How New Pokémon Snap Scores Photos, Explained | Screen Rant
Releasing next month, New Pokémon Snap promises to take players to a new region while bringing back that classic Pokémon Snap feel. As expected, Trainers will go on tours to document all the Pokémon they find by snapping photos. These photos will be scored by Professor Mirror, who will rank the photographs based on a number of factors. Here's everything to know about New Pokémon Snap's photo scoring system.
New Pokémon Snap will improve the original's photo mode in a number of ways. This includes a greater number of photos Trainers can store at one time, as well as the option to add stickers and other customization features to photographs. Like the original, though, New Pokémon Snap will have a professor scoring the photos that players take.
In New Pokémon Snap, the scoring is done by Professor Mirror in the Lental region. There are a lot of Pokémon confirmed for the game already, as players will want to try to fill up their Photodex. Nintendo and Game Freak have hinted that players will have chances to snap photos of Legendary, Mythical, and possibly even Shiny Pokémon as well. All of this will decide what kind of score a photo receives from Professor Mirror.
The customizable features for photographs in New Pokémon Snap include adjusting the brightness, zoom, and blur. Stickers and other items can be added to make photos feel unique, but Professor Mirror's score depends on what's in the photo itself - the actual Pokémon.
Photos in New Pokémon Snap will be ranked on a one- to four-star point system. One star is the lowest, while four-star photos are the highest. Multiple factors will go into the final score that Professor Mirror gives Trainers' photos. For instance, a rarer Pokémon like a Shiny will earn a bigger score than something common like a Swanna. Other factors include pose, size, and direction. The placement of the Pokémon, what's in the background, and whether or not other Pokémon are in the photo will also contribute to Professor Mirror's score.
Overall, the photo scoring system found in New Pokémon Snap should be pretty easy to figure out. After a while, players should know what Professor Mirror is looking for in photographs, and be able to take photos accordingly. New Pokémon Snap is set to release on April 30th, 2021.
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