There are many problems with Pokemon Sun/Moon, but I think that in spite of that, most players will come away with the experience very happy. There’s a lot that Pokemon Sun/Moon do wrong- they’re incredibly slow games (the previous 3DS Pokemon games, for all of their other faults, were quick and snappy, and nothing ever took quite so long), they obfuscate simple actions that X/Y and OmegaRuby/AlphaSapphire had made great strides in making transparent for the player, they introduce new mechanics that are either underutilized or overutilized, and they place far too much emphasis on telling a story that they don’t always end up telling well. They lay a great foundation for the future of the franchise, and I can’t wait to see where the franchise goes from here. They are a celebration of everything that Pokemon has ever achieved, but their sights are set squarely on the future that will take Pokemon through its next 20 years. An occasion this special, then, needed a special game to be commemorated properly. Pokemon has managed to consistently maintain its level of popularity and sales performance (even seeing spikes, like it did earlier this year with Pokemon GO), and it has done it over an incredibly long period of time.
For a series as persistently and consistently big as Pokemon, reaching the 20th anniversary is a big milestone- lesser series fizzle out long before then, flaring bright, and then fading away.
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