A Decade Later, These Pokemon Games with an 87 Metascore Are Still the Darkest in the Mainline Franchise

This year marks the 10th anniversary of Pokémon Sun and Moon. These games, which started the seventh generation of Pokémon, were a significant change for the series, moving away from many traditional elements. Instead of gyms, players complete the “Island Challenge” in the Alola region. Tedious HMs were removed and replaced with Ride Pokémon, and the story was more developed than in previous games, even Generation 5. This focus on narrative also made Pokémon Sun and Moon the most mature and thematically complex games in the main series so far.




