Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon takes what worked so well in its direct predecessor and it builds upon those strengths in some smart and subtle ways. Sure, it’s easy to argue that when you really get down to it, even with those changes Sun/Moon felt quite formulaic, but there’s no doubting that some of its biggest changes helped elevate the entire experience to a level the franchise had been unable to reach in the past few years. The 2016 RPG made several changes, big and small, that all came together to deliver what is perhaps the most different Pokemon game we’ve played since the series’ inception. No Pokemon game has ever tried to reshape the formula of the franchise as radically as Pokemon Sun and Moon did.
