Were Pokemon Sun and Moon Really That BAD?

Are Pokémon Sun and Moon Really That Good?
Join us as we set sail to the tropical Alola region to explore whether Pokémon Sun and Moon truly live up to the hype! From groundbreaking gameplay changes to an immersive storyline, we dive deep into what makes the seventh generation of Pokémon games stand out.
In this video, we discuss:
The Alola Region: A fresh take on the Pokémon world
Trial Challenges vs. Gyms: A game-changing shift
New Alolan Forms: Classic Pokémon reimagined
Z-Moves and Battle Mechanics: Enhancing combat strategies
Storyline and Characters: Deeper narratives and memorable characters
Community and Critical Receptions: What do fans and critics say?
Whether you're a seasoned Pokémon Master or just starting your journey, we'll help you decide if Pokémon Sun and Moon are worth your time.
What's your verdict on Sun and Moon? Share your experiences and opinions in the comments below!
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[@Shinntoku]

Sun and Moon are great games, Lillie's story is so engaging and Team Skull are my absolute favourite "evil" team. Like of course they're dumb and not scary, they're a bunch of kids that fell through the cracks trying to find community.

[@SpooxyCowboy1911]

Imo yes. They’re the only games I couldn’t wait to finish bc I just COULDN’T with the cutscenes every few minutes.

[@EbubechukwuChukwuma-oy7cr]

Pokemon sun and moon are not bad games, people just don't like the different things they decided to go with, and z moves were not bad not as popular as mega evolution. I genuinely enjoy it, I just wish people feel the same way. Alola is really a unique region and the alolan forms look great. Thanks for the video 😊 ❤

[@TotallyAtopiaYT]

Unpopular opinion I like Sun and Moon and i enjoy the original more than the Ultra games

[@joopvanhedel1372]

Regional variants are indeed great. So great in fact that every game after gen 7 have regional variants in some way, Sword and shield had galarian forms and regional evolutions, legend arceus had some great hisuian forms, scarlet and violet had Paldea forms regional fakes and paradox forms. Pokemon legends ZA will probably also have regional variants so I'm curious what they will do with them this time, probably regional mega evolutions

[@CaptainHarlock-sx6xk]

Sun and moon are the best pokemon games. Pokemon before xy is unplayable due to grind. And pokemon post usum is awful Xy and Sm are peak.

[@yeetskeet3]

Gen 7 has music that can rival the almighty gen 5

[@thewarrior8497]

Sun and moon are great depsite the really long tutorial and cutscenes. Arguably has the best story in any pokemon game as well . Plus regional variants were peak

[@potorius7877]

Black&white has the best story by far and it's not even remotely close.

[@thewarrior8497]

@@potorius7877 nah sun and moons story >>>. Black and whites story is really overrated

[@vincenzorafaelsuarez6644]

3:50 She idolizes Ultra Beasts and fuses herself with power without any consciousness for her family and herself. This is why as a casual player, anyone's authorized to use every Z-moves against any Aether Foundation Employees and Faba and Lusamine before that and against some Team Skull too and Guzma during Last Resort.

[@vincenzorafaelsuarez6644]

I guess the story content of the game is not too bad. Lillie is special to me especially when you play as a Male Character Ellio, she has a crush on you while as a female protagonist Selene is a different story.

[@jaretco6423]

Gen. 7 is an interesting case. They had some things changes, yet the formulaic is still the same. It had many good parts, but also has some bad parts that people exaggerated on to much. The original versions were fine enough. But they retcon it with an enhanced version rather than following the story with an sequel. Neatless to say, it's probably the most diversive gen of them all. Even more so than Gen. 5 was. But overall, I quite enjoy both Sun & Moon and USUM. There not the best game of the series. But there pretty decent games and certainly better than X & Y IMO.

[@Ahhhhhh30]

Yes they are. I have never been so bored playing a pokemon game. And sure, USUM is “better”, but the games are still extremely boring with way too many interruptions. Easily the worst generation at least on the handhelds.

[@alecriddick]

Sun & Moon sadly ruined Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon for me. I 100% Sun to race my friend who did the same with Moon so with USUM being the same for a good chunk of the beginning, I never finished them.

[@TrvisXXIII]

Is this a sun & moon recap video or opinion piece, because you barely give your take. Just covering what players already know

[@imbored1179]

It was the best game since BW story wise, it was the best looking GF Pokemon game ever at that point and even past it with SWSH, the story was unique and they did something new with the island trial. The music is peak really I can name so many reasons why it’s so good. People like to just lump all the 3DS games as bad so they include even this really good one

[@potatoboy1517]

In retrospect these games were not all that bad, although USUM are the superior versions. Only thing that I didn’t like is that every game starting with this going forward is the removal of the National Dex. These games also came at a point in my life where there was a lot of change going on so I wasn’t able to enjoy them as much I wanted to. Personally I enjoyed the Totem battles and I really liked the idea of us defending our Champion title whenever you visit the Elite Four

[@SAMTUBESTYT]

If only this game had the gym system it would have been very appreciated

[@ShadyRK9]

Ok... I'm now seeing a pattern here! I feel like people's been saying that the Pokémon games have gotten bad SINCE X/Y! 💀 Although Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon is far better!

[@EbubechukwuChukwuma-oy7cr]

It's a wired time I guess to make a fuss about which game is better 😅

[@edwardsaldana2534]

The DS ones definitely created a toxic community who trashes anything that came out post DS era, and this is coming from someone who doesn’t play much Pokémon

[@imbored1179]

@@edwardsaldana2534they are even worse than the Genwunners. There’s literally no way base DP is better than any of the 3DS games including XY

[@edwardsaldana2534]

@@imbored1179 ikr I played DS DP and they are the most boring, bland, and slow games I played in the series, and there were too many times I’ve encountered Pokemon from gen 1, I had more fun with base sun and moon that DP

[@ShadyRK9]

@@edwardsaldana2534 and I still enjoyed them! I don't see what's all the hate is about?

[@massacr3angel0]

Just bought Pokémon moon again the other day to replay it! Honestly it really is a good game ^_^

[@Brisk855]

I'm currently going through Moon with all 3 starters. It took me almost an hour to get the ability to trade one of the starters from Sun to Moon. 2 starters took 2 hours!!! Who designed this?!

[@mispinchergamings3470]

If do switch renames if Pokémon this should be one. Would a title call sun and moon something be cool on switch. The idea meant like for switch. It like joke how switch have 2 thing it can do and the ds 2 screen. Be reason by name lol for ds one.

[@mispinchergamings3470]

Not my fav but best on 3ds I think. To bad it have 2 game not new version like yellow vs green.,bet why I and lot think it eh. Otherwise almost good game with few flaw in it.

[@VeggieBrgr]

I absolutely love these games, played the hell out of them as a kid. Also, Alolan Raichu is one of my favorite pokemon ever lol

[@Maho3942]

Peak 3ds! I’ll play these games any day over the games we got on switch

[@yyandell4882]

i’m glad i found your channel cause i love your videos!

[@LolEleiteye]

The reason Sun and Moon is hated is because that was the first generation where people started seeing the older games as nostalgic.

[@CartoonvZero]

Idk which one to get sun or moon I need help deciding which one to pick

[@jermainespeid4934]

Like I don’t hate sun and moon is just I wasn’t a fan of z move but I get used to it but I like that how you don’t need hm no more

[@meta527II]

One thing I really can't stand, even though Pokemon Sun and Moon were widely beloved, everyone all of the sudden decided to start hating them later, completely out of nowhere! Why?

[@vincenzorafaelsuarez6644]

Even the Pokemon anime of Pokemon Sun and Moon series too.

[@jlbwho7913]

These are the best Pokémon games out of all of them. Well the ultras are

[@MrMocha0411]

For once I can’t comment because I never finished sun and moon

[@filipers1470]

Alola pokedex is one of my favorites. Great video

[@Kuttlefish]

Happy 5k! i've been here since 3k lmao

[@BidoofBoy1234]

Still haven’t beat it lol

[@AlmightyRodga]

Not as bad as sword & shield 😅

[@vincenzorafaelsuarez6644]

Pokemon Sun and Moon games were released on 2015 in JP and 2016 in US and EU, almost the same year as US and EU release of Mario and Luigi Paper Jam or Paper Jam Bros.

[@nightwing2032]

Pokemon sun and moon released in November of 2016. There was no mainline game released in 2015. The only Pokemon game released in 2015 was Pokemon super mystery dungeon which was a Pokemon spinoff game. Plus starting x and y and gen 6, Pokemon games released worldwide. X and y, Oras, sun and moon, ultra sun and moon, let’s go, sword and shield, bdsp, legends Arceus, and scarlet and violet all released worldwide.

[@vincenzorafaelsuarez6644]

@@nightwing2032 Oh oops sorry, I just reversed the release date Pokemon Sun and Moon released in 2016, the same year as Mario and Luigi Paper Jam release date in US and EU while JP is 2015.

[@JGr2000]

Sun and Moon are boring

[@lenardjordan3536]

Congratulations 🎉

[@hipstersephiroth3722]

I miss z moves

[@maxhale9641]

5k squad

[@dragoon1090]

The story is great. Everything else is awful.

[@TheMoodbeam]

To summarise before watching to video: yes. They're the worst games in the series.

[@Shinntoku]

Insane take lmfao

[@skippy336]

​@Shinntoku worst game at the time, but not anymore. Meaning in my opinion they were like a 6-8 in quality Not bad, as in like 2-3.

[@juandiegotorres9632]

​@@skippy336I think they fulfill their goals better than gen 6 in terms of having a story that lives up to its potential, a region with barely any unexplored areas, a higher difficulty than gen 6 and a post game that's better than gen 6's.

[@skippy336]

@juandiegotorres9632 you may be right, you do have a valid oppinion. Comparing a story between a man and his pokemon to that of an obsessed mother who goes crazy and abandons her children hits way harder. I just felt USUM was missing something

[@Shinntoku]

@@skippy336 they were *leagues* better than XY

[@Frost-zj1pb]

The fact that you ONLY have 5k subs is criminal. Phenomenal videos man keep it up 🩵