With the state of modern pokemon, I didn't have high hopes for this but it really managed to build on and surpass the original in pretty much every way. Unlike gamefreak's recent mainline pokemon entries, new snap does a great job displaying the unique personality and mannerisms of pokemon much like the original snap did back on the N64. The environments are very nice-looking and cozy with a lot of interesting hiding spots and interactive geography for the pokemon to mess around with. While still pretty short, there's more content than the original game with more islands and being able to explore them at different times.The light gimmick that the game focuses on is alright, it's not very interesting on regular pokemon but the patterns on the illumina pokemon look quite nice. The progression of the game's levels is pretty straightforward which I don't mind too much but it would've been nice if there were more obscure level unlocks like powering up the clawitzer to break through the rocks underwater. The new characters are alright enough but they don't really do much besides assigning requests. It's cool that they brought Todd back though. The only real problems I have with the game are that if you take multiple pictures of a pokemon with different star levels you can still only keep one, and if you take a picture that would've completed a request you still have to take it again after you get the request for it to count. Otherwise really nice sequel.