New Pokemon Snap dev says he heard about “a couple of attempts” at making a new entry, concept art shared

Many have wondered why Pokemon Snap has taken so long to return. After the game appeared on the N64, we haven’t seen a new entry in over twenty years. There have been opportunities for Pokemon Snap to return, with some feeling that the Wii U GamePad would have been a perfect fit for example.

Interestingly, it seems that there have been internal discussions previously about returning to Pokemon Snap over the years. Haruki Suzaki, who’s directing the Switch entry, told Metro that he “heard there had been a couple of attempts at making a new Pokemon Snap before.”

Regarding the origins of New Pokemon Snap, Suzaki said:

“When I started on this project, I had heard there had been a couple of attempts at making a new Pokémon Snap before. The idea of photography has changed so much in the last 20 years, combined with the new Nintendo Switch hardware, that we thought it was the perfect time to create a new version of Pokémon Snap, and that’s why we started the project.”

Thanks to Metro, we also have a look at some concept for New Pokemon Snap. Check out the images in the gallery below.

New Pokemon Snap launches for Switch on April 30.