Community Day for Pokémon Go is here again, this time still on the early side but not by much. Even so, "time" and "timing" seem to be the keywords for this edition of the event, for reasons soon to be detailed. They have to do with the featured Pokémon, certainly, as well as the setting of the event in general. It is known that some people have regarded the current times as the "new normal" with new situations and new ways of doing things, and the current edition may be considered to have some ties to all of those.
Without further ado, there are the particulars. This month's Community Day features Snivy, the Grass-type starter Pokémon of the fifth generation. Therefore, the special or exclusive move (for its second evolution Serperior) is obvious, being Frenzy Plant. The regular bonus is tripled Stardust for captures, which should benefit those who are hungry for Stardust and can't get enough. The paid Special Research is titled "Snivy in the Sunshine" and discusses how it is a family of sunshine-loving Pokémon. And in these current conditions, everything else (extended Incense, photo bombs, and so on) are still the same, though the Community Day Box does provide Mossy Lure Modules (which do allow Snivy to appear as well) for a change, along with the other standard components.
For those being observant, this is the first time since January 2020 and practically since the onset of current conditions that the Community Day features a starter Pokémon that is not a rehash of a previous edition. Unusually, the Shiny forms of the species family had also been released earlier as part of the Unova Celebration earlier in January of this year, and therefore a few isolated Trainers may have had the chance to obtain the Shiny forms as early as way back then instead of during a Community Day as is typical of the starter Pokémon, being that they usually receive said form when a Community Day is established for them. It can be said, then, that this Community Day represents a small step in "getting back into things". As for other timings, this Community Day happens to be neatly placed before a period of rest for certain groups of people, and it seems to be rather fitting in that regard.
My efforts today could also have been said to do the same, as I attempted to hit up one of my raid subgroups in order to connect with the people in them, and I successfully did just that, becoming a change of pace from the way I executed the previous two editions while still becoming an outlet to get in some walking exercise and some fresh air. Still, I couldn't stray too far from the ones I've met in those previous times - especially for the purposes of trading and interacting - and I did get a chance to hit them up as well for that very purpose. In going through all of these, I ended up with 11 Shiny Snivy (one of them having very good stats) and a selection of Serperior with possibly different uses.
Considering what just had transpired with Community Day for this month, the time seems to be right to get back into the swing of regular things by the way of this edition of Community Day, and the timing is somewhat perfect as well. While it may still not be good times in the world of today, Community Day may always be good regardless, especially with the right execution. If today's world is a "new normal", then it may be apt to describe Community Day for Pokémon Go as something "normally renewed".
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