The Changing of Boxes

A little over a year ago, I wrote about a useful facet of Pokémon Go. Its item shop provides bundles of items, collectively called boxes. They have always been helpful from the get-go with all the items that are contained in them and can be gotten in one fell swoop. However, lately, there has been quite a bit of change in the boxes, perhaps most likely due to the changing nature of in-game events. The boxes remain as neat bundles, so some of these changes deserve a bit of discussion.

First up, there are new boxes. The first new box is the Adventure Box, which is equal in price to an Ultra Box, but has a different composition of items. Typically, while the Ultra Box has loads of Premium Raid Passes, the Adventure Box has loads of Egg Incubators (of both the regular and Super kinds). The second new box is the Event Box, which is equal in price to a Special Box, but it too has a different composition. Notably, this latter box often contains many Premium Raid Passes, whereas the Special Box only has a couple. These certainly add to the previous variety of boxes.

With these boxes, however, something has changed. The boxes appear to be more persistent than they were before, seemingly being available for a bit longer. As well, more recently, the Great Box, which had often offered a "happy medium" of items between the Special Box and Ultra Box, has disappeared. It may be that the new Adventure Box has offered greater flexibility despite its greater coin cost, while the Special Box remains the general "budget" option. Meanwhile, the Event Box is not persistent; like the Community Day Box during such events, it only appears during events like the Raid Days, but because it costs the same as the "budget" Special Box, it offers better flexibility for coin-strapped Trainers to still be able to participate. In a way, the balance of needs has changed.

Because of the disappearance of the Great Box, Trainers will need to pay more to get more things, or settle for the general "budget" option as above. But because the most expensive box option is divided into two, they can choose whichever one is more suitable, whether the Ultra Box to help raids or the Adventure Box to help Eggs. During events, the Community Day or Event Boxes should be now more lucrative and useful; I can vouch for this, as I've bought both of them on at least one occasion and they have helped for the events in question. These are sure to be repeat buys - perhaps again and again, as some of my raid fellows can attest.

Strangely, despite the plentiful changes to the boxes recently, their utility seems to have increased. They've become rather suited to certain tasks rather than offering a general selection, save for the Special Box, which still does in a way. The in-game events of Pokémon Go have quite changed, so considering that, the boxes should too. In that sense, the changes are welcome, as is more spending on relevant boxes for anything that a Trainer may wish to do.

One year ago: Toy Block Pokémon?
Two years ago: Cosplay Briefings