For this month, it seems that Community Day on Pokémon Go will introduce some novelties. It starts with this one - a Classic edition that brings back a novelty of the past, and for those who follow, it's smack-dab on the last day of the World Championships, which becomes a novelty in itself. That novelty of the past concerns the featured Pokémon, certainly, and it's one that has been expected by many people (Trainers). Also, this one actually started out unannounced - at least as in the usual Community Day announcements in the season prior to this one, meaning three months ago - until the beginning of this month, making it rather "impromptu". In effect, the novel quality of this edition is quite high.
That's because the featured Pokémon of this edition is Beldum, exactly the first of the ones that I mentioned in my "prospects" list that I made two months ago, and now it has been realized as such. It seems that in light of current developments, its time seems to have come, meaning that Candy XL has become an acceptable inevitability for the Pokémon and its species family. Still, Mega Metagross is not (yet) in sight, and perhaps the execution for that will have to wait for another day, perhaps a Raid Day of its own as with Mega Lucario last month. Some prospects perhaps may still have to be kept as such.
With that, the bonuses are a mix of the old and the new, as is the norm for any Classic edition. Returning ones from six years ago are the Meteor Mash move for Metagross, quartered Egg hatching distance, Field Research tasks, and extended Lure Modules. The new bonuses are extended Incense, photo bombs, item bundles in the shops, showcases, and of course the extra Special Research, whether paid or gifted. One oddity is that the Special Research set has no guide, and it's the first one in that regard for any Community Day edition - though this could be chalked up to this edition's "impromptu" quality.
Less "impromptu" was the meeting that my local raid group scheduled for today, accordingly in due time before the event. That became realized in the same manner as the repeat from six years ago, only this time certainly with a load of new people. For them, it was an opportunity to catch up; for others like me, it was a way of gathering extra resources for the species family to be used for whatever purpose. And certainly, the hatch bonus meant quite a bit of walking to deal with Eggs, particularly recent ones.
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| There was a time for a group picture at the end. |
Since I already had lots of Metagross, I only evolved a few, one of which was a Shiny Lucky one with almost perfect stats and gained by a specific trading process with a friend. I also evolved a couple more to try to get those with better IVs for PvP purposes. That said, now it seems I'll have to trim down my Metagross collection so I can focus on the ones I really do need for any purpose and leave the subpar ones for others by trading, in case they can make better use of them.
Having finally been realized as a Community Day Classic edition, the Beldum species family can now rest easy - and Trainers too after getting some much-needed resources. It too had lots of novel qualities, including the "impromptu" aspect, which may or may not stand to occur again in the future. If it does, it might be a sure bet that more novelties are to happen beyond Community Day - and that's just something to look out for like it was for today.
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