Pokémon Moon

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85 18 November 2016

Adventure Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Party Science fiction

Pokémon Moon is an adventure developed by Game Freak, released 18 November 2016 on Nintendo 3DS. The main story takes about 64 hrs to finish.

Verified 15 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Wikipedia

What Pokémon Moon is

Pokémon Moon is an adventure game developed by Game Freak and released in 2016. It was published by Nintendo. It is available on Nintendo 3DS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Embark on a new adventure as a Pokémon Trainer and catch, battle, and trade all-new Pokémon on the tropical islands of the Alola Region. Discover the Z-Moves and unleash these intense attacks in battle. Call upon Pokémon with Poké Ride to discover new areas across the region and take on the Island Challenge Trials to become the Pokémon Champion! Choose one of three new partner Pokémon that will accompany you as you set out on an all-new adventure and discover new Pokémon and regional variant Pokémon in the Alola region. Catch and train Pokémon as you encounter captains, and kahunas of the 4 main Islands of the region. Discover the mystery of the Legendary Pokémon while stopping Team Skull…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are party and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Pokémon series

Pokémon Moon is the 220th of 306 entries we hold in the Pokémon series. The next entry was Alolan Volcanic Panic in 2016. Its critic score of 85 is 11 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is Super Smash Bros. Melee at 100.

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How it was received

Pokémon Moon holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 82% of the 7,525 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2016 averaged 68, so it scored 17 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 81, across 257 votes.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 64 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 139 hrs, roughly 2.2 times the length of the critical path.

What it launched against

Pokémon Moon launched on 18 November 2016, within three weeks of Dishonored 2, Final Fantasy XV, Titanfall 2 and The Last Guardian. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Dishonored 2, Final Fantasy XV, Titanfall 2, The Last Guardian.

Cheats and codes

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