New Pokémon Snap Gameplay Mechanics & Elements

The general capture of photograps has changed somewhat. In the previous game, you could carry 60 photos per run through the stage but this game allows you to take 75 photos. In addition to that, you have the ability of not needing to zoom in to take the photo, allowing you to quickly take one.

When your pictures get ranked, they get a Star Rating. This is based on what the Pokémon is doing with 1 Star being a general shot up to 4 Star being them doing something spectacular.

Illumina Orbs replace the Pester Balls in the game and provide a new change in the gameplay. Rather than anger Pokémon, the Illumina Orbs will provide a luminesence to the Pokémon, causing nearby Pokémon to react positively and changing the Pokémon's behaviour

They can also be used to lure Pokémon out of hiding spots.

In this game, you have the capability of using the scan function to get details on any Pokémon nearby, and even scan various elements of the stages in order to get more information. Pokémon react in a variety of ways from the scan, depending on your Research Level, from running away to waving to the camera.

In this game, after taking the photo and returning to Professor Mirror's lab, you now can edit the photo. This has a variety of options for you to alter including the zoom, crop, colour saturation and more.

There is also the capability of putting stickers and other customisation options on the image.

These images can then be shared online and rated by other players