Pokémon Sun - Nintendo 3DS

Very pleased with this game! The change from gyms to island challenges is a welcome change and brings life back to the game! The avatar customization returns, and Ive always enjoyed that. The ride pokemon addition is wonderful, no longer do I need an HM pokemon in my team! I can just hit Y and call for a ride pokemon! Pokemon refresh is a wonderful way to save your money, instead of buying antidotes and such, you can just treat your pokemon with pokemon refresh and boom!, the status effect is gone! Its also a huge help with gaining friendship. Id only had my Eeeve for a few days, before it evolved from friendship into an Umbreon! The pokemon calling for help feature is very annoying however. I was trying to catch a Magby and it called for help four times, each time another Magby appearing. It took far too long for me to be able to catch it and took a whole lot of health out of my Pokemon because I had to keep fighting two on one battles before I could throw the pokeball! Also, I dont enjoy the trade being in the festival plaza. It was so much easier when it was just its own little button in the main menu. Another thing, the new game button is gone from the main menu. You have to hold down up+b+x on the main screen just to be able to reset the game!

Ive been a poke-fan since childhood. Ive looked forward to all the new GB-DS-3DS games over the years. This particular game, although awesome, leaves me saddened. There are no Pokemon Gyms! No League! The storyline seems like a combination of Pokemon Ranger & Yo-Kai Watch. Which isnt necessarily a bad thing, its just very different, more childish! Moves now have super effective, not effective, etc description on them, which dumbs it down a little, and it makes sense if theyre trying to reach a much younger audience (5-8 y.o). I know my 6 y.o loves that it tells him which moves work best! Not to mention the dramatic change in appearance in Pokemon like Rattata & Grimer! I do like the game, and will always be a Poké-Fan, I guess I just dont deal with change all too well :P!

I bought this for my wife because she is a huge Pokémon fan. She loves it! She is a veteran on the series (childhood game with Pokémon Blue/Red) but finds the improvements to be really nice. She likes the ability to tend your Pokémon after they battle to remove conditions and improve their happiness levels. Its a nice system :). She also points out its a great game to start getting into Pokémon. If you or the person you are thinking of buying this for hasnt played Pokémon before its a great time to get into the game. And if you are a veteran it is still great as always!

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.

Let me just say that I adore Pokemon. Ive been watching the show since it first aired in the US, Ive played every main series game since Silver, as well as a few of the offshoot games, Ive collected cards and more-so naturally when I heard an all new region would be released for the 3ds I was very excited, and the hype around the games grew until I could barely wait for the next news. And when it came... Well, at first, I wasnt as impressed as I thought I would be. Mostly because I was super excited to play and the intro scene takes FOREVER. Seriously, I know its necessary for the story but the whole beginning is so slowww. Its kind of like the start to Pokemon Black and White but longer. I actually thought I wouldnt like the game much at all as I started playing. And then the story took off...and I was BLOWN AWAY. This game is beautiful! I love the scenery, the look of the models, the new pokemon...(well most of them, anyway...) and I would definitely recommend it. But the best thing about this game, is the story. This story was so much fun to follow, even if it was a bit obvious at times. I found myself loving Lillie and Kukuis characters, feeling meh about Haus (hes actually around less than you would expect), curious about Gladion and wanting Guzma to be...I dont know, more, prevalent I guess. But the fact the game made me actually want me to see these characters grow and better themselves-thats impressive. Ive gone on a bit too much by now so Ill end this here. I suggest if you like Pokemon, or RPGs, give this at least one try. Also, for the record, UB Gluttony or whatever looks like a heartless boss jumped out of Kingdom Hearts and invaded Pokemon. Its weird and Im not sure how to feel about it.

Ill keep this review updated as I go but this is the most unplayable DAY 1 release Ive ever witnessed and Ive been buying Pokemon games on release day since red and blue back in the 90s. And despite being an oldie - I am definitely not the type to hate new changes. I loved ORAS and XY and B2W2 (XY had a small struggle because Nintendo completely bungled the Pokemon Bank release, but the game was still wonderful from day 1). The last time I was this infuriated by Pokemon was with the original Black and White when there was that annoying character following you around the whole game interrupting the flow of gameplay with inane button mashed scrolls of garbage small talk. However, this one is worse by far. It took 90 MINUTES of game play before I could even get to a Pokemon Center, save and discover that Pokemon Bank was unavailable (and sadly Pokemon bank is the least of my problems here). I had bred a level 1 Omanyte and Dunsparce in ORAS to try to make my first playthrough of Sun be more challenging (they tend to make each generation more and more idiot friendly - for example, taking away type-matching by giving players a cheat prompt now in Sun and Moon). Anyway, not being able to import my Pokemon was definitely a bummer and really inexcusable for Nintendo (theyre like the lazy employee at a job) but still not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is that even after 90 minutes of absolutely horrible intro-scene/tutorial patchwork, finally being able to get to the Pokemon center -- the intro-montage STILL isnt over! Its like they have gone out of their way to design a game that should have been titled BUTTON MASH MEANINGLESS SCROLLS OF GARBAGE: Pokemon themed edition. Anyway. Im super disappointed. I dont know how anyone is supposed to get into this story line with all this crap pulling you out of the game mentally. It feels like a chore to play this so far and it shouldnt feel like that after two hours. I should actually be able to play the game at this point. :::EDIT::: Once you get past the horrible intro sequence this game is actually really good. Its not as good as ORAS but I would rate it above BW1 and BW2 (below HG/SS) But hey, its beautiful and apparently thats all most people care about. One plus, they eventually made it compatible with PokeBank. Although unlike every past gen, this one was hackable on day one so I never understood the point of putting off the PokeBank release since it just hurt people who wanted to play legit and did nothing to prevent GTS from being overrun by hack-mons and zubats.

In the Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon games, embark on an adventure as a Pokémon Trainer and catch, battle and trade all-new Pokémon on the tropical islands of the Alola Region. Engage in intense battles, and unleash new powerful moves. Discover and interact with Pokémon while training and connecting with your Pokémon to become the Pokémon Champion! The Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon games for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems represent the seventh and latest installment of the core Pokémon series.

If you like Pokemon you will love this . The improved way of getting stuff done easier. I hate how they messed up fishing. You have to a group of rocks to fish and it has to have bubble to get any thing but crappy fish Pokemon. The start of the game is slow getting thought and boring but once you get through that it is great. I dont like that some Pokemon can only get when a certain Pokemon calls for help. I hate that you cant throw a pokeball when their is more than one Pokemon in the field. Also that some Pokemon can evolve in one area near the end of the game and that some have to be female. Female that you need are hard to get for those. The map seem clunky.

Yes, I know, why make a review this late? Isnt Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon already out. Well, I say better now than never and because I got this game rather late (Why? Not even I know as Im a die-hard Pokemon fan so maybe because I was a bit broke recently, I guess). Enough about me though, let me review this games strengths and drawbacks using a handy list! Lets start with the good: 1. New Pokemon!!! The Alohan versions of past Pokemon are very awesome. 2. The character you play as is very customizable. (Probably the most customizable character as of yet) 3. The graphics are amazing and better than any past Gameboy and DS Pokemon game before. 4. The plot is pretty epic. (All games have been story driven but still) 5. Features like the Exp. Share quickly raise your pokemons levels. (Very useful when training a barely caught pokemon you wanna put in your team) 6. Some new things are introduced like Z- moves, Poke Pelago, even easier connection with other players close and far. 7. Theres something called Ride pokemon which fuction as like helping you search for hidden items, surf, fly, run crazy fast, etc. This means you no longer have to teach your personal team any of those pesky HM moves. This gives you much more freedom to create a diverse and awesome team. Its unfortunate, but there are some bad stuff I didnt like. Here goes: 1. I dont like the layout of the this region. Its divided by 4 islands. The concept at first was cool but it got tiring fast. It makes it seem like all the towns, cities, and routes are squished in together and literally find yourself in circles. 2. Some Pokemon, items, and locations are very far off in the story. If you want a specific pokemon, item, or reach a place so you can evolve a specific pokemon, get one into your team, or need a item to evolve your pokemon, then tough luck because you have to play until you reach it which kinds sucks. (I wanted a Porygon and Type: Null but apparently you cant get them until AFTER the story... that sucks a lot...to say the least). 3. Wheres Super Training? I want it back ever so bad. Sure, the mini games in it were tedious but at least they increased your Pokemons stats. (Theres Hyper Traning but you can only do that if your Pokemon are in level 100.) 4. The game seems so short. Unlike other games like HeartGold/SoulSilver or Platinum which seem much longer. 5. So theres new Pokemon but there are few that catch my attention. (Other than the Alohan versions of previous Pokemon). 6. Since at least Gen 6, the games have become way too easy. As a seasoned Pokemon player, I dont like the hand holding the games are doing now. I wish they continued what they did in Gen 5, which had difficulty levels. 7. Lets talk about... Z - Moves. They are not nearly as cool as Mega evolution. Sure, the Z- Moves summon insanely powerful moves but its still disappointing compared to Mega Evolution. This games pretty much ignores Mega Evolution, which is a downer. The only bonus is that you watch as your character does a ridiculous dance like movement to unleash the Z-Moves. Its amusing. Ok, so this is the main stuff I liked and didnt like about Pokemon Sun. Yes, its still a good game I would keep in my collection and its replayable but some stuff was left out of previous games that made them unforgettable. The Z-moves just arent doing it for me. The island layout is not that amazing in my opinion. However, features like Ride Pokemon and other older features like the Exp. Share contribute to make this game pretty awesome. So overall, a good game that could of been a bit better but its still worth playing and enjoying the way it is.

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.