"Pokemon Sun and Moon" has been officially released everyone! It has been "Nintendo's" first worldwide release. I was one of many that received a copy yesterday and let me tell you I was waiting with my roommate by our mailroom doors ecstatic to receive our copy, and I have no shame telling you all this. We even did an "unboxing" video.
"Nintendo" promised new and they delivered. Although it has many of the usual themes that "Pokemon" gives us, from the hints of the single mom to a Professor guiding us through what Pokemon are and how things go in the world we now reside in.
However, there are some new changes, such as the abolishment of Pokemon Gyms and the creating of the Trials. I myself have just gotten through my first Grand Trial and am currently working on my second trial, and I am not quite sure how I feel about them compared to the gyms. However I am going to give them their chance and let you know next week my final decision after I beat the game.
Let me explain to you the trails, each trial is created and looked over by a Captain. The first trial will be my example, [SPOILER ALERT] You go through a cave and you need to look into hole's that are den's for whatever Pokemon reside in the cave. You then need to defeat x amount of Pokemon and defeat the totem Pokemon that the Captain of that trial has trained. At then end you are given a Z-crystal that allows whatever Pokemon that holds it to have a special Z-move of that type. [SPOILER ENDING]
It is a very different feeling for me from the old Pokemon games, however different doesn't mean bad. There is also the Festival Plaza, which you can use online, offline and locally and it is a blast! Your Pokemon can play games and increase their strength, as well as meet and greet other players which earns you FC. FC is the currency for the Festical Plaza which allows you to do the activities. You can make guests your VIP which has them visit more often, remember the more you greet the more FC you collect.
When you enter the Festival plaza you can also battle and trade. The battling and trading have not changed too much, so if you had played "Pokemon X and Y" then you already know about the GTS and Wonder Trade. If you do not, then do not worry I'll explain for you.
GTS or Global Trade System allows you to search for a specific Pokemon, all then way down to type, gender and level. You may also put out a Pokemon for trade so that when others look for it they can send out their Pokemon and the next time you connect to the Internet and check your new Pokemon will be ready and waiting for you.
Wonder Trade is a lot of fun! I use it almost like a game, because in the end, everything is up to chance due to the fact that it is all random. You choose a Pokemon to send out for trade, and then it will find a random person to trade with you and you do not find out what Pokemon they sent out until you are receiving it. It is all instantaneous and a lot of fun.
This is all for now but I promise to tell you all more when I beat the game! I love you all and thank you for reading, it's time for me to head back to the trails! Alola
