– Printing from various games such as Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Super Mario and New Pokémon Snap
FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) is pleased to announce a collaboration between the popular Nintendo Switch game controller and the “instax mini Link” (Link) phone printer, which offers a whole new printing experience where you can print from game
The new mobile application*1 dedicated to the Link allows you to print game moments from the Nintendo Switch.
There are several scenes that you want to take screenshots of, such as moments to remember in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, the memory of clearing a stage in Super Mario, the best images of the characters and the encounters with rare characters in New Pokémon Snap 2.
By turning these images and videos shot on the Nintendo Switch into an instax print with the Link, via the dedicated phone app and saving them as a collection or decorating the room with them, the game world and its characters can feel more close and the way of enjoying the game is expanded even more.
The exclusive instax mini Link for Nintendo Switch phone app allows you to print game screenshots (stills/videos) from the Nintendo Switch to the Link with a simple operation that scans the QR code displayed on the Nintendo Switch. The dedicated app for phones will be available on April 30, 2021, the same day as the new game New Pokémon Snap for Nintendo Switch. New Pokémon Snap is a game where you can find various Pokémon and enjoy catching it while watching the facial expressions and gestures that you can’t see normally. This application for smartphones offers a new experience to enjoy printing the best moments as instax prints through the Link.
The phone app’s screen layout can be selected from three popular games, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Super Mario, and New Pokémon Snap, and allows you to enjoy the app’s operation while playing the game. In addition, “Print with Frame”, which is one of the most popular features of the Link, which allows you to print photos with different types of frames, has also added the three new layouts to the existing ones. This allows the user to enjoy a print with the frame of his favorite game. This phone app can be downloaded for free by anyone, including current Link users.
In addition, a new color is coming to the current Link line to celebrate this collaboration “Ash White (Red and Blue)”*3. While using ash white, popular in the current range, as the base color, it blends with the Nintendo Switch by applying red around the print output slot and blue around the power button on the front of the body. the printer.
The new color “Ash White (Red and Blue)” will be released separately, and a special kit with a silicone case designed with the popular character Pikachu will also be available to celebrate the launch of New Pokémon Snap on April 30. . This special kit will go on sale with a limited number of units.
The unique value and excitement of instax, which allows for a fun gaming experience in a visual way, will be promoted mainly online, on social media and in stores under the slogan “instax your hero”.