You'll be briefly introduced to a few Alolan environments and have the chance to battle a few Pokemon. Everything we seem so far indicates that Sun and Moon will be very story driven and bring a lot to the series.Īs far as the demo of the gameplay goes, it's about what you'd expect it's not incredibly engaging in it's own right, but it gets you hyped for more.

The members of Team Skull act just like a stereotypical interpretation of a teenage thug and it works pretty well. Your mom comes fully equipped with her silly, motherly charm and your buddy Hau has an innocent islander vibe. The residents of Alola seem to have real character. It's refreshing and progressive without straying to far from it's predecessors. Movement is not limited to eight directions and the environments have greater depth.

Generation 7 is the most 3D a main-series Pokemon game has ever been, and it shows. The island environment is pretty cool too. It's probably the best Pokemon's music has ever been.

The island tunes are fantastic and funky and seriously got me ready to play some Pokemon. And honestly, it's probably mostly because of the music. This year, I got to experience that feeling a little bit early with the demo for Sun & Moon. Some ended up being better than others, but there's always that same sense of adventure. Throughout the years, Pokemon has been continually able to draw that feeling of excitement from me each time I play a new game. You know that feeling you get when turning on a new Pokemon game for the first time? That sense of adventure that fills your very core when the title music begins to play? The first time I felt that was on Christmas day in 2001 when I opened up a copy of Pokemon Silver, my first Pokemon game. Also included are some first impressions of the game from the demo from myself and fellow staff member Jonathan. We've played through the demo and recorded a walkthrough of it that you can catch after the break. The download is pretty hefty at 3058 blocks, but most SD cards should be able to handle it. The demo will give you a brief introduction of the Alolan region and allows you to explore a number of new features.

The free demo for Pokemon Sun & Moon is now available and ready to be downloaded from the 3DS eShop.

Pokemon sun and moon free demo