A game that I had been wanting for years because I was very fond of the original, but the concept is very weak on paper. It's fun to take pictures of Pokémon and stare at the beautiful visuals.. but only for a short while.

I don't really know how to make this game better, but what I do despise is that you're locked off from going to different areas until you reach a certain amount of points from the photos you've already taken. This means that you'll have to go through the same levels over and over again just to see maybe 1 new Pokémon to take a photo of, which gets monotonous. There's only so many times you can go, "OH MY GODDD!!! SPHEAL!!!!!" before your intrusive thoughts take over and you start visualizing what it would be like to punt one across the map.

That being said though, the Pokémon universe is so EXPANSIVE and has SO MUCH going on in it that it's actually a CRIME that they don't make more side-line games like this anymore that breaks away from the mechanics of the main-line games. I love Pokémon and I will always go after these titles because they're actually creative, even if they miss the mark sometimes. I beg to God himself to please bless me with more Pokémon games that aren't the same thing every year.

Anyways, there's no Lickitung in this game though so I incinerated my copy of it.