After a month of waiting, it's time for the Global edition of Pokémon Go Fest and certainly to discuss how that plays out. As noted, the running theme for this and the previous regional and live editions of the event is a few royal and regal things; as usual, in the previous editions, they had all been implemented a bit differently - though the Global edition will still shed some light on how that had come to be. Regardless, that is the one that matters now, and so does everything that is featured over the course of these two days.
The main event hours still span the stretch of 10 AM to 6 PM, and today, they contained four rotating habitats repeated once: Moonless Volcano, Galvanic Dojo, Hypnotic Tundra, and Fae Swamp, in that order. If they sound like curious elements relating to the Pokémon featured in them, one could be right, and so the Pokémon species reflect them in some way. They are complemented by other thematic Pokémon of a defensive sort (more on this soon), as well as a unique rare species to each (plus Unown, also to be detailed shortly) only attracted by Incense and certainly who paid for the event. Rounding them up for the "royal ride" are costumed Pokémon: Pikachu with top hats accented by three colors (red, blue, and yellow), and Falinks with a train hat, all of which could also be gotten from raids but may be preferred to be caught through other means for reasons that will be clear. Lure Modules last for an hour for this purpose, and a few photo bombs are in short order for Pikachu.
Meanwhile, today's primary royal mechanism pertained to that defensive element, which would be "SHIELD" - also reflected by the Unown of those letters. Accordingly, the Pokémon most representative of that is Zamazenta, a Legendary Pokémon from the Galar region. Naturally, it is to be gotten from raids, and this time - as the Pokémon had debuted a long time ago - it was in its Crowned form; its raids, along with the costumed Pokémon as above, ran for half-hour intervals. The best interest, of course, is going into raids for this Pokémon, as doing so will allow one to obtain its Shiny form (if they hadn't) and/or one with a background, but most importantly to earn Crowned Shield Energy, an item that will enable a certain one of the Pokémon to transform into the Crowned form from the basic Hero form, allowing for other niceties that are to be addressed at a later time. A few extra free passes are furnished for this purpose, and the raiding aspect of today also has implications for tomorrow's dealings.
On the side of Research, which applied to today and will apply tomorrow, there too are familiar aspects. Field Research deals with mostly Pokémon encounter rewards through tasks that are associated with the habitats and today's royal mechanism, and Collection Challenges feature nine Pokémon from each habitat and need to be completed over the two-day span. Hourly Global Challenges persist and so do their objectives and bonuses. As for the realm of Special Research, one set refines the introduced royal mechanisms of today and tomorrow with a selection of one's preference, and another set becomes the lead-up for the regal, mechanical, and Mythical wonder that is Volcanion, the major debutant of this year's royal festivities.
I spent much of this day like I did last year, with some colleagues that now I feel rather out of touch with. Half of it (the early part) was for Zamazenta raids to earn as much Energy I can stand to earn, and in doing so also had an OK haul from these efforts. The other half as the later part was to tie up loose ends from the rotating habitats and in particular Field Research, to make progress as far as could be made. Given the mechanisms of this year's edition, more loose ends in all of these areas are expected to be tied up tomorrow.
Some elements of Pokémon are royally wonderful - even if behind the scenes, they may take effort to deal with - and the inclusion of that in Pokémon Go now makes (or should make) for a royally great time. One more day for the Global edition of the festivities is still at hand, and for many Trainers, that might just be the defining part of it all.
One year ago: Freedom, On the Same Line
Two years ago: Café Remix 3rd Anniversary: New Heights
Three years ago: Pokémon Go Community Day Goodies, Round 2
Four years ago: Road of 25th Anniversary: Going to the Far Side
Five years ago: A Virtual Figure Gathering
Six years ago: The Path of (the) Silph
Seven years ago: Go Gets Social
Eight years ago: LINE Pokémon Themes
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