Alolan Geodude Community Day was this past weekend. This Community Day will not get a high rating for reasons, but wasn’t all that bad.
First, I have to discount the fact that it was blistering hot over this weekend here in the New Jersey. First time it’s been 90 degrees since last summer. I know that’s out of Niantic’s control. To me, it’s too much too soon. If it was 15-20 degrees cooler, it would have been so much better. Granted, I avoided the mall and other indoor venues since I believed everyone would be in and that would have been just too much of a crowd for my liking.
I liked having “Cheetodude” as a rare Shiny. It was rare enough from a common mon to still be a status symbol. The coloring reminded me and others of a Cheeto, a well known snack food. Thay bright orange dude was fun to have and show off once in a while. Though Cheetodude is still a fun shiny, it’s lost a lot of its luster.
Having a double evolver was a great nod to the original ideas of Community Day, so I will give that a positive grade. I prefer the 125ers for Community Day. Usually we get candy bonuses on these to make the 125 much easier. Also, Pineapps are usually free flowing from research, so the double candy isn’t as much of a problem.
For those of us who enjoy 7k Eggs, this was also a negative as Alolan Geodude is currently a 7k egg hatch. It just doesn’t feel very special for that reason. Usually the focused Pokemon isn’t as highly featured in season. I like being able to catch something pretty special.
Having regular Geodude in the rewards for the Ticketed Research was a nice touch. We could at least have a chance at the non-featured version. In a way, this was better than the Sandshrew CD where both were out and it was just messy. The main focus was the hunt of Alolan Geodude.
Overall, this wasn’t the best day, but certainly better than others that have happened in the past.
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