>Pokemon Sun and Moon will also introduce "Island Trials" as either a compliment or replacement for gym battles. Players will need to clear each Island Trial before moving onto the next island. The Trials have several different parts, not all of which involve battling. A player will first need to clear a challenge by a Trial Leader, which at least sometimes involves finding items or using your observational abilities to clear.
So are we Orange Islands now?
>>27473033
There are a lot of Orange islands vibes in Alolo
Exclusive forms, unique "gyms", snowy mountain top on tropical island....
Too bad we can't surf between islands (and too bad we can't surf on our own pokemon at all anymore, this service hiring stuff is bullcrap)
>>27473033
It's very similar and I love it.
orange islands was shit. try to prove me wrong. you can't
>the leaders were bland as fuck. literally my mum's neighbours
>tracy was a shit companion
>the battle against drake was awful
>nothing interesting happens at all
>>27473160
>and too bad we can't surf on our own pokemon at all anymore, this service hiring stuff is bullcrap
I'm sorry, what now?
>>27473297
HMs have been replaced by some services company called Poké-Ride
You don't use your own pokemon anymore, when in need, you phone call the company and they lend you a pokemon for the task
>>27473160
I'm sure we can surf/fly/etc on our own, the rental mons are an alternate so we don't have to waste move slots on HMs
>>27473033
>as either a compliment or replacement for gym battles
what? Is there a choice here?
>>27473244
>the leaders were bland as fuck. literally my mum's neighbours
Is that so wrong? Does everyone have to have wacky rainbow hair?
>>27473033
YES
I'm so fucking hype
>>27473453
a lot of gym leaders have interesting designs and they're not wacky or anything.
>>27473345
So like Uber? WTF
>>27473033
I hate to admit Ashnime but I can get behind this, just this once. I heard Ash-Greninja will be in the game too, for fuck's sake, I'm going to brace the anime pandering this time around.
Yeah that was the first thing I thought about too
>>27473618
Or any taxi service
>>27473373
God I hope so.
>>27473407
I think the article is saying that they are sure if it's going to be replacing gym battles or something that's more of the plot progression.
I hope the Alola challenges are as creative as the Orange League gyms were. That ice bobsled race has stuck with me all these years, it was a reallycoolepisode.
>>27473244
fuck you Tracy was my favorite and i cried as a little kid when he had to leave