called it.
Raikou is next month's Research Breakthrough, meaning we're probably getting Celebi Special Research worldwide the 1st or shortly after.
this means we can expect Entei for September w/ a Fire-type theme and Suicune for October w/ a Water/Ice type theme. Then November will likely be a rare Johto Pokemon with a Johto theme. No clue what they'd do for that, maybe they could introduce Smeargle that way? IDK it'd be a lackluster Research Breakthrough considering it's maximum CP is 389. If Heracross weren't regional, I'd go with that one, considering it's powerful and single stage like Snorlax. If they do an evolved form, it could be anything really. Steelix, Scizor, Togetic, Blissey, Kingdra, Crobat, etc... They're all pretty strong contenders.
Anyway, still no Alolan Marowak for me. I've only seen a single raid in our local Discord, and it was one I couldn't make. Every other one has been Tyranitar or Houndoom, haven't seen anything else.
I have gotten two Registeel and an Alolan Raichu, the Registeel were both good, but my Raichu was lackluster, so I'm hoping to find another 3-star raid that hatches into an Alolan Raichu so I can nab a better one.
Since Lucky Pokemon have released I've gotten... 6 I believe. A Bulbasaur, Vaporeon, Illumise, Butterfree, Farfetch'd, and a Shiny Bulbasaur. This was a good way to give players the incentive to trade, but I wish it wasn't age-reliant when it came to what is Lucky and what isn't. I'd much rather it be Friend level-reliant, rewarding players for hitting the Best Friend level with others furthermore after they hit that goal.
Hoping they tweak it more and more as time goes on.