Pokémon Go Community Day, 3/23/2019

There's something to like about the Community Days of Pokémon Go. They attract all (or at least many of) the players to spend three hours of their time to capture many of a featured Pokémon, then to evolve it and gain something special that may be used in later endeavors, or possibly just something unique to show off. The featured Pokémon are rather important as well, whether they're the starters or something else unique. It becomes something that players just want to have.

This month, the featured Pokémon is Treecko, the first time that a third-generation starter is featured. The special (exclusive) move for its final evolution is no doubt Frenzy Plant. Today's other bonus, aside from its Shiny form and extended Lure Modules, is accelerated hatching of Eggs, which is lucrative for anyone wishing to clear out their Eggs or at least make significant progress. So this Community Day is typical in most respects, especially for a starter Pokémon.

What was less typical was the schedule. In previous Community Days, the schedule involved an entire region simultaneously having the event at one time, adjusted for different time zones and possibly being sequestered on different days. For example, Asia-Pacific (my region) would have its Community Day typically from 12 PM to 3 PM Japan time, which means that my local area would have it from 10 AM to 1 PM, due to the time zone shift; notably, for the past three months, this was also sequestered on a different day (Sunday) from the other regions (Saturday). This time, the schedule was made uniform and simplified: it was 3 PM to 6 PM for the local time zone of the area, within the span of this day. This seemed to be a welcome and refreshing change.

The only unfortunate thing is that in my area, at this time of year, 3 PM to 6 PM often means rains, whether heavy or not; this was the case today. The good thing is that most of my fellow players (and I) had prepared for this, so they were determined to get good results no matter what. This seemed to be affirmed when someone discovered a Treecko with the best stats possible, which led to a flurry of people to its area to catch it. I was one of them, and though it wasn't Shiny, it was reported that quite a few captured this Treecko with it being Shiny. I chose to evolve this Treecko, along with two others, one of them being the best Shiny possible. All of these should have their uses.

It's hard not to appreciate Community Day, for any person that plays Pokémon Go. The benefits are great and may be desirable for different uses later on. What happened today was common for a starter Pokémon, but it was also uncommonly good in what I got out of it. I like that, and at least it keeps the attraction going for the one next month and the ones after that.

One year ago: The "Generals"
Two years ago: Pokémon Food... For Us