The characters were pretty unforgettable characters including a shirtless Pokemon professor, a bored cop whose home is filled with Meowths, and a street gang founded by a man who failed his Pokemon journey. Sun and Moon have had the best story compared to most of the games. This eliminated an old frustration of the games, one in which players would often dedicate a single Pokemon to using HM moves and never use them for anything else.

Sun and Moon introduced Poke Rides, which let players call upon a Pokemon not on their team to help them instead. These Pokemon moves were not so popular in battle but had to be taught to Pokemon for players to get around trees, rocks, and water. Other fan favorites of the generation included Cutiefly, Rockruff, Cosmog, Bewear, Morelull, Palossand, and Pyukumuku.ДЄn important change that Sun and Moon introduced that Sword and Shieldkept was getting rid of HM moves. Mimikyu is now one of the most popular Pokemon of all time, and the starter Pokemon had some of the best designs compared to X and Y and Sword and Shield. Outside of region variants, the new Pokemon introduced in the game are beloved by the fan community. Due to how successful it was, this is a design choice that seems to be planned to continue in all future Pokemon regions, with a new variant of Zorua recently announced for Pokemon Legends: Arceus serving as proof. Sun and Moon introduced one of the most popular new trends of all in recent Pokemon games, and that is the region-variants, many of which were hits such as Alolan Ninetails, Alolan Exeggutor, and Alolan Raichu. Many listed Alola as one of their top favorite regions of all, and some did note that part of that fondess was for the introduction of regional variants. On Reddit, many fans noted that Alola felt very cozy and the way islands were groups gave it biodiversity and diversity of people that felt richer than previous games. In terms of the region alone, Alola was a winner for its close relationship to nature and its Hawaiian-inspired culture.

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