Pokémon Sun - Nintendo 3DS

If youve been away from Pokémon for a while like I have, this is the best time to jump back in. Pokemon sun breathes a huge revitalization back into the series, with new features like the ride pager and a breathtaking new region. The new graphical updates in Sun are miles ahead of X and Y and make them look bad in comparison (in a good way)! On top of all the new and shiny, you have the classic pokemon series with brand new animations that are absolutely phenomenally animated. While the post game may be slightly lacking, and the S.O.S battles need a little work, this title will get you hours and hours of game time, and provide you with a new interesting story and take on the pokemon world!

late to the program here, but i havent had time to play it i didnt buy it. i absolutely love this game, and it has possibly beaten pokemon gold&silver as my favorite pokemon game. i love alola, the alolan forms, the trial setup, and especially the fact that pokemon are finally integrated into daily life: your mom has a meowth, and there are pokemon npcs everywhere, from snubull to mimikyu. and you can hear pokemon cries mixed in with the soundtrack, which itself is amazing. my absolute favorite thing: the plot. no spoilers, but this plot actually had substance, as much for kids as for adults, as well as complex morals and touching on a family subject that isnt talked about ever, when it should be. i actually didnt get gen6 because i felt pokemon was going downhill in gens4 and 5, aka pearl/diamond/platinum and black/white. i just didnt enjoy them as much, they were too easy and simplistic, and i was done playing with them in less than 50h. also more than a few of the pokemon designs were unoriginal or even downright ugly (im looking at you, garbodor), which i still feel in sun&moon but the alolan forms helped a lot with that, along with creating less new pokemon and bringing back ones we hadnt seen in a long time, and the ultra beasts which i was leery of but turned out great. strangely for islands, you hardly spend any time in the water, which is a shame. trainer customisation is great, i really didnt like the bobble-head look of x/y. and pokemon ride! best idea ever. i realllly want them to bring back having your pokemon walk besides you. pokepelago and pokerefresh? more awesomeness. my faith in pokemon and nintendo has been restored. i might even get sun&moon2, depending on what they do with the plot and new content.

I grew up playing every pokemon portable & console games since the 90s. I loved the first three gens but didnt really enjoy what came after those (probably because I got older and the new pokemon didnt really look right + the repetativeness of the similar storylines/playstyles). I didnt expect myself to enjoy Pokemon Sun but got it anyway to just check it out. I got this yesterday and OMG I could not get my hands off of my DS (that had been collecting dust for the last few years) for 3 straight hours. I feel like gamefreak really tried hard to add new aspects that make this game more fun and a little different. If you are a pokemon fan, its a must have.

Pokemon Sun and Moon are a blast, and heres why I say that: 1) A fresh, mature, in-depth story and characters youd expect from Final Fantasy or Mass Effect. 2) Fun and challenging battles. Gone is the lack of difficulty of Gen 6; the level curve for trainers is higher than any other game in the series and the AI is absolutely ruthless. Dont expect to sweep through entire teams just because your moves are super effective, you need legitimate tactics to get through the game 3) Changes to staple series mechanics. No more HMs taking up precious move slots on your pokemon, nor having five good pokemon and one HM slave. No more traditional gym battles, instead adding in Totem pokemon, essentially beefed-up bosses who use the new ally mechanic to double team you. All of this along with a great soundtrack, Pokemon Sun is a great game. The only negatives I would add are there arent many new pokemon, and the protagonist often smiles through intense cutscenes like an idiot.

Its a pretty nice game all things considered, be aware that once you get pretty far in your character basically becomes Lillies support character as she undergoes A LOT of development. The face your character makes (a blank smile) is all shell do in cutscenes aside from standing there and not moving with the rest of the cast until the scene ends and you move her around again for roughly 97% of the game. Dont think this is a deal breaker for a decent Pokemon title, it seems awkward and almost so much so to the point of comedy. And you will collect ALL OF THE CRYSTALS, man are there a lot!

I had this game pre-ordered for the longest time, and I was extremely excited when it finally arrived. I opened it right away and started playing. Having played Pokémon games in the past, I could say this game is like no other. The new features theyve introduced in the games only enhance game play. The Alola region is beautiful and Im so happy with how the game turned out. The storyline is written very well and it takes a while to play the whole thing. Any Pokémon lover is going to like this game. The only downfall Ive realized is that the game takes quite long to load, in battles, and when saving the game. Other than that, no complaints!

An Excellent addition to the pokemon series. It brings many changes the most noteworthy is the lack of pokemon gyms but the game makes this work well. The other is the introduction is Z moves there is one for each pokemon type lus ones for each final evolution of the starter trio as well as one for pikachu and another for Snorlax although that oe is only obtainable in an event that is soon to end so it will soon be unobtainable. The new pokemon are the usual mix of cool looking and useful to the odd balls and the ones of questionable use. A particular favorite is Mimikyu a ghost/fairy type. The main drawback the newest crop of pokemon is they all seem to suffer to varying degrees from low speed stats especially the starters when compared to the starters of previous games. The other is popplio the water starter its starting form is fine once it evolves it becomes problematic as it takes on a very female esque form which if it was a female only or mostly likely to be female. The actual situation is just he opposite popplio has a 87.5 % chance of being male and only a 12.5% chance of being female. Now pokemon that have a definite female or male look to them is hardly new , it dates back to the original games but this is the first time a starter has had the issue and perhaps the first time the odds of getting the gender the pokemon most resemble is so low. The Npcs are great an entertaining the new professor is a hoot. The story is excellent there is much i could say about but i shall avoid giving spoilers. I will however say there is a proper mix of Comedy, Drama, Adventure and Tragedy. Its certainly not Shakespeare but it is a worthy addition to pokemon lore. Highly recommended.

This game is overall a real fun game. I started out with Rowlet the grass starter. I probobly shouldve chosen popplio because the pokemon league is really hard and fairy types are really useful. Dont get me wrong I like Decidueye better, but popplio is really good with what type it is. My team is Decidueye, Mudsdale, Solgaleo, Lycanrock, Lurantis, and Kommo-o. After it was hard to defeat the pokemon league, I decided to fill up the pokedex. I didnt care much about the older pokemon, just the new alolan pokemon. Sorry I got only to the story, so the only flaw with the game is how many cutscenes it has. There are so many pokemon to add to your poledex and to get new information from. I hope you get this game as well.

Ive been shamelessly playing pokemon since the release of Gold and Silver when I was finally able to get my hands on a gameboy color. I think this game is great. I love how it is different in that there are trials instead of battling gym after gym. More character customization options. Gets rid of HMs and replaces it with a really cool alternative that doesnt require you to alter you teams move sets. The dialogue is downright stupid/awkward most of the time and team skull, in my opinion, has to be the dumbest group of villains weve yet to encounter in the pokemon franchise. Though on the other hand, sometimes its so stupid that I find myself laughing out loud, I find entertainment in the stupidity. But kids would like it Im sure. Anyways, this game is highly enjoyable for the veteran players as well as first time players.

Did you know there are no more HMs in this game? Yeah, there are no more HMs. If youre not a fan of long (2 minute or so) cutscenes, I wouldnt recommend this generation of pokemon. But if youre craving to have cutscenes in a pokemon game to make it much more of a story-based RPG, then this has ya covered. The first few hours (depending on how fast you get through the intro) are pretty hand-holdy, but they mostly let go and let you explore afterwards. Its a great starting/restarting point in the series, and they dont to expect you to know everything about pokemon.