My Honest Opinion of Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon - Truegreen7 Review

[@TheJH1015]

My problem with Rotom Dex is not the questions and such, but him giving the same useless advice every 20 seconds, which gets REALLY annoying if you just want to navigate through an area using the map or something.

[@eevee1583]

TheJH1015 ikr like, can you shut up Rotom

[@minupakumarasinghe3913]

TheJH1015 At least it isn't youngster Joey calling to brag about his Rattata like in the old gens

[@larsmishima1399]

Exactly! When im exploring I want to be able to see the map to see where im going otherwise im lost and go the wrong way he gets annoying and I cant shut him up

[@croman718]

Well, yes. The constant advice he gives is somewhat annoying but what i do love is roto-loto and the boosts. They really helped me to defeat totem lurantus who was the hardest totem for me. Another thing, idk why but whenever i see poor rotom's sad little face, i just have to cheer him up by rubbing and tickling his sides :3. I thought that it was a cute thing to add in pkmn US and M.

[@alexisberry9382]

IKR

[@UselessPebble]

I hate how your charecter always smiles in some cutscenes even if something bad happended

[@SharpWits2013]

Yes. Everyone else gets facial expressions except the literal main character.. Hau: "My grandpa, Kahuna Hala has died.." Player: "I'm so sorry to hear that.." *continues to smile*

[@parthivsankarmr5938]

They're not smiling they're looking at your soul

[@s1eepin6l]

Ikr I always think that the character is soulless

[@yashpreet327]

It gives a life lesson to smile in every situation in life

[@Rosalikesghosts]

Yea like in the guzzlord scene

[@arcticshocked]

Honestly, I enjoyed the story far more in the ultra version. I do disagree that lillie and gladion had less development here, I feel they had the same level of development just in a different way. I also enjoyed lusamine more because she felt less like a completely unhinged nut and more like a control freak with a martyr complex that felt abandoned by her family and turned that abandonment into anger until she finally realized that her kids were trying to something similar but in a differnent way. It made me empathize with her more. Also, having her stay for the end-game content, and see how she truly changed her martyr complex into a warm-hearted, but stern, guardian made it feel all the more impactful. I even felt a closer connection to hau and lillie in ultra because everything you did felt more like a team effort rather than an individual hogging the protag spot. sure, you're the one fighting the most major of battles, but both lillie and hau carry their own weight in different ways. It just felt like our stories were far more entwined than it was previously. where in the originals, it felt like everyone had their own story that only loosely was connected to one another. and the times were you meet up with each other somehow feels more natural than last time, even though where you meet doesn't change. Further, because of the difficulty spike, the gifts hau and the others give you are nigh necessary (for me at least) and I appreciated lillie's role as healer much more. It honestly felt like a pokemon flavored D&D campaign. You are the Fighter, hau is rogue, and lillie is cleric. Overall, a better, if over-priced, experience to the originals in every way for me.

[@titanictyranitar9571]

FINALLY A KZbinR WHO LOVES ALOLA AND DOSN'T TRASH ON THE ULTRA GAMES AND SAY THEIR WORSE I LOVE HOW YOU APPRECIATE THE GAMES

[@MemeMachine0118]

Alola best region

[@im_lost9355]

@@MemeMachine0118 i prefer johto or kalos

[@sheff4719]

Yes

[@coronadesert]

​@@MemeMachine0118based

[@coronadesert]

​@@im_lost9355johto is amazing

[@marniestellasutton]

Not gonna lie, hearing Ghetsis' theme after so long made me so excited to fight him.

[@garbotoxins840]

dennis...

[@elizabethluebke8351]

Marnie Sutton co

[@TheAwesomeDarkNinja]

"The occasional questions it asked was very immersive." Define occasional.

[@Lycaon1765]

TheAwesomeDarkNinja He rarely asked questions tho. Probs only asked after your Pokemon evolved or when plot points happened.

[@SharpWits2013]

Occasional as in every time you zoned, flew somewhere, got out of a battle.. Or basically whenever you needed the damned map you were forced to sit there while he blabbed on about stuff you learn when you were 7.

[@ChefMonke07]

Dakota Moore Dakota Moore I actually learned those when I was 6, but I still agree with you. The map blocking is the worst tbh.

[@maxwipson147]

Rotom nags me to heal so much I swear it's in the pocket of Big Potion

[@gbc9053]

I really hope future games keep the difficulty level and make a challenge mode like and BW2 but instead of having to beat the games first they make it so you can do it from the start.

[@dallinmoody1297]

GBCAwesome First people complain that there is no difficulty setting then they complain that they have to level grind more... WHICH WAS ALL THAT THE HARD MODE IN GEN 5 WAS!!!! What do you want them to do? program two teams for EVERY TRAINER IN THE GAME!!???

[@jambott5520]

Dallin Moody i think they should A) add nuzlocke mode, (Hot a hard mode) B) give enemy pokemon at least good natures or neutral natures and almost perfect iv's after the first couple areas C) give each trainer a strategy they want to use, so that even if you do grind it is still very difficult to beat trainers as they have strategies that are difficult to beat.

[@blackJJseventeen]

Overall I really liked the game, but it was marketed to be much more different to Sun/Moon than it actually was. Which of course depends on which priorities you have, for me especially the story was too similar, with the exception of the climax. The best things were, that it was even more challenging than Sun/Moon and that I can Shiny hunt a ton of legendaries. Also it fixed some problems of the originals. Also getting mid generation new Pokemon was really great, but they should have added evolutions to Pokemon like Komala, Gen 7 has way too many non-evolving Pokemon, but I never expected that to happen. Rainbow Rocket was a big disappointment for me. It was just a series of consecutive Grunt battles in the same building. The Boss battles were good and challenging. There was almost no story there, only the Ghetsis really had some story and Giovanni a little bit. It would have been much better if RR and the bosses would have caused chaos across the whole region. This would at least give their appearance any purpose and reason. The Delta Episode and even the Looker Missions in XY had a much better story. The only thing I liked about RR is that it was challenging. Another disappointment was the lack of new Alola forms. They added Megas in ORAS and five completely new Pokemon in this game, so they could have easily added new Alola Forms. Especially because they are really popular.

[@dittom3426]

JJ's KZbin Game Freak has a problem with introducing new mechanics and dropping them immediately. No new Mega’s in Sun/Moon, now no new Alola Forms in the Ultra games.

[@homemhomemcriancahomemmulh3873]

^ This. This so much.

[@dallinmoody1297]

The way I see it though it was VERY similar it was all the subtle differences that made all the difference.

[@grunkleg.2934]

+Imposter Ditto That's honestly my biggest problem with Pokemon. I understand that GameFreak should be allowed to do what they want with their games, but as some say, "give the fans what they want"

[@cosmelia652]

+Imposter Ditto True. I’m honestly afraid Game Freak will pull this same shenanigan in gen 8 by shoving megas and z moves to the side just to introduce yet a 3rd gameplay mechanic. I don’t think this generation transition is healthy for the franchise, it could get too convoluted too quick. I hope they just stick with the mechanics they have instead of ditching them for new ones.

[@thedekuseed4965]

In my opinion, it would fit the game better to be a third version like platinum or emerald, and I think the fact that they made 2 versions confused a lot of people who thought it would be a sequel like black 2 and white 2.

[@sander-3879]

TheDekuSeed Those people should learn to read.

[@DarkClown06]

Game Freak literally said that it wasnt a sequel but an alternate story.

[@dittom3426]

TheDekuSeed I agree.

[@dittom3426]

BlinkingEspurr Then it should have been 1 game, not 2. Not spending $80 for the ultimate gen 7 experience.

[@FarAtmosphere]

the amount of games it has doesn't make it any less of a third installment.

[@Peekz1025]

same. although, I really dont like the new versions of Lilly, Gladion, Lusamine. They're motivations and climaxes are totally different and stripped of most meaning in this game. I love USUM, but the story of SM, specifically with Lilly and her family, was better imo

[@siriustheislandprotector9720]

Peekz 1025 true

[@HMMadsen]

Agreed.

[@judgechloe6231]

I had Poison Famg Poison touch Grimer..if you didn't power level your pokemon with exp share, it was rare that it would live more than one turn in every boss battle past the water trial.

[@naddd7505]

@Peekz 1025 Lilly is actually spelled 'Lillie' in the game. you're welcome

[@alexg.9250]

On the rotom dex thing.have you activated the dialouge where rotom ask you to call you by a nickname?after that its where it gets annoying,since after that point EVERY SINGLE TIME you go back to the overworld(after using the bag,looking at your team or after a cutscene) rotom starts telling you basic tips that no one needs and you cant access the map or roto-loto until it stops talking.(since you did not mention these tips I assume you haven't seen this,and I don't really know hot to activate the nickname question,all I did was interact with him regurally to get more roto items until it happened,and before I happened I was also confused why everyone was complaining about it)

[@celry]

Alex G. Yeah same here! I read the whole Reddit thread on it and apparently rotodex stops giving roto powers for a while if you play too much or change the system clock 😭 according to one person on the thread not accepting the nickname still did the same but idk... Might just restart at this point and get the dusk rockruff again too lol

[@dallinmoody1297]

He noticed he just said it didn’t detract from his experience (nor did it mine... at least less so than the old rotom)

[@phaselichenthrope]

I didnt pay attention to rotom's questions......I regreted telling it to call me by a nickname...

[@MillyKKitty]

Valiness the Leafeon Me too

[@RandomThoughtsFromEll]

I love pokemon in general.

[@kipsel]

Hi 👋 my Chanel has just started ive got really bad videos but u mite like it anyway sub like and notofiy

[@comradeninja4333]

Same

[@cherreish]

Me too i love sylvoen

[@ethanadams8109]

The games were hard, but not as hard as you say. They we're only hard for you because you choose Rowlet as your starter, which has a huge disadvantage to almost every major trainer or totem in the game.

[@truegreen7]

I mean, a starter contributes to the game's difficulty only until the second island, since by then, you would have some other Pokemon on your team. The major trainers on the island are Hau (which your starter is super effective against), The Teacher (which is super effective no matter what starter you choose), Illima (who's attacks hurt all 3 starters equally) and Hala (which Rowlet is super effective against), but every team is different and that's the point.

[@dallinmoody1297]

I had difficulty with popleo but maybe it’s because I refused to evolve it until I beat the Elite 4 and hau without it fainting but still contributing to every battle. My team consisted of dusk lycanrock alakazam noivern arcanine and zoark but I had to keep bringing in the event celebi from Pokémon gold to bail myself out of EVERY significant battle And my team WAS over level at times though for some reason I could barely keep up level-wise half the time

[@philippelamarche12]

The games were pretty hard without exp share, if you ask me. Unless of course you built your team around the strongest Pokemon you could find, which I also didn't do.

[@judgechloe6231]

Lol bro. It's like you didn't do the fire trial at all

[@FiveBagsOfNasu]

That teacher and Illima actually gave me nightmares tbh

[@lifeinthemoonlight5565]

I absolutely LOVED Ultra Sun and Moon it was so fun, hard and all the new features were just amazing, and Ultra necrozma one shotted my entire team except for my mimikyu and that's only because it had disguise my first Pokemon games were Sun and Moon, they're also my favorite Pokemon games an this new edition only made them better!

[@shawn3126]

Pokémon sun and moon should of originally been this

[@satoshi9844]

Neo Shawn So should Ruby/Sapphire, Gold and Crystal and Pearl and Diamond

[@jeevand.5148]

@@satoshi9844 thats why wegot these games in the first place along with the remakes

[@Its_SaberHG]

People say this sucks for not changing enough while they don't complain about 3rd games. Tbh, it actually changed up the story a lot

[@thedekuseed4965]

An 18 minute long review, that deserves respect, it shows that you really put thought into this review👊

[@mintmight7311]

I personally loved us/um mostly for the new story for necrozma and the post game is absolutely amazing

[@inconspicuousrobot9173]

I agree with you 90 some percent. From receiving you're starter, to Mantine Surf, to Mina's Trial, to Ultra Necrozma, to the end credits, to RR, Everything, the music, the game play, the characters, were so good.I do disagree about Lusamine and Guzma, I really like the new them, and think their a bit better than before. I also liked how Necrozma vs Lunala was like Ho-oh fighting Shadow Lugia in PTD2, one of my favorite non-main series Pokemon games.

[@e-tan3911]

TalosKnight whats ptdz? Never heard of it and it sounds interesting

[@Jackson-hp7rt]

It's actually not PTD2 (whatever that means), it's Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness.

[@dallinmoody1297]

TalosKnight How did guzma change? He said that he sees why someone would like either lusamine not that the new one was supremely better than the old

[@danfraser3302]

TalosKnight, I agree. I like the new Lusamine, I loved the idea of the first Sun and Moon, because we hadn't had a female main antagonist in a Pokemon game before, so it was a pretty cool touch. But I think her motives were more fleshed out in US/UM, she wants to save Alola, at the cost of Nebby's life. And I will agree, she was much tougher in US/UM than it was in S/M. In the first games, she wanted to sacrifice Nebby, just so she can be happy with the Ultra Beasts. I also really LOVED it when Guzma teamed up with me against Team RR. I was disappointed we didn't get a National Dex, Rotom kept nagging me to save and heal my team. As well as give me tips I didn't ask for. Mantine Surfing was also cool just so I can tutor moves without having to deal with the one-sided Battle Tree. The Ultra Space ride was ok, in my mind. It definitely took some getting used to with the motion controls and the Pokemon I found in the Ultra Wilds were some of the easiest Shinies I could find. But it sucked that there weren't any entries with the other Legendaries, besides Solgaleo, Lunala, Necrozma, Cosmog, Cosmoem, Zygarde, and the Tapus. And I'm happy we get to go into the Ultra Wormholes to catch the Ultra Beasts, rather than just catch them on various routes. The Kukui fake-out, was also priceless, even though I knew I was going to fight Hau again, he totally had me convinced he was going to fight me again. The Team RR episode was awesome, catching the Blacephalon/Stakataka was ok, so was helping Sophocles clear out Festival Plaza from Team RR, but it was the first Double Battle, where Lillie teams up with me against not just a traitorous snake like Faba, and his Aether lackey that really got me to see how much Lillie has changed as a character. And just seeing all the villains' motives from their grand plans come to light, considering there wasn't a child to stop them. The difficulty in these games were nothing to scoff at either, as the fights with the school teacher and Ilima, gave me trouble, and all the new Totems were no joke either. So overall, Ultra Sun and Moon were all-around great games, and a great way to put a close to the Nintendo 3DS, and a way for us to look forward to the main series Switch release next year.

[@inconspicuousrobot9173]

Yeah, I know it's from Gale of Darkness. (Didn't ack when I wrote this though.) PTD2 is Pokemon Tower Defense 2, whih is a Fan game based on Gale of Darkness.

[@j-c9890]

I was so happy with the champ battle. I tried staying spoiler free so I expected kuiki to be the final fight but when I saw hau it was epic

[@cartersams5851]

Ultra necrozma was easy on accident because I had zoroark in the front and decidueye in the back, so none of his moves affected me 😂🤣

[@yjnffbb5238]

Carter Sams it was hard for me because I underleveled my pokemon and my team was full of non defensive pokemon

[@MillyKKitty]

Carter Sams It was easy i agree.

[@itachi60001]

i actually thought i was meant to lose the battle because of how ridiculous it looked to me and then by accident my last pokemon were a zoroark and a poison type and i beat him after 2 foul play xd

[@FiveBagsOfNasu]

I also thought I was gonna lose when it one-shot my Vikavolt and Metagross. However I poisoned it and used Z-move with my Decidueye, then it poisoned to death.

[@emilioarrambide4210]

my pokemon were soo underleveled and i had a bad time with ultra necrozma

[@Lycaon1765]

I just love that they didn't replace the trials with gyms. Loved the game.

[@Marvel_vs_Capcom84]

Pokemon gym battles are better..

[@ihavenonameideas3698]

@@Marvel_vs_Capcom84 i don’t think, the main problem with the gym battles is that the medals are something you barely feel attached to mainly because they are almost useless, I prefer by far z cristals, as rewards they work much better, after beating the test, you get to have access to a new z move which can be the difference between losing and winning your next trial, le lack of usage for medals ignoring the league makes them feel like “empty” rewards

[@Marvel_vs_Capcom84]

@@ihavenonameideas3698 yea but gyms battles are based off the anime and the anime is what these mainline pokemon games are supposed to be following..

[@ihavenonameideas3698]

@@Marvel_vs_Capcom84 that does not eliminate the problem of the non existing reward, plus, if the anime is what the games are supposed to be, then I don’t understand why the first Sinnoh leader still uses cranidos instead of rampardos when you challenge him for the first time. The vibe some gym leaders give is something to have in mind too, if devora’s battle is supposed to be based in the anime one (which I think is the total opposite) then I would love to know where to catch a pikachu in jhotto before the last gym, I mean he look a bit too op. That is something the anime does bad in some cases, yeah, the anime makes surge battle incredibly exciting, but for example, elessa, Erika, and coga do not. And Watson is definetly not saved even by the battle in the anime. While all the totem pokemon have the the exact same vibe both in anime and games, they are wild beasts, with incredible power compared with those of they’r own species and technically rulers of a part of the island, and all wild pokemon in that area respond when they call them. A lot of gym trainers lack of that “strong trainer” vibe, not only talking of the first gym, that problem is moething some gens have even with the 4th gym.Plus in the anime ash has more reward from trials than from gyms, z power is the main reason he was able to defeat or, at least tie, with a lot of pokemon, breakneck blitz, which saved his ass during his first battle against a kahuna and at least was able to have a doble knock out during the finals in the league. Ignoring the obvious league usage, how many times do the more than 30 badges that he has have been useful in battle? None, again meanless rewards (especially when there are more of 30 and it gets to a point they don’t even have names left), they are just used to say “lOoOk AsH Is A VeRy PoWeRfUlL TrAiNeR” or used for a pokemon to steal them for another useless “try to catch that godamn pokemon” episode. But going back to the vibe (because if we talk of reward we already know which is better), there are a lot of gym trainers that you defeat and almost not giving a sh*t about that, the first battle (always much more epic in the anime), the second gym leaders that no one remembers, the 3rd to 5th have a good time with those, you are only remembering they exist during that part of the game, and the 6th gym leader that is always super serious and everyone wants to be the parents of they’r sons. And finally, really? All games from gen 6 to 1 depend on an anime that everyone hates to give importance to they’r gym leaders? Well one point to get off from damond pearl and platinum then!

[@vakovah5431]

I no joke saw your Sun and Moon video and wondered "Has he made a USUM one?" and then I see this.

[@homemhomemcriancahomemmulh3873]

A Wild Azumarill Appeared! Does the Azumarill has Huge power?

[@Gemini-Lion]

TrueGreen7: OH GUZMA! He beat me up. Twice. Me: 😂

[@inconspicuousrobot9173]

Did he ever let up?

[@MalcolmJCowie]

Bendy He lost to so many people, how? I found the game so easy

[@pocchakotea]

Bendy I had a flying type Pokémon in my team. So my flying type swept his bugs

[@robinsteenbergen7231]

mllm mllm ikr I’m playing through with a eviolite torracat a butterfree and a special araquanid and I’m wooping it’s ass

[@justinysrobotbutler4002]

The hated boss that beat him down and beat him down and never let up. Yeah, big bad Guzma was there.

[@GitGoodGaming]

I immediately recognized the credits and their tribute to Gold and Silver Version and I honestly teared up a bit. The nostalgia wave hit me like a truck

[@shawnmcmillan4438]

I thought these games were amazing

[@EV-mb2zd]

Shawn McMillan same

[@jaysonmyers1251]

Ok there has to be more than one of you

[@yjnffbb5238]

Then were fantastic

[@DavidLopez-zu2hk]

Me to I also love the mechanic in platinum how you can battle all the gym leaders agian during the side game

[@MalcolmJCowie]

David Lopez bit random

[@matthewmasucci1425]

this game is cutscene city. seriously. half the game is like sitting through a damn movie. other than that great game

[@akeemtaylor8375]

Matthew Masucci every rpg gqme is like that

[@dalambm]

Farhaan Ali Listen here m8...

[@kirbbys]

Thank you for making this video ! I have not gotten Ultra Moon yet, but I have been wanting to. I did not know if I would enjoy it or not, but I loved Pokémon Moon ! I cannot wait to get Ultra Moon :)

[@meltycharmz]

Ron, did you name your Decidueye "Oliver" after Oliver Queen (From "Arrow")?

[@thatdad1897]

_Candy Sylveon_ Oliver Queen is not from Arrow

[@thefreeze6023]

@@thatdad1897 Not originally, but yes Oliver Queen is still a character in Arrow.

[@thatdad1897]

@@thefreeze6023 I forgot about the phase where I was obsessed with Pokemon KZbinrs. Thank you for bringing me a small amount of nostalgia by replying to me

[@thefreeze6023]

@@thatdad1897 haha ok lol

[@retronuggets4315]

Anybody think Ghetsis is a villain you love to hate? Very dangerous guy.

[@domino9697]

My battle with Necrozma was easy. Since I uesd a Zoroark and its illusion was Galade so Necrozma kept using Photon Geyser and I Kept using Night Slash to K.O it.

[@cyndaquil5157]

My Zoarark survived 5 hits with one hp against totem mimikyu lol

[@chefafvarme]

Amazing Video Ron! Your personalty is so great, because its so honest! :) Ive been subbed for so long, over 2 years, and its great to see how far youve grown! Keep up the amazing work pal! And im not done with the game yet, but im enjoying it so much this far, and i died alot to Araquanid and Kahuna Hala That Crabrawler revenge :C

[@nightknight-7768]

Generally I feel like this is the definitive gen 8 game. There’s more content, and it’s a blast to play. I loved sun and moon, but US was so immersive and fun! The Ultra Necrozma battle was the hardest hands down, all my mons put to the test. All going down in one hit, except my lycanroc who hung on. He continued to do this for TWICE in a row. It was such a touching moment, this pokemon took two powerful attacks just because he wanted me to feel happy. After some crunches we managed beat it.

[@nidohime6233]

NightKnight-77 This is a 7th generation game, not 8th.

[@LjuboCupic1912]

Nido Hime he just said he feels like they are gen 8, not that they actually are.

[@hihi-qm2qd]

Ron you are my favourite youtuber, you make me so happy. Your such an individual person who always makes me feel bright. One thing though, can we have the rest of your Team Ozone story? The first part was so amazing and I'm sure I'm not the only person who loved it.

[@Ben-td3wi]

This is probably my favorite video from you dude. I loved this game and it's a contender for my favorite Pokémon game ever. The difficulty, the music, the post game, the characters. I've never enjoyed a Pokémon game as much as USUM in a really long time. Plus, we finally have the hardest boss battle since Cynthia, being Ultra Necrozma. That thing was easily the hardest battle in any main series game. And I 100% agree with you being it in the top 3, after Heartgold and SoulSilver and Black 2 and White 2, easily the best Pokémon game.

[@anonymousdragon08]

You summarized everything perfectly. I completely agree. USUM was definitely different enough, and the difficulty boost made it so much more fun to play than SM. I haven't had that much fun since sinnoh, USUM being my favorite games next to Platinum.

[@MillyKKitty]

Ben It is Very good game, But effort on it was less since they already had most of the areas

[@kungfoooreo6527]

You and MandJTV are seriously the most amazing Pokemon youtubers. You both pretty much only play Pokemon, and take a lot of effort in your videos. Editing is amazing, audio is amazing, you both are AMAZING! Keep being amazing!

[@ub-06austin40]

Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon have become one of my favorite games in the Series.

[@ursfan]

“Rotom-Dex gets annoying!!” Rotom-Dex literally reminded me to save my game after I fought Guzma in Po Town, bless Rotom-Dex.

[@CrisisInverted1776]

One question for Nintendo: WHY DOES HAU GETS TO HAVE HIS POKÉMON TO FOLLOW HIM!?!!?!!!!??

[@generalgrievous5483]

I loved these games they were the perfect send off for me as someone who started fire red gen and played through all the regions the RR episode was the perfect send off for fans of the handheld era and for me pokemon in general. Tiny complaint would be lack of complex dungeons

[@Ravi-dr7ql]

I was able to beat necrozma first try. At the beginning of the battle I used toxic, and tanked his hits leaving me with mudsdale when he fainted.

[@inconspicuousrobot9173]

Did EVERYONE Toxic/Leech Seed/ Wrap/ Whatever stall Ultra Necrozma?

[@futureparadise.2089]

TalosKnight yep, I personally hate toxic stalls because I think it's a cheap way to win.

[@Nick-pb7pz]

I caught a swellow from the wormhole, then gave it the focus band from the event rockruff, then SR'd until it was left on one health, and swellow default gets endeavor in it's moveset, I used that. Then, ultra necrozma was defeated by a level 10 makuhita with fake out

[@jakubandrzej791]

i faced it fair and square with my balanced, a bit underleveled(45-52lvls) team. Sure it managed to 1hko some of them. But he is still no-cheese-doable.

[@homemhomemcriancahomemmulh3873]

The Potato Man Lmao

[@errorraccoon6169]

To defeat the totem pokemon I ussd a level one pokemon that had destiny bond so when that pokemon dies so dose the totem.

[@justarandomguy7224]

Purple Fox what Pokemon was it

[@homemhomemcriancahomemmulh3873]

Incinerate Incineroar Wobbufett

[@michellebarrett6849]

Purple Fox but the totem would very faster

[@dallinmoody1297]

What was the speed of this LV 1 pokemon??????? Or does destiny bond have a priority that I’m not aware of? If you are beating the game by using cheap tactics that AI cannot comprehend where is the sense of accomplishmentwhat is the point of playing???

[@zacsolo1594]

you dont know if the person is beating the game only for the new pokémons or want to legit play the game

[@funny55ic]

Here is everything I want to say crammed into one comment: Your Alolan Raichu has the exact same moveset as mine. Also, I had a very difficult time too, let me attempt to name everything I struggled with: Hau's Malie battle (my team was under leveled other than my starter, I fixed that mistake later), Ultra Necrozma, Totem Araquinad, Totem Mimikyu, Totem Togedemaru.. And I don't even think I got all. Anyways, if you're going to say it was hard because he picked Rowlet, it's not the case, I didn't pick Rowlet and I still struggled, these games got an increase in difficulty no doubt, whether it was a little or a lot harder is opinion, but I really can't see how someone would call these games 'easy' I hate all these comments saying "These games are the same as the original! Boring!" It's because you expected too much of these games. Black/White 2 were sequels, these had similar titles to Black/White 2, but these weren't sequels, they were sister games just like Yellow, Emerald, Platinum, and if anything, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon changed more than those games, not to mention, I feel like a lot of the people writing this are the same people who hyped up Pokemon Stars, not realizing this is the same thing Stars would have been. In terms of sister games, they are no doubt amazing. I'm going to keep tossing my opinion in replied to people and it may sound salty but don't worry, I still understand opinions. If I'm not tossing my opinion into the ring I'm going to be repeating the same long paragraph on why saying Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon is the same as Sun and Moon is completely ignorant.

[@kaznosa]

I love that you brought up the part before you enter the Pokemon league where your partner Pokemon comes out. That was the definitive moment for me that made me really love this game

[@hollysturm7566]

I had so much fun with these games and when I went to challenge the league I cried when my starter (primirina) came out of its ball and they text read primirana looks at you and remembers all you have accomplished. Wow all I have to say is this game made my cry

[@robertpoole9707]

I feel like a good way to make Gym Leaders tougher would definitely be to take some notes from Island Trials. Maybe give each Gym Leader/Gym in general their own kind of battle or strategy, such as using double or triple battles, and with that having strategies like some of the Totems.

[@OTBASH]

Totem Togedemaru absolutely stretched my ass in ways I thought impossible. I was constantly using revives because the fucker kept killing my team.

[@Namadu7]

Mmm, I find it hard to believe that Togedemaru would kill your team...

[@comradeninja4333]

Yeah it was mainly hard because most of my moves were physical and they kept raising they’re defence

[@holdommi7505]

I’m so excited for your Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon music video :)

[@yohanes2034]

Great review! Personally, I did enjoy playing USUM and appreciate the added difficulty. The story of first 3 islands was almost the same with Sun & Moon and this is where people usually complain about. I guess a lot of fans were expecting that USUM to be a sequel of SuMo. But there's no reason to hate the game if that's the main reason because Emerald & Platinum were well received in the past. My biggest complaint with the game would be Necrozma itself. The threat of Necrozma was not developed well enough until we reached the last island. Why did we need to open the wormhole and agitated Necrozma? Should we better to leave Necrozma alone? Because to me Necrozma didn't pose any threat to Alola until after Lusamine attacked it. I think the developer should create the better story to introduce Necrozma before the 4th island so that the player can feel the actual danger and therefore it's inevitable to face Necrozma at the wormhole.

[@furutori9767]

WHERE DO YOU GET SPHEAL? I NEEEEEEEEEED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@denman2991]

use Island Scan on Monday while on Route 7 ( it's specific i know )

[@GrassCraft]

Island scan

[@grimbol129]

You get it from the island scan

[@Usagizaka46]

Just came in from FB. Gotta say, while I prefer Sun/Moon's story (generally), USUM is one of the best in the series. Just too good. Btw, those transitions, Ron. Beautiful

[@vanilla2107]

Super unpopular opinion, but USUM are my favorite Pokemon games to ever hit the shelves. They're near perfection, and the negatives were really only nitpicks. They definitely push Gen 7 into my Favorite Gen of all time slot as well.

[@ughcreature]

pokémon really pushed the 3ds to its limit. i’m happy with how the games turned out

[@EnteringMyFlopEra]

Wait, shouldn’t they have called this Pokémon Dusk and Dawn? I feel like that would be cooler

[@pajamawolfie]

This makes me want to finish Ultra Sun now. I haven't yet because I played Sun/Moon 4 times in the previous year, once with only a Dunsparce.

[@mathewricafrente5984]

Have you ever considered reviewing every main series Pokemon game, because I would like to know your thoughts on them, from Red & Blue to ORAS.

[@Galavantworks]

Personally I like US/UM, though still it's no B2/W2. There was nothing really substantially built upon these games that feels needed to validate the continuation of having two versions in a sister game. The majority of the main game relatively felt the same with minor tweaks in the plot and so-on. Which unfortunately I think that after B2/W2, GF set the standard on which Sister games really can't go by anymore. Honestly I think the main problem with US/UM were the elements that stayed the same rather than the elements that changed. If it was set in a alternate timeline in which maybe a year passed or hell even Kukui started the Alola League somewhat early the Island challenge would've been vastly different, more developed, and not so much more of what I was already familiar with. Because the problem with Totem Pokémon is that boosted stats are not, you're fighting a single specific Pokémon rather than a diverse team, all the Totems has specific hard counters and Z moves make it easy to exploit.

[@michellebarrett6849]

joshua frazier USUM are SISTER games not sequels

[@bee4377]

Yes. This is exactly the problem. OP, I 100% agree with you. USUM just felt lazy to me. Maybe I would have liked them better if they had been combined into one full game (instead of two halves of a whole) or if we had a break between vanilla Sun Moon before these ones. It just feels like GameFreak was looking to squeeze more money out of Sun and Moon without putting too much effort into it and that makes me really sad to think about what could have been if they had actually tried

[@dalambm]

Conor B Is everyone gonna bring that up. WE DIDN'T WANT SISTER GAMES, THAT'S OUR POINT!

[@Blazilord]

I loved Ultra Moon. The increase in difficulty was very nice and helped increase my enjoyment of the game. The Mantine surfing is a very fun way to get BP and it has truly allowed me to get it the way I want. Having a different plot was nice and I actually liked the change of Lusamine similarly to how the anime shows her as being still a bit unconcerned, but at the same time kinda awkward as well. Although my biggest gripe is how they went about Necrozma and Nebby. I didn't like how they just went about Nebby after you release it from Necrozma. One thing though, I'd like to thank you for informing me how to change the Ultra Warp Ride. I've been having more with it using the circle pad than I did using motion controls.

[@gabiapledrago]

I see your opinion, and I respect that you have an opinion.

[@leont6813]

So many people have bad comments about these last two games that I didn't feel like buying them anymore. I still need to buy a 3DS but after watching this I actually wanna buy it!

[@milocereal4085]

My only defeat was the fire trial and had to keep trying at least 23 times which was my biggest record of defeats in a row :/

[@Swaxeman]

They are BY FAR my favorite Pokémon games

[@mintsan]

Giovanni used a Master Ball for a Dugtrio o.0 O.o

[@thekkore8082]

PBBTrader -Pokemon Brick Bronze Gameplay every of these bosses has master balls only

[@kishaurlanda571]

Because he is a Big Gay...

[@m0m02k]

PBBTrader -Pokemon Brick Bronze Gameplay Yeah, Because they’re from alternate Universes where they succeeded in Taking over their reigons which means they made infinite master balls

[@e.d.w1217]

I’m going to get this game for my birthday in a couple weeks, and after this video I’m SO HYPED

[@ethanpfeiffer7403]

I don't over level my Pokémon on purpose, but I did sometimes have higher pokemon levels than most of the opponents due to the Exp. share.

[@agent8234]

When Decidueye jumped out of its ball on Mount Lanakila, I literally got emotional XD

[@lucmorris9183]

The game was decent and I sotta enjoyed it but it was still basically the same game as sun and moon just with a few twecks towards the end. Which I find kinda offensive because if I can put in the effort to play and buy the game than i'd hope that game freak would take the liberty of creating a fun new experience but instead just gave us another cheap rip of of the first game. With the exception of heart gold and soul silver I honestly think these sequel games are a quick cash grab so game freak can squeeze every last pennie out of its fans instead of just getting on with the next main series game which I would defiantly rather. Enough rambling though great video true green!

[@Nutleaf420]

The cosmic comic turtle I got to the part where you said you were 'offended' by this game and i lost all hope

[@isaiahjohnson9786]

The cosmic comic turtle it’s like platinum but in two versions not black and white 2 idiot

[@isaiahjohnson9786]

It’s the same thing with platinum and crystal and emerald

[@isaiahjohnson9786]

Just added to the game new legendary everyone liked those games

[@isaiahjohnson9786]

Why you would write all this waste of a comment i don’t know

[@landonstout3649]

Ultra Necrozma one shot EVERYBODY on my team. I had to give Gastrodon 7 rare candies and Toxic in order to beat it LMAO

[@wardious2562]

USUM got boring really fast for me.

[@TT-mx1mp]

Utmost of Zest I personally can replay games a lot so it diddle get boring to me.

[@bruhlio]

Did you play the originals? If so I can understand, it got boring for me somewhere in the second island because I played and completed both Sun and Moon, it got so boring that I stopped playing Ultra Moon while I was in the Shady House, but I picked it up again during Winter Break, and the story at the end isn't boring, so I suggest to complete the story if you haven't already

[@sourcandy7608]

Played through XY multiple times as the variety is good and gameplay is fast . Player through SuMo once and didn't play it again way too slow

[@testifacatehour101]

Very boring just a copy and paste and by the time it got different I gave up playing for a couple days it was just so boring

[@freerobloxaccounts6178]

I agree I don’t lie to shiny hunt or hunt for legendaries because I don’t hav the patience for it.

[@johnthebopper]

This was the first game where I only lost 1 battle. They were all incredibly tough though. I only lost to the totem ribombee in UM until I came up with a strategy to one-shot it

[@shinylugia7052]

I feel like I'm the only person who actually uses and likes the motion controls

[@akeemtaylor8375]

Shiny Lugia i do too

[@cofagrigusfan24]

i like Ultra's take on Lusamine more simply because she feels more accurate she is ment to be a kind caring person, who does anything to protect others the reason why she was so crazy in SM, was because of Nihilego's poison, something most people have no idea was even a thing (Nihilego is the *Parasite* Pokémon people!)

[@mectainea5575]

From a visual, character and region, i think ultra sun, moon and sun and moon are oleum but from the gameplay and structural standpoint i feel their terrible. Melemele island was mostly made up of blatant tutorial segments and unnecessary filler and the entire multiplayer infrastructure is honestly the worst in the series in my opinion. I genuinely found gen 5 and gen 4's local and online play to be better then gen 7's (the issues I've mentioned here are only 2 out of many issues i have with gen 7 as a whole) In terms of my personal ranking, gen 7 is quite low.

[@elizabethluebke8351]

Imperial Darkness I koo cyan

[@BrokenHeartedVS]

I also loved these games. I don't understand the hate around them, as I also compared them to Emerald, etc. P.S. Togedemaru was a mega problem for my team. And Giovanni wiped the floor with me at least three times before I finally took him down.

[@drfear5260]

You picked the worst starter to play ultra sun/moon with. It’s like picking chikorita in gold/silver. You made the game more difficult for yourself. Or at least that’s how I see it because I picked popplio and breezes through the game even got through togedemaru with her. Hau’s team was a joke against my primarina but the game was still really fun.

[@remuj6457]

Dark Zora litten does great, popplio does the best, rowlet is overrated

[@allieb320d9]

Dark Zora I'm team Popplio too :D

[@shironasama0445]

Dark Zora Wtf? I never struggled with Rowlet, never blacked out once

[@jeromeweaver7680]

Popplio's sex isn't always fucking female! My friend's popplio is male

[@jakubandrzej791]

Even with primarina, the game was harder than SM. in Moon, my primarina literally was able to solo a whole game and i HAD to switch it just because i wanted to have fun. This time she actually got knocked out quite often in some locations.

[@murderousroomba8569]

Did- did Giovanni just send out a Dugtrio in a MASTER BALL?!

[@tyeburbidge5538]

I asked for pokemon ultra sun for Christmas but got pokemon sun 🙁

[@michellebarrett6849]

Cake Boy hello darkness my old friend,I've come to talk with you again

[@eevee1583]

Cake Boy lol

[@isaiahjohnson9786]

I feel bad

[@Zek3nator]

Not too much difference. Don't be too upset.

[@FarAtmosphere]

+David Riley well... how would you feel if you asked for emerald but you got ruby?

[@asteroid_field]

Pros for me: -Plot was better -Increased Pokedex -Mantine Surf -Ultra Necrozma’s theme -Explosion head -RR episode Cons: -“Here’s were I give you advice you didn’t ask for! Zzt!”

[@jamjam7116]

Togedemaru was easy one shot with a ground type move

[@inconspicuousrobot9173]

Sure, until Spiky Shield + Bounce, since mst pokemon with Ground moves at that point were pretty slow.

[@asrithsk4773]

Try it without a ground type move

[@viktor3869]

Togedemaru wasn'st a big Deal. I used Topsy-Turvy with Malamar and their Buffs turned into debuffs. So most of the Totem battles were really easy. But it was harder against some Trainers and i had my problems. And even Ultra-Necrozma was easy with Topsy-Turvy

[@eros.6640]

James Santaniello It was hard for me because I had Primarina

[@dana-ri9kn]

for me it was the hardest part of the game xd after that though the game got easy (including ultra necorzma)

[@buttersock6279]

Great video! I’m happy someone else feels how I do about Mina’s trial. I actually liked it way more than the other trials, as it gave me a great call back to everything that happened. I’m so sick of people thinking that it’s just a ‘stupid fetch quest’.

[@Darkus17teen]

I said this before somewhere else people saying this game should've been DLC they don't understand that these game are just like Platinum, Emerald, Yellow and Crystal a retelling of there predecessor with miner changes to the games. This whole thing make want to quit being a pokemon fan.

[@denovation4924]

Giovanni's Nidoqueen was my bane. I had to change my team comp to get around it.

[@blastoiseboy8177]

First time playing games for years and everyone said they were hard and idk if I just had a great team (Decidueye, primarina, Muk,Mudstale, vikavolt , hawlucha) but it seemed pretty easy the only battle I lost more than twice was kiawe

[@17Jroach]

BlastoiseBoy 1 pretty sure you had a balanced team, but people don’t pick good teams

[@Hazel-xl8in]

Also, not everyone has 2 starters...

[@ARokPheonix]

That some freaking balance. How even did you decide on this team?

[@thekkore8082]

BlastoiseBoy 1 True was really easy especially with the exp-share

[@butitwasmeditto8828]

Tommy Margaris 2 starters don't mean anything lol

[@goatinnabox5776]

I absolutely loved these games. You’re completely right these games are extremely immersive and really make you feel like a hero. Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon also had an incredible cast, having very memorable personalities. Past Pokémon games didn’t give you the same feeling. And can I just mention the music. The wild battle theme is so epic and punches you right in the face with its excitement. Not only that but Necrozma’s is godly. All around I’d give these games a 9.8/10 simply for the fact that Rotom was annoying and just wouldn’t shut up.

[@eevee1583]

InferFieryRed same

[@vinkobresan3997]

I don't like people from Alola but I like the pokemon from Alola.

[@vossboss220]

I had to actually plan strategies for totem battles. that was an incredible feeling.

[@ALEX-ev4vq]

I liked sun and moon, but usum felt rushed

[@Pinktish]

Continue the awesome work! You're doing a great job, love your content!

[@SapphireTNT]

I had a ditto on my team and learned they could transform into totem pokemon bosses

[@minershrub769]

I am not done yet, but I never lost to anyone. (I just beat Oliva.) My only REAL challenge was totem Marowak, where the battle came down to the wire, and I just had Shellder left after beating it. I was forced to come up with a mid-battle strategy to defeat that thing. I loved that battle, however. I had gotten rid of my starter, litten, as soon as I could transfer over a Shellder, and it became my 'starter.' I expected the Shellder to preform poorly, but he managed to be my powerhouse. (He's a bit overleveled.) I just destroyed Araquinad with Shellder, the Gumshoos battle was the same, and Lurantis got destroyed with a combo of Combusken and Ribombee. I beat Olivia with phantump/diglett, coincidentally, my two lowest levels, only for diglett to evolve right after. For some reason, I love when Pokemon evolve after major battles, so this was satisfying. Most normal battles were just handled by my Shiny Bagon/Combusken, who's types get extremely useful. The easiness I found shocking, because my phantump and diglett were caught recently, but then preformed extremely well after, and before that, I just ran around with Rockruff and Ash's Pikachu, who also preformed well, despite their lack of use and low base stats. On top of that, Shellder was weaker than an unevolved starter, statwise, but still became my ace. Overall, the lack of difficulty with the one exception of Marowakleft me disappointed, and I hope Game Freak makes the games a bit harder, but for the other parts of the game, they went beyond my wildest expectations. My current team: Shellder Ribombee (Shiny) Shelgon Alolan Dugtrio Combusken Phantump

[@Izumi-cw3jl]

You probably know this allready and it is probably the reson you called your cutifly that way but bamba is kind of a nut snak in israel

[@itachi60001]

bamba is an israeli snack and i guess it looks sort of similar to cutiefly (?) (i dont really find similarities so i cant really say much about it xd)

[@emberwish7005]

One of my favorite things about the game was Hau's character arc. His development was just so much better compared to S/M and I hecking loved it

[@SpectreShawn]

+Truegreen, plz make a video on the topic, 'Top 20 USUM music' U made so good music videos earlier, and plz make one for USUM!!!👌💓🙏

[@robertpoole9707]

Pretty sure there weren't even 20 new tracks, so I think that list is impossible...

[@xeenproof2024]

Um TrueGreen The only battle I truly lost against was Trainer school principle Emily (I think that's her name). The rest was too easy for me (including the Team Rainbow Rocket episode). I don't over level either. Am I doing something wrong.

[@bee4377]

Honestly, as someone who has also played and enjoyed every pokemon game, I really didn't like USUM. You talk a lot about how the game is immersive and I agree that they're taking steps to make the characters and environments feel more real... but in my opinion the newer pokemon games have so many annoying little quirks that break my immersion and ruin the experience. Sure the world looks bigger and more beautiful than ever before and sure the characters feel complex and real but when the game stops me every 5 minutes for yet another unskippable cutscene, it just ruins the flow, and the environment (despite looking complex) is almost entirely on rails. The game actively prevents you from exploring due to petty nonsense like "blackouts" or "an enraged tauros" or a super straight path with no other options. I think that if Pokemon really wants to move forward, they need to update the flow of the game and make it a more free experience. Like you said yourself, part of the appeal of pokemon is the immersion of the adventure and the feeling of exploration. So let players explore! Let them be free to play the game how they choose! Stop grabbing their hand and dragging them through the game how you think it ought to be played! Pokemon could be even greater if they would just let us have a little freedom

[@ChampionBlaze]

These games were truly amazing and challenging and it felt like you were going a legit Pokémon journey! The world was so interactive and fun all around! There were so many callbacks to previous gens such as the RR Arc and the music remixes; and it had so much nostalgia! Playing Sub & Ultra Sun was the 1st time I had played a main series game in a while and so it was so much fun to get back into them and Gen 7 was a great to do it cuz of the content of the story!

[@C.h.r.o.m.e]

Ultra Necrozma was a rattata for me I one shoted it

[@lilyomp4598]

bOI WHY THE FUCK WAS I CRYING WHEN YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT HAU WHY DO I LOVE THAT CHARACTER SO MUCH TF

[@weedwak]

There are too many times where the game stops you. The tutorials go on forever, and it takes a while for you to be able to actually play the game. When you do, it then goes on to stop you again multiple times for pointless feature introductions. These games just felt more intrusive than older ones. I do like the difficulty while playing without EXP Share, though.

[@Sceptonic]

This game was the first ever Pokemon game that I've played that is actually a challenge, Totem Marowak and Totem Togedemaru gave me a rough time, along with the RR episode. The music is incredible in USUM and all the new minor features are a lot of fun, especially Mantine Surfing and the Ultra Warp Hole. This is by far my favorite Pokemon game of all time :D