Games

Pokémon Sun

Game Freak

2016•Strategy•PEGI 7•About 34 hours

Taste attributes: adventurefamilyscience fictionanimalsholidaysrobots/ai/spacevehiclesfresh & originalwholesomelightimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingall consuming questsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeOtherworldly and accessible: a good-natured strategy game, glossy rather than gritty. Best if you like escapism over depth.

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

IGDB rating

80 / 100

264 ratings

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About This Game

Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon trademarks were registered thus leaking the next Pokémon game titles to the public. Pokémon.com confirmed the games would be for the Nintendo 3DS and released in holiday 2016, with a new world, new Pokémon, and new adventures. 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 fictionAnimalsHolidaysRobots/ai/spaceVehiclesAll consuming questSolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

ArenaAnimals

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: 5h rushed, 34h normally
Age rating: PEGI 7
Taste scores: How we score
Source: IGDB

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