The happenings of this year's Pokémon Go Fest, as its Global edition, also happens to skirt the end of the month when I usually make a rollup of the month's events. Yet that is perfectly fine, because it so happens that the events of the month mostly tie into the grand series of events. That makes this rollup a "Go Fest edition" in some ways, and in this case it's perfectly timed as well with the end of the month, meaning that it's really time to get it rolling and wrapped up.
For the first edition of Pokémon Go Fest this year, the one for Asia in Japan, the "complement" event is called Serene Retreat, running from May 30 to June 3. The featured Pokémon of this event were ones that are lax as well as dreamy, being present in the wild, Field Research encounters, and 2 km Eggs. They were also the subject of three Collection Challenges to be completed within the event period. The biggest draw of the event was the debut of Gigantamax Rillaboom for Trainers to battle over the weekend portion (Saturday and Sunday) of the event, along with increased MP earnings and collection for this purpose. The other complementary bonuses were mostly related to hatching and increased Shiny chances for certain species, especially with the extra paid ticket for the event and its Timed Research.
It has to be noted that the "complement" events to the regional editions of Go Fest actually had similar structures, so some of their elements will go without saying. The "complement" for the edition in the U.S. in North America was Instrumental Wonders from June 7 to 11, presenting some hardened Pokémon in the wild, Field Research encounters, and raids, certainly for the Collection Challenges. This event also had a Gigantamax debut for Cinderace in the same way as the previous event, and the main bonuses dealt with raids along with augmented Shiny chances plus the paid extra. The Europe edition in France had the "complement" event of Phantom Ruins from June 14 to 18 with some shady Pokémon in the wild and Field Research encounters as well as from Incense, again to deal with as Collection Challenges. This event's Gigantamax debut was for Inteleon, and the main bonuses of catching were the order of the day, along with the increased Shiny chances and the paid extra.
A break came between the regional and Global editions of Go Fest, not only for Community Day but also for Trainers to be able to play with some of their favorite four-legged friends through an event. That's because the event is called Yamper's Paw Prints and is thus for the debut of this species family, over the course of June 20 to 22. True to that, canid Pokémon appeared throughout the event along with the debuting species, with three of them (Snubbull, Poochyena, and Furfrou) having increased Shiny chances and every catch worth double Stardust. While Field Research had encounters with the featured species, free Timed Research dealt with the highlighted species above with daily sets, and a paid ticket had an extra Timed Research set with bonus items and encounters with the featured Pokémon as the canids that fans have gotten to know and adore.
Closing up the month was the ultimate and accompanying event for the Global edition of Go Fest, dubbed Ancients Recovered from June 23 to 27. The "ancients" in this case are the family of the titans (the "Regis"), which naturally would appear in raids, and they did - the first three on June 23, then Regieleki on June 24, Regidraco on June 25, Regigigas on June 26, and all together on June 27, with Raid Hours in each and all of them with certain moves when caught. By raiding, they also complete a Timed Research set that recycles itself every six tasks up to six times to provide an opportunity to catch each one of the titans with a background - if they haven't or couldn't through the raids. Aside from the titans, Trainers could also purchase a paid Timed Research set that allows an encounter with one of the Galarian birds, particularly helpful if they still haven't encountered or even caught any of them all this time by using the Daily Adventure Incense. During these days, remote raids were increased to 30 (going to unlimited during the weekend), while Trainers also prepared for the upcoming Global edition of Go Fest.
On that subject, the remaining preparations (over the course of the above and the event weekend) were the return of the Gigantamax evolved Galar starters, a separate Go Pass for the event with a very special item, a Global Challenge for powering up raids and making them more effective, Candy XL bonuses through trading, and event stickers and item bundles, plus early access to event 2 km and 5 km Eggs for ticketed Trainers. With all the preparations, the event really had been promising a lot in store - which it was.
With that, the "Go Fest edition" that is mostly the Pokémon Go events of this month shows a lot of greatness in the events that had transpired, which is rather fitting for an event series that is always grand - and perhaps equally so for the difficulty of rolling them up. Yet to wrap up June in such a manner is no less grand than participating in all of them as well.
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