This is the first month of what has been acclaimed to be a "big" season, which has been made with the inclusion of two big things early on. They're already becoming major aspects of Pokémon Go at present, but to put them into perspective, that requires the usual events of the game that take place each and every month, including this one. As usual, those events are to be rolled up in a post, and moreover, that has to happen today as it's the last day of this month, necessitating the perspectives to be seen now.
For the first of those big things, there was the "Go All Out" event from September 3 to 10. The three starters of Galar (Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble) along with Dreepy, Stonjourner (UK regional), and all their species families made their debut and became present in the wild, along with Skwovet and Wooloo; the starters also became present in 5 km Eggs while Dreepy was in 10 km ones and 7 km Eggs had regional forms. A Special Research set introduced Trainers to the starters and provided the tools (and choices) to advance with them. The wild Pokémon were also present as Field Research task rewards, while Collection Challenges had a Wooloo focus and showcases featured the starter Pokémon. All these were complemented with double XP bonuses for catching and evolving for a big start. During this time, there was also a Raid Day for Falinks on September 8 with the usual bonuses of more free passes, increased Shiny chance (for the debuting Shiny form), increased remote raid limit, and an extra ticket for even more free passes, XP, and Stardust, as well as Rare Candy XL chance, for another "big" element.
Meanwhile, the second of those big things were manifested through the "Go Big" event on September 10 to 15, immediately following the conclusion of the previous event. The first five Pokémon to receive the "gargantuan" treatment were the Kanto starters as well as Skwovet and Wooloo and their respective families; the latter were also found in the associated Special Research for its "jump-start", while all of them became available in Max Battles at the start of the event. They too can be found in Field Research task reward encounters, but only regular ones, and were also featured in showcases. Bonuses of double XP from winning those battles as well as spinning PokéStops rounded things out, in addition to a special Max Particle bundle in the Web Store. With this event, the stage was finally set for big things now and later.
Psychic Spectacular made its return from September 18 to 22, also in a big way. That's because the event featured the debut of the Hatenna species family as well as Dynamax Beldum, the first more difficult Max Battle contender. The former along with a bevy of Psychic-type Pokémon in the wild, 7 km Eggs, and Field Research task reward encounters; some of them may have been necessary to be caught in order to complete Collection Challenges and/or showing them off at showcases. An extra paid Timed Research and overall bonuses of increased Stardust and Candy (XL) gave extra appeal to the event. Coinciding with the last day of the event (September 22) - and somewhat appropriately - was a Research Day featuring Oranguru and Passimian, where Trainers completed tasks from PokéStops and encountered familiar primates to encounter the two, the latter of which can now be Shiny in addition to the former; it also had a paid adjunct for extra encounters, and was faintly appropriate for a peak celebration on the equator. At least some of the aspects were big nonetheless.
Capping this month off is the "Legendary Heroes" event from September 26 to October 1 (tomorrow). This one marks the much-awaited return of Zacian in raids, which can now be Shiny, and during this time, Koffing can be evolved into Galarian Weezing. A Timed Research set demands Trainers to explore and pick a path (Sword or Shield), after which they'll have two Collection Challenges to complete, one of which is a trading challenge with those from the other path, for specific Pokémon only obtained by Incense. The rest of the Pokémon are some characteristic of the Galar region in the wild and raids. Finally, the event is complemented by Field Research tasks with certain rewards, a Web Store raid bundle, showcases, and a trade discount bonus. It's a fine reentry of one of the heroes at the very least, and it is surely to be followed up soon by that of the other.
Big things in the case of the current Pokémon Go season have meant a few features from the Galar region, and that has been demonstrated by the events of this month, which have included some of those features. More are definitely to come over the course of the season, and "big" has become the definitive and operative word for them; all that's left is to find and exemplify their manifestations as the season continues to progress.
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