Players can now travel around the Alola region to collect Totem Stickers, which allow the player to receive a Totem-sized variant of a Pokémon. Also, a new Lycanroc form was added, Dusk Lycanroc. In addition, there are new forms for the legendary Pokémon Necrozma, dubbed 'Dusk Mane' and 'Dawn Wings' forms, which are achieved by absorbing the legendary Pokémon Solgaleo and Lunala, respectively it is conceptually similar to Black and White Kyurem from Black 2 and White 2 and Lusamine's mutated form from the original Sun and Moon. Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon introduce new Ultra Beasts: Stakataka, Blacephalon, Poipole and its evolution, Naganadel. 'Global Missions', where players across the world work towards a collective goal, also make a return.

The player character designs are also different, though they remain customizable. While set in an alternate version of the Alola region, the mechanics and graphics remain largely the same as Pokémon Sun and Moon, with the primary differences being its modified storyline now including the Ultra Recon Squad.

Similar to previous games in the series, Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon are role-playing video games with adventure elements. See also: Gameplay of Pokémon and Pokémon Sun and Moon § Gameplay By the end of 2018, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon had sold over eight million copies worldwide. The games received generally positive reception, with critics praising the additional features included over Sun and Moon, although some criticized it for being too similar for a majority of the story. Differences from Sun and Moon include an alternate storyline and new gameplay features, characters, Pokémon, and Pokémon forms, including new forms of the legendary Pokémon Necrozma as version mascots. They were the final mainline Pokémon games for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.Īs with previous installments, the games follow the journey of a young Pokémon trainer, taking place in the Alola region - based on Hawaii. Announced in June 2017, they were released worldwide on 17 November 2017. Part of the seventh generation of the Pokémon video game series, the games are enhanced versions of Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon, which released the previous year. Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon are 2017 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS.

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