JoanXXX
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After only recently getting a 2ds, last Christmas I believe. I asked for Pokemon Sun and Moon, I was excited by getting a new game, as my most recent Pokemon game being White 2, which I have spent about 700 hours in that game alone. Needless to say my hopes were high. However, after a promising start, it quickly fell flat.
Characters
They are all awful. Every character was so predictable and boring. They all act so awkward too, it's like they are trying to make an anime instead of a Pokemon game, seriously, who runs away from the person they are talking to, mid-conversation, then starts waving to them or jumping on the spot, and then continuing the conversation. It really pulls you out of the world they are "trying" to create. You don't think "Oh I hope I can help this girl with her mummy issues", instead you think "Oh, well I know what's going happen to these two characters at the end, one of whom I control, because it is so unbelievably obvious, I'm only here to get the legendary Pokemon.".
Map
The route's are ridiculously short, which makes each journey to another city seem like a small step instead of an achievement. I loved making my way to different cities in Black and White, it was like an adventure, the routes could be difficult, but it would pay off at the end when I get to see new and unique cities. Sun and Moon had none of that, getting to a new city was a piece of cake, a bland and boring cake.
Story
All I can say is that this isn't going to be difficult to adapt into an anime, just slap in Ash and call it a day. It plays like a terribly predictable anime, and it was an absolute bore.
Team Skull
Team Skull were laughable, in contrast to my experience with Team Plasma before this team just seemed to be a joke, except it wasn't a funny one. They were a major disappointment, they were just generic anime villains, this whole game is just a generic anime.
Playing with people's nostalgia
This part really makes me angry. They obviously thought that if they slapped in characters from older games, it would make this game feel even more "epic" as all your favourite characters are there. Except, what do they do when a remotely interesting character like Colress comes along? They must add him in, as he is a fan favourite, but he is far too "dark" and "mysterious" for Sun and Moon's cast of predictable and generic characters. Let's just make him give you an TM, then make him say that #he now believes that the source of a Pok?mon's true power is its bond with its Trainer# (got bit in between # from https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Colress#In_the_games) , which is nothing like him, and then he just buggers off.
Then there is Grimsley, my favourite elite four member. I didn't even know it was him in Sun and Moon,
I legitimately did not recognise him for the whole game. (I had forgotten Grimsley's name) They changed a once elite 4 member to some old man who creeps out on the beach. It angers me that they feel they need to mess with every character there is.
Conclusion
well not really a conclusion as I didn't write about the positives, but there isn't much to write on that front
This game has made my view on the Pokemon series sour, it plays out like a generic anime, tries to attract more people by putting older characters in, destroying the characters we loved in the process and the awkward boring characters.
It disheartens me that this seems to be the way Pokemon is heading, and I hope this can change. Please feel free to write your views on this game, I want to see other people's opinions on this.
-After thought topics-
Post game Content
Compared with B and W, Sun and Moon has barely any extra content after you have beaten the main game. I have still yet to finish everything available in Pokemon Black and White. Other than the battle place, I genuinely have nothing else to do in Sun and Moon. Oh, other than taking photos and watching the generic, repetitive replies flood in.
Characters
They are all awful. Every character was so predictable and boring. They all act so awkward too, it's like they are trying to make an anime instead of a Pokemon game, seriously, who runs away from the person they are talking to, mid-conversation, then starts waving to them or jumping on the spot, and then continuing the conversation. It really pulls you out of the world they are "trying" to create. You don't think "Oh I hope I can help this girl with her mummy issues", instead you think "Oh, well I know what's going happen to these two characters at the end, one of whom I control, because it is so unbelievably obvious, I'm only here to get the legendary Pokemon.".
Map
The route's are ridiculously short, which makes each journey to another city seem like a small step instead of an achievement. I loved making my way to different cities in Black and White, it was like an adventure, the routes could be difficult, but it would pay off at the end when I get to see new and unique cities. Sun and Moon had none of that, getting to a new city was a piece of cake, a bland and boring cake.
Story
All I can say is that this isn't going to be difficult to adapt into an anime, just slap in Ash and call it a day. It plays like a terribly predictable anime, and it was an absolute bore.
Team Skull
Team Skull were laughable, in contrast to my experience with Team Plasma before this team just seemed to be a joke, except it wasn't a funny one. They were a major disappointment, they were just generic anime villains, this whole game is just a generic anime.
Playing with people's nostalgia
This part really makes me angry. They obviously thought that if they slapped in characters from older games, it would make this game feel even more "epic" as all your favourite characters are there. Except, what do they do when a remotely interesting character like Colress comes along? They must add him in, as he is a fan favourite, but he is far too "dark" and "mysterious" for Sun and Moon's cast of predictable and generic characters. Let's just make him give you an TM, then make him say that #he now believes that the source of a Pok?mon's true power is its bond with its Trainer# (got bit in between # from https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Colress#In_the_games) , which is nothing like him, and then he just buggers off.
Then there is Grimsley, my favourite elite four member. I didn't even know it was him in Sun and Moon,
I legitimately did not recognise him for the whole game. (I had forgotten Grimsley's name) They changed a once elite 4 member to some old man who creeps out on the beach. It angers me that they feel they need to mess with every character there is.
Conclusion
well not really a conclusion as I didn't write about the positives, but there isn't much to write on that front
This game has made my view on the Pokemon series sour, it plays out like a generic anime, tries to attract more people by putting older characters in, destroying the characters we loved in the process and the awkward boring characters.
It disheartens me that this seems to be the way Pokemon is heading, and I hope this can change. Please feel free to write your views on this game, I want to see other people's opinions on this.
-After thought topics-
Post game Content
Compared with B and W, Sun and Moon has barely any extra content after you have beaten the main game. I have still yet to finish everything available in Pokemon Black and White. Other than the battle place, I genuinely have nothing else to do in Sun and Moon. Oh, other than taking photos and watching the generic, repetitive replies flood in.
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