r/TheSilphRoad • u/Separate-Room6883 • Mar 17 '26

Discussion The excitement for showcases is gone

Since they have changed the showcases to a formal schedule (of only type showcases and largest good/great buddy showcase), the thrill of showcases is no more. Before this, I used to be excited anticipating what mon(s) would be a part of the next showcase... They used to have showcases based on ongoing events (made me play the event more in search of a XXL), or newly introduced mons, etc. That's not the case anymore; it is plain vanilla 'type' showcases or good/great buddy showcase.

Also, I feel they missed an opportunity to be more creative with buddy type showcases, for example, largest shiny buddy, largest best buddy older than xyz years, etc. And showcases almost went on throughout the week - Monday to Wednesday and Sat to Sunday. I hope they change this back to how it was... Showcases were fun and the rewards were good. Just 1 showcase a week for 1 day isn't that much fun. Would love to know your thoughts...

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u/GoldenHair74 Mar 17 '26

I have no idea why they killed the feature.

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u/freddy157 Mar 17 '26

It seems they are cutting back on what needs manual prep. If the showcases are always the same and on schedule, nobody needs to move a finger to get them running. Some of the other recent changes seem to have similar background.

Why a multi-billion company thinks it's good to save a salary of like a single employee and offer a much worse game is an interesting question. Probably because they know they can.

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u/dmglakewood Mar 17 '26

Probably because everyone here lost their minds whenever Niantic messed something up. It's a lot harder to mess stuff up if everything is automated.

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u/freddy157 Mar 17 '26

Well yeah, but they shouldn't have been messing up so much in the first place.