Pokémon Sun & Moon: 10 Exciting New Things You Can Do

10. Streamlined Cross Compatibility

Let’s kick things off with a smaller addition you may have forgotten about, and that’s how Pokemon Bank is going to make bringing up Pokemon from past generations easier than stealing the nose of a small child. In games gone by, we had to use increasingly contrived methods to transfer Pokemon, often in a very slow plodding manner that was saddled with a poor, gimmicked mechanic (looking at you, Pal Park).

Coming in to X & Y we saw the chains start to slip off, and with Pokemon Bank in full effect, we’ll now be able to send any Pokemon we currently have up to Sun & Moon with no delay or faffing about, and see some lightning fast completions of the Pokedex.

More importantly is that the 3DS editions of Red, Blue & Yellow will be able to communicate with the new titles, and any Pokemon you have from those first generation games can now hop into the fully rendered three dimensional action. Okay, so it’s not the same as having your very original GameBoy team brought up to realise your squad goals, but think about how different a set of games Red, Blue & Yellow are in terms of ways to build teams and the moves they can learn.

Once modern mechanics are melded in, we could see members of the original 151 shoot up the competitive ladder, and some old favourites might find a spot on your team once again.

Or they might fail and flop horribly and none of them will make an iota of difference. Either or.