This pair of almost-identical games (there is a slightly different mix of Pokémon in each, to encourage trading between players) tries to mend that divide by reframing the franchise's core premise.
#Pokemon sun and moon game series#
The result is a gentler (re-)entry point for the series than we've seen in more than a decade. The main series of Gameboy and Nintendo DS Pokémon games could always be boiled down to a form of trumped-up cockfighting, but Sun and Moon try to slough off that aggressive past by baking friendship into the gameplay.
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After two decades and dozens of games, there are now more than 800 different kinds to keep track of, each with a spreadsheet of stats, attacks, skills and other traits for you to learn.įor players who are migrating from playing the simpler Pokémon Go app, this could surely be overwhelming. That process involves strategy and planning you must compose a group of Pokémon that can tackle any challenge. You carefully select a team of your favorites, then set out to conquer the world by forcing your monsters to fight others' until one side gets knocked out. Pokémon is, at its heart, about capturing and training magical creatures that possess elemental powers.
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With that influx of new (and lapsed former) players brings a challenge: Trying to satisfy the people who grew up with this 20-year-old series while still aiming it at youngsters and less-experienced Pokémon trainers. Thanks to the tremendous success of the Pokémon Go mobile app, there's a lot more attention on Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon, the latest installments in the long-running series of role-playing games that released this week for the Nintendo 3DS system.
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If you're returning to Pokémon after a long absence, you may be pleased to find that the latest iteration is a kinder, gentler monster-battling game.