Pokémon Sun and Moon

The seventh generation of Pokémon games. Set in the Hawaii themed Alola region. Surprisingly, this time the plot is not to conquer 8 Gyms and become Champion while stopping a team of bad guys from endangering the world by exploiting the powers of a Legendary Pokemon along the way. Instead the player character seeks to complete a coming of age ceremony that requires them travel to each island in the chain and complete the trials located there. There is still an evil team endangering the region by exploiting the powers of the local Legendary Pokemon who needs to be stopped, but the circumstances this time are different than usual.

The games mark a major shift in some of the series conventions, such as including a Fairy Companion in the form of the Rotom Pokédex, more realistic graphics instead of the stylized caricatures which were used prior, the introduction of new variations on old Pokémon, and the addition of Z-Moves, which allow for any Pokémon to release a powerful attack based on a single type, but can only be performed once per battle.

On June 6th 2017, Game Freak and Nintendo revealed Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon for the Nintendo 3DS, which is an alternate retelling of the story with different Pokémon available, including new Solgaleo and Lunala forms for Necrozma.

""He never stops researching moves. Not even...Inside the lab itself. Looks like we'll have to patch the roof again..."
 * Addressing the Player: Professor Kukui does this when a gamer starts a new game, just to give a brief intro about what Pokemon is, and ask the player to pick an avatar for trainer passport reasons.
 * Adult Child: Professor Kukui. It's particularly clear in Japanese where his style of speech is typical of someone way younger and of less authority.
 * Ambiguously Brown: Practically everyone! The racial demographics of the real Hawaii don't help any either.
 * Anime Hair
 * Augmented Reality: One of the methods of obtaining gifts and certain pokemons are from scanning QR codes.
 * Band of Brothers: Unlike their cousins from other regions, pokemon from Alola will come to each other's aid during a fight at times. Which shows just how they view friendships.
 * Big Damn Hero: After when the rope bridge broke, Tapu Koko, he rescues both you and Nebby from falling to your deaths.
 * Big Bad: Guzma, leader of Team Skull, who even refers to himself as "Big Bad Guzma" In Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
 * Bigger Bad: Necrozma is the distant source of the main conflict in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon,
 * Big Bad Wannabe: Faba, the Aether Foundation's egocentric and ambitious branch chief.
 * Bishonen: Captain
 * Character Customization: The poketrainer avatar's appearance can be change if the gamer wants to.
 * Coming of Age Story: For both the Player Character and
 * Demo: This game's demo gives a tiny taste of what of what's in store. Plus, giving the IRL Poketrainer's Ash's greninja.
 * Also, the gamer has the option to transfer the goods and this special Pokemon to the main game, whenever they buy the actual game.
 * Fictional Currency: PokéCoins
 * For Science: Professor Kukui does this often, even unleashing Z moves, in his own house. Just for science.

- Lillie


 * Gotta Catch Them All: Though Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon are the last games where one can fill up the National Pokedex.
 * It's apparent that considering that the IRL Poketrainer can't see the fruits of his labor even though he "caught them all" is all because the Pokemon Company/Game Freak are preparing for Pokémon Home.
 * Haunted Technology: Rotom haunts the playable Poketrainer's Pokedex.
 * The Jeeves: Rotom is also the gamer's butler of sorts, keeping track of maps, the whole Alolan Pokedexes, and such.
 * Just Think of the Potential: Lillie tells the IRL gamer that she's worried about the all powerful Nebby falling into the wrong hands and being abuse to becoming a living weapon.
 * Life Meter: The Pokemon's life meter is green when filled up, yellow when half-ish, and red when in the process of getting dangerously weak.
 * In Refresh, the Pokemon's meters are shown with hearts, beans, and musical notes to tell how hungry they are, their enjoyment, and appeasement.
 * In Universe Game Clock: Unusually Moon has a clock offset 12 hours from Sun (and the real world).
 * No Export for You: An in-universe example, some old gen pokemon have new forms in the Alolan islands that are not found anywhere else, like Alolan exggutor.
 * It makes sense, since the critters evolved differently to survive the islands.
 * Rite of Passages: The Island Trials.
 * Rope Bridge
 * Secret Keeper: Lillie asks the Player Character just to keep the secret of Nebby, the Cosmog, and anything concerning him.
 * She also has an inner circle of secret keepers, which includes Professor Kukui.
 * Scenery Porn
 * Solar and Lunar: Take a wild guess.
 * Poltergeist: Rotom, who inhabits your pokedex.
 * Uncanny Family Resemblance: Professor (Samson) Oak looks like exactly like his more famous cousin except for being heavily tanned. The official website notes "The two could practically be twins!"
 * Also
 * Video Game Caring Potential: Players can use the "Refresh" system to brush, groom, and even feed candy and beans to their pokemons.
 * Virtual Paper Doll: Just like its predecessor, the gamer gets tons of costumes and a hair stylist to customize the in-game Poketrainer.
 * The Western: Paniola Ranch and Paniola Town.
 * Zettai Ryouiki