New Pokemon Snap release date revealed as pre-orders open up Eric Abent - Jan 14, 2021, 8:45am CST Last year, The Pokemon Company and Nintendo revealed that after a 20 year year wait, Pokemon Snap is finally getting a sequel. Dubbed simply New Pokemon Snap, this sequel was revealed for the Nintendo Switch, but at the time of reveal, we didn’t get confirmation of a release date. That all changed today, with The Pokemon Company and Nintendo finally announcing a release date for the highly anticipated game. We even got a new trailer for New Pokemon Snap to go along with this announcement.