Photography
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The concept of photography has appeared in many Pokémon games. Starting with its introduction in the game Pokémon Snap, photography has appeared in several other games since.
In the games
Pokémon Snap
In Pokémon Snap, the entire game is based around the concept of photography. In Pokémon Snap, the player (as Todd Snap) must take the best possible photographs of the 63 Pokémon findable on Pokémon Island for Professor Oak's Pokémon Report.
The player controls the camera from a first-person perspective. To view through the camera lens, the player must hold the "Z" button. The shutter button is operated with the "A" button. In the game, the player can receive tools to aid their picture-taking such as Pokémon food, Pester Balls, and the Poké Flute.
For a period of time after the release of Pokémon Snap, Pokémon Snap Sticker Stations were available at Blockbuster Video stores, which allowed a player to print out their photos on stickers for $3. These Sticker Stations were available in the USA and Canada. In the Wii Virtual Console version, players can post them to the Wii's Address book.
Pokémon Yellow, Gold, Silver and Crystal
Pokémon Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal are compatible with the Game Boy Printer accessory. By talking to a character labeled as a "photographer", players are able to print out stats of any Pokémon in their party. Also in Gold, Silver and Crystal, although photography isn't mentioned, there is a mail called Portrait Mail that has the silhouette of the Pokémon holding it as its design.
Pokémon Diamond, Pearl and Platinum
The player can get a picture of their Pokémon taken with Accessories on in Jubilife City at the Jubilife TV building.
Pokémon Stadium
In Pokémon Stadium, there is a "Gallery" mode where players can take photographs of their Pokémon. A player may photograph Pokémon from their Generation I Game Boy game (using the Transfer Pak) or they may photograph the game's rental Pokémon. The controls are identical to that of Pokémon Snap, but without the extra items such as the Pester Balls. Photos taken in Gallery Mode could be printed on stickers at the Pokémon Snap Sticker Stations.
My Pokémon Ranch
In My Pokémon Ranch, players are able to take photos of their Pokémon during any of the random ranch events (such as the Clock and the Totem Pole) or when they are playing with any of the toys that a player may buy for their Pokémon. The quality of the photo can be increased with the "Focus Lock" function.
Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver
In Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions, there are many areas in Johto and Kanto where the player may take photos of him/herself and their partner, although the player will often be able to photograph themselves with their entire party. These photos are recorded in a photo album (which stores up to 36 photos in the PC). A man will periodically be found in both Kanto and Johto at varying times. He will take pictures of the player's party and the surrounding area.
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Super Smash Bros. Series
Super Smash Bros. Melee
Players of Super Smash Bros. Melee are able to take pictures of certain battle scenes in Camera Mode. Photos take up 4-12 blocks from the GameCube memory card. Camera Mode requires two controllers - player two takes a photo of player one's battle.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Players of Super Smash Bros. Brawl may also to take pictures of certain battle scenes if the game is paused. Photographs typically take 1 block of memory from either the Wii's memory or from the SD Card memory. Photos taken in Super Smash Bros. Brawl can be transferred to a personal computer and converted to JPEGs using various programs or websites available online. The players can also take pictures of stages they created.
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Great Adventure
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Great Adventure gives the player the ability to take pictures from the game similar to previous Wii and WiiWare games.
In the anime
Photography has also appeared in the anime. The first appearance of photography in the anime was in the episode Pokémon Paparazzi, which aired shortly after the release of Pokémon Snap. In the episode, Team Rocket hires Todd Snap, a photographer, to "capture" Pikachu, not realizing that Todd means to capture Pikachu on film. Photography appears again in the episode A Maze-ing Race!, where Team Rocket tries to take a group picture of Ash's, Dawn's, and Brock's Pokémon in exchange for a map. In Jumping Rocket Ship!, Team Rocket disguise themselves as photographers in an attempt to capture the Pokémon of Ash and his friends.
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
In the Pokémon Adventures manga, Todd Snap appeared in the Emerald arc as a reporter. At the end of the chapter, after looking at Todd's pictures of the events at the Battle Frontier, Professor Oak asked him if he could work with him and if he could go to an island where there are lots of Pokémon, and take pictures of them.
Pokémon Battle Frontier
In the Pokémon Battle Frontier manga, Anabel is disguised as a photographer taking photographs around the Battle Frontier.
In the TCG
Though not prevalent, photography has appeared throughout the TCG multiple times. The first times were the CoroCoro Pokémon Snap Contest and the Nintendo 64 Pokémon Snap Contest. Entries consisted of pictures snapped from Pokémon Snap. Ten entries were chosen, and the entries were used on extremely rare reprints. The exact number of these cards is unknown.
Imakuni? and Poké Dude are the only two cards using actual photographs of people-Tomoaki Imakuni and Hironobu Yoshida respectfully-and were released as promotional cards.
The Pokémon Rumble card collection also used photography as illustrations for the cards. This nineteen card collection was released in conjunction with Pokémon Rumble, and used screenshots from the game as their illustration. They were not credited with the normal Illus. by, but simply as Pokémon Rumble.
Any card with a Pokémon Pikachu copyright are considered to be photographs of the anime. These copyrights have been used for movie promotions ever since 2003, and are mostly used to represent anime characters or their Pokémon.
