Pokémon Go Community Day, 6/25/2022

Community Day in Pokémon Go this month came fairly late as well, much like the edition of last month. However, in a sense, the featured Pokémon is a little late to the Community Day party as well, and it's one that Trainers have long desired and/or forethought that it was going to be Community Day fodder. Happily, that time has come... though that may not seem to jive with the Pokémon species itself, which has the identifier of Irate (that is, "angry") Pokémon.

With that, the featured Pokémon for this month is Deino, a Pokémon of the Dark and Dragon types, which applies well to its extended species family; it's also another case of making the pre-existing Shiny form of this Pokémon more widespread. Evolving it fully to Hydreigon during event hours gives it the Charged move of Brutal Swing, which is new and of great interest for PvP purposes. This month's edition has the main bonus of quartered Egg hatch distance, along with double Candy and increased Candy XL chance bonus, which should help those who need to get Eggs hatching and out as well as those really needing Candies.

Lure Modules and Incense are extended to three hours as usual, and photo bombs, stickers, item packs, and the paid Special Research (titled "Field Notes: Deino") are still present, the last with gifting ability. A few changes this time around: the item pack of extra Ultra Balls are absent, forcing a reliance on friend Gifts and PokéStops for them; meanwhile, instead of Professor Willow, Rhi from the Ultra Beast Recon Squad, who appeared on the second day of Pokémon Go Fest this year, guided the paid Special Research in lieu of the former, who has also been "absent" since. The absences may just be confounding.

As with the past two months, trade bonuses (discounts and extra Special Trades) are retained, as is the "Group Play Bonus"; for the latter, if enough Pokémon are captured close to a Lure Module, Zweilous as Deino's next of kin appears in the wild, available for capture. Something new for this edition is the appearance of Zweilous in special Level 4 raids after general appearances end at 2 PM; defeating it in groups and on-site (remote passes cannot be used to participate in these raids, even when invited) allows Deino to appear once again for 30 minutes in the local area surrounding the Gym. Due to this, the "move window" is extended to 7 PM, after which the event ends properly.

For my personal experience, local meetups are once again a thing, even where I am, where one returned. This time, the meetup was formally established at that park close to my home, which brought out even more Trainers from the woodworks, including some new ones and others who I thought had become absent. Like before, goodies were the order of the day for those who come, and earlier coming attendees could stand to get more of them. Sub-communities also received cloth banners (seen in the second photo below), while the regular banner returned, this time to welcome everyone who has really taken the effort to gather up to make today's gathering another successful one.

Photo taken earlier on...

...and later on.

The function of Community Day, in addition to gathering up sociable links as above, is to shape the best Pokémon out of the resources that one possessed, and I did just that. I obtained only three Shiny Deino, while others were luckier and got more. I evolved the best ones I had, which I had also made a prior Buddy Pokémon. Two more were evolved for PvP purposes, one of which was Shiny. Finally, I also evolved a Lucky one, which was the only one I had even with taking advantage of a single extension by a raid and trading with a friend. It was overall a good personal turnout, like how the meetup was.

Many things still went on for this Community Day, but then, many things always go on for Community Day. That includes whether or not it comes late, and whether or not the featured Pokémon itself has been expected. In any case, no Trainer can stand to be "irate" even when the subject is as such; it should be taken in good stride and with good company, in order to make it the best as best can be.

One year ago: Who Floats - Pokémon Floats

Two years ago: Uniting the Heart

Three years ago: Evoked Emotions

Four years ago: Promoting Local Establishments with Go

Five years ago: Four Notions