Pokemon Sun

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7.6

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  1. JellyGamer
    Nov 18, 2019
    4
    I first played Pokemon Blue aged 10 and I've played every game since then. This was the first pokemon game I've ever disliked. I found it a chore to get through this game, which is a shame given the potential it had.

    My biggest qualm with it was the hand-holdy nature. I felt like I couldn't walk a few steps without being accosted by a 5 minute cutscene. I wanted to go on an adventure,    I first played Pokemon Blue aged 10 and I've played every game since then. This was the first pokemon game I've ever disliked. I found it a chore to get through this game, which is a shame given the potential it had.

    My biggest qualm with it was the hand-holdy nature. I felt like I couldn't walk a few steps without being accosted by a 5 minute cutscene. I wanted to go on an adventure, but instead I was led around by every character in the game, forced to go where they wanted me to go and do what they wanted me to do.

    The game is incredibly easy. Every trainer seems to only have one pokemon, so rather than each fight being fun and challenging, it's more of an annoyance.
    Even your rivals and enemies have underwhelming teams. Nothing was ever challenging and after each battle I was told how incredible I was. It all felt very patronising.

    There's a half hour, unskippable cutscene at the end of the game. However, every now and then you're required to press A to keep it going, so you can't even leave it to play out on its own.

    Last but not least, a majority of the pokemon designs just don't feel like pokemon. And I'm someone who's liked most pokemon up until now. The final starter evolutions feel more like character designs than species designs. Incineroar is great as a Smash character, but I can't imagine one in the wild interacting with other creatures.
    As someone who's worked in game design for ten years, it's easy to spot lazy creature design and the failure to keep the creatures looking like they're part of the same world is saddening.
    In the past, pokemon designs were kept consistant by a few variations in eye design and a mostly natural colour palette. Today, every single species seems to have a different type of eye and the colours are all bright and unnatural. That's not to say a design should never have an interesting colour on it or a new eye type, but when every creature is completely different in style, it clangs.
    Also, most pokemon seem to evolve by becoming bipedal now. Some evolve by growing facial hair or wearing human clothes. It feels like the designers have lost sight of the original idea of 'evolution' and stepped more into what they think would look cool.
    That said, almost all of them are good designs, they just don't look like a believable ecosystem of creatures.

    On a positive note, some parts of the game are enjoyable. The photography minigame was fun (if a bit underwhelming) and a lot of the locations were nice. The general storyline was good, even if it was incredibly poorly executed.

    I'd say this game was definitely more bad than 'okay' though. It's one of the worst games I've ever played, not to mention the worst pokemon game. I'm baffled by the good scores it has gotten but to each their own I guess.    … Expand
  2. 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
  3. sathvik_
    Aug 1, 2023
    4
    I cannot believe these people at game freak actually thought that ditching the very successful mega evolutions and replace it with z moves.
    I mean it isint BAD but what the heck
  4. Niltrio
    May 5, 2023
    4
    mediocre boring game riddled with unskippable cutscenes and useless tutorials which fans of the franchise would've rather skipped. (imo) worst designed mons of the bunch, forgettable rival team, only redeemable qualitiies is a change of the original formula which was ditched for the next entry, and the rise in difficulty. probably the worst entry of the franchise on the 3ds.
  5. Amfibios
    Oct 23, 2017
    3
    i've been playing pokemon since the original red and blue and this is the first time a pokemon game has bored me out of my mind.

    it's basically like watching an interactive movie where u just watch for 5 minutes while they're shoving the game's story down your throat, then back to the world, only to go the next objective pointed on the map where another 3 minute cutscene will pop up    i've been playing pokemon since the original red and blue and this is the first time a pokemon game has bored me out of my mind.

    it's basically like watching an interactive movie where u just watch for 5 minutes while they're shoving the game's story down your throat, then back to the world, only to go the next objective pointed on the map where another 3 minute cutscene will pop up only to be followed by a stupidly easy fight of non interesting npcs and then go back to the world where every way is blocked off, except the one THEY want u to take.

    0 interest in the story, 0 exploration, annoying npcs spamming the same animations over and over, everytime u meet them (somehow they keep popping up every 10 steps u take).

    npcs just seem to be so nice giving away charizards and lapras for free so that u'll use them to travel the world, monster encounters somehow is like 90% gen 1 pokemon. mega evolutions are basically non existent and noone's even talking about them as now everyone's focusing on the brand new z powers. no national pokedex.

    i wanted to love it, i TRIED to like it. it started holding my hand since the 1st minute and i was telling myself it'll get better, but it didn't. it kept my interest for a little while until it fell flat on its face and i couldn't find myself playing it anymore.

    they did try making some "innovations" but it wasn't even enough to be considered a whole new gen, just rehashed **** everywhere. if u like pokemon for the exploration and the quest for unveiling the mysteries of the world/pokemon, u'll find none of that here, steer clear.    … Expand
  6. RealPokeGamer
    Nov 18, 2016
    3
    Pokémon Sun 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 Sun 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
  7. Hamish95
    Nov 22, 2016
    3
    I've been playing the Pokemon series since it's inception and over the years I've loved they new strategies game freak has used to change the way each game feels and plays, until now. This game would be a great game if it was a first in a series, showing plenty of bugs and making it not so challenging. From playing though this game I've found over half of play time is cut scenes and that'sI've been playing the Pokemon series since it's inception and over the years I've loved they new strategies game freak has used to change the way each game feels and plays, until now. This game would be a great game if it was a first in a series, showing plenty of bugs and making it not so challenging. From playing though this game I've found over half of play time is cut scenes and that's not what I want out of a pokemon game, yes cut scenes are great and help the story but there's a point of to much ruins it. As well as series frame drops when it comes to totem and double battles which have never occur in past games for me. The introduction of mega evolutions in just the last new games in the series being ditched for Z-moves that aren't overly useful I feel was a jarring mistake as Mega evolutions were loved by so many as well as removing the challenge of trying to figure out the next part of the story line that many have come to love of the pokemon series is what makes it so enticing, it's meant to be a challenge and overall I have found this game more cut scenes than gameplay, unchallenging with everything being handed to you, laggy and minimal strategy needed to be successful. The change of the gyms to trail however is something new and enjoyable even though they are fairly easy passed.… Expand
  8. supercereal
    Jan 6, 2017
    3
    Its pokemon, and the pokemon aspects are good, but they should sack whoever wrote that dull dull story and lynch whoever forgot to allow you to skip cutscenes. This, the dumbass Rotom Dex and and the "call for help" thing wild pokemon do, have made the whole thing much worse than it needed to be and Pika-peed all over the good stuff.
  9. ORevisor
    Jul 8, 2017
    3
    O jogo me decepcionou em diversos aspectos:
    - história fraca como de costume e para piorar esta versão é repleta de diálogos e escolhas que não interferem na história;
    - gráfico sem muita inovação ou melhoria fora e dentro das batalhas; - músicas éé... algumas são bem chatinhas outras são até empolgantes; - o desequilíbrio entre os tipos de pokémons persiste, não foi alterado em nada    O jogo me decepcionou em diversos aspectos:
    - história fraca como de costume e para piorar esta versão é repleta de diálogos e escolhas que não interferem na história;
    - gráfico sem muita inovação ou melhoria fora e dentro das batalhas;
    - músicas éé... algumas são bem chatinhas outras são até empolgantes;
    - o desequilíbrio entre os tipos de pokémons persiste, não foi alterado em nada neste ponto, o tipo grama continua terrível em campeonatos;
    - a lista de novos pokemons é beem pequena e possui muitos lendários;
    - hyper potion restaura 100 de hp;
    - muitos pokémons especiais de evento são obtidos através dos filmes ou lojas físicas, odeio com toda força o Ash e o desenho mais ainda, ou seja, NUNCA iria assistir um lixo para obter um pokemon exclusivo;
    - treinar o effort inicialmente é impossível (não existe macho brace), e mais para frente entediante;
    - acabaram com as lutas horde e com os ginásios;
    - e o pior de tudo o pós game é terrível MUITO terrível, quase nada para se fazer...
    - fim das lutas triplas;
    Pontos Positivos:
    + fim dos HM;
    + o pokemon não ganha lv no daycare;    … Expand
  10. Souls2
    Feb 28, 2023
    3
    Finally a Pokemon game that doesn't look like a recycle of the previous one, the graphic change and that it no longer has a gym is a change that comes in handy, although it still has simple stories. The best thing that the franchise could have in all its years was to change the MO movements for mounts speeding up the game and your Pokemon team.
  11. KilluaZaoldyeck
    Nov 22, 2022
    3
    Not really sure why this has such high ratings, everything about it is simplistic and just low effort. The soundtrack is forgettable, the dialog is bad at best. The battle system is about as basic as rock paper scissors types of games can be, and even worst it's 1v1 battles. I'll keep it short and stop here.
  12. TheDonald
    Nov 18, 2016
    2
    I'll keep this review updated as I go but this is the most unplayable DAY 1 release I've ever witnessed and I've 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 theI'll keep this review updated as I go but this is the most unplayable DAY 1 release I've ever witnessed and I've 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 (they're 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 isn't over! It's 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. I'm super disappointed. I don't 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 shouldn't feel like that after two hours. I should actually be able to play the game at this point.… Expand
  13. gigus
    Nov 21, 2016
    2
    It is overall a very disappointing if you are a pokemon fan. There are some good things in the game but in the end the game leaves a very bad taste in my mouth. The main reason are the story cutscence
  14. shoeless_sean
    Sep 3, 2020
    2
    WAY to many custcenes to start this game. Pokemon is supposed to be about getting thrust into this beautiful interesting world and being left to your own devices to explore as much as you want. The first 3 hours has over an hour of cutscenes and some of them end only for the player to walk 2 steps (i actually have counted several times) and enter another cutscene. The cutscenes have twoWAY to many custcenes to start this game. Pokemon is supposed to be about getting thrust into this beautiful interesting world and being left to your own devices to explore as much as you want. The first 3 hours has over an hour of cutscenes and some of them end only for the player to walk 2 steps (i actually have counted several times) and enter another cutscene. The cutscenes have two ranges aswell: 1 boring, unnecessary story that is not needed or desired, AND 2 unskipable tutorials that didnt need to be explained to 6 year old me but apparently need to be explained in depth now. I get this game is built for children but when red and blue came out i was a little kid and I had lots of friends who played these games as well as myself and we got along just fine.

    Gameplay and battling is actually worse since X&Y because they added in wild pokemon can now call for help meaning if you do not attack first or one shot the wild encounter pokemon you may have to fight several more, because they can call more than just one per battle. Also for some reason most of what the player will random encounter is gen 1 and gen 2 pokemon, and not even the alolan form ones. I saw at least 50 zubats, and 25 spearow in one two hour session at one point. I buy a new game that they could put in over 800 pokemon and 3 out of 5 encounters are from the first 50 of the Kanto Dex? are you kidding?

    Gamefreak apparently forgot what makes pokemon games fun, cuz this game is bad, especially by their standards.    … Expand
  15. Kyle67
    Aug 10, 2017
    2
    This is a horrible game. It wasted my time literally from hitting entering my character's name. Some other reviewer said that cancerous unskippable cut-scenes make it so you can pay attention to the story, and i agree. It makes it so I can REEEALLY notice all of the cookie-cutter characters, cliche moments, cheesy writing, and childish archetypes used.
    I hate this game so much that when    This is a horrible game. It wasted my time literally from hitting entering my character's name. Some other reviewer said that cancerous unskippable cut-scenes make it so you can pay attention to the story, and i agree. It makes it so I can REEEALLY notice all of the cookie-cutter characters, cliche moments, cheesy writing, and childish archetypes used.
    I hate this game so much that when the SD card that contained the game became defunct, I didn't even care. The only reason this game doesn't get a '0' is because it added about 7 or 8 Pokemon that were okay. And, no.
    I don't mean f***ing Bruxish.    … Expand
  16. labarith
    Nov 18, 2016
    1
    Cons:
    (old?) 3ds load times are ridiculous.
    TOO MANY CUT SCENES. I've played the game for an hour, and most of that has been me taking 2-3 steps and entering a new cut scene. Pros: It looks good. End of the day, you're going to buy this if you like Pokemon. But this is the first main-series Pokemon game to be legitimately unfun. Not "boring" or "slow" or "repetitive," but just    Cons:
    (old?) 3ds load times are ridiculous.
    TOO MANY CUT SCENES. I've played the game for an hour, and most of that has been me taking 2-3 steps and entering a new cut scene.

    Pros:
    It looks good.

    End of the day, you're going to buy this if you like Pokemon. But this is the first main-series Pokemon game to be legitimately unfun. Not "boring" or "slow" or "repetitive," but just a waste of your time.

    There are rumors about a new, better SWITCH version - in which case, maybe it's time to just not give Nintendo you're money anymore. Because ruining a franchise, and making people buy newer hardware to make it run even remotely well is not okay.    … Expand
  17. SteelDragon
    Nov 19, 2016
    1
    Big disappointment to me. The framerate issues and the lack of difficulty make this game feel as if they were antagonizing the older Pokemon fans while they let the younger fans depend on long tutorials and boring cutscenes.
  18. SkullShards
    Nov 19, 2016
    1
    The entire first hour/hour and a half is a cut-scene driven tutorial. You are forced down linear paths and need to skip through relentless exposition in order to get to the meat of the game. I found myself thinking at about the 1 hour mark, "It would be more fun to just play Blue or Gold again...". And now I am forced to watch the Pokedex blink at me every 3 seconds.
  19. dexMax
    Nov 19, 2016
    1
    This has got to one of the most disappointing entries in the series. The trials are stupid and boring. All the new pokemon are to damn slow and there is no national dex. What was Ganefreak thinking? One of the worst thing of all is the story. Pokemon was never about the story and never should have be. One of the worst things about it are the long unskippable cutscene that bring progress toThis has got to one of the most disappointing entries in the series. The trials are stupid and boring. All the new pokemon are to damn slow and there is no national dex. What was Ganefreak thinking? One of the worst thing of all is the story. Pokemon was never about the story and never should have be. One of the worst things about it are the long unskippable cutscene that bring progress to a grinding halt never mind the actual story is garbage. I want to explore the region on my own pace not the crap the game forces on me. There no good postgame to make up for it. Also pokemon calling for help is very annoying.

    Gamefreak scrape the story and refine the other good features just never make this kind of disappointment againm    … Expand
  20. ke
    Nov 20, 2016
    1
    Why this game is pure garbage:
    1. Endless dialogs without any meaning
    2. horrible low fps
    3. still narly never in 3D
    4. Zero anti aliasing
    5. **** music
    6. Horrible long loading times
    7. Moore cutscenes than a telltale game
    8. Still much to easy
  21. Angrylittleman
    Dec 2, 2016
    1
    This game is great if you're five years old and have never played Pokemon before. For the rest of us it's a chore. Long cut scenes, forced tutorials, lack of freedom to explore, linear gameplay, too easy and just boring. I was skipping all chat as fast as I could without reading it. It's sad because I love this franchise to bits.
  22. Nessuno-Kun
    Oct 31, 2017
    1
    First off, this game is horrible. You either already know or were warned.
    If you are a fan, this will disappoint you.
    They decided to ruin the wonderful Pokémon franchise with some poor, boring, easy and extremely childish games. The only possible pro is that you might like a couple Alolan forms (though watch out from Persian and Exeggutor). Here is the reasons why you should never be    First off, this game is horrible. You either already know or were warned.
    If you are a fan, this will disappoint you.
    They decided to ruin the wonderful Pokémon franchise with some poor, boring, easy and extremely childish games. The only possible pro is that you might like a couple Alolan forms (though watch out from Persian and Exeggutor).

    Here is the reasons why you should never be tempted to waste your money there:

    1) Extremely easy, even more than XY.
    2) Very slow, unless you run it on a New3DS line.
    3) The online features are three steps back from the sixth generation's PSS.
    4) Annoying cutscenes and long, unneeded dialogues.
    5) Lack of freedom throughout the gameplay.
    6) Z-Moves make it even easier and similar to Yo-Kai Watch.
    7) The characters, including your rival, are childish and annoying as evil.
    8) Ultra Creatures designs, as well as some Pokémon, are literally TERRIBLE.
    9) Lack of National Pokédex which is cool to collectors.
    10) No tough challenges after the supereasy Alolan League (Battle Tree is easy).
    11) Rotom-Dex adds even more ease and prevents you to ever be curious about how to proceed.
    12) They forgot to add decent clothes if you are a straight male.
    13) Lack of puzzles and secrets like in the previous games (there are no gyms as well).
    14) The Gold Bottle caps might be cool on the card, but then it's frustrating to level up until level 100 and to acquire those items which raise up the IVs.
    15) With cheaters and cheats being everywhere and shiny odds being raised down, legendaries and shinies have much less value than in any other pre-3DS games.
    16) The Alolan map is a total disaster, extremely confusing design.
    17) Too many items that are not needed because the game is already easy, even for your 5-years-old children.
    18) The enemies of the story are not as cruel as in the past, they are childish and politically correct as well, while in the previous games they were actually wicked.
    19) The game is overall not fun, unless this is your first Pokémon game and this is the main reason why you should not buy your money, even because the previous chapters are even cheaper.
    20) They are nothing more than what has been leaked on Nintendo's YouTube channel, so basically this is everything they had to offer. Sales were good because of that marketing.
    21) Unlike the other games, these games are ONLY FOR KIDS. If you are a quite smart adult, you are going to get bored and disappointed about this series's present and future.
    22) Sound and story could even be ok, but gameplay is the core of every videogame.

    There are plenty more, but if you have these games on your hands, you are probably aware that this is the first step of the sunrise of the Pokémon decline.
    The Sun/Moon anime show may help you realizing that, they are very similar to these games.

    Verdict: Save your money for anything else and if you are a parent, let your kid play Red, Blue, Crystal, Emerald, Platinum or even Black and White. He's going to grow better and happier.    … Expand
  23. SnaZzyDotEXE
    Feb 22, 2021
    1
    z moves are really **** the story is **** garbage. the box legendaries are boring. the game is really easy, its not fun, its just boring
  24. AuldWolf
    Feb 3, 2017
    0
    It's just too linear! It's the Final Fantasy XIII of Pokémon games, it really is. For me, that's a huge disappointment. I feel that the strength of Japanese games development lies in the Metroidvania feel. It's where they excel. A world where you can revisit older parts of it and sometimes discover new things; You've unlocked a new ability, so perhaps now it's time to go back and checkIt's just too linear! It's the Final Fantasy XIII of Pokémon games, it really is. For me, that's a huge disappointment. I feel that the strength of Japanese games development lies in the Metroidvania feel. It's where they excel. A world where you can revisit older parts of it and sometimes discover new things; You've unlocked a new ability, so perhaps now it's time to go back and check that area you couldn't pass to see if there's anything new there. You may get a new bit of story (maybe even pertaining to a specific character), you may get a new item, but it'll be worth going to nose around the places you've been and it would give you a new appreciation for those places.

    Sun & Moon is a neverending road onward. It continually plows forward with only minor interruptions in a very direct road. It's exactly like Final Fantasy XIII. I've been trying to enjoy it, but i simply can't. I know a lot of extraverted people speak about the "hassle" of HM slaves because it's too much to manage, it was too much freedom for them, too many options! And whilst I can see that to a degree, I also enjoyed the freedom of choosing which Pokémon served my travel needs. It was a freedom I liked. From numerous perspectives, customisation matters to me, and it's a bit confusing that this type of customisation no longer matters to Nintendo since they've been pushing trainer customisation so hard.

    At the end of the day, Sun & Moon just feel cloyingly locked in and bereft of options and choices. I am a robot, I follow this line on the ground, I battle the interruptions, I obey. Might be fun for people who just don't want to think, but that's no fun for me.    … Expand
  25. bigcheese53535
    Nov 19, 2016
    0
    This game feels more like some weird spinoff to the anime series than a mainstream Pokemon game. There's so many pointless cutscenes and dumb tutorials....it doesn't feel like a Pokemon game. 5 Hours in and I just can't play it anymore. Super boring compared to the other games.
  26. Macka7
    Nov 21, 2016
    0
    As per usual when it comes to GameFreak, this is 2 steps forward and 60 steps back.

    So much for the 'fresh changes to the formula'. The trials generally suck and the Kahuna's are essentially gym leaders anyway. The game feels almost on rails with all of the handholding and cutscenes every five minutes. The supporting cast are generally irritating. The game was even easier than XY for    As per usual when it comes to GameFreak, this is 2 steps forward and 60 steps back.

    So much for the 'fresh changes to the formula'. The trials generally suck and the Kahuna's are essentially gym leaders anyway. The game feels almost on rails with all of the handholding and cutscenes every five minutes. The supporting cast are generally irritating. The game was even easier than XY for me, repeatedly OHKOing Totem bosses and Kahuna's with their three Pokemon are a joke.

    The game is a bit of a mess. Frame rate can't hold up very well in the new otherwise fun Battle Royale mode. The game constantly needs to load and 'cut away' whenever you interact with anything. There are loading zones everywhere. There are bugs with the way abilities and such work.

    I could keep going.    … Expand
  27. Ordano
    Nov 21, 2016
    0
    As others have stated: worst game in the series.
    - Terrible frame rates
    - Terrible story line (Team Skull was done particularly poorly with writing out of place for the series) - Deviates from traditional game formula in a negative way - Constant Loading - Constant Cut Scenes - The Rotom-dex is annoying A step backwards for the series - unfortunate that it happened on the year of    As others have stated: worst game in the series.
    - Terrible frame rates
    - Terrible story line (Team Skull was done particularly poorly with writing out of place for the series)
    - Deviates from traditional game formula in a negative way
    - Constant Loading
    - Constant Cut Scenes
    - The Rotom-dex is annoying

    A step backwards for the series - unfortunate that it happened on the year of their 20th anniversary.    … Expand
  28. Blackbox20
    Dec 19, 2016
    0
    This game feels more like some weird spinoff to the anime series than a mainstream Pokemon game. There's so many pointless cutscenes and dumb tutorials....it doesn't feel like a Pokemon game. 5 Hours in and I just can't play it anymore. Super boring compared to the other games.Asd Come to this
  29. EmirKhorasani
    Aug 18, 2017
    0
    This game was the culmination of taking all of the worst parts of pokemon and putting them front and center. 60% of the game is spent mashing the A button through the pointless slow grueling mucked up narrative. The other 40% spends a lot of time in loading screens and animations. It's actually 13.4 seconds from losing control to gaining it again in wild battles. The pokemon themselvesThis game was the culmination of taking all of the worst parts of pokemon and putting them front and center. 60% of the game is spent mashing the A button through the pointless slow grueling mucked up narrative. The other 40% spends a lot of time in loading screens and animations. It's actually 13.4 seconds from losing control to gaining it again in wild battles. The pokemon themselves used to be the compelling feature which pushed exploration, and dialogue used to be optional. That's what made pokemon greak. This is a horrible, horrible game.… Expand
  30. renegade96
    Feb 9, 2017
    0
    This game sucks. The rival is a total pushover, the story is stupid. The Aloa forms are stupid, instead of gyms you have challenges which are as easy as waking up. This game is a waste of money. The beginning is slow and boring as all hell. Gladion's sister does nothing but **** and whine the entire game. The villain is so **** vanilla it's unreal. These " beasts" are really, reallyThis game sucks. The rival is a total pushover, the story is stupid. The Aloa forms are stupid, instead of gyms you have challenges which are as easy as waking up. This game is a waste of money. The beginning is slow and boring as all hell. Gladion's sister does nothing but **** and whine the entire game. The villain is so **** vanilla it's unreal. These " beasts" are really, really stupid. What is this? Pokemon fanfiction the game? I did not enjoy one thing about this game. Not one thing. I really hated the Rotomdex. That thing was **** annoying. The only good thing about this game is that you can sell it at a pawn shop and use that money to by a game that is actually good… Expand
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Awards & Rankings

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#3 Best 3DS Game of 2016
1
#1 Most Discussed 3DS Game of 2016
1
#1 Most Shared 3DS Game of 2016

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Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 87 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 85 out of 87
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 87
  3. Negative: 0 out of 87
  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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