The pig is a fascinating creature, especially with regard to Pokémon, which has a few species families that resemble the creature. One of these families were lately introduced along with Paldea and the other members of the ninth generation, and it's got some fascinations of its own. Perhaps that is why now it is given the treatment of Community Day for all those fascinations... and maybe some peculiarities for those who are averse to pigs, even ones that are only as realistic as an actual impression of them.
So, that species family is the Lechonk family, which evolves once into Oinkologne. However, the latter has different male and female forms, so much so that they also have different stats. Thus, they could almost be considered different Pokémon, and that makes for a fascinating Community Day fodder - the first of its kind, in fact. In this way, the inclusion of Lechonk in Community Day may just open the door for other Pokémon with differing male and female forms to become a part of it.
For this edition's bonuses, the main one is quartered hatch distance, another good opportunity to hatch some stagnant Eggs. The special move for both Oinkologne forms is Mud Slap, which may benefit the female form's PvP practicality. The rest of the bonuses are the usual medley of double catch Candy and Candy XL chance, photo bombs, extended Lure Modules (1 hour plus extra encounters) and Incense (3 hours), discounted trades and an extra Special Trade, Field Research and the paid Special Research (titled "Don't Hog the Spotlight"), and special backgrounds.
Like many of the past editions this year, I opted to go somewhat far for it to deal with it in the best way - and that worked out just well enough. I got all the resources that I needed to evolve my "necessities" and still have enough for posterity and future use. The camaraderie seems to affirm that this may be the best approach for the future, not to mention that it allows for other side agendas to be fitted in with it.
While pigs may remain a very divisive point of contention, whether they're real ones or impressions of them, there is no doubt that they've made their mark in the Pokémon world. This month's edition of Community Day is an affirmation of that, at least for the latest entrant from Paldea that has managed to turn a few Trainer's heads, especially with consideration of the family's structure. It became a "when pigs fly" sort of moment, but it may just allow Trainers to "pig out" in a different way at a later time.
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