Since its first iteration in January 2018,Pokemon GO’s monthly Community Days have become a staple in the game, giving players the chance obtain Pokemon with exclusive moves, stock up on certain candies, and even find shiny Pokemon. AlthoughPokemon GOhas made many changes to its gameplay to take COVID-19 precautions, Community Day events have still given players something to look forward to throughout 2020.
The game just held its annualend-of-year Community Daytwo weeks ago, giving players the chance to revisit Pokemon featured in previous events. However, as the year comes to a close, the featured Pokemon for the next Community Day in January 2021 has already been announced.
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Pokemon GOannounced on Twitter that January 16 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. local time, Machop will be rising to the challenge for the new year’s first Community Day event. In typical fashion, players will be able to experiencea variety of special features,such as a 3x Catch Stardust bonus, an increased Incense duration, as well as an increase of Machop spawns in the wild, among others.
DuringMachop Community Day, the Fighting-type Pokemonwill be appearing more frequently in wild along with an increased chance for players to encounter shiny Machop. Players who evolve any Machoke into Machamp during the event, or up to two hours after it ends, will obtain a Machamp with the exclusive move Payback. Niantic also said players can take in-game snapshots during the event to encounter a surprise, and that a special Machop Community Day Box will be available for purchase for 1,280 PokeCoins in the store. It will contain an Elite Charged TM, four Incense, four Star Pieces, and 30 Ultra Balls.
Additionally, a Special Research story titled “Straight to the Top, Machop!” will be available to purchase for $1 during Machop Community Day. However, players who purchase a ticket for thePokemon GOTour: Kanto eventby Wednesday, January 13 at 11:59 p.m. PST will receive access to the Special Research story for free.
Although many would expect a game focused on exploration and in-person collaboration to suffer greatly amid the coronavirus pandemic,Pokemon GOadapted by including features allowing players to enjoy the game directly from home, resulting inthe game’s best financial year yet.Despite potential setbacks, Niantic has shown that it is well-prepared to bringPokemon GOplayers as much content as possible going into 2021, starting with Machop Community Day.
Pokemon GOis available on Android and iOS.
