Many are excited for the release of New Pokemon Snap for the Nintendo Switch. While plenty of information will be available surrounding the game upon its release, there are some important questions that many prospective players may want answered before the release. One of these is how long the game will take to beat.
Despite New Pokemon Snap not coming out yet at the time of this writing, plenty of reviewers have already had the chance to play through the title. Because of this, there is already an entry on the website HowLongToBeat.com on the game's length with its main story.
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HowLongToBeat.com is a website that averages out user-submitted playthroughs for various games in order to calculate how long it takes to beat them. These times are additionally categorized by if the playthrough was rushed, played at leisure, and if the playthrough was just covering the main parts of the story. This website is especially helpful for anyone looking to see how long it takes to play a game to 100% completion.
With there only being one submission currently on HowLongToBeat.com for New Pokemon Snap, this average time is certainly up to change. This time however covers how long it took to just complete the game's main story, which took the submitter nine hours and twenty-nine minutes.
Because of this submission, it may take players far longer to see everything there is to find in New Pokemon Snap. The specific number of Pokemon and goals in-game is still unknown, possibly giving players even more hours of content outside of the main game's story. A better average of these times will be known after more players are able to submit their times, making for a more reasonable calculation of completion time.
Although reviewers have had the chance to play New Pokemon Snap, there is a question of who submitted this time to HowLongToBeat.com. The lone user on the game's page and the first submission belongs to user Angmar, a verified contributor to the website for nine years. He has additionally played through and submitted times for both Bayonetta games, all of the Bravely Default games, and many more titles.
Because of Angmar's verification, there currently is no reason to doubt his submitted time for New Pokemon Snap. Until more times are submitted for the title, his playthrough serves as a good estimate for those wondering how long it will take to go through this upcoming game.
New Pokemon Snap releases for Nintendo Switch on April 30th.
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Source: How Long To Beat