Pokemon Moon

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7.6

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  1. AlexMakesToast
    Dec 16, 2022
    7
    Moon = 7/10
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  2. LBoomsky
    May 16, 2023
    7
    This game was the first to introduce big ass variants of pokemon, and I respect that.
  3. thefishslap
    Nov 29, 2016
    6
    One light, a crib full of pokemon. pokemon the solar series is the crisp game ever to chip away at yet angaing another heart renckhing story, and a child one at that. I've finished the a game, but it was around thanksgiving. The ulntra beats are very strong, and that was not a the eggs at your nation! Although the past game to get tougher, it wouldn't matter after the fact that when the toOne light, a crib full of pokemon. pokemon the solar series is the crisp game ever to chip away at yet angaing another heart renckhing story, and a child one at that. I've finished the a game, but it was around thanksgiving. The ulntra beats are very strong, and that was not a the eggs at your nation! Although the past game to get tougher, it wouldn't matter after the fact that when the to get the starter pokemon at the best in the game. I love it. Love it, love it, love it!… Expand
  4. PokeCritic
    Nov 19, 2016
    6
    Personally, I have mixed emotions about the game. Yeah, I'm excited for the new changes, and yeah, SOME of the Pokémon look horrendous. There's a lot of new features so I'm holding my breath wondering why this game sucks. Hoping for the best. On a more positive note, I got the game for FREE!!!!
  5. brendo214
    May 21, 2019
    6
    I really appreciate all the new changes that Gamefreak has made to the series, but this game was so easy that I had a hard time having any fun.
  6. DieterU
    May 17, 2021
    6
    I thought it was pretty good for the most part. The pokemon games have definitely gotten too caught up in a formula, though, and it wasn't particularly original. It's main attempt at originality was the Z-moves, which just seem lazily done, and unlike mega-evolution, don't add much to the story. The post game of completing the rest of my Alola pokedex was definitely fun, though. I wish theI thought it was pretty good for the most part. The pokemon games have definitely gotten too caught up in a formula, though, and it wasn't particularly original. It's main attempt at originality was the Z-moves, which just seem lazily done, and unlike mega-evolution, don't add much to the story. The post game of completing the rest of my Alola pokedex was definitely fun, though. I wish the story was more interesting too. Nonetheless, it was still pretty fun. I liked the new characters for the most part.… Expand
  7. BaldursThones
    Apr 15, 2022
    6
    Many people complain about how pokemon games just re-use the same formula and this one does change it somewhat but personally I didn't like the lack of gyms.
  8. HydrophobikFish
    Jun 9, 2023
    6
    What fun this game is able to tease out of its innovations to the pokemon formula is stifled by lack of difficulty and extensive tutorials. Ultimately for all of its changes, it feels a bit like the game is jumping the shark. An ultimately forgettable pokemon experience.
  9. thiagomestres
    Nov 19, 2016
    5
    Pros: No hms. They are trying to do something new by having the Trials instead of gyms. Some of the pokemon's designs are really cute. Non chibi characters (i kind of liked them though, but it seems like most people didn't...). Being able to see what's super-effective.
    Cons: Handholding, unskipable tutorials that teach you something you could either find out for yourself or that you    Pros: No hms. They are trying to do something new by having the Trials instead of gyms. Some of the pokemon's designs are really cute. Non chibi characters (i kind of liked them though, but it seems like most people didn't...). Being able to see what's super-effective.
    Cons: Handholding, unskipable tutorials that teach you something you could either find out for yourself or that you already knew. Unnecessary amount of cutscenes, they are long and unskipable too. No national dex, instead you have to buy the Pokémon Bank for something that should be in the game. Less battle modes than it's predecessor. Lots of copy-pasted features with just a few differences, like the Festival Plaza (Join Avenue), Pokémon Refresh (Amie without minigames) and the Battle Tree (Battle Tower with a few cameos). Story extremely slow paced. They reveal every plot twist right at the start of story. Battle menu's options are too small. Almost 0 postgame. Battles can be quite laggy. Loading can take a lot of time in the o3ds.    … Expand
  10. b00lpr0p
    Dec 11, 2018
    5
    The new features are just boring, looks weird, and didn't hit me. Too many dialogues, and they are mushy and sugary to the point it can make you sick.
  11. Flyingpigm0nkey
    Nov 18, 2016
    5
    A mediocre expansion to the Pokémon universe. If you enjoy stupid gimmicks like mega evolution then you might love this but Sun and Moon have very little improvement on the tried and true formula and do a lot of hand holding.
  12. FranklinDiancie
    Nov 19, 2016
    5
    Pokémon Sun and Moon are worth the price, just not quite as good as the hype. To be honest I was somewhat disappointed but I do think the game is worth the price. I've been playing since blue originally came out so I'd like to say I've been for quite a while. This game has a lot of hit and misses. I don't think this will be the game to revolutionize Pokémon completely but it does take somePokémon Sun and Moon are worth the price, just not quite as good as the hype. To be honest I was somewhat disappointed but I do think the game is worth the price. I've been playing since blue originally came out so I'd like to say I've been for quite a while. This game has a lot of hit and misses. I don't think this will be the game to revolutionize Pokémon completely but it does take some steps in the right direction which makes me excited for future instalments. This game did feel unfinished but I wonder if that's because of the rumored new game for the switch.

    The story is relatively boring until it does a 180 and escalates really quickly. It feels like it takes age for something worthwhile to happen. When it does it's over almost as soon as it starts. Most if not all the story revolves around the character Lillie. So much of the story revolves around her and "Nebby" that you almost the main character by proxy only. Lillie's constant inability to do anything for herself did sort of get on my nerves. Even when she "changed" it felt like the majority of that was her wearing different clothes and remind us how different she is now. However, she still refused to use Pokémon, become a trainer, etc. She still relies on you to do everything until the very end when she leaves to Kanto. Gladion could have been removed from the story and it would have been almost 100% the same. He only really felt like a vector to shoehorn in type: Null    … Expand
  13. Dethstroek
    Mar 2, 2017
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have played every game since Pokemon Ruby, and Pokemon Sun and Moon are amazing games in terms of story, although they are super handholdy. I love the abscense of HMs, the deviation from the gyms, and the intergration of the Hawaiian culture into the games. However, once you make it past the Elite Four, catch the Tapus, and complete the Ultra Beast Mission, the end-game content is very lacking. Sure, you can challenge the Battle Tree/Royale endlessly, or breed a competitive team, but the grind in these games far outpaces that of Gen 6. The breeding in these games is absolutely horrible in comparison to that of ORAS, and the entry level of the Battle Tree is scaled to that of needing a fully IV and EV trained team (at a point that you do not have the correct items to breed such). Pokemon also messed up with Tapus and UBs in VGC because it doesn't make sense to even train a team if everyone is going to use overpowered Tapu and UB Pokemon anyways. All in all, the story content is great, but end-game content is horrible.… Expand
  14. ThePSButton
    May 3, 2020
    5
    Técnicamente pobre en ocasiones, sin 3D y con una narrativa muy mediocre. Los modelos durante las batallas son lo más destacable, pero de igual manera las animaciones se quedan cortitas. Una de las peores campañas de la serie.
  15. asael24
    Jun 24, 2020
    5
    Pokémon Moon es el juego de Pokémon mas aburrido que he jugado, la verdad, tal vez no fue hecho para mi pero tengo que decir que hasta el lets go fue mas divertido. No conecte con nada, de hecho no se sentía la esencia de la saga. opinión personal.
  16. JoelArpal
    Jan 5, 2021
    5
    Esta bien, pero meeeh... La historia es aburrida e insulsa y los personajes o estan completamente vacios o son odiosos. Algunas ideas como las formas regionales estan bien pero no levantan todo lo que el juego tiene en contra.
  17. JonNajem
    Jan 12, 2017
    4
    This really doesn't feel like a mainline Pokemon game. At all. I was extremely disappointed with the approach they took for this game. Taking out gym battles and replacing them with "trials" or "Island Challenges" to fit the aesthetic of a Hawaiian setting. I honestly didn't mind the Hawaiian setting, i liked it at first, but then i realized that the entire core game's features revolveThis really doesn't feel like a mainline Pokemon game. At all. I was extremely disappointed with the approach they took for this game. Taking out gym battles and replacing them with "trials" or "Island Challenges" to fit the aesthetic of a Hawaiian setting. I honestly didn't mind the Hawaiian setting, i liked it at first, but then i realized that the entire core game's features revolve around that and it doesn't feel like a Pokemon game anymore. If this game was considered a "Spin-off" id be a whole lot easier on it in terms of scoring it. I'm all for change in video games, but keep the core features (Gym battles, Region-wide exploring in this case) and add to it, don't take it out completely. As a main Pokemon game part of the main series, it's a massive disappointment.… Expand
  18. Braduk
    Sep 13, 2017
    4
    Pokemon Sun/Moon are by far the worst in the mainline series.
    Pros:
    --Bottle Cap system to allow pseudo-IV maxing --The ability to send Pokemon from your party to the PC when catching other Pokemon --Simple and effective egg hatching route (in the sense that this time it's just a square) --Shiny Charm now only requires the regional dex to be completed --Battle Tree --The Mini    Pokemon Sun/Moon are by far the worst in the mainline series.
    Pros:
    --Bottle Cap system to allow pseudo-IV maxing
    --The ability to send Pokemon from your party to the PC when catching other Pokemon
    --Simple and effective egg hatching route (in the sense that this time it's just a square)
    --Shiny Charm now only requires the regional dex to be completed
    --Battle Tree
    --The Mini islands where you plant berries, EV train, etc are a cool idea

    Cons:
    --Excessive amount of cutscenes, to the point where nearly every route has at least one cutscene (and the intro itself takes 12 minutes for a speedrunner to complete, far far longer for the average player)
    --Excessive levels of handholding, I'm aware the series is for kids but the past games didn't have this much handholding
    --Super easy, even for a Pokemon game. Not once did I have to repeat a battle and I finished the Elite Four first try with a slightly underleveled party.
    --Extreme linearity, even for a Pokemon game, with tons of very obvious and shoehorned route and entrance blocks nearly every screen
    --The majority of the new Pokemon designs are not very memorable nor are they very coherently designed, though this is a more subjective con I know I am not the only one who thinks this, and don't even get me started on Ultra Beasts
    --No Super Training, despite both past games having them and it being a very well-received mechanic
    --Mega Forms are more or less shoehorned into a place and it's clear they never really planned to have them back
    --Z Moves are broken and ruin battles, and are required in every battle just like Mega Forms used to be
    --The region is very bland, small, and not very varied between islands, it's clear Gamefreak had no idea what to do without the grid system
    --Certain Pokemon have a 1% appearance rate in areas and that is just stupid
    --Postgame is near non-existent, which makes the small and crappy region feel all the worse
    --Nearly all the new Pokemon have tank-based stats, making party building unnecessarily difficult unless you want a full high defense, low speed team
    --The Trials are a poor replacement for Gyms, if anything both could have been done, there's not even 8 Trials
    --The minigame theme park is not well-developed and does not reach its full potential

    Gamefreak attempted to shake up the series with Sun/Moon. But change is not always good. Bad change is possible. And most of the changes in Sun/Moon are bad for the series. After how bad these games were I am outright skipping Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon and may not ever buy a Pokemon game again unless the 2018 game stirs away from the type of game these ones are, and this is coming from the person who has bought and completed generations 1-6 of Pokemon before these ones.    … Expand
  19. cookthesauce
    Dec 4, 2016
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This didn't even feel like a pokemon game. All throughout the story there was no sense of accomplishment; it didn't feel like there was any purpose to completing the trails or defeating the kahunas. The only reason I gave this game any points was that the ending was done really well, but even then it came out of nowhere. Aether was hardly a presence until the very end, and they were made out to be a huge threat which didn't even feel like a threat. Speaking of villains, the team this time, team skull, is the worst so far. They played no part in the story, even after the main events took place. All-in-all it was disappointing, very disappointing.… Expand
  20. FireDragon
    Nov 18, 2016
    4
    I have been with the Pokémon franchise since Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, and I must say, the main series have gotten better over years! It was not until X and Y where I thought Game Freak finally revolutionized the series with 3D models and big beautiful landscapes to the point of making it great to play again. They finally changed the game for the better! However, it was not until I playedI have been with the Pokémon franchise since Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, and I must say, the main series have gotten better over years! It was not until X and Y where I thought Game Freak finally revolutionized the series with 3D models and big beautiful landscapes to the point of making it great to play again. They finally changed the game for the better! However, it was not until I played Sun and Moon, where, overall, the games have changed the formula of the series in such a dramatic way, that it was not the way I was hoping for Generation 7 to turn out to be. With that being said, I have listed the pros, where the games did well on, and the cons, where the games did poorly on.

    Pros

    + The new forms for some of the Pokémon are fun to use

    + The Festival Plaza is pretty entertaining and a good way to get items

    + You're now able to heal status ailments by taking care of your Pokémon after battle

    + HMs are replaced with the more efficient Pokémon Pager system

    + Trials and Kahunas provide an interesting twist to the standard gym battle formula

    + The graphical upgrades make trainers and Pokémon look better and more interesting

    + Ability effectiveness now appears on the move select screen

    + A map on the bottom screen shows where you're at and where your next objective lies can be pretty helpful

    + Battle mechanics offer a new and fun touch

    + Does experimental things with formula

    + Riding Pokémon lifts the move limitations throughout your adventure

    Cons

    - Daycare only breeds eggs and no longer levels Pokémon

    - Very few Pokémon in game and no Pokémon Bank until January

    - Serious frame rate drops during totem battles and double battles

    - A lot of unnecessary cut scenes slow down the game. (I love cuts scenes normally but some of them feel pointless. There are quite a few cut scents that comprise of people only waving at you.)

    - No room to explore freely until almost the third island, everything is extremely linear

    - Alola Pokémon seem to have a low encounter rate

    - Not a lot of variation in Pokémon. Many places just have the same Pokémon with one new Pokémon added into the mix

    - Your dialogue choices almost have no impact what so ever

    - Your character's expression almost never changes which is a bit jarring when other characters are
    visible upset.

    - Double Battles chug rather harshly

    - More linear and easy going
    - Story less intriguing than expected and, at times, can be nonsensical and uninteresting - Z-move animations are way too long can and be boring to watch after several times From an overall standpoint, Pokémon Sun and Moon had many great points about it. However, the big changes to it feel as if Game Freak is trying to reboot the Pokémon series, even though it is already great. Instead of these big changes, why not just keep the gyms and add more Post-Game content to the new games? Taking pictures of Pokémon, challenges and trials from different characters, and fun minigames all feel like optional activities that you could do by yourself, but you are forced to do them in Pokémon Sun and Moon. Because of this, I did not enjoy the game, and I felt like they changed too much to the new generation. The game has its great and beautiful moments, but it also has it tedious and monotonous moments as well. * Now remember this clearly. This is just my opinion. Please do not feel offended by it. Thanks for reading my review and I hope you have a wonderful day!*    … Expand
  21. NewFaceofFun
    Nov 19, 2016
    4
    The only issue with Battle Royal is that the game’s performance takes a massive dip when four Pokémon are duking it out on-screen. These framerate drops happen more frequently than in previous games where two-on-two battles were the only serious offender, which is a shame, but thanks to the slow-paced, turn-based combat it never really becomes an issue, more an inconvenience.
  22. hotgaydad69
    Nov 19, 2016
    4
    So many cutscenes, absolutely terrible. I'm an hour into the game and I've played maybe 20 minutes thanks to terrible cutscenes around every corner. Too many unskippable chunks of the game that really take away from the "drop a kid into the wild to catch pokemon and have an adventure on his own" vibe pokemon has always had.
  23. bunnyofthesea
    Mar 14, 2017
    4
    As a huge pokemon fan from the very beginning I must say that this is one of the most painful games I have played in the past years. I was someone who was not a fan of last gens pokemon x and y and when I saw that this game was a "refreshing" take on the series I was very excited. Going in spoiler free I was enjoying my first 5-10 hours of gameplay. Seeing new pokemon, filling up myAs a huge pokemon fan from the very beginning I must say that this is one of the most painful games I have played in the past years. I was someone who was not a fan of last gens pokemon x and y and when I saw that this game was a "refreshing" take on the series I was very excited. Going in spoiler free I was enjoying my first 5-10 hours of gameplay. Seeing new pokemon, filling up my pokedex, and completing the games new trials system was fun. As the game goes on it has so many little things that annoy me that it just ruins my experience. The pokemon design and variety are some of the worst in the series, I thought x and y had a small new cast and thought for sure that this game would fix that but no, they made it somehow even worse. The new selection of pokemon is boring and uninspired, the story is asinine, the trainers are an absolute joke with even in the later half of the game 95% of trainers have 1-2 pokemon and are lvl 50 unevolved garbage. One of my biggest gripes is the difficulty. It is insultingly easy. The whole game feels like it is pandering to the new pokemon go fans between the difficulty and the constant Kanto references with the alolan forms and other mementos. I feel like with this game and the last 2 pokemon games the series is officially dead. Black and White 2 were the last good games and if this "new take" on the series is supposed to spice things up then I have little hope for future installments. I have went to the midnight release for all pokemon games since Black and White 2 and I can officially say that this will be the last one I ever go to.… Expand
  24. JustinThyme
    Jan 2, 2020
    4
    At the time of release it was the worst iteration of Pokémon to date and it killed by interest in the series.

    The world design is poor with no sense of exploration, each route is a windy corridor. The puzzles/challenges in the trials are never actual puzzles. The towns are so bare of features that there isn't a reason to return to any of them. The music is irritating. The NPC control    At the time of release it was the worst iteration of Pokémon to date and it killed by interest in the series.

    The world design is poor with no sense of exploration, each route is a windy corridor. The puzzles/challenges in the trials are never actual puzzles. The towns are so bare of features that there isn't a reason to return to any of them. The music is irritating. The NPC control where you can go so heavily that it doesn't feel like an adventure, but a tightly controlled tour. The difficulty comes from the enemy Pokémon being damage sponges or from wild Pokémon endlessly summoning each other.    … Expand
  25. DigaHole
    Apr 6, 2020
    4
    I like confidence and changes, but in this case it did not pay off. Way to much dialogue and the trials just fell boring. The worst title in the series so far.
  26. manuel812
    May 29, 2021
    4
    probablemente el mejor juego de pokemon en 3d pero no deja de ser malo primero aunque la dificultad no es tan estúpidamente fácil como la octava o sexta generación sigue siendo muy fácil la historia es decente ya que el prota parece un puto espectador y ... porque mierda sacaron las megaevoluciones y el megavuelo eran unas ideas muy buenas y pudieron mejorarlas aunque tengo que admitir queprobablemente el mejor juego de pokemon en 3d pero no deja de ser malo primero aunque la dificultad no es tan estúpidamente fácil como la octava o sexta generación sigue siendo muy fácil la historia es decente ya que el prota parece un puto espectador y ... porque mierda sacaron las megaevoluciones y el megavuelo eran unas ideas muy buenas y pudieron mejorarlas aunque tengo que admitir que las formas alolas son muy buenas mas no obstante lo peor del juego son las putas rutas son muy LINEALES las mas lineales sin contar a la horrible octava generación… Expand
  27. ZangBang
    Oct 30, 2022
    4
    42/100
    Pokémon Moon will take its player to the flourishing Alola region, where upbeat, exotic tunes beautifully clash with more boisterous, violent electronic pieces, just as the game's tropical, traditional tribal setting clashes with the futuristic, sci-fi elements of its plot. Speaking of narrative, unlike XY, Pokémon Moon actually offers one of the best storylines in the series, more    42/100
    Pokémon Moon will take its player to the flourishing Alola region, where upbeat, exotic tunes beautifully clash with more boisterous, violent electronic pieces, just as the game's tropical, traditional tribal setting clashes with the futuristic, sci-fi elements of its plot. Speaking of narrative, unlike XY, Pokémon Moon actually offers one of the best storylines in the series, more intimate than usual as it focuses on the struggles of a troubled family and the more marginalized members of society, with simple but endearing, well crafted character development. Sadly, this focus on the story frequently comes at the expense of exploration, halted and steered by narrative developments annoyingly often. Generally speaking exploration is one of the game's worst aspects, because as much as the locations are gorgeous and full of charm, the Level Design is for the most part dull and linear with laughably easy puzzles. In gameplay, Pokémon Moon introduces a new battle gimmick, Z Moves. These are mechanically way more significant than Megavolutions as they aren't exclusive of only some creatures, but they're just as frivolous and inconsequential since they provide very little change to the fun but extremely repetitive core battle gameplay. Fortunately, even if the challenge is generally tame, it can be surprisingly demanding with certain bosses, requiring great flexibility and strategy. On top of this, the Pokémon petting and customization features from XY make a return, greatly enhancing immersion.    … Expand
  28. RealPokeGamer
    Nov 18, 2016
    3
    Pokémon Moon is one of those games that changes the face of a successful franchise in a bad way. Although it is a very fresh and innovative Pokémon game in the saga, it lost all hope when the developers took the most important part, Pokémon Gyms, out of the game. Without any badges to get, this tedious adventure lasts more than 30 hours with the least favorite story of the series. ThePokémon Moon is one of those games that changes the face of a successful franchise in a bad way. Although it is a very fresh and innovative Pokémon game in the saga, it lost all hope when the developers took the most important part, Pokémon Gyms, out of the game. Without any badges to get, this tedious adventure lasts more than 30 hours with the least favorite story of the series. The designs of the Pokémon and scenarios are very wacky, strange, and queer, and the graphics look alright and decent. The soundtrack is the worst of the Pokémon series, terribly depending on versions and sounds of other regions. What a disgrace. Without a doubt, the worst game in the Pokémon franchise.… Expand
  29. connor34
    May 20, 2017
    3
    Very disappointing. The game is way to easy and basically all the new Pokemon introduced are terrible and extremely poorly designed. The after-game and online features are pretty good but that doesn't make up for the disgusting storyline that is Moon/Sun.
  30. deliharu
    Dec 7, 2017
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have been playing Pokemon since I was three years old with my first game being Sapphire for the Game Boy Advance SP. So I am reviewing this game as a person who has played Pokemon since a child, and it being my favorite video game series period.

    Pokemon Moon isn't as perfect as many people point it out to be. My first main gripe is with the inclusion of the Island Trial system in replacement for the twenty year old gym system that's been with us since Pokemon Red and Blue. Yes, the gym system was getting old and was due for a refresh. However, the Island Trials were as a whole not a good replacement at all for the gyms. The rigidity and the set structure of gyms prevented any gym from being being far better than others and vice versa. However, with the Island trials it is hopelessly inconsistent with the quality of it's trials. Most trials in Moon boil down to fighting wild Pokemon until you reach the Totem Pokemon which is just a regular Pokemon with a larger size and a stat boost. Some of the trials were legitimately good, while some were just terrible. For example, Sophocles' trial has no exploration or creativity whatsoever besides a system of cryptic questions to release a Pokemon to fight against you. Not all of the trials were terrible, but the inconsistency in quality is abundantly clear in this game.

    I know this has been said numerous times, but the handholding in this game is by far the worst in the series. New players have to get used to the game mechanics some might argue, but to which I may reply, are the basic mechanics of Pokemon so difficult as to warrant a nearly three hour tutorial (being the first island)? Also, something worth mentioning is the sheer amount of cutscenes present in game. It seems at the end of nearly every single route you go through, there will be a two to five minute cutscene that, after playing through nearly three hours of tutorial, is a drag to say the least.

    This isn't even arguable, but the story in Moon is far superior to any other Pokemon game period, save perhaps Pokemon BW or BW2 in my opinion. The problem with the story isn't even the story itself, it's the pacing of the story. The first two islands, which consist of roughly 10-20 hours of gameplay, is a slog to play through. Nearly nothing notable happens until the third island. If Game Freak has balanced the story out more to encompass all four islands, this would've been a stellar game in terms of story.

    Alright, now that the negatives of this game have been covered, let's go over some positives. First off, the game looks gorgeous. It's really surprising how good these games look despite them being on the low-res screen of the 3DS. Another good aspect of this game are the characters. While some characters are less well-polished than others (Hau compared to Lille) the characters are far better than what most people would expect from a Pokemon Game.

    I'm sorry to say, that this game is by far my least favorite game in the Pokemon franchise, if not least favorite game of all time. If you would like a good Pokemon Game for the 3DS, then Alola might not be the right choice for you. However, if you are tired of the old Pokemon formula, and are willing to put up with cutscenes galore to experience a story the likes of which have never been seen before in Pokemon, then this might be worth a shot.    … Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#4 Best 3DS Game of 2016
2
#2 Most Discussed 3DS Game of 2016
4
#4 Most Shared 3DS Game of 2016

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Generally favorable reviews - based on 84 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 82 out of 84
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 84
  3. Negative: 0 out of 84
  1. Vooks
    Apr 8, 2017
    100
    Pokémon Sun and Moon make terrific changes the twenty-year-old formula, allowing new fans and returning ones back into the series with a wonderful lively and colourful world. It's just a little too easy for us who have been here from the start - but it's easy to forgot that when you're having such a blast.
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  2. Easy Allies
    Mar 19, 2017
    90
    If you’re a newcomer to the series, this is an excellent opportunity to learn the fundamentals in a laid-back setting. If you’re a pro, you’ll relish the new options in place for making your Pokémon all they can be. Sun & Moon is a Pokémon vacation we’d gladly take again.
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  3. Vgames
    Mar 8, 2017
    90
    These games exceeded my expectations by a mile. Pokemon Sun and Moon are games that every Pokemon fan and every 3DS owner needs to own. Nintendo and Gamefreak did an awesome job creating a great story and the changes they made for the format make the game feel fresh and exciting more so than ever before. The game has its minor issues like the end game and some performance issues on Old 3DS models but the soundtrack, the story and the new features more than make up for it, to make an unforgettable experience.
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