Way back at the beginnings of this blog, I had written a post detailing the intrigue and possibilities of exploring Pokémon in a historical manner. Nowadays, there are a couple of answers for this topic, and they will be discussed shortly and accordingly. It is also those answers that has led me to write this follow-up "revisit" post; it could be considered a somewhat late thing to be done, yet on the other hand it seems better-timed and there is no better time - so now is the time.
The first answer, of course, is the Pokémon Legends sub-series, which is now in practice formally established as such with its second edition, Z-A, coming some time later and its inaugural edition, Arceus, being released a while back to great reception. Details are still scant on the new game, but if things are to be similar to the first game, there will be specific regional forms for certain important Pokémon as well as completely different species, all of which will represent the "historical" aspect. It seems the sub-series will be the assigned primary carrier of the aspect.
As for the second answer, that would be the Paradox Pokémon in the Scarlet and Violet main series games. They're like certain familiar species, only substantially changed in appearance. Uniquely, they represent not only the "past" (the "true" historical aspect) but also the "future" (the historical aspect that is "yet to be"), a nod to the representation of both time periods by both games. Thus, the "historical" aspect of these Pokémon may be considered debatable, but at least some of the elements may be considered representative, if only to a certain extent.
Both of these have their own characteristics of persistence - the Legends sub-series with more iterations and Paradox Pokémon possibly appearing in other games - so the historical aspect also stands a chance of being persistent as well. All that's left to do is to explore other parts of the historical aspect that haven't been explored, which might deal more with the former than the latter - yet anything is still possible.
Revisiting the aspect seems to show that it can be visited and revisited in different ways, in both current and upcoming developments in Pokémon. What is clear and definitive is that the aspect has registered itself in Pokémon and will continually be explored. At that point, it won't be a "revisit", but it will instead be an "enrichment" of a taste of the Pokémon world beyond the confines of the present time. And should that taste "linger", then the historical aspect is definitely fulfilled.
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