Pokémon Go players have been able to predict the schedule for Community Day Events over the last two years, but lately Niantic seems to be shaping to shake things up for the new year.
For starters, it was recently announced that the pseudo-legendary Dragon-type Gible - who many players expected to be featured in February's 2020 Community Day event - received its shiny version in December out of nowhere - which, barring Pikachu (the first Community Day) would be a first.
Now Niantic has caused even more confusion surrounding 2020's Community Day events with an announement stating that trainers in different hemispheres would be playing at different times. Also, the announcement states that instead of the usual Saturday - January 2020's Community Day event time is being on a Sunday, which has left certain fans upset.
What also seems to be an unpopular decision amongst the community was the decision to split the time between Hemispheres - as the 3-6 time slot is desired by trainers in both times.
Niantic released the following statement today regarding the state of Community Day events in 2020. Each Hemisphere will have their event in a respective time, as you can see in the release below.
Trainers,
Thank you for sharing your feedback when it comes to Pokémon GO Community Day hours and how it impacts different regions. The safety and wellbeing of our Trainers is of the upmost importance, so moving forward we plan on testing Community Day hours that are based on the hemisphere that you reside in.
For January Community Day, the event times are as follows:
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Northern Hemisphere—Sunday, January 19, 2020, from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in your local time zone
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Southern Hemisphere—Sunday, January 19, 2020, from 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in your local time zone
Please note that countries located on the equator line will be impacted by the split by hemisphere. We ask Trainers plan accordingly if they are impacted due to their location.
We look forward to your continued feedback and support of Community Day as we continue to experiment with times that work for all Trainers to participate in the fun. Thank you and see you in 2020!
—The Pokémon GO Team
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