following in the tradition of previous games in the pok?mon series, players choose one of three special pok?mon to be their first partner. these are among the first pok?mon players will encounter in the game. inpok?mon sun and pok?mon moon, players will be able to choose between the newly discovered grass- and flying-type pok?mon rowlet, fire-type litten, and water-type popplio. for a pok?mon trainer, knowing the pok?mon types and how they match up against one another in battle is vital. grass-type pok?mon are strong against water types, but weak against fire types. fire-type pok?mon are strong against grass types andweak against water types. and water-type pok?mon are strong against fire types, but weak against grass types.