A week before the new edition of Pokémon Snap shoot the Nintendo Switch , Fujifilm has revealed a re - branded version of itsInstax Mini Link printerthat will let players impress out hard copies of their best Pokéshots , as well as get users emphasise any picture with Nintendo - themed sticker , frames , and effects .
If you ’re honest-to-god enough to remember the original translation of Pokémon Snap on the Nintendo 64 , you probably also remember that Blockbuster video rental store installed something called Pokémon Snap Stations that allowed players to wreak in an N64 memory card full of their best shots and print out a sheet of Pokémon spine . In a time when societal spiritualist and sharing pics online was n’t a thing , printing out images was the next best thing , and Fujifilm is prove to recreate that experience 20 years later .
Two interlingual rendition of the Fujifilm Mini Link Special Edition will be uncommitted soon , including a $ 99 choice with Switch - theme accents next hebdomad on April 30 , and then a $ 120 bundle next calendar month that includes a bright yellow Pikachu - shaped silicone shell which is manifestly the adaptation everyone should choose for .
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Instead of having to lug a store card to a video rental store destined for defunctness , the Mini Link Special Edition uses an iOS or Android mobile app as a stepping Isidor Feinstein Stone between the Nintendo Switch and the printer . Users channel photos from the Switch ’s screenshot record album to their smartphone ’s camera roll ( using a process where the Switch generates a QR Code that a smartphone then apply to connect to the console table instantly over an ad - hoc wifi connection ) and then the Fujifilm app is used to edit and reframe images , as well as add fun Nintendo effects , before it ’s sent to the printer .
Unlike the old Game Boy Camera that used comparatively chinchy black and snowy thermic newspaper to generate photographic print , the Fujifilm Mini Link Special Edition relies on color film with 20 shots cost around $ 15 . If you ’ve got a youngster who ends up being a prolific Pokémon Snap photographer , covering the kitchen electric refrigerator with their portfolio could get expensive very speedily .
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