{"id":926,"date":"2021-07-14T04:56:51","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T19:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=926"},"modified":"2022-12-01T16:22:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-01T07:22:27","slug":"20210615-926","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20210615-926\/","title":{"rendered":"Official Japanese Pokemon Twitter account holds a New Pok\u00e9mon Snap \u201cclumsy\u201d photo contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Publication date of the <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20210615-165547\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>: 2021-06-15 19:31 (JST)<br>Translated by. Nick Mosier<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>The Pok\u00e9mon Company opened the \u201c<em><strong>New Pok\u00e9mon Snap<\/strong> <\/em>Clumsy Photo Contest<em>\u201d <\/em>through the official Japanese Twitter account in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Players just need to add the hashtag \u201c#New\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u30b9\u30ca\u30c3\u30d7\u3078\u305f\u304f\u305d\u5199\u771f\u9078\u624b\u6a29\u201d (<em>New Pok\u00e9mon Snap <\/em>Clumsy Photo Contest) to participate in the lighthearted event.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/New%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B1%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8A%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%81%B8%E3%81%9F%E3%81%8F%E3%81%9D%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E6%A8%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#New\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u30b9\u30ca\u30c3\u30d7\u3078\u305f\u304f\u305d\u5199\u771f\u9078\u624b\u6a29<\/a> \ud83d\udcf8<br><br>\u611b\u304c\u3053\u3082\u3063\u305f\u3001\u3078\u305f\u304f\u305d\u5199\u771f\u304a\u5f85\u3061\u3057\u3066\u304a\u308a\u307e\u3059\ud83d\ude0a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kURxQQJkFc\">pic.twitter.com\/kURxQQJkFc<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u60c5\u5831\u5c40 (@poke_times) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/poke_times\/status\/1404604602218070016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>#NewPokemonSnapClumsyPhotoChampionship We\u2019re waiting for your clumsy, but taken with love, photographs<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>New Pok\u00e9mon Snap <\/em>is a title that Nintendo released on April 30 for the Nintendo Switch, with development being handled by Bandai Namco. The protagonist of the title is on a mission to help Professor Mirror research more about the untamed Lental region by taking photos of Pok\u00e9mon in their natural habitats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lental region is made up of various islands and areas that players explore from the comfort of the NEO-ONE, a vehicle that moves automatically so that players have a full 360 degrees of freedom to snap amazing Pok\u00e9mon pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <em>New Pok\u00e9mon Snap,<\/em> photos are given a score based on various criteria. Scores will vary depending on things like how big the Pok\u00e9mon is in the frame, how rare of an action they&#8217;re performing, and if other Pok\u00e9mon are in the shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It might sound like you need real photography skills to play, but that isn\u2019t really the case. That\u2019s because in addition to the routes being on rails, the photography equipment also has its settings fixed so you don\u2019t have to consider various aspects of photography like the camera\u2019s angle of view or focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos can also be edited afterwards, but the freedom is limited. Getting high scores in <em>New Pok\u00e9mon Snap<\/em> is more about capturing rare situations, so getting a great picture (i.e., getting high scores) can usually be done with just some trial and error.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1368\" height=\"770\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210615-165547-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-929\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210615-165547-001.jpg 1368w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210615-165547-001-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210615-165547-001-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210615-165547-001-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210615-165547-001-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210615-165547-001-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210615-165547-001-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210615-165547-001-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/20210615-165547-001-746x420.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1368px) 100vw, 1368px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>But the Clumsy Photo Contestcan be thought of as trial-and-error in the opposite direction. Trying to take clumsy looking photos can be an art unto itself. It can be hard to define what exactly is a bad photo, but Twitter is already filled with creative entries like Pok\u00e9mon with their eyes half-closed and Pok\u00e9mon that look like they\u2019ve just had it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are also extreme close-ups, pictures that are partially cut off, and other ideas lovingly crafted by players. The official Pok\u00e9mon news account @poke_times also uploaded an interesting sample photo of an Alolan Raichu that slipped in the sand.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/555zzz315\/status\/1404623333497348096\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>Cute pictures where their eyes are halfway closed.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/hbiHtr3udjf\/status\/1404621146226532363\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>I tried to get pictures of them grinning, but no matter how you look at them, their expressions say there isn\u2019t a single thought going on up there.<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u547c\u3070\u308c\u305f\u6c17\u304c\u3057\u305f(\u521d\u65e5\u306e)<br> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/New%E3%83%9D%E3%82%B1%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%8A%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%81%B8%E3%81%9F%E3%81%8F%E3%81%9D%E5%86%99%E7%9C%9F%E9%81%B8%E6%89%8B%E6%A8%A9?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#New\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u30b9\u30ca\u30c3\u30d7\u3078\u305f\u304f\u305d\u5199\u771f\u9078\u624b\u6a29<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qz9COVoj5S\">pic.twitter.com\/Qz9COVoj5S<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u2660\ufe0f\u2665\ufe0f\u714c\u9f8d\u2666\ufe0f\u2663\ufe0f (@koryukaito) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/koryukaito\/status\/1404658509937930242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption><font size=\"2\"><strong>Tweet Translation:<br><\/strong>Did someone call for me?<\/font><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><em>New Pok\u00e9mon Snap <\/em>is mostly a game about taking good pictures, but the variety of good pictures that can be taken is fairly limited, so flipping that on its head to have a clumsy photo contest is actually pretty clever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check the hashtag <em>#New<\/em>\u30dd\u30b1\u30e2\u30f3\u30b9\u30ca\u30c3\u30d7\u3078\u305f\u304f\u305d\u5199\u771f\u9078\u624b\u6a29 to see all the clumsy, but lovingly composed photographs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Official Japanese Pokemon Twitter account holds a New Pok\u00e9mon Snap \u201cclumsy\u201d photo contest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":930,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17,70],"class_list":["post-926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news","tag-pokemon-series"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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