Pokemon Snap 64 (N64)

Pokemon Snap 64 (N64): Snappy ,snappy, joy, joy! (1367 words)
by Craigonnavitch - written on 20.02.01 (Very useful, 77 readings)
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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 ...

Gotta snap em all! (619 words)
by chaobreeder16 - written on 10.07.08 (Very useful, 59 readings)
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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 ...

Pokemon Snap 64 (N64): Snappy Happy (388 words)
by Ice_Blaster - written on 30.09.01 (Very useful, 29 readings)
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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 ...