So, the manifestation of the first of those Classic editions I mentioned in commenting on this busy Pokémon Go season takes place today. And it takes place with "the bite that bites" - nothing to do with chili peppers for those who get the reference, but other kinds of bites may be involved, particularly as I and the "community" I'm associated with experienced personally, but most notably of the featured Pokémon for this edition. Of course, as with all Classic editions, it brings back a "bite of the past".
The keyword is certainly "bite", as it would be what the Pokémon does. The Pokémon that can make such a "bite" would be Totodile, which was last featured in January 2019. As with that previous edition, its ultimate evolution of Feraligatr gets the standard Hydro Cannon move, and the main bonus is quartered Egg hatch distance. Lure Modules are extended like back then, and so are Incense as is standard since a few years ago. Back then, regional scheduling was a thing, but now the edition enjoys local time scheduling.
As well, it enjoys the other modern perks of a paid Special Research set, a background Timed Research set with extra Field Research, photo bombs, showcases, and item bundles galore on the in-game shop and Web Store, not to mention actual community meetups facilitated through (Club) Campfire with their own rewards. Any sting felt by the "bite" from the previous edition could be said to be relieved with this "enhanced rerun", being also a second chance for some to gather resources.
In my previous dealing, the edition coincided with an EX Raid, but now they're no more. Instead, the community meetup is the thing - and was, because it provided the opportunity to make a "social impact", here giving "bites" for other people to eat. Given the strain in my local community relationship and the fact that I (by proxy of Ash) already did it yesterday, I opted not to participate, except of course for the main "meat" of Community Day for Totodile and its associated resources, being important to be gathered.
For the actual meetup, it was in the same place as some previous ones for Community Day, which being mostly indoors was not affected by rain, which did come and could have affected the "bites" thing as above. I personally caught as much as I could to build up resources and didn't worry about evolution, which thanks to the background tasks and extended window for that, could be dealt with over the next few days instead. A guest from abroad also joined the meetup... which could be said to be a pleasant thing, and the only one at that.
Being the crocodile-like species that it is, Totodile can deliver a strong bite, but then so can the perks of Community Day (Classic) - hopefully some pleasant ones in regard of the latter. After all, it would be up to individual Trainers as well as the communities that they gather up in to make sense of all that is (or was) involved. For that, it may take a real "bite" to deal with those aspects, but the results, perhaps like the ultimate evolution of this month's featured species, would be something that can enable one to "bite" through future quirks.
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