Some people might say that September is a pleasant month. One thing that might make that so is all the colors that might be present throughout the days of the month, and the sight of colors is indeed relaxing to many. Colors also apply very well to Pokémon species, of which some of them have forms that vibrantly show off these colors. This may or may not have been the guiding principle for choosing the featured Pokémon of this month's edition - which incidentally is on the same date as last year's (see below) - but the colors are still evident regardless for this edition.
Those colors are certainly of Flabébé, this month's featured Pokémon and its species family. As discussed in a post, it has five colors (of their flowers), which in Pokémon Go is distributed according to specific areas of the world - "regional", it can be said. That makes it the first Community Day with forms that not everyone in the world may have. Even so, the event is advertised with the white and orange colors, the global but rare ones. Regardless of color, evolving it to Floette and then Florges during the span of the next week allows the latter to learn the Chilling Water move, a Charged move of the Water type with usefulness for PvP. Further, the usual stringent evolution requirement to evolve Floette is temporarily simplified to just earning seven Buddy Pokémon hearts - truly a necessity if one wants to evolve several.
Because of the regional specificity, a few things also apply to Research. The Field Research encounters are of the regional color as well as the global colors. The background Timed Research encounters are of the regional color, while the paid Special Research encounters are of the global colors. As such, this isn't an opportunity to obtain the colors of the other regions, but more to obtain special versions of the ones that are available wherever one plays. Of course, one can deal with the ones from other regions if one already has them.
As for the rest of the aspects, this month's main bonus is quartered Egg hatch distance, always a useful bonus for an addition. Then there are the usual other bonuses of double Candy and Candy XL chance, extended Lure Modules and Incense, photo bombs (of the regional variant), an extra Special Trade and discounted trades, and item bundles in the shops. They're all regular, even if the featured Pokémon isn't.
Oh, and there is (was) a bit of an irregularity for me today for dealing with this edition...
Goh: That means Ash, doesn't it.
Ash: Here I am! (And there I was...)
Me: Well, we don't need to talk too much about Flabébé and its kin, since we know you two have a history with them while you were adventuring.
Goh: Yeah, you know about that, especially the white flower one.
Pikachu: Pika pika pika chu. ["I like yellow myself."]
Ash: I captured a lot of them today! But the only Shiny ones were for the blue one....
Goh: So, the blue one is for the place where you are.
Me: It surely is. I don't know if I'll be able to get the white and orange ones - if ever - but I can try a few things.
Ash: I met your better friends of your "friends". And then I went somewhere else for even better friends.
Goh: Oh, so that must be a for a thing going on somewhere.
Ash: It was.
Me: We'll deal with that separately. But hey, it makes for a "flowery" day today with all the people we met.
Ash: Nice one!
If the defining characteristic of the Flabébé species family is the color of their flowers, then as suggested by the title of the paid Special Research ("Flower Power"), the botanical aspect is their key to make things lively. Of course, that goes for the appearance aspect as the color, and that comes in spades to make this month's Community Day a real pleasant one.
One year ago: Pokémon Go Community Day, 9/14/2024
Two years ago: Watch What I Say
Three years ago: Into the Deep Blue
Four years ago: Dancing with Pokémon
Five years ago: It's Time for GOtcha... Podcast
Six years ago: The Appeal of the TCG
Seven years ago: A Pokémon Watch
Eight years ago: Three's Demise
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