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Gen 72016· Nintendo 3DS

Pokémon Sun & Moon

A tropical reinvention set in Alola, replacing Gyms with Island Trials and introducing regional forms and Z-Moves.

Region
Alola
Generation
Gen 7
Released
2016
Platform
Nintendo 3DS

Highlights

  • Island Trials instead of Gyms
  • Alolan regional forms
  • Z-Moves
  • Ride Pokémon replace HMs
Alola Pokédex
Every Pokémon obtainable in Sun & Moon — 302 in this dex.

Starter Pokémon

Cover Legendaries

Version differences

The two games run 12 hours apart — Sun is set by day under Solgaleo, Moon by night under Lunala.

S

Pokémon Sun

Version-exclusive

M

Pokémon Moon

Version-exclusive

New Pokémon in Generation 7

88 Pokémon made their debut this generation.

See all 88 in the Alola Pokédex

Alola map

Every explorable location in Alola, colour-coded by type — hover or tap a stop to see which Pokémon you can catch there.

Browse all 81 Alola locations

Mechanics & features

What Generation 7 brought to the series.

Z-Moves & regional forms

Once-per-battle Z-Moves and Alolan regional variants shake up the meta.

Ride Pokémon

HMs are retired in favor of on-call Ride Pokémon for field traversal.