This is a PROFOUNDLY disappointing DISCOVERY!
NO MORE RAINBOWS????🌈
I am SO BUMMED & SO DISAPPOINTED that Xerneas CAN NO LONGER show in AR+ Mode BOTH FORMS.
🌈 WHY NO MORE RAINBOW ACTIVE FORM???
I JUST got THE SHINY FORM which was SO HIGHLY ANTICIPATED!
I knew people who used the SHINY DITTO in RAIDS JUST TO SEE what the XERNEAS SHINY FORM LOOKED LIKE in RAIDS!
@NianticHelp @NianticLabs @PokemonGoApp
— 任思麒 Kandice Z. ☮️✌🏽🕊 (@BlackUniGryphon) October 14, 2022
R U aware that #Xerneas mechanic in #AR+ that allows THE ACTIVE FORM to show WHEM SET AS A #BuddyPokemon stopped working? I shot several video clips in Spring 2021 no problems. But its NOT WORKING NOW. Google & Samsung apps BOTH #PokemonGo pic.twitter.com/Dqr18ET8wD
And JUST so u guys CANNOT GASLIGHT ME, like:
Oh! You must've REMEMBERED WRONG!
Or:
Maybe it's THE MANDELA EFFECT!
Like, I SWEAR for YEARS you could ACTUALLY SEE your Lucky Pokemon's Golden Aura when you set it as your Buddy Pokemon BUT I DIDN'T save any Screen captures.
WELL, I HAVE PROOF!
I have EVIDENCE!
So, let's QUALIFY THIS:
Back when Xerneas was somewhat NEW to Pokemon Go, if YOU SET Xerneas AS YOUR BUDDY POKEMON you could view it in ONE FORM in AR+ Mode (And I used iPhone, Samsung App, AND The Goggle App. ALL OF THEM)
So, in 2021, I WENT OUT OF MY WAY from April to May, several times FOR HOURS (and I was anemic/low blood iron suffering from fatigue, plus there was a deadly pandemic variant out there, while also doing remote raids in the after noons). I would go outside, on the sunny days which were lots back in 2021, which tends to be unusual in New England in Spring which usually has rain galore.
I went to outside WITH MY SHINY NEW EXPENSIVE LENSES, and my NEW SMARTPHONE, and I would shoot a mixture of B-Roll on my CANON 70D with my 135mm SIGMA f1.8 (an Art Lens/Prime Lens) AND my new CINE Rokinon lens (a manual focus cinema prime lens). Both lenses were sort of a gift. The SIGMA was a gift from my little brother, and the Rokinon was kind of a gift as well, since my Credit Card company gave me a huge CASH REWARD from Black Friday 2020, and the online shop I purchased the lens from gave me a MASSIVE DISCOUNT SALE, so it was just about FREE for me. I don't even think I even paid shipping costs. Like, THAT WAS A GOOD MOVE ON MY PART.
So, I was simultaneously shooting B-Roll on my CANON 70D, on several days with 2 lenses, and ALSO on my Smartphone. I shot in different locations, and in the afternoon-evening. My personal favorite lighting conditions TENDED to by around 7PM-ish give or take, depending on whether it was April or May since the Sunset is a different angel each day as we move in Earth's Orbit from Equinox closer to Solstice, and this can ALSO alter THE GOLDEN WARM COLORS EACH MIN and EACH DAY, as well as HOW MUCH HUMIDITY there is. I was also interested in DIFFERENT Breeds of Sakura/Cherry Blossoms.
That whole shooting schedule was EXHAUSTING because I have intermittent anemia, and the doctors all bicker about whether or not I am anemic, because sometimes my iron levels test normal. I'm also getting older, and I'm in my 40s now.
So, I would either go back & forth from shooting on my smartphone, or my DSLR. Or, both at the same time. (If u check my Xerneas & Sawsbuck Videos from SPRING u CAN SEE MY CAMERA W A HUGE LENS in many of the shots)
Lets just say, that since the Spring of 2021 my footage AND PHOTOGRAPHY efforts ACTUALLY DID PAY OFF.
Here's My Portfolio of the Award Winning Photos from those Photo Sets.
And HERE'S my Official Listing for Film Festivals on FilmeFreeway where they WON THE AWARDS.
And here's My Portfolio of ALL of my Sakura Cherry Blossoms Relaxation Videos
Also, here's My Sakura Gallery of The Photos I Shot on my DSLR on 500PX
So, I'm NOT just some kook!
I HAVE A FUNCTIONING BRAIN.
Also, the video footage I shot has been my most popular content on my Relaxation Content Brand Channel "Oppressed By Purple".
If u THINK (conclusion jump) that JUST because I shot stuff also on my smartphone, that somehow makes me NOT a filmmaker, or that I don't understand technology, which has often times been the case when I point out issues in Pokemon Go, I feel I MUST point out THAT I AM AN AWARD WINNING FILMMAKER and AN ARTIST, and I also do VFX & Animation. That's not something a moron does, since it takes time, patience, practice, and tenacity to stick to it.
I shot SO MUCH B-Roll footage, as well as photos of Xerneas IN BOTH FORMS on ALL of those shooting days, and on MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
I ALSO HAVE PROOF.
SO YOU CANNOT GASLIGHT ME, like I must've somehow mis-remembered it.
This is My Portfolio of Xerneas in Spring time in BOTH FORMS in AR+
I put SO MUCH WORK INTO THIS.
YOU CAN EVEN CHECK THE DATES!
Here's the DIRECT VIDEOS which YOU CAN SEE:
In case u were wondering WHY they all look somewhat differently was a number of frustrating reasons at the times when I made the videos. At 1st, when I would Edit the video clips on my Phone I used Adobe Premiere Rush, which worked GREAT AT 1st, but whenever it would update, or Samsung Galaxy would update, I would run into rendering issues, or editing issues.
I also had TERRIBLE Internet, and since Verizon refused to update infrastructure to the 2020s modern day capacity the app data wouldn't always sync to my desktop because the internet was stuck in 2005. (except my internet worked better back then, actually)
Also, YouTube would ONLY allow me to have 10 min videos in 2020-eraly 2021 for some reason, but eventually I was allowed to upload longer videos.
It used to be that if I uploaded Pokemon Go videos I'd suddenly get a lot of views, but that's NOT ALWAYS THE CASE lately, but on Twitter, my Pokemon Go Content (of ANY KIND) is pretty popular.
Here's ALSO my Tumblr AR+ Photo Posts:
* Xerneas in Neutral 2-Tone Blue Form
* Xerneas in Rainbow Active Form
So, THIS PROVES that the ACTIVE 🌈RAINBOW FORM DID EXIST in Pokemon Go.
I DO NOT KNOW WHY it was SHUT OFF.
I DID Tweet at Niantic about it, BUT I have NOT HEARD BACK YET.
I was HOPING to get a beautiful Autumn NEW ENGLAND set of AR+ Photos & Footage, because we get colors up here we never got where I grew up in NJ, PA, and DE. Down there, it's mostly YELLOW, a lil bit of orange, n browns. But, up here in New England we get colors I NEVER EVEN BELIEVED WERE REAL! Pink, Purple, Magenta, Fuchsia, Burgundy, All kinds or REDS & Oranges, even even MULTICOLORED LEAVES.
I ALSO was planning on shooting a DEMO TUTORIAL because even back when YOU COULD see the RAINBOW ACTIVE FORM in AR+, many people DIDN'T UNDERSTAND HOW TO DO IT.
