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Pokémon GO Event Review: Spheal Community Day

This past weekend, mobile developer Niantic Labs held the first Pokémon GO Community Day of 2022. It was Spheal Community Day that kicked off the year, but was it a promising start? Let's take a look at what happened during the event.

What worked in this Pokémon GO event

• Spheal: Spheal is a Pokémon that many trainers have expected would get its own Community Day for a long time. It's the perfect choice in many ways. It hadn't had a Shiny release yet (kind of, read on to see the next bit) and it has a three-stage evolutionary line. A perfect Community Day opportunity, and what better month to host it than frosty January?
• Shiny release, kind of: Spheal debuted in its Shiny form wearing a costume for the 2021 Holiday Event. Unlike other Pokémon that debuted as costumed Shinies like Blitzle and Hoothoot, Niantic did not release standard Shiny Spheal directly after the event but instead held it back for Community Day. That was a choice that undoubtedly enriched the event.
• Two moves: Not only did Walrein receive a Community Day exclusive Charged Attack but a Quick Attack as well. Anyone who plays GO Battle League will tell you that we're seeing Walrein used a lot more after Community Day, pretty immediately.
• Bonus: The reveal of Levels 41 – 50 and the eventuality of even more level cap increases has underlined the ongoing importance of XP. Any time we get an XP bonus like this, I'm in.
• Other spawns: A few Community Days last year seemed to test only having Community Day spawns available. To me, that's a bad idea. I remember the happy surprise non-event Shinies I've gotten during Community Days almost more than any other aspect about these days. Keeping it open to have other spawns pop on the map is a good call.

What didn't work in this Pokémon GO event

• Nothing!

Overall

Spheal Community Day kicks off 2022 with a promising event. Could Niantic finally be on its way to providing consistently awesome Community Days in Pokémon GO once again?

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