Pokemon Snap 64 (N64)

Coming up with a very original game these days certainly proves very difficult and probably costly, which is probably why Sony only bother with mostly, (not all), sequels that really aren't that good, (raaah)! However, Nintendo, although being thrashed in the market by the aforementioned Sony machines, still keep churning out games on the plain of stunning innovation. Pokemon Snap is one of these games. Now follow me into a world of vicious monsters! The game itself is based on an episode of the Pokemon cartoon on sky one and very occasionally it seems, ITV. Coming from Japan, the cartoon is very quirky, just as the game is. The episode is called ...  Read the complete review

Well as the majority of people know pokemon is the well known franchise comprised of an alternative world where a trainer of 10+ years old goes around the planet collecting pocket monsters in containment fields called pokeballs. The original games of the red and blue version where originally released in the UK in 1998 and since have taken the world by storm and continue to thrill the hard core fans who were around during the original release. I actually did have the original version for the N64 in which you used the N64 controller to take pictures of pokemon through a number of terrains. The control stick moves your camera around and the game pad buttons are ...  Read the complete review

To be honest, I wasn't that optimistic about the game when it was first released, firstly because it didn't offer all Pokemon, and more importantly, the idea of taking snaps of these very Pokemon was hindered by the fact that the player takes a very specific route. This presents itself as a linear game, and a linear game it is. From the start, the game offers you a single course, the beach, and a select handful of pokemon to snap. In order to progress, you first must either have taken a predetermined number of pokemon, or have collected a certain number of points. Soon, you must discover hidden routes to progress, like the path to the volcano course ...  Read the complete review

My opinion: When I bought this game, I thought it was excellent. But with in a few months later it was in the pile of games that I never play with any more. This was because it gets boring just taking pictures. I think the producers could have made it more exciting by also making the object of the game different. This is what I think the object of the game should be like. By making it, not only do you have to take pictures of wild Pokemon, after you have tooken a picture of them in the wild, you had to capture them in your pok'e ball. I also think you should have been able to move freely to explore, instead of being stuck in that stupid-boring vehicle. ...  Read the complete review

The Pokemon craze has been at epidemic proportions for a while now and with Christmas approaching the number of Pokemon toys around is becoming ridiculous...scary even. Scary that we are being asked to pay the proce that some of the companies are asking for their Pokemon related products. Pokemon Snap is one such product with an over inflated price tage. Coming in at around £40 in the UK you may argue that this is probably the typical price for a Nintendo game any way. However, the diffence is that when you buy a game for the Nintendo at £40 you expect quality and yet again in seeking to cash in on the craze, quality has been left out here. OK so it looks nice, ...  Read the complete review