We’re now less than a week away from the arrival of New Pokemon Snap, a game 20 years in the making. The original Pokemon Snap was a classic in the eyes of many fans due to it being a fun take on the Pokemon franchise, and a nice companion to the Pokemon Stadium line. But despite it being fan-beloved, it never got a sequel until New Pokemon Snap on Nintendo Switch, and fans have always wondered why that was the case.
In an interview with Metro, the director of New Pokemon Snap, Haruki Suzaki, revealed that while his team are the ones making the sequel, they weren’t the first ones to try and do so:
“When I started on this project, I had heard there had been a couple of attempts at making a new Pokémon Snap before. The idea of photography has changed so much in the last 20 years, combined with the new Nintendo Switch hardware, that we thought it was the perfect time to create a new version of Pokémon Snap, and that’s why we started the project.”
Some would argue that the Wii U with its dual-screen action would’ve been the perfect rebirth of Pokemon Snap, but most will agree the Switch will do fine, especially with its HD graphics and its ability to play the game on the go.
The title arrives on April 30th.
