History Awesome / PokemonSunAndMoon

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* After Popplio received mixed reception with more negative outcries on social media, fans and supporters lended their support and praise for the little sea lion. They formed the "Popplio Defense Squad" to show solidarity and defend Popplio from hate. And this turns into an Ugly Duckling story, because Primarina is both beautiful and the strongest of the 3 starters, and the strongest of any starter that ever was. It has great storyline coverage to boot. It's super effective against a whopping 4 kahunas (Nanu, Hapu, Kiawe, and Hala, to be specific.) Decidueye has only 3 and Incineroar, a meager two.
* Raichu, who has been eclipsed by the fame of its Pre-Evolution for the past 20 years, finally gets to shine with a new Psychic-type Alola form (and its own unique Z-Move). What's more, Alolan Raichu's unique ability lets it '''double''' its speed, going from an already-good 110 to a whopping ''220''. [[note]]That's even faster than Regieleki, the Pokemon with ''the'' fastest base speed stat of 200.[[/note]]
* The demo of this game features a special Greninja with a new ability called Battle Bond, which allows it to transform into Ash-Greninja from the anime. And if that's not cool enough, the Greninja can be transferred to the full game for even more fun!
* Just like in [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite Gen]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2 V]], it's possible to catch fully evolved Psuedo-Legendaries, and even Espeon & Umbreon, out in the wild. It requires a lot of patience but through SOS Chaining, Dragonite, Salamence, and Kommo-o can also be caught as wild pokemon.
** Salamence is an especially notable case, as it has a ''1% chance of being called by Bagon, who on its own only has a 1% chance of being encountered in the wild on Route 3''.
** Kommo-o as well, given that normally the new Pseudo-Legendary of each generation requires quite some effort to get to, but here all you require is patience; the wild Jangmo-o in Vast Poni Canyon will only call its two evolved forms, meaning that you're much more likely to see one call its fully-evolved counterpart as a result.
* The game's sale figures. First, it was the most pre-ordered game in Nintendo history. Then, it sold more copies in North and South America than any other video game Nintendo released in its first two weeks (that's 3.7 million copies, an 85% increase over ''X and Y''), in Europe it sold 1.5 million copies in its first week, and in Japan it sold 1.9 million copies in ''three days''.
* After fans failed the first two Global Missions and were subsequently mocked by the media, the third Global Mission was 1 million GTS trades. Seeing as how the GTS is frequently seen as a WretchedHive by fans, being largely comprised of either disproportionate or inadequate trades that are impossible to fulfill, one would think that the same would happen again. However, fans thought of a novel idea: bringing back the Magnemite Coil from Gen V.[[note]]This was a simple technique which comprised of putting a Magnemite or similar common low-level Pokémon up on the GTS and asking for the same species in return.[[/note]] This strategy was so successful that the fans finished the mission in little more than ''three days''.
** It gets better! The mission came with a bonus Friend Ball in the event players were able to achieve 2 million trades. Thanks to the above method, fans were also able to hit that milestone as well!
** Adding onto this, the fourth Global Mission (getting Battle Points at the Battle Tree) as well as its stretch goal were completed in ''less than 24 hours''. By the end of the mission, '''15671838''' points were gained within two weeks, more than 6000% of the goal. Fans of postgame and/or the battle facilities such as the Tree, Maison and Frontier were absolutely ecstatic about this massive success, especially after Masuda's infamous [[https://archive-media.nyafuu.org/vp/image/1418/09/1418093062454.jpg quote about why Gen VI had lower difficulty compared to Gens IV and V, and why the Battle Frontier wasn't in ORAS]], where he states only a small amount of people would enjoy difficult postgame content.
* [[http://real-faker.tumblr.com/post/158064613874/i-uh-have-some-headcanons This fancomic about Guzma and Wimpod]], in which the latter makes absolutely sure that [[AbusiveParents a certain someone]] ''never'' lays a hand on Guzma ever again.
* The games winning Famitsu's GOTY award and award of excellence sure would count! A perfect way to cap off the 20th anniversary.

* Leech Life is a TM. Now, you may be thinking, "What, that 20 Base Power move? Sure, the health steal is nice, but it's worthless on such a weak attack!" Not so anymore. Leech Life's base power has been boosted to a whopping ''80'', putting it on par with X-Scissor in strength, and making it the most powerful physical HP-Draining Move in the game[[note]]It outranks Horn Leech and Drain Punch, both with a 75 Base Power, as well as outranking the special move Giga Drain. The only better HP stealing moves by the Move's stats alone are Dream Eater, which has 100 Base Power but only works on sleeping Pokemon, and Yveltal's signature move of Oblivion Wing, which recovers 75% of damage dealt rather than Leech Life's 50%[[/note]].

** First, when Faba smugly tells the party that they can't get to Lusamine's quarters without the key he's holding, Hau casually points out that [[WhatAnIdiot he could have just hid, leaving the party unable to get through the door]].

* Raichu, who has been eclipsed by the fame of its Pre-Evolution for the past 20 years, finally gets to shine with a new Psychic-type Alola form (and its own unique Z-Move). What's more, Alolan Raichu's unique ability lets it '''double''' its speed, going from an already-good 110 to a whopping ''220'' [[note]]That's even faster than Regieleki, the Pokemon with ''the'' fastest base speed stat of 200.[[/note]]

* Raichu, who has been eclipsed by the fame of its Pre-Evolution for the past 20 years, finally gets to shine with a new Psychic-type Alola form (and its own unique Z-Move).

* Pelipper now having Drizzle as ability, as well as slightly raising his Special Attack, was enough to make it from something nobody ever used to a staple in OU tier in Smogon, courtesy of Drizzle complementing most of his best moves, such as STAB-bed in rain [[AlwaysAccurateAttack Always Accurate]] Hurricane as well as boosted Hydro Pump. Though now meeting it at higher levels in wild makes it a [[DemonicSpiders legitimate threat]] too.

* Pelipper now having Drizzle as ability, as well as slightly raising his Special Attack, was enough to make him from something nobody ever used to a staple in OU tier in Smogon, courtesy of Drizzle complementing most of his best moves, such as STAB-bed in rain [[AlwaysAccurateAttack Always Accurate]] Hurricane as well as boosted Hydro Pump. Though now meeting it at higher levels in wild makes it a [[DemonicSpiders legitimate threat]] too.

* Crabrawler's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpfRTWisNdY debut trailer at Pokémon World]] consists entirely of it [[CurbStompBattle it wiping the floor]] with some of the most common competitive Pokémon, [[WorfEffect including some legendaries]].

* After the post-game sidequest to catch all the Ultra Beasts, Looker tells you that the International Police has decided to reward you for your trouble... and coughs up ''[[{{HSQ}} ONE MILLION]]'' Pokédollars.

* Turtonator, a cool looking Fire/Dragon-type, has a new exclusive move called Shell Trap: if the move is used, and the enemy attacks it, the attack launches a counter fiery explosion [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome that is quite the sight]].

** Even the song, which is by the way [[AwesomeMusic very fitting for the moment]], is called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lrWCE3gvOg Steely Lillie]].

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** Twinkle Tackle, the Fairy-type Z-move, is both awesome and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious.]] The screen turns all sparkly and cutesy as the user approaches the opponent, then proceeds to boop them into the sky, complete with a twinkle, as the user happily dances around.

** Salamence is an especially special case, as it has a ''1% chance of being called by Bagon, who on its own only has a 1% chance of being encountered in the wild on Route 3''.

** Adding onto this, the fourth Global Mission (getting Battle Points at the Battle Tree) as well as its stretch goal were completed in ''less than 24 hours''. By the end of the mission, '''15671838''' points were gained within two weeks, more than 6000% of the goal. Fans of postgame and/or the battle facilities such as the Tree, Maison and Frontier were absolutely ecstatic about this massive success, especially after Masuda's [[FandomBerserkButton infamous]] [[https://archive-media.nyafuu.org/vp/image/1418/09/1418093062454.jpg quote about why Gen VI had lower difficulty compared to Gens IV and V, and why the Battle Frontier wasn't in ORAS]], where he states only a small amount of people would enjoy difficult postgame content.