For those who have been around to witness the spectacle and experience the happening that is Community Day in Pokémon Go, they will likely understand the patterns of the event and what to expect in each of the monthly editions (including the one for next month, but I'm getting ahead of things). Of course, there will always be a degree of unexpected things, but that's par for the course of anything, even Pokémon. The expected things are still always important, even if they might be somewhat surprising.
So, let's get to it: November's featured Pokémon for Community Day is Mankey. It might look surprising, but the Pokémon was found to have a third evolutionary stage in the Paldea region (Annihilape) - which is now in Pokémon Go since January this year, immediately making the species family fodder for Community Day, even long after Mankey has had its Shiny form, now realized as such. After evolving it to Primeape, a task needs to be completed, with it being set as a Buddy Pokémon, before it can then evolve into Annihilape; normally, this would involve defeating 30 Pokémon of the Psychic or Ghost types, but during the event period for today, that is changed to just capturing 20 Fighting-type Pokémon. Regardless, both Pokémon get the same special Charged move of Rage Fist, a Ghost-type attack that favors the latter species (due to its typing) more than the former, especially for its PvP prowess in all leagues.
Aside from this "crutch", most everything is standard as far as Community Day goes. The main bonus is triple XP, supplemented by double Candy and Candy XL chance bonuses. The featured Pokémon can be made to appear through extended Lure Modules and Incense, as well as photo bombs and after defeating Primeape in raids after 5 PM. As usual in modern editions, trades are discounted and there is an extra Special Trade. For Research, along with Field tasks that are the norm and the extra paid Special set (which is back to being as such and titled "Mankey Business"), there is a Community Timed Research set for those who check in through Campfire. Showcases, item bundles in the Web Store and in-game shop, and stickers complete the whole deal.
Today, being myself and not sending Ash, I caught a number of Shiny Mankey, the first of which was for the very first time and was immediately put through a mirror Lucky Trade, resulting in almost the best possible IV. The rest of the day was simply spent on capturing the Pokémon to continue building up stock for it, as well as to evolve Primeape, which took a lot of Buddy Pokémon theatrics. In all the efforts, there might have been a bit of confusion and one or two things left behind... but I still got all the Annihilape I needed to evolve (and could have evolved), which is better than not having done so over the course of the event period, overall making this day rather productive.
Execution in my local area was also interesting as it was in a park my raid group used to frequent, and it was done with a certain national snack food sponsor. That meant treats for everyone along with the usual contests, of which I won one thanks to a very small Shiny Mankey. That execution, though, was under looming threat of rain, which almost manifested at the very end - luckily not during the event itself. There was also a grand contest that I couldn't participate in due to not meeting the requirements and social media circus, but that may have been for the better, as I have all that I need without its reward.
Overall, many things above were expected for Community Day, even if the featured Pokémon was on the unexpected side, along with the grand sponsor. It is of the understanding that I (and other Trainers) will have to adjust to them, but if the situation is anything like today, that means the results should be very good and prepared for top fighting form, for which the featured species family of this edition very much embodies that.
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