Pokemon Sun and Moon: A Spoiler Free Review
I apologize for taking so long to write this post. I finished Pokemon Moon 3 days after release, and it has been almost a week more since then, but I finally am getting around to writing this article.
Pokemon Moon had a lot to live up to. There was a bunch of hype going into this game. And with Pokemon Go still more active than media is giving it credit, Pokemon has been on my mind frequently as of late.
But anyway, how does this newest entry in the series measure up to the rest? Before I answer that question, I first must explain which Pokemon is my favorite in the series, and the one that I measure all the others up to. Before you ask, I have been playing Pokemon for roughly 20 years of my life now, or for those of you who do not want to do the math, since Red and Blue, better known as generation one. We are on generation seven now, so the game series has come a long way.
Anyway, like I said, I have a favorite, and no, it is not gen one. Its actually generation five. Especially the first game of the two part Black and White Series. Ghetsis is my favorite Team Leader in the series and I especially like that this was the first main series Pokemon Game to deviate from the formula completely.
With that in mind, Sun and Moon also deviate from the plot in many ways, and although I will not be spoiling those plot points, if you enjoyed Pokemon Black and White, you will also enjoy Sun and Moon.
But the plot is only a very small part of the game, what really matters are the Pokemon of course!
Game Freak seems to have noticed the power creep that has been happening since Ruby and Sapphire also known as Generation three. Fairy types were added to put a stop to all the popular attacks starting in Generation six, also known as X and Y, but that did not seem to be enough. This time around, things are different.
There are a couple of Pokemon that completely stop priority moves. this is a tactic that has been used to great effect for many generations now. In addition, many of the Pokemon introduced are either really fast with very poor defenses, or very hard to kill and slow as a glacier. This can seem very annoying in the main game, even up to making the entire story more difficult, but for competitive battles, this makes a whole lot more sense.
Breeding has changed slightly, but all in all, I feel that the last couple games made it easier, not harder to build pokemon teams. And while the greatest complaint I am hearing about post game Sun and Moon is that it focuses on competitive over all else, the facets of battling other players has never been easier to enter.
This will go down as one of my favorite games in the series and I recommend it to all who love the series.
