OK, so the end of the Pokémon Go season is here - well, almost here, since its actual end will be in a few days since its start was also a bit delayed, much like for the previous season. But since all other season-end posts are on this day (see below), it makes sense to continue the tradition. In any case, there will still be a small blurb about it. Anyway, as noted initially, this season's title consists of two elements while it may give the allusion of a third for some. After all that's happened over its course for Pokémon Go and Pokémon in general, I thought I'd go over those elements and see how they apply.
The first one is of course "might". With the nearly weekly cadence of events, Pokémon Go has proven its might for keeping Trainers busy... but then TCGP also did the same in almost a monthly manner for new expansions that come at a surprising rate. The contents of both are (were) also surprisingly "mighty" in terms of the Pokémon that are involved. And then, it seems that the feeling is mutual for the physical TCG, with old concepts coming to a head in new, unique ways that exemplify "mighty" in a sense.
After that comes "mastery". For a lot of other Pokémon things at present, it might appear that this is the best descriptor, less so than "might". Café Remix has seemingly gone down this path with recent content, focusing on honing one's puzzle skills without putting in Pokémon of great power, at least to an extent. Then there's the continued dealings of things like Unite and VGC, which by now could be construed to be less an issue of "might" and a full-on issue of "mastery" - though this might depend on other views.
Meanwhile, that third element is "magic", the one I said would be out of place (here) and yet in place, at least given the first of the two. It might seem to be a kind of "magic" to pull the other two elements for discussing them outside of Pokémon Go as warranted, but going back to Pokémon Go, it also has been "magic" to put together the two elements above as has been seen through the events and content over the past few months.
It seems to be a delight (if not a lot of effort) to put the first two elements together as seen in Pokémon Go, but it may also be considered delightful to try to bring that back out to other areas of Pokémon, becoming a lead-in to the third element as alluded and mentioned above. With that having happened, one can and ought to be able to reap all the results of the delightful efforts and carry them into (hopefully, great and bright) days ahead.
One year ago: The Peak of World of Wonders
Two years ago: The Peak of Rising Heroes
Three years ago: The Peak of Alola
Four years ago: The Peak of Legends
Five years ago: Tournament: Raid Group Forest Cup
Six years ago: A New Pokémon "Wave"
Seven years ago: Off We Go... to Alola!
Eight years ago: I Need More Rumble World Players
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