My biggest question is where does the RVTs fit into this? I know its an all-ages academy but I don't think they're all dropping everything to attend school lol. Maybe they're going to be digging up leads on where the remaining Six Heroes are located while the kids are doing this? Captain Pikachu is still on the poster so he presumably has a role.

Dot is wearing a unique combination of the Autumn and either Spring/Winter uniform (long pants), though Liko is wearing her Indigo Academy uniform still for some reason. Even if she is a transfer student, I don't think she would still be wearing the uniform of her home school. Also, poor Anne, her roommate abandons her to go on a journey and then just straight up transfers to an entirely different school.

We finally have confirmation that Wattrel didn't just die off-screen.

Nemona returning and her Pawmo has evolved into Pawmot. I guess Roy will be getting that battle after all.

Katy, Grusha, and every Paldea Elite 4 member making their anime debuts. Iono and Brassius also returning.

Liko, Roy, and Dot all getting Tera Orbs is an interesting development. Dot and Quaxly getting more focus in general makes it feel more likely that Quaxly could evolve at some point. I wonder how long it'll take for Fuecoco to evolve after Sprigatito. Floragato is looking good, I always thought it was the best member of its evolutionary line.

Mabbostiff on the poster... Here's hoping we see Arven!

I could easily see Dot looking into Team Star and meeting Penny.

I do wonder how long we're going to be around here. It brings me back to my thought that we aren't going to see every region in this series based on how the trajectory of the show is going.