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KingBowser9001 C O D E N A M E : X Since: Aug, 2016
C O D E N A M E : X
01/02/2017 16:48:26 •••

One of the best generations in the series.

Hey, look. I can write reviews that are primarily positive. Yeah, after the disappointment that was Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS, I needed something to cut down my very thick layer of cynicism. Of course, judging by the review title alone, you can probably guess what helped.

Almost every problem I had with Pokémon X and Y has been fixed. I think I'll start off with characterization. Whew, this is probably gonna take a while.

The first thing I was waiting to see was the new villain team. After the humorless and bland Team Flare, I was pretty happy to see Team Skull. The fact that they were intentionally Harmless Villains was a nice touch, and every member has depth to them. Even the grunts. From a gameplay perspective, their teams are nicely varied, again in sharp contrast to Flare.

In terms of the rest of the cast, my personal favorite was probably Lillie. She gets easily the most Character Development out of all the cast, and on a side note, she's just so freaking adorable. Now, the rivals. Frankly, I didn't like the Gen 6 rivals. They were flat and got basically no development. Gladion is a very effective antagonistic rival. Besides the fact that I think his introduction was a little lazy, he works well. Hau is a stereotypical "friendly" rival, but I didn't mind him much. I just wish he had a little more character development.

Gameplay-wise, it's... Well, it's typical Pokemon gameplay. If I could pick one new thing to keep for Gen 8, though, it would have to be the Ride Pager. Awesome, no more HM slaves! The one mechanic I didn't like so much was SOS battles. It just felt like an excuse to drag battles out.

Now, this is where I explain some of the big issues. Probably the most frustrating part is the ending, which can easily take almost an hour to go through. After the Final Boss, you need to sit through 3 15-minute cutscenes and fight a Post Final Boss. All without the ability to save in between anything.

The Ultra Beasts reeked of They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character. They were hyped up as being otherworldly Lovecraft-esque Eldritch Abominations that weren't Pokemon. Come again by release, you can catch them in the postgame and besides that, they get about as much screentime as King Sombra. You don't even see half of them until the postgame!

Lastly, I really don't understand why the developers removed stuff like the Player Search System and DexNav. Both were pretty much perfect features, and both were very useful. Festival Plaza, the replacement, has very little purpose in comparison. It's especially irritating to have to waste 10 minutes on it just to be able to trade or battle online.

A few small detractors, but nothing too major. Sun and Moon are some of the best entries in the series. Buy them, dammit. You will get your money's worth.


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