History VideoGame / PokemonSunAndMoon

* AttentionWhore: The Totem Beast of the sixth Trial seems to fit the description. To complete the trial, you have to find it and take its picture, and to do that, you have to snap pictures of the ordinary Pokémon to draw it out - it ''really'' likes having its picture taken. (Ironic, seeing as it's a Ghost.) [[spoiler:Then again, it is a Mimikyu, and all Mimikyu wants is the love and attention Pikachu gets.]]

* BigGuyLittleGuy: ''Every'' Totem Beast is a Big Guy who can use S.O.S summoning to summon a Little Guy.

* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: In the fourth Trial, Mallow makes a poi-like meal to lure the Totem Beast qualifies: the Beast doesn't eat all of it, and it proves so spicy that Kiawe and Lana can't handle it.

* CombatPragmatist: [[spoiler:While it's not uncommon for an opposing Trainer to show this in the more recent titles, some of the Totem Beasts themselves are rather savvy while using S.O.S battles. For instance, the second trial involves a Totem Wishiwashi, which can summon an Alomomola or a normal Wishiwashi; both these Pokémon can use Helping Hand and a move that heals the Totem Beast, which in turn, helps it maintain its Schooling Ability. The fourth is a Lurantis that can summon a Castform who uses Sunny Day, which strengthens the Grass-Type Totem. The fifth is a Totem Vikavolt, whose partner is a Charjabug with the Battery Ability, which makes the Totem's Electric attacks more damaging. (And the Vikavolt itself has Vice Grip to punish any Trainers who think they can use a Ground Type to bring it down easily.). The last one, Totem Kommo-o, has Flash Cannon, a Steel-type move and can summon a Scizor to easily punish those thinking to curbstomp it with a Fairy-type to take advantage of Kommo-o's double weakness to Fairy.]]

** The abandoned Thrifty Megamart where you do the sixth Trial counts; you confront the Totem Beast in a small room which ''isn't there'', according to Acerola. And she's right; if you go into the store again, the door to the room is missing. Of course, the Pokémon inside are Ghosts...

* NothingIsScarier: The seventh Trial really isn't much of a trial at all. Your sole task seems to be walking down a long, cave corridor, battling two regular Pokémon, and grabbing the Z-Stone from a pedestal. All while dealing with an ominous, ever-increasing feeling something is watching you. And sure enough, the Totem Pokémon appears once you reach the pedestal.

** Totem Pokémon are {{Minion Master}}s that summon weaker, related Pokémon during their battles. As one of the final challenges in their islands, they're no slouch themselves.

''Pokémon Sun'' and ''Pokémon Moon'' are the first games in the seventh generation of the main ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' game series, which were released for the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS.

* ConsoleCameo: As with the previous games in the series, the player has Nintendo's current home console in their room, once again a UsefulNotes/WiiU.

* DevelopersRoom: Much like other games, you can meet the developers of the game during your adventures. This time in an office in Heahea City. You can even talk to Shigeki Morimoto (one of the programmers of the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games) and battle him once you've beaten the game and become champion. He'll even remark on Pokémon that originated from the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole releases of ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue''.

* OldSaveBonus: ''Pokémon Bank'' and ''Pokémon Transporter'' have compatibility for transferring your {{Mons}} from ''VideoGame/PokemonXAndY'', ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire]]'', ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'', and ''VideoGame/PokemonBlack2AndWhite2''[[note]]Coincidentally, this makes the fifth Gen games the first games able to directly skip a Generation (not counting the Virtual Console versions of ''Red/Blue/Yellow'') when transferring forward[[/note]] returns, and now includes transfers for the UsefulNotes/VirtualConsole versions of ''[[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Red, Blue and Yellow]]'' as well as ''[[VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Gold, Silver and Crystal]]'' making it possible to receive Pokémon from all generations in this game.

* SolarAndLunar: The ThemeNaming of the games.

* ButNotTooBlack: Averted. The character customization feature allows you to pick from four different profiles: [[http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a291/Cusashorn/13151621_284146638591415_408068131351581992_n.jpg Pale with blond hair, light with black hair, brown with brown hair, and dark with black hair]].

* GameGourmet: Hao'uli City is home to a restaurant called the Battle Buffet, complete with nine different dishes to choose from: Chansey omelette, Take Down steak, Miltank Cheese Pizza, Hoenn ramen, Whirlpool sushi, Vanillite parfait, Tamato pasta, Eggant in chili sauce, and Rindo salad. [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Battle_Buffet Full description here.]]

*** The Ghost-type Z-Move, Never-Ending Nightmare, looks a lot like [[LightNovel/ReZero Unseen Hands]], as both attacks utilize shadowy hands to attack a foe.

* FantasyCounterpartMap: Alola's map resembles that of Hawaii in real life to reflect how its culture and aesthetic [[FantasyCounterpartCUlture is also based on Hawaii.]]

* SurpriseCreepy: The first half of the game is much more lighthearted than previous games; Alola is a much more laid-back region than others, and unlike Teams Galactic, Plasma, or Flare, all of whom wanted to take over the world in different ways, all Team Skull wants to do is cause chaos and mayhem, and even then, there is a good team that is bent on stopping them: the Aether Foundation. [[spoiler:Then the Foundation's president, Lusamine, reveals her true colors, and the game suddenly takes a ''very'' dark turn. And don't think that you'll be free in the postgame, because you then get to hear how terrifying the Ultra Beasts actually are.]]

* BookEnds: On the first island during the main story, Rotom will wonder if the Trainer School is where trainers learn or a school where trainers teach. On the final island, it wonders if the Ruins of Hope are hopeful ruins or where hope goes to die.