The Game Nobody Was Asking For, Now Beloved
See, the Pokemon Company of the late 90’s was a lot smarter than people give them credit for. This era of Pokemon games for consoles were defined primarily by NOT giving fans what they wanted. Instead we got bizarro experiments like Hey You Pikachu, Pokemon Stadium, Pokemon Puzzle League and Pokemon Snap, games that decidedly did not realize the potential of a full 3D Pokemon RPG that everyone was clamoring for (and something that wouldn’t happen for many years) but instead teased the rabid fanbase with ideas of what could be, working them up into a frenzy. I remember being kind of baffled and underwhelmed by Pokemon Snap back in 99’ but as time has gone by, my appreciation for it has only grown. I really like the idea of this on-rails photography game where instead of making Pokemon battle one another, you are simply observing them in their native environment. Well, and throwing a bunch of junk at them. Not the most responsible thing to be teaching kids perhaps?
See, the Pokemon Company of the late 90’s was a lot smarter than people give them credit for. This era of Pokemon games for consoles were defined primarily by NOT giving fans what they wanted. Instead we got bizarro experiments like Hey You Pikachu, Pokemon Stadium, Pokemon Puzzle League and Pokemon Snap, games that decidedly did not realize the potential of a full 3D Pokemon RPG that everyone was clamoring for (and something that wouldn’t happen for many years) but instead teased the rabid fanbase with ideas of what could be, working them up into a frenzy. I remember being kind of baffled and underwhelmed by Pokemon Snap back in 99’ but as time has gone by, my appreciation for it has only grown. I really like the idea of this on-rails photography game where instead of making Pokemon battle one another, you are simply observing them in their native environment. Well, and throwing a bunch of junk at them. Not the most responsible thing to be teaching kids perhaps?