5 Reasons Pokémon Go Is Still Huge In 2020

5. Community Days And Worldwide Events

Not many games, regardless of genre, have been able to transfer players from inside homes to outdoors. Pokémon GO has a unique advantage in that the majority of your time playing it will be outside exploring, but nothing has come close to what it has done to keep the community involved.

Every month there is a Community Day based around a certain Pokémon which spawns more regularly. This is accompanied by Spotlight Hours, which follow a similar theme, but for one hour each, which encourages players to meet and work together.

However, the big game-changer is real life events such as Pokémon GO Fest. While not possible this year due to the pandemic, Niantic has held events in cities across the world bringing people from every corner of the globe together in real life.

This summer the event was held remotely with special tasks that players could participate in from wherever they lived. Expect in the coming years more of these events that bring thousands of players together on a huge scale. No other series has really attempted it but they have been hugely successful and it will only get bigger each year.