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Sun and Moon Demo


Pahrak Model ZX

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It's available on the eShop! I thought for sure the server would be too busy, but I downloaded it in just about 20 minutes!

 

It's pretty fun, though obviously rather short. You get to meet Hau an Kukui, and have some encounters with Team Skull. I was right, they're losers. As reported previously your main Pokemon here is Greninja with the Batte Bond ability, letting it turn into Ash-Greninja after knocking out a Pokemon. The description just says it powers up Water Shuriken, though the move info doesn't say how much, so...seems a little underwhelming. But what did I expect from a form change that's just "give it the palette of the worst Pokemon trainer ever"?

 

You get to use Kukui's Pikachu during a Trial, though! At the end it's given a Z-Crystal for one battle, letting you try out Gigavolt Havoc, which is pretty rad. The trial itself involves using the Poke Finder to take pictures of Jangmo-o and Hakamo-o, culminating in a fight against a Hakamo-o with the new Totem Pokemon mechanic. It's Sp. Def is boosted, and it can summon a Rockruff to aid it. After clearing that and reloading the game, you get the Ride Pager and can ride Tauros around the map, and you can access several small tasks that give you items you can transfer to the main game. There are also a lot of people saying certain things will happen in a certain number of days, so we're gonna need to keep checking back to see everything.

 

Also, I haven't seen this myself, but...Serebii reports that you can sometimes use Poke Finder to see what would appear to be an Alolan Dugtrio. And it's, uh...not really what you'd expect...something to look into if you want.

 

OH, also! Apparently, on the 31st and 1st, certain theaters in the US are going to be showing the first Pokemon movie! I haven't been able to find a list yet, though...

 

PS People have datamined it and found what appears to be the compete Pokedex, plus shinies. I'm not gonna link it, but...it exists. If you want to see it. (Come on, you want to see it, right?)

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Well... Ash Greninja also has a boost of 50 to each attack and 10 to speed... So it's kinda a bit useful above and beyond the Water Shuriken boost. =P

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Regarding it being short, do keep in mind that the game will continue to unlock content (including items that can be sent to the main game) over the course of the month. Moreso than other game demos I've played, this demo (like the ORAS demo before it) seems aimed not just at giving a taste of the full game but also at maintaining the hype for the game up to the release date.

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Nah, I'm still waiting for that sith Jar-Jar leak you promised a while ago

 

That was Kingdom Hearts so I'm gonna retcon that.

 

 

Well... Ash Greninja also has a boost of 50 to each attack and 10 to speed... So it's kinda a bit useful above and beyond the Water Shuriken boost. =P

 

I did not know that, thank you for telling me.

 

 

"We're not bad-we're just hard!"

 

My favorite quote from the demo.

 

Mine was probably "Were you flew here or were you grew here?"

 

Team Skull is made of losers.

 

 

Regarding it being short, do keep in mind that the game will continue to unlock content (including items that can be sent to the main game) over the course of the month. Moreso than other game demos I've played, this demo (like the ORAS demo before it) seems aimed not just at giving a taste of the full game but also at maintaining the hype for the game up to the release date.

 

Yeah, that is neat, I was just saying the initial "story" of it was on the short side.  Which makes sense for a demo, so...wait, why did I say that?  Huh.

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