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How to Clear Practice Makes Perfect Request Walkthrough

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This is a guide to completing Practice Makes Perfect, a request in New Pokemon Snap (Pokemon Snap 2) for the Nintendo Switch. Here you can find what kind of photo you need, and how to take it, in order to clear Practice Makes Perfect, as well as the reward!

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Practice Makes Perfect Map and Request Information

General Info

Course Reef (Evening) Lv. 1 or higher
Target Pokemon New Pokemon Snap RaichuRaichu
Quest Giver Professor Mirror
How to Unlock ・After your first expedition in Reef (Evening)
Request Text ・“I saw a Raichu practicing its surfing at the beach. I wonder how it's coming along.”

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Reef (Evening) Walkthrough: List of Pokemon and How to Unlock

How to Clear Practice Makes Perfect

Take a Photo of Raichu Spinning Around

New Pokemon Snap - Practice Makes Perfect Photo

Head through the Reef (Evening) course until you find the Raichu near the whirpool. Wait for it to surf near the two Wailords.

Take a photo of it spinning around to complete the request. Use Burst Mode as the Pokemon performs this trick quickly.

Reward for Clearing Practice Makes Perfect

No Reward

There are no obtainable rewards for completing this request.

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Drifting Drifblim The Dancing Songstress Practice Makes Perfect
Round and Round Whirlpool Blast Off Take One, Please
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1 Anonymous Anonymous over 4 years

2nd raichu of the stage use turbo to get ahead of it before the last rock formation then snap the photo of it doing the 360 in the air

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