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5 things to look out for in Pokémon Sun and Moon

We’ve been stuck with Pokémon Go—the latest and most disappointing in a long line of Pokémon spinoffs that include actually great games like Pokémon Stadium, Pokémon Snap and Pokémon Conquest—for the past few months, but the wait for a proper game is over.

Pokémon Sun and Moon takes players to the far-off land of Alola, a region that wants to remind us of how much more fun the world would be if we were never more than five minutes away from a beach.

Can you tell that it’s based of Hawaii? Between this game and Moana, the islands in the Pacific are getting a whole lot of love this winter.

Game Freak added several quality of life changes, a new way to pet your Pocket Monsters, and a whole new set of antagonists who make you question humanity and what can go wrong when we lost sight of our morals. Here are five things to look out for in Pokémon Sun and Moon:

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This Lady Who’s Getting Stalked by A Slowpoke

There must be a way for her to file for a Restraining Pokéorder.

Slowpoke can be incredibly cute, but that doesn’t mean they should chase after any random person they take a liking to. It may take them a while to catch up, but that just makes a Slowpoke stalker sound like a dopey version of the monster from It Follows.

This Game May Have the Best Soundtrack Yet

This is the perfect music to listen to while wearing a Hawaiian shirt and drinking a margarita.

Pokémon soundtracks just don’t get enough recognition. They’re always amazing, especially when you need something to listen to while working, and Sun and Moon is no exception. The music is the perfect for a game that could feature Jimmy Buffet as a boss.

Game Freak Made Donald Trump into A Pokémon

Can you guess which one is the original, and which one is edited? 

Who to choose, the young, pre-evolved Yungoos who just wants to run around and aggressively nip at the heels of bigger and more successful Pokémon, or the old, evolved Gumshoos who finally reached its full potential as a scary early-game/Raticate-esque Pokémon? 

Weird Dialogue Options

If Mass Effect: Andromeda doesn’t have dialogue options of this caliber I’m calling for a revolution.

The Pokémon games generally kept their protagonist squarely in the “Strong, Silent Type” category, but every so often allows the player to choose the words they say. While most options are generally benign, you may see a downright creepy thing for a person to say listed as an option.

Tony the Anger Management Tiger

This is what happens when cereal mascots grow up to be pyromaniacs.

Having a Fire/Dark tiger with a flaming belt is cool enough on its own, but when it’s a giant flaming kitty that looks like a cross between a WWE wrestler and Tony the Tiger it gets so much better. Incineroar may still need to compete with Charizard and Blaziken for the title of ‘Coolest Fire Starter’, but at the very least it’s in the conversation.

What are you most excited for? Let us know in the comments!

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