Majority of pokemon games have shown us that even though we are completing the same goal, we still want to continue on this journey. Every Pokemon game in my opinion never felt boring or similar to the previous games. Game Freak takes the same formula time and time again, but they improve upon the story and game play. This formula has worked for a long time, but the biggest change to this system was with the release of Black/White 2. For the first time we had a Pokemon game that had a sequel. For a long time we had games that were separated from each other so that each one felt like a fresh start.
Now the big questions is, why did they decide to do this? Other games do this and succeed, but Pokemon never did this before. My guess is that there were unanswered questions at the end of the game. The bigger question is why not just make a bigger game? The fans would love a longer Pokemon game to get themselves into and draw them to anticipate another game of the like. Maybe Game Freak decided to make more money by splitting a game in half since dlc isn’t something they can add to their game. I say that, but they can make it easier for you to acquire shiny Pokemon and the like, but for their sake, I hope they never do that.
Those were just, what ifs, things that may or may not have happened. I can’t even tell you if that is true since I didn’t even finish Black. I can tell you that Moon/Sun is the game where they truly took a risk. They decided to take the game in a completely different location, change the gyms into a different type of battle and also change the race of the character we were used to seeing. I think that was the biggest thing that surprised me when I first learned about this game and it still surprises me that the character isn’t white or Japanese. Just by the looks of the sprites, it never occurred to me that the character would be Japanese even though the game was made in Japan. I always thought the character would be white, but now I realize that they were just Asian with the old anime art styles.
I think the reasoning that I thought this is because I never really thought of Pokemon as an anime or anime game. There aren’t a ton of animes that have aired as long as Pokemon and even if they had, they weren’t in the limelight on American television. Only two that I know of that have shown on major networks are Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh. Anime games give a certain feel to it and it usually follows a certain timeline in the anime, so it is best not to watch the anime if you don’t want anything spoiled for you. Pokemon has a different storyline from the show so that you didn’t have to relive the episode again. It is smart to think that the people buying the games, are the same people that are watching the show. It isn’t true for every show, but Pokemon has been running for a very long time and it doesn’t seem like it will end anytime soon.
Moon feels great because you don’t have your Pokemon learn hm moves this time around. Pokemon with the moves are given to you so that you can train your Pokemon with any moves you see fit. It is the only game where I didn’t actually catch as much Pokemon because I didn’t need a filler Pokemon to learn the hm move. That was a big thing to me because I lost interest in those Pokemon because they were good for getting me places, but not good in a fight. Moon seemed too fast to me because once you beat all the Kahunas, you were already at end game. You did have another goal while on your way to the final four, but it didn’t give you any character development. Let me rephrase that, you didn’t get any character development for your character, but you got it for all the other characters around you. Then again, Pokemon never really felt like a game that gave you great character development for your own character.
Moon was strong with changing the gym system and giving us a villain that we could actually relate to. In my eyes, it revolutionized Pokemon games in the near future. I was happy with the game, but it left me wanting more, like there was something taken from it for another game. Maybe that game will be called Super Moon/Sun. Another game that gives you more story and some additional Pokemon and legendaries as well. If I didn’t know better, I would think that this was Game Freaks way of having dlc. This is just my own opinion, so please tell me what you think about Pokemon and what the future will hold for the game series.
