In the run-up to Pokémon Go's Community Day on May 19, players are worried that the persistent Bounsweet bug won't be fixed in time. If it isn't, there will be a lot of failed catches and frustrated fans.
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For those who don’t know, Bounsweet has had an issue for a while now where if you throw a Pokéball perfectly in the middle to try and get an Excellent throw, instead of hitting the Pokémon, it will completely miss the target and land on the ground instead. As you can imagine, this bug isn’t great for those trying to take advantage of specific event bonuses, like the increased XP amount per catch.
You can still get excellent throws with Bounsweet if you throw the Pokéball at a specific sweet spot, but it feels too difficult because of the bug. Bounsweet isn’t the only Pokémon affected by this issue, but since it’s the main star of Community Day on May 19th when its Shiny form makes its debut, Trainers won’t be happy if most of their catches are botched due to something outside of their control.
Fans are desperately hoping the issue is fixed in time for Community Day, as "they [Niantic] did it [for] Rhyhorn." As one trainer on Reddit noted, "In the early days, Rhyhorn would spawn very far from the camera, and even hitting it was a bit of a challenge for inexperienced players. As of Community Day, it was moved to the much closer position we see today."