It is known that by now, Pokémon Go has two "big-ticket" events (figuratively and literally) at certain points in the year: Go Fest in the middle of the year (Northern Hemisphere summer), and Go Tour at the beginning of the year (Northern Hemisphere winter). The seasons in between (spring/fall) don't seem to have any for certain reasons, though there seems to be no harm in trying to fill them with one as well. Now, there might be one such way to do so, and in a manner that befits new things added to the game.
The new event is called Pokémon Go Wild Area - shortened as "Go Wild Area" hereinafter. This short form also makes sense because the event itself is obviously based on a particular facet of some recent installments of the main series games, particularly those of the eighth generation. True to that, its features have also been disclosed, with rough correspondence: one of them is the particular debut of a Pokémon species and its Dynamax and Gigantamax forms, but I'll have more on this when the event takes place.
Actually, to be precise, it is taking place now: in parallel with Go Tour, there is a Live edition of the event, and it's taking place this weekend (today and tomorrow) in Fukuoka, Japan. Thus, Trainers in Japan have the privilege of "beta-testing" the event for when its Global edition takes place the very next week(end) for everyone around the world. The Live edition is predictably already sold out by now, but the Global edition is still available... though some Trainers will already have purchased its Event Ticket at this point.
Like Go Tour furthermore, the other features - besides the obvious one mentioned above - will also define this brand-new paid event. In fact, it seems this event may have an overload of new features even for the most seasoned Pokémon Go veterans like me, and it will prove to be challenging for everyone (if Gigantamax itself hasn't already reared its ugly head). This also prompts the question of whether the event might be repeated in six months with all the same features yet certainly different Pokémon, given its focus.
Years pass on, and paid events in Pokémon Go have risen to prominence at certain times of the year, though not in others. The new Go Wild Area event may just provide the event to take prominence in those other times and exemplify current developments in Pokémon Go. As its inaugural edition takes place with a current Live edition, which will also encroach upon its Global edition very soon, some very wild things are being encroached upon as well, and that may be considered the course of things to come in the game in much of the times ahead.
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