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Pokémon UltraSun & UltraMoon |OT| What is this, a crossover episode?
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It's bad, but for the main campaign it shouldn't matter at all. I rolled with a Calm Rowlet for vanilla Sun/Moon which is much worse, but it didn't get in the way.
Does Ultra Moon reverse that, since the hours/daylight are inverted compared to the Sun games?
Does changing the 3ds internal clock still work? Not a big issue if you can just fake it like that still.
Yeah I got Ultra Moon so it should be 5am. Can somebody clarify please?
But that's Alola time, which is reversed in Moon. So 5-6 AM for them.
If my objective is to get a charmander to use as my starter, my better chance is to try to catch it tomorrow with the island scan?
Alright think I've decided on keeping the Noibat I caught for my team, just wish it didn't evolve so late!
Ok thanks. Anyone knows if changing the clock if the 2DS works?
Played past the first trial this morning. Rotom Boost on Litten made it a breeze.
Does Oricorio have a better moveset in Ultra? I'm thinking of using the Cheer Style for a chunk of the game.
Does Oricorio have a better moveset in Ultra? I'm thinking of using the Cheer Style for a chunk of the game.
It does, just be aware you're locked from timed events for 24 hours.
The Trainer School sidequest at night was something else. I won't spoil it except that it was sufficiently spooky. Talk to a kid on Big Wave Beach after beating Hala to start it.
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The only thing I really don't like is the new Trainer Battle Theme. I don't like the odd sound filtering where the melody pulses. Hearing Ilma's Battle Theme as the old song, whether it was intentional or an oversight, really made me realize how much I liked the old one.
Agreed. Already liked the vanilla version (and still like it), but now I appreciate it a lot more.
Just beat the first trial. A few things being different is nice. Was there always a Z-Move tutorial? I remember not wanting to use them at first in the previous game.
I'm really liking this Pokemon variety though. Contrary Inkay is fun. Zorua is fun too.
These Rotom powers though. The game is basically handing you cheat codes in bulk. It totally overshadows in-game items that do the same thing. I don't think I'll be using those very often at all.
I'm really liking this Pokemon variety though. Contrary Inkay is fun. Zorua is fun too.
These Rotom powers though. The game is basically handing you cheat codes in bulk. It totally overshadows in-game items that do the same thing. I don't think I'll be using those very often at all.
These cutscenes are obscene, it really ruins the experience. I played Moon at launch so this isn't exactly new. However, I replayed Silver a few months ago and it's made me realize how grotesque all of this hand holding is. I was 10 years old when I beat Red, I was 12 when I beat Silver. Kids can deal with these games without any of this annoying hand holding.
Example: I reach a new area, trigger cutscene:
1. Watch Hau run to the beach
2. NPC teaches me how they say Hello in Alola
Finally get control, walk 10 paces forward and trigger cutscene:
1. Hau tells me to go into the building
2. In the building they talk about some useless stuff
3. Exit building and new cutscene now with Lillie.
Jesus Christ, back off GameFreak.
Example: I reach a new area, trigger cutscene:
1. Watch Hau run to the beach
2. NPC teaches me how they say Hello in Alola
Finally get control, walk 10 paces forward and trigger cutscene:
1. Hau tells me to go into the building
2. In the building they talk about some useless stuff
3. Exit building and new cutscene now with Lillie.
Jesus Christ, back off GameFreak.
I agree with all of this. I have less time to play games as it is and this shit drives me batty. I remember this stuff annoying me as a kid as well. If it were actual story/plot/lore it'd be one thing but Lillie telling me she needs to go shopping or whatever is pointless. I don't care! They need to bring back the passerby text from B/W to handle little phrases like this. Like, if I walk by Hau he could be like "I'm hungry lets go eat" without me speaking to him or stopping or whatever.
If Lillie and Hau didn't exist and this game didn't come crawling to a halt every 3-5 minutes this game would be soooo good. It's a great world to explore and I too don't have time anymore for gaming so seeing this game annoy me to no end with totally inconsequential cutscenes is making me want to stop. Everything else about this game is really nice though.
I have yet to play Sun/Moon. I only want to play 1 game from this gen. Should I play Sun/Moon or Ultra?
There's no reason not to play Ultra. The story differs slightly between the two, but Ultra is the more feature packed version.
Done with first island. Anyone hear about end game in this one? Any place to sufficiently level mons after the main quest other than stingy Elite 4 re-runs?
It's possible to chain Chansey and Blissey for big XP, and they have a chance to hold additional Lucky Eggs.
That was used in XY actually. It needed to be more of a thing.
Ohh nice. Good to hear. I made some perfect IV mons in Moon but never bothered going further because it was such a time commitment to level them.
As someone who adored vanilla Sun/Moon's story, It's not worth playing when Ultra exists, since you'll get more bang for your buck. From what I understand, the story is still the same. It just has a different ending sequence.
I distinctly remember walking through the giant city in B/W and having crowds of people walk past me with text bubbles. I can't recall the name of Fake New York but here's one showing what I mean:
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You can find them at the Hau'oli Cemetery on the first island at night.
Yeah it was used best there but the feature was still around, at least in XY to a very limited extent. I cant recall if it was used in S/M.
I don't remember much about XY since I only played through it once. I don't think I've seen it at all in either S/M or Ultra. All they do is cutscene after mind numbing cutscene.
So has anyone noticed how this game seems to have a lot of small sidequests? Of course sidequests are a common thing in RPGs but they're so infrequent in pokemon games that it's kind of weirding me out to see how often random NPCs will ask me to do something or come back at a certain time.
Thanks for this. Indeed very cool. Would have definitely missed it.
They were in the original SuMo, so I'm not surprised. They were kinda promoted in SuMo. I remember a video popping up pre-release that showed off a sidequest where you pick up Pyukumuku off the beach and toss them to the sea.