Pokémon Sun and Moon has been a significant success for The Pokémon Company, Game Freak and Nintendo, kickstarting a new generation for the series - naturally, though, there are always some flaws to address. A relatively modest update has now gone live to fix a few bugs (not the collectible kinds) in the games.
Serebii has produced a handy summary:
These patches are required to go online on your games and required to participate at official events. This patch fixes the previously announced glitch with the moves Z-Parting Shot and Z-Memento on Battle Spot and a glitch in regards to the winner of a game if Rocky Helmet knocks the opponent out when you're knocked out. It also fixes the glitch where a Pokémon wouldn't learn a move when it evolved such as with Kadabra and Confusion.
In addition, it's worth noting that Battle Videos from the official version can't be viewed once the game's been updated. It wouldn't surprise us if the patch also tackles potential exploits and balancing issues, too, though these sorts of tweaks aren't always communicated clearly.
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[source serebii.net]
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Pls don't touch sos
Alright that's really frustrating. I had a battle video saved of when my family got together at New Years and had a pretty awesome battle together that I had intentions to keep (even with the horrible limited way of being able to actually view or share it) but now it's suddenly without warning gone. I wanted to have it on youtube on something like we have Smash and MK8 to begin with. All gone now.
Would have been nice if they'd told us when the update would go live in advance... I was wondertrading off some spares from breeding at the time before it kicked me out, and then it just said that there was maintenance going on... if I hadn't checked serebii I wouldn't have even known about the update.
That should also fix the evolution move cancelling happening with other Pokémon.
Also, Bank support should start in the next 5 days!
If Stars is really dropping on Switch then please work all these kinks out. It would be blasphemy for it to launch with untouched, known-about bugs intact.
If only we could've had updates like this during the first generation.
While there actually were a few bug fixes in Yellow and then more in Pokémon Stadium, that still left them unresolved in the other games, and they still didn't fix some of them like the accuracy glitch, the Toxic + Leech Seed glitch, or the fact that Psychic types were immune to Ghost type attacks in contradiction of that generation's type chart. (I'm referring to actual bugs/glitches rather than simply unbalanced game mechanics that were changed in later generations like Wrap/Bind or the Special stat.)
@Mega_Yarn_Poochy How come you're so sure Pokémon Bank will come in 5 days?
@Mega_Yarn_Poochy
This. I want the Bank update so bad.
@AlexSora89
Funny you say that cause I just went to use Pokemon Bank yesterday (I totally forgot it wasn't compatible yet with Sun and Moon). Rather disappointing, but hopefully we won't wait too long for it at this point.
That glitch with Kadabra and Confusion was a pain. Since I didn't have TM I had to wait until level 21 for it to learn some ofensiva attack!
@Rhydas The Pokémon Special Battle Season 2 starts on the 17th and allows the entire National Dex as a part of it.
Granted, that could just be to accommodate for Island Scan Pokémon.
@MoonKnight7
I have my database-slash-army of Pokémon that is really looking forward to visiting the Alola region. The wait is unbearable, given that access to past Pokémon is what made Pokémon X what I experience as the one true Pokémon X.
And yet... this is pre-Bank Kalos all over again. I'm sick of Red rubbing his Charizard on my face, I want to make mine play!
I was hoping for the National 'Dex and Bank support with this update.
Hopefully the Beast Ball exploit stays in, not got round to doing that yet.
Well, that would explain why my Kadabra never learned Confusion...
@Whopper744 Can you delete the update save file and then record the video with your phone?
So, have they fixed the glitches AND increased stability? I'm worried about my stability....
Oh, that's funny. Yesterday I saved the first battle I would have deemed worthy of publishing back in the day. Of course it's deleted.
I thought it was bank support..
Oh well.
Maybe they should revamp the festival plaza and have something like the PSS of gen 6. I don't want to be confined in the plaza waiting for someone (or atleast add the option of looking for a battle, like before. I met numerous people when I put the `looking for a battle` thing)
@Gridatttack
Agreed. I really don't need to see someone in GTS, what does that do for me? I think when you hit 'link battle' or 'link trade', you should be brought to a list of other people who are looking for battle or trade.
No one here can probably help, but
whenever i try to update my pokemon sun game it glitches out like crazy, like theres no music, i cant fly anywhere, i cant use poke pelago or the plaza and i cant even play the game for more than thirty seconds without it crashing... ive tried uninstalling and reinstalling the update but my game only works when the update isnt installed. if anyone has any idea how to help, please get back to me somehow
@StAraquanid also its the same deal with my moon copy so its probably a system thing
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