Are we supposed to play both Pokemon Sun and Pokemon Moon or just one of them? [closed]

Is the Pokemon Sun and Moon the same as Pokemon X, Y, Sapphire and Ruby? (I haven't played those before). That, you are only supposed to play only one of X and Y, or play only one of Sapphire and Ruby?

I bought both Sun and Moon, and played 2 hours of Sun, and then put Moon into the same 3DS console, and played it for the first 30 minutes, and found that it is the same identical content and storyline. Even when we can choose one of 3 Pokemons as a friend, it is the same exact Pokemons. Is it only the later Pokemons that will be different? I really don't want to repeat the same storyline twice.

When I buy it from the game story or electronic store, their advice seemed to be "buy one, good, buy both, even better."

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Best Answer

Just one. The differences between the two are largely cosmetic, and mostly determine which of the mascot legendary Pokemon you will encounter (the one on the box art) as well as a handful of pokemon in the regional/national pokedex that will only appear in one of the games, necessitating some trading in order to "catch 'em all".

Modern Pokemon games have made it less arduous to obtain Pokemon not found in your half of the version pair thanks to online connectivity. In the past, you needed a friend with the opposite version to collect them all (as well as at least one of you having a link cable to connect your systems).

So unless you have no friends willing/able to play pokemon, and limited (or no) ability to go online with your 3DS, there is little reason to buy both unless you intend one to be a gift for a friend. It is a marketing gimmick that has become one of Pokemon's trademarks, and more than a few other developers have attempted to mimic (Yokai Watch, Megaman Battle Network, Medabots, etc)

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Can I skip Pokemon Sun and Moon?

Yes you can skip Pokemon Sun and Moon and go straight to Pokemon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon but I find that the story makes a little more sense if you play Pokemon Sun and Moon first.

Do I have to play Sun and Moon before Ultra?

It is not a sequel like Black 2 and White 2 were to Black and White, so it can be fully enjoyed without having any knowledge of Sun and Moon. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that since Sun and Moon have a very unfinished feeling to them, it is probably better to not play them before Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Can you play Pokemon Sun and Moon together?

You don't need two versions of Sun to play against each other, you can also battle and trade between the two different versions. Get one Sun and get the other Moon so they can trade each other.

Is Pokemon Sun and Moon the same game?

Pok\xe9mon games are commonly released as a set of two slightly different titles, and Sun and Moon are no different. They're basically the same game --this time, the role-playing adventure takes place in the Alola region of the Pok\xe9mon world, and trainers can befriend three new starter Pok\xe9mon, Rowlet, Litten or Popplio.

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