Retro Review: Pokemon Snap (N64)

Release Date: March 21, 1999 Developer: HAL Laboratory, Inc.; Nintendo Co., Ltd. Publisher: Nintendo Co., Ltd. When Pokemon Snap was announced for the Wii U Virtual Console, there were some smiles among fans of the series. The game, originally released on the Nintendo 64 in 1999, was already available on the Wii’s Virtual Console, and that version is compatible with the Wii U. The new version merely adds Game Pad support. Still, enough people were pleased that it warranted some news coverage. I was among the few who questioned why Nintendo would choose to release this game on a lame-duck system that doesn’t have that large a user base.