Games

Pokémon Moon

Game Freak

2016•Strategy•PEGI 7•About 64 hours

Taste attributes: adventurefamilyscience fictionanimalsmonster/alien/supernaturalrobots/ai/spacevehiclesfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questsocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA fantastical strategy game that is accessible, good-natured and polished. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: wholesome · Weight: very light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

IGDB rating

81 / 100

257 ratings

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About This Game

Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon will be the first games in the Pokémon series to allow players to choose from nine languages to play in. In addition to English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish, players will now be able to play in both Traditional and Simplified Chinese.

Summary: IGDB

Story

Embark on a new adventure as a Pokémon Trainer and catch, battle, and trade all-new Pokémon on the tropical islands of the Alola Region. Discover the Z-Moves and unleash these intense attacks in battle. Call upon Pokémon with Poké Ride to discover new areas across the region and take on the Island Challenge Trials to become the Pokémon Champion! Choose one of three new partner Pokémon that will accompany you as you set out on an all-new adventure and discover new Pokémon and regional variant Pokémon in the Alola region. Catch and train Pokémon as you encounter captains, and kahunas of the 4...

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

AdventureFamilyScience fictionAnimalsMonster/alien/supernaturalRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questSocial commentarySolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

ArenaAnimalsPikachuKid friendlySequelLanguage selectionQr codesMega evolution

Where to play

Nintendo eShop

Details

Developer: Game Freak
Publishers: The Pokémon Company, Nintendo
Released: 18 November 2016
Series: Pokémon
Platforms: Nintendo 3DS
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: Third person
Time to beat: 64h normally, 139h complete
Age rating: PEGI 7
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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Games are scored on the same ten characteristics as films and matched with the same formula and your own match bands, from your film and TV taste. Game scores are estimates, made by fixed rules from IGDB genres, themes, keywords and descriptions.