September community day chat post

[ephemera]

Ultra Bonus Event continues, and it's September's Community Day, aka Chikorita Day so time for a general chat - how's the world of PoGo been treating you this month? Did you have any luck with the shiny birds? Excited about MewTwo raids and the prospect of Deoxys on the horizon? How's your Celebi research going?

Comments

[upanddisappear]

so what is up with that ??? poke? i caught one in my apartment, and there are a ton outside in the nearby. i don't want to go out, but should i get more? oop, it's over now. i wonder what the object is. is it to guarantee dittos to people who still need them for the mew quest?

i'm 356/364. 151/93/112. my last type medal is dragon, so i'm thankful for the dratini raids. 187/200. i have 2 gold badge gyms. and 9 silver. and i'm 225,194 into level 36!

[ephemera]

I have no idea what's going on with ??? - the speculation is rife that it's something to do with the new Switch game, but if nothing else, it's created a ton of buzz (just, what for???) It's all kinds of weird that it's not a recognised Pokemon of any kind.

Dragons are so rare outside events, aren't they? I think that was my last type medal to go gold, and there was a brief period early in the game where a park fairly need me was a Dratini nest...

[kirin]

I suspect the ??? is killing two birds with one stone - it's *both* helping anyone who didn't have a Ditto yet have a way to hunt one down for sure (even if you missed the post-CD half hour when they were everywhere, they still seem to spawn occasionally, and will show up preferentially on your radar if you haven't caught one yet) - *and* it's a tease of Let'sGo / Gen8 preview.

Speculation I've seen that makes some sense is it may be Ditto attempting to transform into a brand new Gen8 pokemon (likely the bonus one that will debut with Let'sGo and transfer back to Go) but it's only getting halfway there because the new guy doesn't quite exist yet!

[ephemera]

That speculation makes more sense than many!