This is The Most Underrated Pokemon Game

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I always though USUM was better than SM; they just suffered because they were released literally right after the OG's. USUM should have been released on the switch after a few years.

My only problem with USUM is the way they screwed up Lusamine's villain motives, trying to make her redeemable just wasn't a good decision while they left her psychological abuse towards Lillie and Gladion the exact same as before

The story may have been a step down from vanilla Sun & Moon, but besides that, I've always found the Ultra games to be superior. They're consistently challenging, and they have one of the best postgame episodes ever. Overall, they brought Pokemon's handheld-exclusive era to a very satisfying close, and it's very refreshing seeing more and more people give them the appreciation they deserve.

I've always said it, Alola games were great. The og SM had better story and character development for Lillie and Lusamine, but USUM is the definitive version and has so much good content it's insane how under the radar it went. The last games where you could get all the current existing pokémon in one single cartridge

Cutscenes aside, they're very rewarding games to replay. It's one of the few games where I absolutely love every team that I make. The sheer amount of side content from quests, surfing, battle royales and the battle tree are fun to complete.

My most wanted Pokemon game has been, for a while, a true definitive single release Alola experience with the USUM dex, trainer teams, trials, post game, minigames, etc. with original SM's story. Remake it with the Let's Go art style and overworld spawns but with the original catching and battling system and we have what might be my Top 1 Pokemon game.

I absolutely loved Sun and Moon when they came out, I thought and still think they were phenomenal games, USUM is just Sun and Moon with countless improvements, the Alola games are my second favorite in the entire series, USUM are masterpieces and I'm so happy to see a video praising them and acknowledging how god damn good they are

FINALLY I've been talking about these titles since forever! It's so nice to see someone else actually talk about them in a positive light!

I don't like how they retconned Lusamine's motivation in USUM. In the original games, she went mad with grief over the loss of her husband which turned her into a toxic mother who wanted to control her children's every action. Its also implied the Nihilego toxins had some effect on her psyche. She wasn't comically evil like Ghetsis, but rather someone who went down a path of grief and didn't know how to recover. It was a unique and human characterization for a villain, especially by Pokémon standards. But USUM takes that and tries to mix it with it with its new plotlines for her trying to stop Necrozma, and it comes off rather weird. Especially considering what scenes and dialogue they take away and keep from the original games.

I always struggle to determine if I prefer SM or USUM. USUM undeniably has better mechanics and features with Ultra Wormholes, Ultra Necrozma, and lots of fun minigames, but I think SM has a better story overall with the Lillie/Lusamine plot having a better climax and me being a Guzma fan, it gives him more to do overall.

Despite my gripes with Sun/Moon, I really enjoyed playing it back in the day. The needlessly long dialog and tutorials didn't bother me quite as much as the lack of exploration in Alola and that pervasive feeling of "unfinished" that was present in many locations, but the region had amazing themes and identity, and the trials were a breath of fresh air. But most of all, the colorful cast of characters were the main element that kept me playing and caring about those games. So when USUM kinda took some steps back in that regard, especially with Lillie's journey, it burned me out hard. I should really give these games another chance one day.

USUM felt like the true 20th Anniversary Core Series games to me; it’s among my favorite core games in the series. Ultimately they suffered from being released too soon after SM, and after the Switch had just launched

We've finally reached the Gen 7 underrated era. as it should be but I'm shocked it came this early

I did enjoy USUM gameplay-wise, but to be the story changes, especially to Lusamine's motivations and her family dynamics, are just a crime. I much preferred the original. I think they could have worked in Necrozma better if the Ultra Recon Squad was NOT working with Lusamine instead, and maybe even antagonists to her. It could have worked so much better, with Lusamine creating ultra wormhole that Necrozma would take advantage of to cross over and the Ultra Recon Squad trying to stop it but not having the effectives to take on the Aether Foundation.

What ruins this as a standalone game is purely the business practice. That, and maybe Lusamine's character depending on the interpretation you prefer: villain, or neglectful parent.

Bro, thank you for making this video. I've always felt like the hate towards usum was so unwarranted. I put in 300 hours into both and had a great time playing them. Ppl felt like these were lazy cash grabs when for me it felt like these were the last games where Game Freak truly put their all and everything into the games. You hit all the major points well. Gen 7 deserves way more love.

I’ve been preaching for years that Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon are great games and the fandom needs to stop pretending they aren’t

USUM was the very first game I ever got the shiny charm. Now it’s a must for me to get it

The gameplay of the Ultra games is better, but the story in regular Sun and Moon is better. It's a lot more heartbreaking to see Lillie sail off to Kanto for her own proper adventure than Gladeon.