168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Pokemon Sun & Moon are the games I feel least compelled to replay. They're not my least favourite of the generations, but they have a few factors working against them. They're in the bottom half for sure, and they're also too recent to have any pull of nostalgia. They're not readily available like 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Sword & Shield or 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, and not worth emulating like Blue & Red or HeartGold & SoulSilver (yes, I prefer the original Gen 1 versions). That leaves Gen 7 competing with just Gens 3 and 5, a race in which it finds itself third. With the exception of the recently released 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Scarlet & Violet, which I've only played once, Sun & Moon is the only gen I've never replayed. But Olivia might be enough to finally bring me back around.
One of the main reasons for avoiding Sun & Moon has already been discussed by our own Ben Sledge - the eno🎀rm♍ous, glacially slow yet unskippable tutorial which invades far more of the game than ever before, even in a series that frequently lays it on too thick with the tutorials. But part of this is not just that it takes so long, but that the characters who accompany you are so annoying. Hau gets a bad rap in Sun & Moon, and I don't say that because I think he's anything special, but because I think everyone around him is equally insufferable. How can a region inspired by an island known for its good vibes constantly feel like such a bad time?
They're friendly, I'll give them that. But they're a little too friendly, and too eager to have you like them. That, or with Team Skull, they're obnoxiously cartoonish. My memory of them is a little worsened by Team Yell doing the same skit but more tolerably, but that doesn't do anything to entice me to return to the game. But as I thought back to the game, I remembered Olivia bucking that trend, which might be enough for one more try.
Let's pull back the curtain a bit on how my brain fizzles with chemicals to make my muscles twitch and thump down on each key in what order. Some of the time I write about what's in the news, but when I don't, I often write about Pokemon. I'm never too far from playing a Pokemon game, or else actively making my way through one, and usually the thoughts flow like honey from the heavens. Right now though, I haven't played any since Scarlet & Violet, so I find myself rattling my noggin to see what clumps of ideas fall out of the ear holes. Right now, it's a passing memory of Olivia being Sun & Moon's only redeeming character, and after reading up on her to refresh my memory, I'm closer than I've ever been to heading back to Alola.
Olivia is one of the four kahunas in the game, which is like a gym leader except, y'know. Worse. Sun & Moon does score some points for trying some new things, but it loses them all and then some for messing up most of these fresh ideas. Combined with the elongated tutorial, Sun & Moon feels like the game most catered to young children across the series, which was a poorly timed change of direction as the series grew even more popular with adults both new and lapsed thanks to Pokemon Go.
Olivia is battled again as part of the Elite Four, but what she actually does in the game doesn't matter all that much. The reason why I remember her fondly is because she's an antidote to the likes of Hau. She's not unfriendly, per se, but she's also not in your face about what a good person she is. In the anime, we see a lot of her affection for Pokemon, and her storyline is a little more layered than most. She's single and is looking for a partner, but she's not lovesick and swooning over any man in particular, nor is she some caricaturishly hideous hag no one could ever love, which are both common tropes. It's Pokemon, so there's not a ocean's worth of character development, but enough there to make me persevere with a replay.
168澳洲幸运5开奖网:My favo🐽urite Pokemon (Tsareena) is from G🍰en 7, so I shouldn't be this averse to it, especially after several of the Pokemon games since have neglected Tsareena ent♋irely. I'm still mad that the mangosteen queen is not in New Pokemon Snap, but not enough to return to Alola's shores. It feels inevitable that I will at some point, and Olivia can help sweeten the deal.