Pokémon Snap.
Pokémon Snap.
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The RetroBeat: Why the original Pokémon Snap was special

  • Posted byby Mike Minotti
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  • 3 min

New Pokémon Snap launches today for the Switch, but I’m thinking of the original. As a kid, Pokémon Snap for the Nintendo 64 was a big deal.

And it was big, but this wasn’t because it was a clever photography-based game. In North America, Pokémon Snap was the first new Pokémon game we got after the debut of the series with Red and Blue in 1998.

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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.