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  • 4 months ago
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    Coincidentally I actually played this for the first time today right before I saw the new lists come up. Likely story, right? Well I just so happened to finally have located my cart recently and decided to finally take the plunge seeing as I haven't played SwSh in forever and don't appear to be starting Scarlet/Violet or Arceus in the forseeable future.

    The verdict? Well for one thing I realized I have zero enthusiasm for this region or its characters anymore. Now that I've been to superior Galar there is no going back to this. The whole artificial island / Lillie subplot is also incredibly bland. I think I merely tolerated it before. Gamefreak really dropped the ball architectually in particular. Just imagine how much more interesting this place could've been as opposed to "it's a white triangle, and when you arrive, there's an elevator plus some corridors".

    Furthermore, I could not tell you what is different between this and regular Moon. Aside from the in game title card having Ultra in the name, there is nothing I could point to that would prove that this is a new version, and which couldn't simply be explained by me misremembering whether it was in the original Moon or not.

    But despite all that, the game is perfectly playable which is a pretty high bar to clear. It's on 3DS and it's a game and I'm playing it. That's.. wow. Now I'm wondering if I should get a 2DS again. I hear Ocarina of Time is good..
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … I don't have a Switch, but from the Pokemon games I have played, Sun/Moon are easily the worst. I think the Ultra games made improvements, but they still don't bring the game up to par with any other entry in the series. You should play Ocarina of Time. It looks amazing in 3D, but if you really want a 2DS...
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    • Klemoib
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      Editing … The only Pokemon game I really liked was soul silver. I still regret selling it. It even had the little poke ball thing you could strap to your waist to make you look like a dork. Arceus seems cool though. Anyone played it? Is it good?
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    • rockshard PhD
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      Editing … Oh, that reminds me. In your trainer's room there is a Nintendo Switch. I was like "wait.. how??" I guess the game must have came out after the Switch..? It's so unexpected. (I assume it was a Wii U originally. Nintendo was eager to retcon that.)
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      Editing … They love to do that. It's their greatest joy.
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    • rockshard PhD
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      Editing … So I think I've been bamboozled I think. This is the same game pretty much and in all my niavete I was tricked into buying it twice. Wtf Nintendo. I didn't know this was a thing that they did. I figured ones like Crystal and Platinun were "definitive editions" of their respective gens, but that since Ultra was released as both a Sun and Moon that it obviously would be more of a sequel. (Did Black/White 2 throw me off? I mean it even has 2 in the name) Bad rockshard assumptions.
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      Editing … The loss isn't even the money so much as the fact that I kind of have no reason to play this now. It would be no different to play through og Moon again and I would actually kind of rather do that instead as that was the version I have a history with, and which ended up segwaying into me getting Shield. I could even attempt to rebuild my trainer and save file that I lost when I sold my copy of Moon all those years ago.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … The Ultra games added way less than previous follow-ups. Like Sun and Moon, they're very lazy games. I only remember minor story changes, cutscenes getting changed, scenes happening with one character swapped for another, the added Ultraverse content (is that what they called it?) and Team Rainbow Rocket. I also liked Hau more in the Ultra games.
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      Editing … Hau is just an early prototype Hop.
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  • 5 years ago
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    I dreamed that the multiverse stuff in this game let you allow various Disney levels, sort of like Kingdom Hearts. I particularly enjoyed meeting Captain Jack Sparrow.
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  • 5 years ago
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    read a spoiler that got me interested in finishing the game

    UGH WHY DID I RETURN TO THIS BORING ASS GAME UGGGHHH
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  • 6 years ago
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    tfw I didn't find out about the Ash's Hat Pikachu until the first day that it's no longer available
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … now I need to get some rare ass shit so I can trade for it
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      Sudertum
      Editing … Really Pokemon Ultra ... and Ultra ... is the name? Wow, how long will it take to see a Pokemon Ultra Mega Hyper ... then?
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    • Dr Eggnog
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      Dr Eggnog
      Editing … Pokemon Penis and Pokemon Pussy
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    • Explojin
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      Explojin
      Editing … I'd be surprised if those weren't already things.
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  • 6 years ago
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    the enemy trainers don't even turn around to look at you when you talk to them
    characters still don't move
    god it's so dull and dead and dumb
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  • 6 years ago
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    New story mode trailer!
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  • 6 years ago
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    Maybe the NPCs will move this time. Maybe there will be side activities.
    Whatever, I'm fucking disappointed that I have to play in the worst region again. But oh, I'm so fucking glad that the Sinnoh remakes won't have to be on this engine.
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      Editing … Deleted by himself
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    • Gries He
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      Editing … What's different about Ultra that the standard Sun/Moon games didn't have?
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … Well, we only saw a few seconds, but the voiceover said that it'd have Pokemon not found in the original Sun and Moon. I expect to see Black 2 & White 2 levels of differences, with new towns, and progressing through the region via a different route. The two Sun & Moon legendaries have new forms, just like the Black & White legendaries did. It's not confirmed whether NPCs will move this time.
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      Editing … It was presented as an "alternate" storyline to Sun and Moon, they never referred to it as a sequel during the reveal. Maybe it's just fucking lazy.
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    • Axersia
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      Editing … Is it an alternate storyline where gyms exist? Because I'd be up for that. Somehow I pre-ordered Pokemon Moon but never even made it past the first town.
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    • Husky Wing
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      Editing … Sun and Moon are the worst core series Pokemon games. Usually straying from the formula and taking new turns is a good thing, but they fucked it all up. Hell yes I'd be up for a return to gyms.
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