Are Community Day events ruining Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon GO?
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Are Community Day events ruining Shiny Pokémon in Pokémon GO?

Pokémon GO fans are rarely silent on the choices Niantic makes regarding the ever-popular mobile title. Usually, fans are upset about how hard it is to obtain rare or shiny Pokémon. Recently, however, fans have been upset about Community Days.

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Pokémon GO Community Day drastically increases shiny odds

Throughout the history of Pokémon games, shiny Pokémon have been extremely rare. The standard rate for finding a shiny in the core game series is 1 in every 4,096. In Pokémon GO the rate is approximately 1 in 450. These odds increase dramatically on Community Day events, however.

While these increased odds may seem appealing, they do devalue the shiny. For example, a player who caught a shiny Magikarp before it appeared in a Community Day event had something that was extremely rare. After the event, shiny Magikarp is commonplace.

In the past, the shiny variation of a Pokémon was never available until that Pokémon was featured for the event. You couldn’t get a shiny Turtwig before Turtwig Community Day, for example. This changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, however, when Pokémon GO started featuring older Pokémon in the events.

Older Pokémon like Magikarp, Gastly, and now Machop that already had available shiny versions in the game are now getting featured on Community Days. Players who had these shiny Pokémon are upset because they won’t be nearly as rare or valuable after the event.

Not everyone agrees, of course, there are plenty of people who are more than happy to get their hands on shiny Pokémon during these events. Especially since you can send these shinies to Pokémon Home and into Pokémon Sword and Shield now.

Do you think that Community Day events devalue shiny Pokémon? Or do you enjoy the opportunity to get your hands on easy shinies? Let us know below in the comments!

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