Nintendo Pokemon Sun 3DS Game

An enjoyable adventure, despite a few minor weaknesses.While I grew up with the original 1st Generation Pokémon games, I had lost interest in the series just after Gen. 3. This was around the time I headed off to college, so I didn’t have as much time for video games as I did while in high school. Fast forward to the 20th anniversary of Pokémon and the release of Pokémon Sun and Moon. There were plenty of legendary Pokémon being given out at the time, so I found it was as good a time as any to get back into the series.A lot had changed since I left, and Pokémon Sun carried over plenty of these changes. I appreciated a lot of these tweaks, including the removal of HMs and unlimited-use TMs. And while adjusting the “experience share” to give experience to all the ... MoreAn enjoyable adventure, despite a few minor weaknesses.While I grew up with the original 1st Generation Pokémon games, I had lost interest in the series just after Gen. 3. This was around the time I headed off to college, so I didn’t have as much time for video games as I did while in high school. Fast forward to the 20th anniversary of Pokémon and the release of Pokémon Sun and Moon. There were plenty of legendary Pokémon being given out at the time, so I found it was as good a time as any to get back into the series.A lot had changed since I left, and Pokémon Sun carried over plenty of these changes. I appreciated a lot of these tweaks, including the removal of HMs and unlimited-use TMs. And while adjusting the “experience share” to give experience to all the Pokémon in my team made the game a little easier, it also reduced the amount of grind that I’d need to perform to progress. Additionally, the online capability of these newer games meant that I could easily fill out my Pokédex without having to track down a friend who had all the Pokémon I was missing. I’ll also admit that the “Alola variant” of many Gen 1 Pokémon was a nice touch of modified nostalgia.However, there were some things that I found a little lackluster or irritating. While the story was pretty good, there wasn’t much to do after I completed the game, other than to complete the Pokédex. The fact that there wasn’t some form of a National Dex for all the legendaries I had gained through gift codes was a bit disappointing, as there was no impetus for me to truly “collect them all.” And while the Z-move mechanic was a neat and flashy addition, having to sit through the animation for them each and every time I used them became tedious by the end.An enjoyable adventure, despite a few minor weaknesses, I give Pokémon Sun 4.0 stars out of 5.2 people found this helpful

Hands down the best Pokémon game since HeartGold & SoulSilverHands down the best Pokémon game since HeartGold & SoulSilver. Mixing up the formula REALLY worked for them! The new features are great, lots of old features have been revamped to be significantly less annoying than ever before (EV training, hatching eggs, showing the effectiveness of your moves if you've encountered the Pokémon before, being allowed to choose if you want to send a pokémon into a PC box or replace one of your party Pokémon, etc.), and the characters are all brilliantly written. Here I was thinking I might be finally done with Pokémon after X/Y bored me to the point where I couldn't finish it, but much to my joy I find that there's plenty here to keep me engaged. 20 years later, and ... MoreHands down the best Pokémon game since HeartGold & SoulSilverHands down the best Pokémon game since HeartGold & SoulSilver. Mixing up the formula REALLY worked for them! The new features are great, lots of old features have been revamped to be significantly less annoying than ever before (EV training, hatching eggs, showing the effectiveness of your moves if you've encountered the Pokémon before, being allowed to choose if you want to send a pokémon into a PC box or replace one of your party Pokémon, etc.), and the characters are all brilliantly written. Here I was thinking I might be finally done with Pokémon after X/Y bored me to the point where I couldn't finish it, but much to my joy I find that there's plenty here to keep me engaged. 20 years later, and Pokémon is still going strong!Whether you're an old fan of the series, or never got to it back in the previous generations, pick up this game. You won't be disappointed!

Seems shorter than previous games...Overall it's a pretty good game, though the story seems a bit short compared to others. The Generation V games seem to be the longest in the series in terms of time to complete, Black 1 & 2 and White 1 & 2, and in terms of scope and size of the map as well, although Generation IV Heartgold and SoulSilver probably come very close. I've been playing Pokemon since Blue for the GBC. It's unfortunate Pokemon games in general do not carry over many features from previous games, Generation VIII games (Sun & Moon) don't have swarm battles, triple battles, and many other features from the Generation VI games.I dislike the fact Sun & Moon do not have the full National pokedex so you can't actually "catch them all" although the Pokemon ... MoreSeems shorter than previous games...Overall it's a pretty good game, though the story seems a bit short compared to others. The Generation V games seem to be the longest in the series in terms of time to complete, Black 1 & 2 and White 1 & 2, and in terms of scope and size of the map as well, although Generation IV Heartgold and SoulSilver probably come very close. I've been playing Pokemon since Blue for the GBC. It's unfortunate Pokemon games in general do not carry over many features from previous games, Generation VIII games (Sun & Moon) don't have swarm battles, triple battles, and many other features from the Generation VI games.I dislike the fact Sun & Moon do not have the full National pokedex so you can't actually "catch them all" although the Pokemon bank does - I suspect this is a ploy to get more subscribers to that service, which is also excellent by the way.The graphics, controls, etc are all fantastic, cannot find a flaw with those at all, although the 3ds does appear to lag when there are double battles, although only slighlty - and I do have the "New" 3ds. The online features are pretty awesome, too. Wonder trading is still my favorite part of the new pokemon games, it's almost as addictive as gambling.One person found this helpful

Snorfest of a Pokemon GameQuite possibly the worst pokemon game I've played, and I grew up with a Yellow cartridge on a purple GBC. Okay, I'll be honest, it's maybe par with the GBA Pokemon Pinball, but I still ended up investing more hours into that than this.The plot? About as fun as planting trees. The NPC's? About as interesting as watching paint dry. The core game element of Pokemon fighting? Someone forgot to take it off very easy mode. I suppose it's great for the younger generation now? Dunno, personally I was in kindergarden playing Yellow, and elementary playing Gold, found those enjoyable at that age. Personally I find them to be the two highest, with X/Y and Ruby/Sapphire (including remakes) behind them.Honestly, just go buy X/Y or the remakes of ... MoreSnorfest of a Pokemon GameQuite possibly the worst pokemon game I've played, and I grew up with a Yellow cartridge on a purple GBC. Okay, I'll be honest, it's maybe par with the GBA Pokemon Pinball, but I still ended up investing more hours into that than this.The plot? About as fun as planting trees. The NPC's? About as interesting as watching paint dry. The core game element of Pokemon fighting? Someone forgot to take it off very easy mode. I suppose it's great for the younger generation now? Dunno, personally I was in kindergarden playing Yellow, and elementary playing Gold, found those enjoyable at that age. Personally I find them to be the two highest, with X/Y and Ruby/Sapphire (including remakes) behind them.Honestly, just go buy X/Y or the remakes of Ruby/Sapphire if you havn't played those. They have 3D battles too, which this doesn't. And Story.One person found this helpful

the best game in generationslate to the program here, but i haven't had time to play it i didn't buy it. i absolutely love this game, and it has possibly beaten pokemon gold&silver as my favorite pokemon game. i love alola, the alolan forms, the trial setup, and especially the fact that pokemon are finally integrated into daily life: your mom has a meowth, and there are pokemon npcs everywhere, from snubull to mimikyu. and you can hear pokemon cries mixed in with the soundtrack, which itself is amazing.my absolute favorite thing: the plot. no spoilers, but this plot actually had substance, as much for kids as for adults, as well as complex morals and touching on a family subject that isn't talked about ever, when it should be. i actually didn't get gen6 because i ... Morethe best game in generationslate to the program here, but i haven't had time to play it i didn't buy it. i absolutely love this game, and it has possibly beaten pokemon gold&silver as my favorite pokemon game. i love alola, the alolan forms, the trial setup, and especially the fact that pokemon are finally integrated into daily life: your mom has a meowth, and there are pokemon npcs everywhere, from snubull to mimikyu. and you can hear pokemon cries mixed in with the soundtrack, which itself is amazing.my absolute favorite thing: the plot. no spoilers, but this plot actually had substance, as much for kids as for adults, as well as complex morals and touching on a family subject that isn't talked about ever, when it should be. i actually didn't get gen6 because i felt pokemon was going downhill in gens4 and 5, aka pearl/diamond/platinum and black/white. i just didn't enjoy them as much, they were too easy and simplistic, and i was done playing with them in less than 50h. also more than a few of the pokemon designs were unoriginal or even downright ugly (i'm looking at you, garbodor), which i still feel in sun&moon but the alolan forms helped a lot with that, along with creating less new pokemon and bringing back ones we hadn't seen in a long time, and the ultra beasts which i was leery of but turned out great. strangely for islands, you hardly spend any time in the water, which is a shame.trainer customisation is great, i really didn't like the bobble-head look of x/y. and pokemon ride! best idea ever. i realllly want them to bring back having your pokemon walk besides you. pokepelago and pokerefresh? more awesomeness.my faith in pokemon and nintendo has been restored. i might even get sun&moon2, depending on what they do with the plot and new content.2 people found this helpful

The best one to dateThe best pokemon game released to date. For those who haven't played since the days of Red/Green/Blue/Yellow, this is the time to give it another shot.*******************************************PROS:The ability to randomly trade a pokemon in Wonder TradeThe ability to trade online with friendsThe ability to leave a request to trade one pokemon for another with specific details in GTSThe Pokepelago islands allowing you to level pokemon and gain items as time passes in real life without playing*******************************************CONS:Completion of the pokedex is possible but unnecessarily difficult due primarily to various pokemon only obtainable via fishing (and the fishing mechanic in this game is honestly broken). The appearance rates ... MoreThe best one to dateThe best pokemon game released to date. For those who haven't played since the days of Red/Green/Blue/Yellow, this is the time to give it another shot.*******************************************PROS:The ability to randomly trade a pokemon in Wonder TradeThe ability to trade online with friendsThe ability to leave a request to trade one pokemon for another with specific details in GTSThe Pokepelago islands allowing you to level pokemon and gain items as time passes in real life without playing*******************************************CONS:Completion of the pokedex is possible but unnecessarily difficult due primarily to various pokemon only obtainable via fishing (and the fishing mechanic in this game is honestly broken). The appearance rates of many water pokemon are in the realm of 3% and there is only 1 fishing rod in this game.It was relatively easy to complete the entire pokedex, but sadly there is little reward for doing so.The Battle Tree is more difficult than prior games, but for the wrong reasons. From the start the BattleTree can put you up against a trainer who will absolutely sweep the floor with you. The difficulty ramping is insurmountable and success in a series of battles always feels more like RNG luck than skill.The Global Event quotas are ridiculously high and prevent the community from being able to attain the highest rewards (which tend to be too low to begin with), which results in the community shying away from the events.6 people found this helpful

Pretty Okay GamePokemon Sun was okay. Although I started playing in December I beat the pokemon league in May because there wasn't THAT much motivation to get back to it...and I still have yet to collect the legendaries and defeat Red and the gang and that sort of thing.Now the game itself is quite easy. It was interesting of them to give you a Rotomdex; that is, Rotom is essentially your Fi or Navi or Midna if you're familiar with Zelda games--but that feature also made me a little lazy. Every time I turned on the game Rotom reminded me of where to go since he even has a map with the destination written on it! That's very coddling in my opinion, and while I become familiar with almost every city and route in other pokemon games while playing through, I still ... MorePretty Okay GamePokemon Sun was okay. Although I started playing in December I beat the pokemon league in May because there wasn't THAT much motivation to get back to it...and I still have yet to collect the legendaries and defeat Red and the gang and that sort of thing.Now the game itself is quite easy. It was interesting of them to give you a Rotomdex; that is, Rotom is essentially your Fi or Navi or Midna if you're familiar with Zelda games--but that feature also made me a little lazy. Every time I turned on the game Rotom reminded me of where to go since he even has a map with the destination written on it! That's very coddling in my opinion, and while I become familiar with almost every city and route in other pokemon games while playing through, I still don't quite remember where things are in Sun and Moon because I didn't have to. They point you there anyway. So I will spend about five minutes flying on Charizard from place to place until I realize that I should probably take the ferry/ship to another (guessed) island because what I'm looking for isn't here.The best part of the game to me was Team Skull; they were really funny in the sense that Game Freak knew how lightly the "bad guys" are taken by the players anyway so they took the liberty to show that through their lines. That being said, because of Team Skull's humor I saw early on that Aether Foundation was suspicious. Skull was too non-threatening and disorganized to be the true threat, so even if Aether acted like perfect citizens something felt off. There's also questions I had about the deeper motives behind Aether funding Skull; I believe there's always something deeper when money is involved between two parties. Then the leaders of those two parties blindly jump into another dimension together with these strange pokemon they've barely seen? And one is older, has more influence and power than the other? But I keep that to myself.Also, although the dimensional lore and such is being expanded through the events and tidbits from this game, the plot is basically oriented around Lillie. That's not bad at all--you don't have to be the main/most important character all the time, but yes, Sun and Moon is Lillie's story which can be summarized as"Mom, what are you doing?""Mom, STAHP!"And Lillie learning to stand up for herself and stop being a helpless child all the time. Although my character is friends with her and was a catalyst for her growth in the series, I am not attached to her (Lillie) as a player of the game. Maybe if she were in some other series she'd be more interesting to me? I don't know. Gladion and Hau were rather one-dimensional too but still nice to have as companions. (It wasn't anything as disarraying as having four friends constantly skipping and flocking around you and calling your name in circles like in X and Y.) But anyhow, I like them more than Lillie. Hau never gets flustered when crazy stuff is happening; he really keeps his cool and remains positive, and Gladion...he's so afflicted and standoffish it's funny. But on a deeper note I approve how he got away from his mother and made his own path when she was losing it. Unlike Lillie, he didn't wait around for anyone to save him while suffering in the meantime. He took type:NULL and got OUT of there! That's my boy. I really like that.Anyhow, moving on to the soundtrack: it's not bad at all. Until I went to YouTube looking for the songs I liked, I never knew that there were two versions for most of the songs, so I suppose every time I've picked up Sun I've only played at night (I highly favor those compositions over the day version anyhow) and missed the daytime renderings. The music is fine but to me the routes used a lot of the same songs around the same places so I didn't differentiate them as well as I would other Pokemon games. And although the music is objectively decent, I only have about three that I regularly go back to actually listen to out of affection...DEFINITELY not the wild pokemon song though. The totem pokemon version makes it better but the original makes me angry for some reason...What I don't like is the new menu for handling pokemon. In many ways it's convenient but I dislike trying to move a pokemon in my party and then remembering OHHH, I have to go out of my way to press Y to move this fool! On the bright side, I really like the options they give you when your party is full. You can exchange pokemon and items back to the PC all in one go!HMs: It's sort of convenient to not have to have an HM slave to perform all of the functions you need to get around the terrain, so I think it's an interesting system them procured over in Aloha. Definitely enables you to have only who you trained to be a warrior with you while you're going.Alolan forms: Pretty cool; it brings out observations that we can see in the real world. Not all squirrels, even though they're all squirrels, occur in the same appearance throughout regions or the world. So that makes it a little more interesting, though I won't comment on Dugtrio nor Golem's alolan form...or whatever random stuff they did there. And the oricocos! Oh my god.All in all: not bad. I really didn't want Solgaleo though. I can only remember him as "Nebby" (should name him that for kicks!) and if only they had given us the choice to catch him or let Lillie have him! He iS hers. Honestly it would be gold to see a girl as clumsy as Lillie have a magestic pokemon like Solgaleo as her starter pokemon in Kanto. They deserve each other; she saved him from his demise and they went through a lot together as a team already. I really, really wasn't interested in having him because...you know...I'm not a fan of legendaries anyway. I was more excited when I accidentally stumbled upon Tapu Lele the other day. Though the nature of the guardian pokemon rub me the wrong way too...going around on MY island punishing people as you will...who gave you the right?! Just kidding. I just don't really connect with legendaries in general. And I think she would feel better with him as her partner as her mom rehabilitates. And it was interesting for them to make a legendary that evolves too.That about wraps it up! Pokemon Sun and Moon...pretty okay game, I won't lie. I wasn't motivated to do any more that I had to, though.8 people found this helpful

My least favorite Pokemon gameI've been playing Pokemon games since Red/Blue and this is the first one I haven't finished because I just don't find it very fun. Maybe I've out grown the game, but I was playing Y just weeks before I got this game and I played all the way through and was hatching eggs for IVs for hours a day when I finished. This is definitely the least challenging Pokemon game while also having probably the deepest story. For me, there are too many cutscenes too often and they can be long as well. Seems like there are a lot of unnecessary dialogue scenes when you just want to play the game in the beginning. The trials are much easier than the gyms were in previous games, and never once did I feel threatened by any challenger or Totem Pokemon. ... MoreMy least favorite Pokemon gameI've been playing Pokemon games since Red/Blue and this is the first one I haven't finished because I just don't find it very fun. Maybe I've out grown the game, but I was playing Y just weeks before I got this game and I played all the way through and was hatching eggs for IVs for hours a day when I finished. This is definitely the least challenging Pokemon game while also having probably the deepest story. For me, there are too many cutscenes too often and they can be long as well. Seems like there are a lot of unnecessary dialogue scenes when you just want to play the game in the beginning. The trials are much easier than the gyms were in previous games, and never once did I feel threatened by any challenger or Totem Pokemon. Freeing up a move slot by not having to have HM moves in your party is nice, but it does feel like some strategy is taken out of the game. For once, I don't see myself breeding for IVs once I finish the game.6 people found this helpful

Veteran Trainer Review.I've been playing pokemon for 20 years now, and every game that has come out has been beautifully amazing. The only gripe I have with these gen 7 games is the fact that not all Megastones are available and the ones that are unavailable will be obtained via events or online competitions. This does annoy me greatly. Equally as annoying is if you have an older 3DS this game loads up much slower than it would on a New 3DS. Sometimes it takes a while to even shut the game off. So if you want to play this I do recommend getting a NEW 3DS to play it on, it'll be a lot less slow running.Though beyond that the battles are harder, the graphics are gorgeous, the cut scenes are amazing, and I'm just blown away by this game. Though if you're looking to ... MoreVeteran Trainer Review.I've been playing pokemon for 20 years now, and every game that has come out has been beautifully amazing. The only gripe I have with these gen 7 games is the fact that not all Megastones are available and the ones that are unavailable will be obtained via events or online competitions. This does annoy me greatly. Equally as annoying is if you have an older 3DS this game loads up much slower than it would on a New 3DS. Sometimes it takes a while to even shut the game off. So if you want to play this I do recommend getting a NEW 3DS to play it on, it'll be a lot less slow running.Though beyond that the battles are harder, the graphics are gorgeous, the cut scenes are amazing, and I'm just blown away by this game. Though if you're looking to relive your nostalgia for the good old days (Red and Blue) this game is probably not for you mostly because Gyms have been eliminated and in it's place is Trials. If you're looking to relive the old days I suggest buying the virtual console in the eShop rather than buy this game. This also applies to players coming to this game via Pokemon GO, do remember if this is your first Pokemon game do not expect it to operate in the same way that Go does. Though I do hope you give this game a try, the core series is definitely the better of the Pokemon games in my humble opinion.I cannot wait to see what they have in store for us next.

Worthy of Carrying on the Pokemon BrandAs an original Pokemon player, I've grown and experienced it all. And while it'll be easy to simply say Sun and Moon have completely departed from the series and created something revolutionary and new like Nintendo has tried to market this generation as, that simply is not the case. Yes things feel fresh up to a point; there are no gyms, no established Elite Four, and a few other minor differences, but at the core of it you still are going from city to city challenging trainers to battles. This is what Pokemon is at it's core. You can call it Island Challenges if you want, but they are still Gym battles. The biggest inclusion are the Z Moves which function as a last ditch super power up move. We see this in many games, but ... MoreWorthy of Carrying on the Pokemon BrandAs an original Pokemon player, I've grown and experienced it all. And while it'll be easy to simply say Sun and Moon have completely departed from the series and created something revolutionary and new like Nintendo has tried to market this generation as, that simply is not the case. Yes things feel fresh up to a point; there are no gyms, no established Elite Four, and a few other minor differences, but at the core of it you still are going from city to city challenging trainers to battles. This is what Pokemon is at it's core. You can call it Island Challenges if you want, but they are still Gym battles. The biggest inclusion are the Z Moves which function as a last ditch super power up move. We see this in many games, but not yet in Pokemon, at least not until this year.Pokemon Sun and Moon are great games that are great games because it follows the traditional formula which made Pokemon a household name. All they did was simply tweak the names and paths you go through and that is how it feels fresh. Game Freak has had a successful track record and this generation continues it.5 people found this helpful