Friday, December 19, 2025

More on Precious Departures

I'd said earlier in this Pokémon Go season's opening post that it being called "Precious Paths" would imply meeting with certain things but also parting with yet other things. The latter is now what I want to bring up, also in the specific context of them departing - a context that may be considered to go deeper in some ways. For that, I do want to dig deeper in some of the contexts while keeping others shallow, at least for the time being.

The elimination of Aeos Coins in Pokémon Unite would certainly be a departure for the game, even with some of its shades remaining through the item exchange and another feature - for those who are observant. It has apparently become a departure that many have not taken too well either, making it "precious" in another way. Whether or not this will lead to a precious departure of a different sort, that is for players to determine.

Meanwhile, a different Pokémon game, one that I rarely mention by itself on this blog by virtue of not playing it, has apparently been making the rounds on ending its service and playability in certain places first. A significant place in relation to that is also coming up, and it'll be a "precious" departure for it when that happens. How that will play out for me in covering it here is a bit of a doozy and might even constitute a "departure" in itself.

As for applying all this back to Pokémon Go, the game that is behind the season itself, at this point it might still be a little vague. However, considering some of the events and happenings on tap for this month and the next, a fair bit of it can be considered a "wrap-up for loose ends" for this year, and that may be taken as a "departure" in some ways, with the hope of things coming out better for later happenings this season.

Sometimes the most precious path might be the one that one has just treaded, and all of these Pokémon game happenings strongly indicate that, even with Pokémon Go as the "umbrella" for their interpretation. Any departure will certainly be reminisced somehow, and reminiscing these seems to become something to do on the "precious path" that is this season. With that, the season continues to progress and depart along its points.

Now... it seems I have to address a relevant precious departure for me very soon...

Three years ago: Scarlet and Violet Uptake
Eight years ago: Nostalgic Returns

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