New Pokémon Snap is getting a free update with new areas in August

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What you need to know

  • New Pokémon Snap launched or Nintendo Switch back on April 30, 2021.
  • A free content update for New Pokémon Snap is coming on August 3.
  • This update contains new areas for players to explore and more.

New Pokémon Snap has been in players' hands for some time now but there'll soon be more to explore. On Thursday, the official Pokémon Twitter account announced a free content update for New Pokémon Snap is coming on August 3, 2021. You can take a look at what to expect in the update below:

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This update is fairly comprehensive for a free update, bringing three big new areas for players to explore. The list of Pokémon in New Pokémon Snap will also be growing, so if you've already snapped stellar shots of the 217 cutesy critters in the game, there'll be 20 more for you to photograph.

This free update should help prop up one best Nintendo Switch games of 2021, tiding players over as the wait for future titles continue.

If you're looking for other unique Pokémon games to play, Pokémon Unite is a free-to-play MOBA that's now available on Nintendo Switch. There are cosmetics and other items available for purchase but you don't have to spend anything if you don't want to.

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Pull out your cameras

Explore the Lental Region as you ride along a cart and take pictures of over 200 different Pokémon. As you level up, more creatures will appear and will be more likely to strike different poses. If you snap an excellent pic, you can share it with others online.

Samuel Tolbert
Samuel Tolbert
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Samuel Tolbert is a freelance gaming writer who started working for iMore and its sister sites Windows Central and Android Central in July 2019. He handles news, previews, reviews, and exclusive original reporting, and has also been featured on TechRadar.

With a background studying engineering before he shifted his focus to gaming journalism, he's skilled at identifying technical advantages and disadvantages provided by different hardware. If he’s not writing something, he’s off playing video games, spending time with his pets, exercising, or reading. He's also fond of trying to draw things with his iPad.