10 Terrible Video Games You Didn't Realise Were Wildly Successful

3. Pokemon Snap

First, we understand that this is a children's game, created for children, but we can't help think it was created by children. Pokemon Snap is one of those concepts you say to yourself, "How is this even marketable?" But it was (and is). Pokemon Snap puts the gamer through a series of levels where he or she has to snap the best pictures of the Pokemon within that level; for instance, there is the Volcano level where you mainly find fire-based Pokemon; there you take pictures of Charmander (seen depicted above). The game is short and it is a great diversion from regular Pokemon games that we were used to. Some liked it, others found it annoying. But it's so rudimentary. Despite the mechanics of Pokemon Snap being somewhat interesting, taking picture after picture of Pokemon becomes boring to even the most enthused Pokemon fanatics. Simple game. Simple levels. Yes, it's for children, but so was Pokemon Red and Blue - and the rest of the Pokemon franchise. So how much did it sell? By the end of 1999 (over 10 years ago), Pokemon Snap was the sixth best-selling video game in the U.S., selling around 1.5 million copies.