NAME: Pokémon Snap
SYSTEM: N64
MAKER: Nintendo/HAL/Jack and Beans
PRODUCER: 
GENRE: action?

GRAPHICS: 9. Very good for the N64
MUSIC: 8. Catchy, but clearly midi formatted
FUN: 10. Heh.... who'd have thunk?
REPLAY: 4. Short... a great rental
DIFFICULTY: 3. You can only expect so much from a photo-shooting game...
ENDING: 2. Pointless
STORYLINE: 4. See above
MULTIPLAYER: n/a
ORIGINALITY: 10. If there's something like it out there, I haven't played it
REALISM: 8. Fairly, but it's still Pokémon all the way
CONTROL: 9. No gripes here
MATURITY: 5. See "realism"

It's a simple idea-- try to take pictures of a bunch of Pokémon. And it turned out great.
Pokémon Snap is basically a point-and-click shooter, with nothing worse to shoot with than 
a camera, some apples, or Pokéballs filled with smelly stuff. I'm not sure why this game's 
any good-- it shouldn't be. But it is. The graphics are good for 64 bits (jeez, I'm brain-
washed by the Dreamcast already :^), and I like the occasional SNES-style sprites in the 
menus. The music's good too-- better than the GB Pokémons', but I still prefer real music 
to midi. There's a downside to this game though.... it's short and easy. Very short, and 
fairly easy. Maybe 6 hours tops. But that makes it an excellent rental. That's what I did.

OVERALL: ******** 85%

Reviewed on 1.28.2000