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sometimes it's little things that make

all of the difference and that's

certainly the true for Pokemon ultra Sun

and ultra moon these enhanced versions

of Pokemon Sun and Moon are full of

appreciable changes like more Pokemon a

whole new dimension to explore plus tons

of little details making the new ultra

versions a bigger better more fun and

fuller experience than Sun and Moon work

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immediately Ultra Sun and ultra moon

satisfied me with small changes like a

more brightly colored UI with a quick

way to save it also mercifully took away

some of the slow dialog but Sun and Moon

suffered from in the first few sequences

I met embattled with starter Pokemon

noticeably faster and was on my way to

explore the markedly more colorful

melimeli Island in no time at all of

course there's still plenty of tutorial

it's a reoccurring shame there's no way

to indicate to a Pokemon game but you

know what you're doing and don't need to

learn how to throw a Pokeball for the

fifteenth time that said there are a lot

of new things to learn about an ultra

Sun and ultramarine even for longtime

pokemon players learning how to surf and

perform tricks on a man time was a cinch

and the new battle agency at the

somewhat controversial festival plaza

took no time to learn and get it into

man time surfing is a fun little

distraction with a super cool reward for

doing so even more special than the

beach points AKA battle points at grants

the battle agency offers a pokemon to

rent for battle and kept me coming back

to try something new

plus it grants hundreds of festival

points per win

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there's an even bigger and cooler

addition to Pokemon ultra Sun and

ultramoon though the ability to explore

different pocket dimensions through

ultra wormholes you can ride a legendary

pokemon through ultra space in hopes of

discovering pokemon new to the Aloha

region or even better super rare

legendary Pokemon many Island trials the

gym replacements in this gen were left

largely alone but others were changed

for the better they still aren't very

difficult but they are more inspired as

is the change in the story I don't want

to overstate how much has changed in

ultra Sun and ultra moon however I'd

expected the story to be well more

different than it actually was aside

from the occasional interjection from

the ultra recon squad the progression is

pretty indistinguishable from Sun and

Moon up until the plot climax about 25

hours in as a returning player it was a

bit disappointing to experience so much

sameness for so long but at least I

enjoyed the new spin on the story more

than I did the original telling and the

additional Pokemon - catch and features

kept the gameplay fresh enough I don't

want to spoil this battle for you so we

won't show it but there is a pretty cool

boss fight introduced with this newish

story it is however a bit oddly placed

for how difficult it is leaving the

remaining trials and Elite 4 on the easy

side considering I had a grind to get

past it

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and then there's the endgame trust me

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when I say there's plenty of new stuff

to do here

including the ultra wormhole mechanic

that can be playing after the credits

roll but throughout all 35 hours of the

main story a couple of small additions

made a Lola feel more lifelike and

charmed me more than it had any right to

sometimes Pokemon reply with more than

just a cry when you interact with them

playing peek-a-boo with every stray

Pokemon didn't necessarily reward me

directly but I did feel immense

satisfaction of having entertained all

of the adorable Pokemon in the land

there is much more to many of the NPCs

this time around as well with their own

stories to be told and called miss to

solve some of these are funny others

heartwarming and all of it is optional

and feels good to complete

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I was fine with the lack of Mitch and

Pokemon expansions over the past few

years but I'm glad pokemon ultra son and

ultramoon exist it's pokemon swonsong on

the Nintendo 3ds these upgraded versions

not only have everything I enjoyed about

Sun and Moon but awed ments them in

important ways unless you play through

both Sun and Moon extensively and have

already collected every legendary

Pokemon it's easy to recommend to any

Pokemon fan for more on pokémon check

out the first 15 minutes of ultra Sun

and ultra moon and check out this clip

of Pikachu Valley and for everything

else

stick with IGN

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