And to make it worse tons of people already played it illegaly way before release
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Pokémon Sun Version/Moon Version Review Thread
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This is about on par with the last two Metacritic wise, but it's worth considering that review scores have seen significant and continued deflation over the past five years.
spyroflame0487
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I just searched on Metacritic, SM have the highest (at 88) along with Y which also has 88. X is at 87 for some reason lmao.
Most of the other Pokemon main title games are at the 80s/upper 70s. Pokemon Dash and My Pokemon Ranch hold the lowest at 47.
I think if you were to look as a whole on all game sites, many reviewers claim the latest game is the "best" because of the improvements it makes upon the previous titles. You have to consider that the reviewers are also more than likely to be huge fans of the series though too.
Sun became the easy choice for me once I saw it also had Alolan Ninetales and the Midday Lycanroc (Although that actually might not be completely exclusive from what I've heard) Kind of played myself though because I had to drop an early pre-order of Pokemon Moon, and now apparently I'll likely won't get the game till the 22nd.
Still worth it.
Normally I don't have a problem with Gamexplain reviews but I couldn't agree with this.
"With the Animé wrapping up one of its best season."
The Kalos animé was just flat out boring.
NathanDiego
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Great scores as always,I hope it's better than X/Y
Fulminator
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Pokemon XYZ saga was great, up until ash lost again, where i just dropped the series as a whole. The Sun/Moon anime is giving me flashbacks of Black/White, so i won't touch it with a 10 foot pole.
It lacked the humor, charisma and charm of the first couple seasons, but it's leagues better than everything post Gen3, at least. Phenomenal animated battles (fucking finally), actual character development, fun episodes (like Ash entering a mirror world where everyone are opposites of their other self; Ash and co entering a Pokeball factory and Meowth trying to capture Pikachu with a Pokeball; cosplaying as Pokémon, etc.)... It has its filler episodes, obviously, but it's still surprisingly good. Have you even watched much of it?
Plus, it brought us the best pikachu yet.
To think the pile if garbage that is X/Y got 88, same guys must have reviewed FE Awakening.
You stopped watching before it got pretty good. Those last episodes that dealt with Zygarde/Team Flare were stellar. If only we'd gotten a fraction of that in the actual games...
SaniOYOYOY
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Really want to pick this up. how much is 2ds again in europe (Netherlands)? found one in markplaats worth 60e but seems really fishy
btw #teamprimarina
btw #teamprimarina
SciencePilot
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Glad to hear there's nothing terribly wrong with it. It's a solid Pokemon game so it looks like I'll enjoy it.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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Somewhere between 80-120 quid ish.
SomedayTheFire
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I feel like I'm the only one that still loves XY/ORAS in this thread ;_;
peanutbutterlatte
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PULSE A RACIN'.
Disappointing to hear about all the hand holding on island 1 tho.
I adore both.
Wait. The game's actually enhanced on New 3DS?
If by "enhanced" you mean doesn't run like complete shit all the time. See: Hyrule warriors legends.
hemo memo
Gold Member
I don't know. just watched GameXplain review. he says slowdown on double battles on old 3DS models that's not there on N3DS.
It runs better on N3DS, yes, according to GameXplain.
renegade_dewitt
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This worries me. I have the original 3DS XL, I just hope it doesn't run like complete shit....
I have an OG 3DS since its early days, I hope it's not as bad as it sounds. :/
According to GameXplain, it sounds like it's pretty bad during Double Battles and the Totem Pokemon battles. Like, it sounded worse than X/Y with turns taking an extra few seconds because the trainers freeze up a bit before the attacks begin. And X/Y's main framerate drops were during Horde Battles with Double Battles being bearable. But now it sounds like it's legitimately slow for anything other than Single battles.
renegade_dewitt
Member
Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
Anyway, is there a way to transfer my Pokemon from the last 3DS game to this one? I'm sure there is, but I just don't know how.
Pokemon Bank...
Oh shiiiiiiiiiiiiiit.
Anyway, is there a way to transfer my Pokemon from the last 3DS game to this one? I'm sure there is, but I just don't know how.
Pokemon Bank but it won't work until a few months after release.
renegade_dewitt
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God damn. Not completely convinced, I just hope I can see for myself how bad the performance drop is if I could try the game on a OG 3DS/XL at a Gamestop or wherever before I buy. I doubt it though, most likely they will have the game running on a new 3DS...hmmm
If the demo is any indication, the battles at least are going to run like molasses. Especially during totem battles / battles that feature more than 2 Pokémon. I mean, it's been like that since XY, but it still sucks to see that it's even worse in Sun and Moon. How they can't get it to run well by now is astounding. The games aren't exactly doing anything particularly impressive visually.
DragonKnight
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Yep lol. At least for the mainline series. Still surprised to see such high scores.
hemo memo
Gold Member
Me too. He says it runs smooth during exploration and only slightly slower on single battles, but totem and double battles when it runs badly on old models.
renegade_dewitt
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Have you seen what the hardware is like on the OG 3DS? Nothing substantially powerful....even though the visuals aren't mind blowing, it is just too much for the OG 3DS hardware. I don't know how the VRAM works, but on Wikipedia, it notes that it has only 6 MB VRAM and 128 MB FCRAM. So yeah, doing anything that involves multiple things might get strenuous..