Whether or not they’ll be back for the next game, Game Freak were smart not to make it change the Pokémon in anyway unlike Mega Evolution. These moves don’t add a lot to the game much like Mega Evolutions but they play into the story that Pokémon are more powerful when the trainer and Pokémon are more in sync. No one but Snorlax can pull off a Pulverising Pancake for example. Some Z-Moves can be only performed by some Pokémon, but some other moves can be performed just by holding the crystal. There’s crystals for every move type and you can only make Pokémon hold these moves which match the type of crystal or if that Pokémon has a move matching that type. The other big addition to Sun and Moon are Z-Moves, which in order to perform them you’ll need not only the Z-Ring, but also crystals to power it. These Pokémon aren’t on your team and they can be summoned from almost anywhere. You simply summon up a Tauros to ride on and smash rocks in leui of a bike, a Charizard will fly you around, a Stoutland to sleuth for items or Lapras to surf around. This ride pager, it’s like Uber but for Pokémon. The first up is Hidden Machines or HMs no longer do you need a mule to carry around on your team to fly and surf around, instead you have a Ride Pager. So it’s not just the story that has gotten a shake up, there’s several game mechanics – some of which have been around for 20 years which have gotten the chop. There’s so much more to the game’s story we can’t talk about, things get interesting after the third island and then there’s the crazy post game content as well. There’s no world altering nastiness of Team Aqua or Magma or thuggery of Team Rocket, well they want to steal Pokémon but they’re just not really good at it and look like a bunch of teenagers trying to be rappers. There is, of course, an enemy team you’ll come up against, perhaps the wackiest and least threatening team we’ve seen. These colourful folk will challenge you and once you beat them you can progress to the next island. As you move from island to island you’ll have to defeat a number of trials, then beat each island Kahuna. Instead of being Red and trying to be the best Pokémon trainer, collecting eight badges and defeating the elite four like we’ve done for the past twenty years, Sun and Moon throw that entirely out the window with a new trials and challenges system. Thankfully the game’s story core has changed enough and add new elements added that least there were some unexpected things and some old Pokémon legacy tropes thrown away. Every time I was stopped by Hau, Lillie or Professor Kukai it felt like they were deliberately slowing me down so I couldn’t explore the game at my own pace.
In older Pokémon games you would be stopped and interrupted by NPCs but never directed for hours through the story by it. At every intersection, in nearly every new screen you’re stopped and forced to talk to people, learn something new and never learn it for yourself.Īt every intersection, in nearly every new screen you’re stopped and forced to talk to people, learn something new and never learn it for yourself.Įven now, where I am 15+ hours into the game it still feels like you aren’t left off the chain.
Oh boy, does it show how things are done in the region! The game holds your hand for at least the opening two hours if not more (depending on how fast you play through it). The game’s opening hours play fairly similar to previous games you learn to battle, you get your starter Pokémon, and learn about how things are done in the Alolan region. It’s a great metaphor and will help people who perhaps haven’t played a game in some time but also introduce new Pokémon Go players who may only be familiar with the original set of monsters. There’s Kanto fan service from the get go, you and your in-game mother have moved to the region and where everything is done a little different. There’s a bit of mystery and then we’re off and following your adventure through the Alola region, a region unlike any we’ve seen before. Sun and Moon begun unlike any other Pokémon game before it instead of a cold-Professor introduction, the whole presentation kicks off right into the story. Pokémon Sun and Moon is the culmination of this anniversary and thankfully it lives up to the hype and expectations, all while being a fitting tribute to the world of Pokémon. We’ve been introduced to Pokémon Go, the original games have been released on the Virtual Console, and we’ve been teased and treated to more information prior to a mainline Pokémon release than ever before. The twentieth anniversary of Pokémon has been something really special.
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