Which platform hosted the first Pokémon Snap game?

The first Pokémon Snap game was released for the Nintendo 64. Unlike the main role-playing games, it asked players to photograph Pokémon in their natural environments instead of catching them in battles.

Pokémon Snap was developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo. It first launched in Japan in March 1999 and reached North America later that year. Players controlled Todd Snap, a photographer working for Professor Oak, and rode along fixed paths while attempting to capture clear and interesting images of Pokémon.

The game used the Nintendo 64’s 3D graphics and included interactions that could reveal hidden Pokémon or produce better photographs. It is sometimes confused with New Pokémon Snap, released for Nintendo Switch in 2021. New Pokémon Snap continues the photography concept but is a separate sequel, while the original Nintendo 64 title helped establish photography as a distinct Pokémon gameplay format.