~pokepale/list/movie_sonota.htm]</ref>

* Although the game features voice acting from the TV series, certain Pokémon that were given new voices for the dub still have their original Japanese voice acting in the game. These include Metapod, Diglett, Dugtrio, Psyduck, and Porygon, which, at the time of the game's release, did not have dub voices.

* According to former Nintendo president Satoru Iwata, Pokémon Snap was originally "a normal game in which you took photos, but the motivation for playing the game wasn't clear." It wasn't until they introduced Pokémon into the game that HAL's Masanobu Yamamoto thought they had a clarified direction. "That time, adopting the Pokémon world clarified what we should do and the direction we should head, and I came to like Pokémon, so I felt like that had saved us."<ref>[http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interviews/#/wii/kirbysepicyarn/0/3 Iwata Asks]</ref>

* This was the first Pokémon game released for the [[Virtual Console]] service, as well as the only Pokémon game from the [[Nintendo 64]] to be released for the [[Wii U]]'s Virtual Console service.

* {{p|Ekans}} was going to be included in the game but was scrapped at some point.

* A song called [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vVgUHein-c| Fantastic Horror] was cut from the game. The song was meant for a {{type|Ghost}} level but as there were only three Ghost-type Pokémon in [[Generation I]], this song ended up scrapped. Additionally, there was a boss song exclusive to the level that also did not end up in the final game.

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