10 Want: Items
The items that you got from Professor Oak as you progressed through the game were a fun gameplay point. You got apples to lure creatures closer to your camera and smoke balls to move or annoy others in order to get them to evolve.
For stubborn Pokémon like Snorlax, you even received a Pokéflute to awaken them for some memorable photos.
9 Avoid: Legendary Eggs
The legendary eggs found in the original games probably wouldn’t work as well with the massive amount of legendaries now available. It would be better to find other ways to unlock the legendaries as the eggs wouldn’t hold the same surprise for players of the game as they did on the Nintendo 64.
Instead, you could throw apples into certain locations to lure out a Jirachi, or something similar.
8 Want: Courses
The courses that you played through were diverse and made to represent the Pokémon that lived there. It made sense that Slowpokes fished along the river course while Electrodes hung out in an abandoned powerplant. We need to see more of this for the Switch version.
Fans just hope they have more than seven courses to pick from.
7 Avoid: Open World
Fans love the routes that you got to roam around in, but it’s better that the series stays linear. It would be pretty boring to just hang out in a spot until you got the picture you wanted and take away from any difficulty that the game may have, so it should stay closed world.
This will help with replayability as many players will need to redo courses to photograph everything.
6 Want: Evolutions
One of the best moments in the original Pokémon Snap was when you pestered a Magikarp up a waterfall and had Gyrados emerge. These puzzles helped to unlock new creatures to photograph using creative ways that actually fit in with the lore of the world.
It would be pretty cool to be able to trigger even more evolutions in the game.
5 Avoid: Linear Biomes
While the courses should be attached to a rail, it would be neat to have several different routes to choose from. This could be unlocked by getting certain items and would allow players to find new areas to their favorite courses by bringing certain Pokémon together or hitting a switch.
Linear biomes would be boring, and the Switch has enough power for bigger courses.
4 Want: Hidden Events
By playing a Pokéflute, bot only could you wake up a Snorlax, but you could make some other Pokémon dance. If you through apples in certain spots, then you could get Pikachu to pose on a surfboard. Events made taking pictures even more fun, and these need to be in the new game.
Just think about how awesome the Magmar vs. Charmander fight is in the volcano level. Hopefully, we can even see some antics from Mimikyu in the new game.
3 Avoid: Faulty Point System
One thing that really needs to be worked on is making sure the point system is well balanced. The original game did a pretty good job of making sure you captured the Pokémon in the center of the picture, but the Switch as a much better chance of figuring out which pictures are good and bad.
Fans need a clean point system that rates pictures fairly and correctly.
2 Want: Photo Upload
Since we now have the ability to share images from our games, it’s almost guaranteed that we will be able to upload our favorite photos to social media. Fans are also hoping that Nintendo will develop some type of sticker printing service, much like the original Pokémon Snap machines were capable of.
Photo upload will be a fun way to share great and funny photos with your friends and other fans.
1 Avoid: DLC
This is a game that fans are really hoping comes packed with a ton of content. Nintendo should avoid trying to put out a ton of paid DLC for the game. The original was filled with content, especially for the time, and the game felt complete, the newest one should follow that example.
While some fans wouldn’t be against paying for additional courses, it would be best if the team just focused on making more games in the series.
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