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The Genius Of New Pokemon Snap’s Solastalgia – Kotaku Australia
New Pokemon Snap takes the player’s freedom away, but in doing so, it exposes the brilliant solastalgia of the franchise.
6 hours into New Pokemon Snap, I stopped taking photos. As a Wailord breached on my right and the NEO-ONE exposed the Maricopia Reef’s sun, surf and squawking Wingulls, I realised what I’d been wishing from the Pokemon world. As a child, I wanted adventure, friendship and a pet Arcanine. As an adult, I wanted simplicity, beatitude and harmony with nature, but that harmony was as fantastical as my hopes of riding an Arcanine.
In 2003, Australian environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht coined the…
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