

Once you're given control you're ushered into a linear sequence of events that teach you what's what, and it's obviously a tutorial designed to show less experienced Pokémaniacs the ropes. It's startling at first but certainly not in a bad way, and this trimming of the fat is a factor that runs through the whole game. No title screen appears to welcome you, but rather some new data is created on your ever-shrinking SD card and you're thrust gung-ho into the intro cutscene. The first time you boot up the game you're not given a moment's breathing room. The question is - can the seventh generation make up for the shortcomings of its letter-based predecessor? The previous new-gen games brought about a revolution with the leap to 3D, but fell short in a few small areas for a lot of long-time fans. Thankfully people who spend far too much time playing video games, like us and many reading these pages, know better.Įnter Pokémon Sun and Moon, the latest duo to enter the fray on the rapidly ageing hardware of the 3DS. The Pokémon series has been through a lot, and a casual observer would be forgiven for assuming that the developers must be out of fresh ideas after twenty long years.
