Did Pokémon Sun and Moon Suck? (Retrospective) 

JOIN DISCORD - discord.com/invite/RajSP3mY8v I had a 30 second cold opening of this video that kept making the video demonetized. Here's the link if you want to watch it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Vbnip3GTFWA.html Time Stamps: 2:37 Part 1: Positives 6:16 Part 2: The Island Trials 9:03 Part 3: The Z-Moves 10:35 Part 4: Regional Forms 12:18 Part 5: The Map Design/Riding Pokémon 15:23 Part 6: Hand-Holding 17:58 Part 7: Story and the Cutscenes 22:31 Part 8: Lillie 25:58 Part 9: Incomplete Game and Conclusion

Nihilego looking like Lillie is because of Lusamine's obsession with Nihilego, since Lusamine forcing Lillie to dress the way she does is a major part of Lillie's backstory. It's never explicitly stated, so it's a pretty good example of subtle visual storytelling. This is one of the many things USM did worse, since in USM Lusamine wasn't obsessed with Nihilego, so she had no reason to force Lillie to dress like one. In SM it actually served a purpose and tied things together, in USM it's like a bunch of loose threads laying around that don't connect to anything else.

Lillie's arc is about becoming self-reliant. To escape Aether she needed to rely on Nebby. To save Nebby she needed to rely on you. To get to a ruin she needed to rely on Oliva. To ward off a Team Skull Grunt she needed you again. The Bridge Scene is her taking a step towards relying on herself more and other less. That's why the confrontation with her mother has HER confronting her. Sure, she still needs help; she isn't a trainer herself and doesn't set out to be one until the end, but she confronts her mother because that's HER arc. If only there was a real sequel.

I was actually thinking about your point on how Lillie is actually the main character of the story while we, the player, are tasked with doing the heavy lifting and thought "why can't the player be the fusion of Lillie and us?" We would take the place of Lillie in the story, and her being timid could explain why we are mute and our lack of expression in the cutscenes. We would escape from Lusamine and try to live a normal life that we always wanted completing island challenges and collecting Pokemon. Eventually, our past will catch up with us and that moment where Lillie shouts at her mom could be us, which would be the first time the player would actually speak in the story. It be a fun break and subversion of expectations with the usual trends in Pokemon storytelling, and could've possibly made the SM story better. Just a thought I guess.

I miss Mega Evolutions. They were the perfect gimmick because it actually fits with Pokémon. Now they're just doing random bullshit each game

Let's Go's rideable pokemon and following pokemon should be in every game moving forward, buuuuuuuuuuuut....

I require my $100. I named Ramos correctly. My brain retains useless information well. I'm not sure if that a trait worth bragging about, though...

POV: It's been 5 years?! Where the f*ck did time go? Oh wait- Byleth: wtf?

Sun and Moon is honestly one of my all-time favorite Pokemon games. Yes, it has its problems. It was a little too hand-holdy, it went a little too hard on the cutscenes, and USUM was basically just glorified DLC. But it was the first pokemon game I ever played where I actually found myself CARING about the human characters. I don't care what anyone else says, Sun and Moon had good writing. It was simple writing, granted, but it was still good.

You know when I saw the chapter name convention i was like “wait does this video only have 6 chapters” bc i just forgot the sequels existed

My only issue with gen 7 is the cutscenes being unskippable and the existence of the most annoying thing in existence,rotom dex But other than that I feel like they did everything right..I mean I would've been happier with more mega evolution instead of z-moves but it's whatever My main improvement I actually really love is hms no longer being a thing,this was the first time in the series that we got to have fully freed up teams and it was honestly a huge plus

To be fair; that Teachy TV in FireRed and LeafGreen was kinda funny because it wasn't forcing you to do this for continuing the game, unlike the trainer-school in Alola, Festival Plaza in UsUm or the uninteresting, unnecessary dialogs (even more than in the Alola games) in SwSh. At least, that Teachy TV was optional whenever you want. 🤷🏻‍♂️

To me, the story of this game should be the main selling point. It's an amazing story, although I do agree that we have way to many cutscenes, I enjoyed the plot twist we faced with Lusamine being the actual villain (even though it was predictable) and that Team Skull was almost like a sub-division on the Aether Foundation. This was the last good Pokémon game, specially because even though it's not perfect by any means, it's still a very enjoyable experience because the bad DO NOT overtake the good in this game (SWORD AND SHIELD TAKE FUCKING NOTES)

Pokémon Moon was my first ever Pokémon game (I was a little late to the scene) and it holds a special place in my heart. The Hawaiian aesthetic, it just feels warm and comforting

I don't know how to feel that there exists a paper mache of a Mii version of Masuda's head laying somewhere around in Game Freak's office.

"You probably won't remember the gym leaders of X and Y" *Pokemon XYZ the series would like to have a word with u*

Wait, i didnt even realize there were so many people who didnt like this game lol

I gotta disagree that ORAS and XY focused on AZ and Xinea, they barely appeared

I would absolutely love to have played as Lillie. I was invested in Sun/Moon's story, but so sorely disappointed at my blank-stared protagonist ruining the scenes by being useless and expressionless. If they wanted to focus more on story, they should've gone all in. [With a skip cutscene option, of course] Imagine that Lillie is basically the same character, but with a customizable appearance. She can be male or female, and the Lillie we know is just her canon appearance. It would've probably divided people even more to have a protagonist with a defined personality, but at least Game Freak would be trying new avenues for the series. Would be a way better idea for a one generation gimmick than Z-moves or Dynamax.

Adore Gen 7 so much. I respect all the complaints people have but my subjective opinion is they are top tier Pokémon games. Love Gen 7 and the Alola region forever bro.

Ah yes, my favorite Pokémon. Famous Voice actress Tara Strong.

Sun and Moon (no, not USUM) are my favorite Pokémon game, no cap. It was great as a first play through. The characters were pretty likable IMO, it helped fix the overly easy nature of XY, it actually had the full dex in game, and Alola had some interesting differences to the usual gym challenges. Also, fuck the Rotom dex from USUM.

Honistly Pokemon Sun and Moon were great I never got most of the complaints people had with it. The story doing most of the work having one of the best in the main series.

I literally just bought this game (moon) preowned, yesterday for 11$ cause if birthday GameStop discount and $5 coupon I didn’t know I had saved. I’ve heard peoples issues about the game but I did actually enjoy the anime series on the alola region and the characters in it, so I’ve always wanted to try it out. Ima come back to this later once I beat it though, I’d like to hear a recent review on it

I liked the map since I play this game in large bursts, meaning when I came back I needed a reminder of where I was supposed to go. But it would've been better to give us the option to turn it off or change it to a different program. Makes me wish they kept something like DevNav, it was one of the best features of ORAS.

z moves sound good at first glance until you realize how cringe they can be, legit the character does a random cringe tik-tok-dance and then suddenly your pokemon becomes a totem for the animation of 1 move. Not only that but protect completely ruins the z-move

Him giving great points and arguments: Me: 5 years?.....

Sun & Moon is THE BEST Pokémon game since HeartGold & SoulSilver

I'm sorry, but the 3rd trial is really funny. I didn't expect the hiker the first time I played it and almost died of laughter.

One thing I kinda like about this game is that you can use Zygarde on your team

The way you describe this game's Sun & Monn's cutscenes reminds me all the time I had to spend watching door animations in Resident Evil Remake. Every god-forsaken door takes 7.75 seconds to pass through, and you can't skip the animation. There are so many doors that 1/3 of my playthrough was purely going through doors. Doors, doors, doors, doors, doors, doors, doors, doors, doors, doors, doors, doors, doors, doors, doors, doors, doors, doors. Doors, everywhere

8:15 that aged like wine

How to fix these games: • Stop making one dimension characters and completely develop them giving them more than 3 appearance or text boxes • Lusamine and Guzma were the only rescuable thing for me but they felt incomplete. Just like almost any character in the main saga. Not telling everything and limiting to some text (last point) ruins your potential. • Imagine Lillie really taking example on your avatar and really growing strong, even helping you to fight in crucial situations like Lusamine or Nihilego. Imagine making a postgame where some years pass and she returns to the region after a journey to be an optional strong boss instead of fucking Red who did REALLY took you as THE example. Do you like real woman who became strong or... A crybaby who never grows up? Its funny because in the Spin off Mystery Dungeon Explorer of the Sky you also have a close character (your partner) who probably loves you and REALLY START BEING WEAK to be developed step by step INTO SOMEONE STRONG AND SMART taking example on the effort of YOUR AVATAR. The gap is noticeable. And it's a big loss because i would love to see a Lillie like that. • Imagine if Lillie and your avatar did REALLY start a relationship and for USUM the main character was other and she was Married after several years timeskip with your contrary gender avatar as... A fucking Elite 4 with her husband/wife being the champion. • Imagine if fucking USUM was a game where you as another NEW and not recycled avatar was a game where in pure Chrono Cross fashion (a PS1 game) you did explore 2 worlds: Homeworld where everything was right like your SM avatar did everything right and Alter World where everything went wrong and you have to fix the dark consequences (Example: Lusamine dead, your first avatar dead, ultra beast domination over people, Guzma not reforming etc etc) and avoid any chance of the Alter World fusing with Homeworld. But nope, better make half-done characters who could be good, make many fillers and you have another game. Given the fanbase's opinion on much spin offs and GEN5 back in the day it ends being understandable. I really would have liked a story like i did point above. Yikes... When fanon easily beats canon. And of course we didnt talk about the gameplay. Gen 1 and 2 are excused to have 1v1 like NES Dragon Quest 1 because of GB limitations. But we are not in the GB anymore. 2v2 or 3v3 should be the norm. Difficulty curve issues, and several other problems which are recurring in the series. Yikes.

So, not sure if this has been brought up yet but I guess I'll say it anyways. About the laziness of the Island Trials, I remember hearing a while ago (around the time the games came out) that gym leaders were originally planned for Sun and Moon, but near the end of development, Masuda (or someone else) came up with the idea of Island Trials and rushed to implement them into the games. Can't confirm how legitimate this is but it does explain why most of the trials are lazy. Not trying to defend the game, just thought this was something interesting to mention. :)

I liked sun and Moon but I do agree that there quite a few flaws that the game has. I get what you mean by saying it feels incomplete but at the same time. Literally every other gen has this issue before the third version comes out (RS, DP) so with that logic everyone should hate every single first version. As for USUM it was a missed opportunity for GameFreak to do sequels again but I guess since BW2 sold so low they assumed the fans have spoken and have steered away from making more ambitious sequels. Perhaps that what XY were gonna get before they were scrapped altogether.

I honestly hate the excuse game freak uses of "kids are so much more easily distracted by their phones so we need to make the games easier and quicker for them to play cuz we're competing with their attention" like yeah I will say that is objectively true there are a lot more ways for kids to entertain themselves with more instant gratification than when I was a kid playing red blue yellow gold silver Crystal even the DS Sarah Diamond pearl and platinum they were less distractions and those games were the only ways for us to entertain ourselves on the go. However the most insulting thing and really shows you how burnt out and careless they are with Pokemon now is their reaction to that challenge they didn't go "oh wow kids have more distractions these days well we better make sure we make these games as engaging and fun as possible to keep their attention" they went wow we're going to have to work extra hard and be more creative to create a game to keep kids engaged? That's way too much effort let's just dumb down everything and cut as many corners as possible as long as we slap the Pokemon name on it it will sell who cares"

It's kind of unfair to compare any new game to gen 5, lets be honest

It's adorable how you pronounce Lillie.

Just watched this and your USM vid. You’re long format reviews are absolutely top tier.

Regardless of anyones opinion on S&M, I don't think I'm wrong when I say things got a lot worse after it

24:12 I think tha gamefreak has forgotten what makes a videogame different from a film or movie... Its the interactivity, and the fact that YOU are the main character. I dont get why gamefreak is so adimate about having you be a side character to some other main character, its counter to what videogames, especially RPGs are about. What if the player's role here? Same as always, get all the pokemon and the badges, go through the game. But every other game there's more to it. Your role involves stopping an evil team, doing something bigger than just catching every pokemon.

The best part of sun and moon was definitely how it tried to mix things up

Pokémon sure loves its unskippable cutscenes and tutorials.

Subscribed, love the pokemon stuff you do

I remember the first time I beat moon I was on a car trip and didn't have a car charger,the battery was in the red just before I did the champion defense battle and the battery died during the credits

The super lengthy un-skipable Cutscenes are an insult to Us! the 20 year experience veteran players!!

I liked the flat 2D trainers in X and Y, I thought they were charming

Lovely video and review. You're brilliant!

I agree on most fronts here but I have to say I liked the Z-crytals you didn't get from the island trial. The psychium-Z being within the depths of a labrynth-esque desert makes it feel like a trial that was lost to time, or how you find the buginium-Z in Guzma's throne room hinting at his desire to be a trial captain

I remember playing this game and disliking just how on the rails it felt. This is what truly made me feel like Pokémon was only for kids.

the kahunas dont come into my head without prompt but I do remember them vividly

I honestly really loved sun and moon and is one of my favorites

19:40 I died at how perfect that fit 🤣🤣🤣

Oh, wow. Lillie as the playable character would have been absolutely incredible for the story.

The original Pokémon sun and moon are the only Pokémon games cheaper than the retail price. These games were devalued by their ultra versions and lack of post game.

My favorite part about Sun and Moon is Lillie's relationship with the protagonist. ♥️ It's really wholesome and sweet. ◍^ ᴗ ^◍

It's a chore replaying this game, so massive props man. Great review

Rotom's blinking used to drive me INSANE. I played with a post it note on the bottom screen. I did like wearing sunglasses all the time so it looked like my character was high with her dopey smile in all circumstances

Pokemon Sun was my first ever core series pokemon game on my first ever Nintendo device, Nintendo 2ds, that my father bought from Canada. Being an Indian, we only get to watch Pokemon on TV we can't play TCG or the core series games (Pokemon Go is popular here, though). Therefore i have feelings attached to Pokemon Sun. I deleted my file that i completed in 2018 and restarted the game and completed it with my team having ash greninja, incineroar, a decidueye that i got as a rowlet from wonder trade, a mega Charizard x from wonder trade and solgaleo and zygarde. My favourite Pokemon will always be litten and his family because they were my first ever Pokemon and i was closely attached to them. Generation 7 Pokemon games have such awesome relaxing music especially in the pokemon centre and the post game credits really brought tears into my eyes. I still remember the day 5 years back when I first completed the game as a hardcore Indian Pokemon fan. I really don't take kindly to anyone who disrespects generation 7 games. Advances in gameplay that generation 7 did: The return of different overworld music depending on the time of day, which was originally introduced in Generation IV. A new villainous team, Team Skull. Eighteen Generation I Pokémon have a form unique to Alola known as a regional form; this aspect of Generation VII is based on selective pressures which occur in the real world. The addition of the Rotom Pokédex, a special Pokédex inhabited by a Rotom that doubles as a real-time map on the bottom screen of the Nintendo 3DS. The 3D models used for characters on the overworld are refined, and Trainers can be seen behind their Pokémon during battle, similar to Pokémon Colosseum, XD: Gale of Darkness, and Battle Revolution. Several NPC Trainers are shown to keep their Pokémon in Poké Balls other than the standard Poké Ball. It is possible to see stat changes during a battle. The new QR Scanner allows players to register Pokémon in their Pokédex and receive event Pokémon. The addition of Poké Rides, which allow players to summon Pokémon that they can ride to access otherwise inaccessible areas and thus the removal of HMs. The addition of Hyper Training, a system that allows players to exchange special Bottle Caps to maximize the IVs of their Level 100 Pokémon. Source: Bulbapedia It's also the only Pokemon game up until that point where the villainous team (team skull) weren't seeking the titular legendary for its world ending power. And also the first one where a character's family problems are shown in depth rather than just being obscure like N or silver. Let's appreciate generation 7 for how unique it was, it was peak Pokemon gameplay.

Jokes on you I knew he was Ramos! Only because I roll in Pokémon Masters ex for shits and giggles and get annoyed whenever he shows up instead of who I actually want.

Gireum: makes a star wars reference Me: Good Gireum good

You know you're hilarious so I think I am going to subscribe, you're really blowing up.

HM's where never the problem. It was just very annoying you had to sacrifice a move slot for them, especially with the shitty moves like cut and flash. If a pokemon learns these moves once and then could use these moves in field, even after they forget them for battle, this would habe been the best solution. You use YOUR pokemon for exploration and don't need to sacrifice a move slot or have an HM slave in the team. Why did gamefreak not came up with this simple solution? Bc they are lazy af.

I think Lilly not being in let's go was a huuuuge missed opportunity 🤦 she should have been an optional post-game battle

Honestly thank you for pointing out the issue with the story with Lily. When I played it I couldn't help feeling like I was just a glorified escort / bodyguard / battler for her because apparently her stupid morals won't let her battle Pokemon but she's more than happy to let me battle Pokemon for her when she needs help and protecting nebby oh oh yeah the legendary Pokemon who saves that Lily is the savior and best friend of the legendary box Pokemon not you the story is about Lily and her mom you are just there on the side. It didn't really feel like my Pokemon Journey it felt like I was just going through the emotions until she comes running to me screaming and crying for help. No I don't want to play an entire game where it's just one long escort Mission screw that

When are we gonna start holding these multi million dollar companies to higher standards when it comes to story writing 💀 I understand it’s supposed to be a children’s game (despite the MAJORITY of its players being 19-25), but they just hand hold and completely treat the player like a baby. Even with these “deeper” plots going into somewhat more mature territory, they could absolutely push it a bit. Maybe add a bit better dialogue too that isn’t just “Hey there ___!! I am your rival!! Let’s catch em all!”

All I remember vividly about gen 7 was that the first few hours of playing Pokémon moon were boring as hell and ruined the overall experience down the road of the game in my opinion.

I've been looking forward to this

Honestly with regards to Rideable Pokemon and the removal of HMs, I was in the "likes HMs" ballpark, especially how HG/SS actually had special animations for your following Pokemon using an HM, but at the same time I was upset with how they were required to take up a move slot. I was hoping that one day a Pokemon game would make it possible to register an HM move to a Pokemon without it taking up a move slot, acting only as a summonable field move. When I heard about the Rideable Pokemon I thought "Oh man, are they finally going to make the HMs visibly useable?" I figured that you'd be able to register your Pokemon to be able to bike, dowse, fly, surf, etc. Imagine my sadness when I discovered that, no, you're just given the ability to summon Pokemon that aren't yours to bike/dowse/whatever. That made me sad. Sure, I get to Surf on the back of a Lapras (again) or ride a Tauros, but they're not *my* Lapras or *my* Tauros. And there's lots of other non-gen-1 Pokemon I'd love to both train and ride on, like Milotic or Scolipede. Obviously they don't need to use all of the Pokemon available, but it would've been lovely if you were able to register some of your own Pokemon for Rideable status... This region has way too much feel of "You're a tourist" for me anyways, with the handholding and all. You're supposed to be living here, but I expected the end of the game to just have your mom come up and say that it's time to go back to Kanto and it's you leaving on the ship instead of Lillie.

9:33 Except everybody spammed Z moves on strong mons such as Heatran, Tapu Koko, Kartana, Garchomp, etc. Only thing it did is buff those mons who were pretty strong to begin with

finally an youtube channel that actually give credits to the music sources... instead of just giving to the people who fund the channel

23:40 So that sounds exactly like World of Warcraft. You do all the raids, dungeons, etc except your character isn't in ANY of the story cutscenes, while all the real main characters do stuff.

I loathed Sun and Moon primarily because I had tasted X and Y, which offered a tease of what the games could be like in 3D and what an older protagonist could look like in the universe... it felt so fresh and promising (apart from the story), but then Sun and Moon came along with five-year-old protagonists and far less customization than X and Y had already showed were possible. Didn't like the aesthetic or camera control compared to X and Y, either... and really hated the fact that the D-pad as a optional control device was dropped entirely... the 3DS sticks were okay, but nowhere near as good for accurate small movements as the D-pad. Also, in terms of memorability, that's pretty subjective - even though I spent longer in Sun/Moon than X/Y, I don't remember a single character... apart from the friend/rival (don't recall his name). I vaguely remember Team Skull, but I found them incredibly thematically annoying. Sure, Team Yell was worse, but the moment I saw the daggy, heads-lolling-to-the-side Skull members I facepalmed, and I don't recall a single Skull encounter where I wasn't desperate to skip through or past them. Sure, Mega Evolution was a pretty average idea, but that's why I rarely (if ever) used it... unlike in Sword/Shield, where you ABSOLUTELY had to use the gimmick. Z-moves were interesting, but to use them I would have to be playing Sun or Moon...

The Sun and Moon games were good, they could've been better, however the cheapest cash grab was USUM which just shows how the devs really care about the series as opposed to worshipping that of greed, itself. Also why i can't, in good conscience, buy into the series past Scarlet and Violet. I'm not even buying into their cut content trick that they've had the audacity to try again after a buggy pile, buggier than a termite mound.

Dude u are so genuinely funny and I’ve missed that

I remember playing it for the first time, i ended of finishing it but the memories were really hazy, so i tried playing it again last uear and only got to the 2nd kahuna cause it was so boring

I will tell you an anectode straight up from my Sun and Moon Experience. I was still defeating the league while a huge noise like a thunder was heard all around my neightborhood. That was, in reality, a landslide where I live, therefore, we had to evacuate all the buildings around the landslide to avoid the entire mountain crumbling to hit the adjacent buildings and start a domino effect. Well, we were ALL down the streets with the police and firemen around and if you were looking around you were looking a pretty desperate girl playing on her 3DS. Why? Because of the fucking cutscene and the fact that i was also low on battery. Like, goddammit Game Freak, 33 whole ass minutes of cutscene. (before i get laughed at because i was still playing, it wasnt a really dangerous situation, they did that pretty late, just in case, just to make sure what the risks were, thats why we evacuated without that big of a rush and being able to bring stuff with us)

I guess the reason why I don't mind the cutscenes is because I've played many other games that have them exactly like they were in Sun & Moon, especially with most past 3D Zelda games. Whole reason I didn't like USUM was because it just utterly fucked the entire Pokémon canon for me, more than what people said about Zinnia said in ORAS with the whole Mega Evolution timeline thing. It's a multiverse now, babyyyyyyy. Trainer Red can be a grown man AND a teenager at the same time

Guzma was great, think of replaying S/M or US/UM which one should I try again since I first played at release?

The reason I hate alola is cause it’s so tropical like literally it’s biggest selling point is tropical with jazz hands I live in a tropical island so it’s the same thing I see every day so it’s meh. Like hoenn is tropical and it didn’t need to scream tropical. The fact that the name of the region and the greeting is the same and they only change one letter so it’s not aloha. The totems were good you needed a semblance of strategy but the trial portion annoying puzzles. Finally the starters are the worst starter trio ever.

My wife and I think Gen 7 is the best tbh. We love the anime and both played the games together

I love the Brandon Rogers edit. Takes me back to when that was still a hot meme.

Youre a really cool guy And youre videos are really funny, subed instantly

I'm not sure but I think I read somewhere that Lillie looks like that one ultra beast just because her mother wanted her to be like that ultra beast

So I guess the next video will be about Mantine Surfing - The Game. Honestly, it's pretty fun, but 40€ for whats basically a mini game is a bit much. I'd still buy it over Sw/Sh any day. Also why is Shield+DLC as expensive as Sun and Ultrasun together?

Pokémon when they make a [ Skitty ] story: “It just works”

This video was hilarious, but very accurate. I share the same sentiments about sun and moon

Sun and moon was a pretty decent game. Ultra sun and moon was just bad. I gave up before the elite four. There goes my money lol

Bro had me questioning if the 4th gym leader was ramos

For real, the last Pokémon game I played was X and Y, so can someone help me: should I get Sun/Moon or the Ultra "sequels"?

Damn, I love that pronunciation of Lusamine's name.

Why make so many changes and keep the same freaking starter types ... I mean you get rid of gyms but can't even do things like rock/flying/fighting starters and make ice and dragons available early?

You are right, in SWSH, we would not see the trainers lol

Ultra moon was my favorite pokemon game, its the one I got the most enjoyment out of

“Don’t get your hopes up.” WHAAAAT

I wish games let you discover and do things on your own

i feel as if the reason we had the player character as more of a side character is because the pokémon company wants the player character to be blank slates for the player to use for emertion purposes and so they can actually tell a story with a main character that can actually emote and talk. name one thing that makes Red, Gold, Brenden, Lucas, Hilbert, Nate, Calem, Sun, and Victor different from each other or one character triat we are told about, i mean strictly from the games not the manga where they are real characters? exactly nothing they’res all the same. in the manga Red’s a happy go lucky guy just catching pokémon that can’t swim, Gold is a pervy play boy that gambles and rides a scateboard, Brenden/Ruby is obsessed with contests and is a germaphobe, Lucas/Diamond loves food and wants to become a famous comedian, i haven’t read hilbert/black’s story yet but from what i’ve seen he looks up to Red as a role model which is adorable haha, Nate/Agent Bw2 is a bad ass secret detective has a higher rank than Looker and is a very charming lady’s man which he uses to his advantage and helps get intel about a possible culprit, Sun is trying to make a lot of money to do with is unknown to me and i don’t knkw what Victor does since i haven’t read the sword and shield manga but i know Gloria the girl playable character is into growing medical herbs. man i wish the people who wrote the manga would write the games too its so much better 😔 even Satoshi Tagirii agrees (sorry if i mispelled his name)

Why are the Kalos Gym Leaders so forgettable when many older gym leaders are still stuck in their gyms? Is it just nostalgia? If it does it doesnt explain Hoenn and Sinnoh ones. Nothing is more useless than the Rotom Dex map, in the overworld they just laid out everything, ruining the surprise, while in the few caves that it could be useful in, the map is unusable. Since the protagonists have to be as silent and generic as possible "because muh player stand in" how would you make them more expressive in cutscenes?

I have to say I remember Ramos, cause Ramos means "Bush" or "Branchs" here in Brazil. 😅

I think it was USUM that ultimately ruined gen 7. It exposed the problems with SM, USUM and the entire business practice of gamefreak, Pokémon company, creatures inc, Nintendo or whoever it was. I’m not gonna act like SM was perfect but it at least tried to be something (even tho it was purposely left unfinished).