It’s been announced that the next community day to hit Pokémon GO will be the Unova Fire starter Tepig. The Tepig line isn’t very well-liked among starters due to the fiery swine being the third Fire/Fighting starter three generations in a row, but every pig gets its day in the mobile ARG.
June's Community Day in Pokémon GO was the Dragon/Ground Pokémon Gible. Gible is normally an very rare Pokémon to obtain in the game, but the June 6 community day allowed players to obtain Gible that knew the move Earth Power with ease. As with all Community Days - also making super-rare Shiny Gible widely available. Starter Pokémon also tend to be rarer encounters in the mainline games as well as Pokémon GO. With the more starters from each generation dropping into Niantic's mobile game over time, the harder it has become to catch them all.
As announced by Niantic, July 2021’s Community Day will star Tepig on July 3 from 11 AM to 5 PM local time. The special move that Tepig will know when caught on that day is Blast Burn, and there will also be a purchasable special research task and Community Day box, per usual. Lure modules and Incenses will also last up to three hours, and Stardust earned from catching Pokémon will be multiplied by three.
This is the second Unova starter Pokémon to receive a community day after Snivy. All of the starter Pokémon pre-Gen V have received community days dedicated after them, and their special moves are always Frenzy Plant, Blast Burn, and Hydro Cannon (according to their corresponding type), with the exception of October 2020's Charmander Community Day. As the pattern continues, it follows that Oshawott will eventually have a Community Day dedicated to it some months down the line.
This community day comes at a contentious point in Pokémon GO’s lifespan, as there is controversy with the game rolling back more of the changes introduced from the pandemic. Tensions are still high from fans who disapprove of the new changes, but this event could still bring fans together through the game regardless. At the end of the day, these events do manage to bring together fans for the singular goal of catching a certain Pokémon, similar to the game’s first peak in 2016. On July 3, that goal in Pokémon GO will be the second of the Unova starters, Tepig.
Source: Pokémon GO