Something that is inherently tied to the Pokémon "gargantuan phenomenon", as Dynamax and Gigantamax, is an object - or more appropriately classified as an item - that assists in realizing the manifestations for the Pokémon of concern. That object is the Max Mushroom, which evidently has a "max" sense imbued in it. That sense, however, seems to be apt to be differentiated in the places where the object is present, originally from the main series games but now in Pokémon Go as well. And the differentiation carries an understanding of duality that either applies to the Pokémon or the battles they take part in.
Recently, the introduction in Pokémon Go was as an item, which powers up Pokémon during Max Battles for a set time of 30 minutes, with a 10-minute trial available. Obviously, this allows Trainers who are less capable and/or in smaller groups to complete Max Battles, though a good number will have to activate the item, and the item itself needs to be purchased from the shop nor is it cheap to obtain (by coins or real money proxy). Some "elite" Trainers would scoff at those who purchase and use them, but at least it's a way out for others.
As for its presence in the main series games, it is part of the mechanism - the same one I addressed in my Gigantamax treatise - that enables Pokémon to access the Max forms, albeit in a general sense. Being already baked into the games' systems, obviously one only has to go through the processes of the mechanisms to realize its objective. In effect, it really is powering up the Pokémon as well, just not for certain battle progressions but for their general state. Yet it's still a different sense nonetheless.
The duality here certainly concerns issues of permanence (or the lack of it) and efforts put in by the player Trainer. Even so, for the same object rendered as items in the respective games, the effects they have seem incomparable, though their relation to the "gargantuan phenomenon" is apparent and obvious. The object is thus "stuck" between two kinds of interpretations, as the title of this post might suggest.
It may be that Trainers would have to just contend with these disparate usages for the same object and item, given their separation in different Pokémon game realms anyway. The phenomenon to which this object and item is linked to is regardless still a thing - especially now in Pokémon Go - but if anything, the use of the object and item may still be (and is) warranted for the circumstances in which that use applies.
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