Take a Picture, It ll Last Longer: The History of Photography Games
Pokemon Snap s compelling gameplay made it a classic, but it s not the first game to use photography as its core mechanic. Ahead of the New Pokémon Snap launch, let’s dig into the vaults to explore this niche genre. By K. Thor Jensen
New Pokémon Snap (Image: Nintendo)
This week sees the release of New Pokemon Snap for the Switch, the sequel to the beloved 1999 N64 game where you rode around on a self-driving buggy taking photographs of pocket monsters for scientific research. The simple but compelling gameplay and rich (for the time) world made it a classic, but it was far from the first game to use photography as its core mechanic. Let’s dig into the vaults to explore this unusual, niche genre.
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