Pokémon Sun And Moon Review: 6 Ups And 3 Downs

7. Revamping Gyms

Here at WhatCulture, some genius wrote all the way back in May that the classic Pokémon Gym system was in desperate need of some overhaul. You go to a town, you find the gym, the person inside has a team of the same type of Pokémon, which you rush through using whatever you've got that's strong against it. Collect you badge, and on your merry way.

In Sun and Moon, the model's not quite been torn up, but it's still worlds away from what players have seen previously. Each island effectively doubles as one long gym challenge, with puzzles, sub-leaders and overpowered (and oversized) Totem Pokémon. All of these offer a great variety to the challenge, and require strategies more complex than simply 'have type advantage'.

Ultimately your fate comes down to the battling the island's Kahuna, who is a gym leader in all but name, but earning the right to battle is considerably more fun than it has been in any generation prior.