So my idea is, to implement an item that notifies us when there is an event of any sort upcoming or underway, either is a catching event, a PvP event, or even swarms and phenos!
(I'm not good at naming things, so just for the sake of easy reading let's call the item a Poketch for now on, since it's a familiar name)
The players can adjust the Poketch to notify them of an event 60min/30min/10min before it starts. It will show a notification in the corner of their screen and go "beep beep!", which they can turn off by simply opening their Poketch tab (which is key item, and can be set on the shortcut tab for easier usage) and pressing the red button.
The Poketch can also notify players of an ongoing swarm or pheno around the world! While i am aware of the TV announcements for when there's a swarm underway (except in Unova, which should be fixed in this update if this idea ever flies), i think that can still be improved!
So, if you own a Poketch, regardless of which region you find yourself in, it will notify you of a swarm the moment it starts. It won't just tell you where to go though! Here's how the notification would play out:
"Breaking News to all trainers out there! Something fascinating is happening in {region}! Don't believe it? Turn on your TVs and see for yourselves!"
And then you check a TV in that region and you see the usual swarm message, telling you exactly where to go!
As for the phenomena, once again, you don't need to be in Unova to be notified. The moment it starts, you receive the following notification:
"Hello, everyone! This is Bianca, from Nuvema Town. I was walking by {location} when i saw a funny-looking {patch of rustling grass/shadow on the floor/dust cloud in the air/water whirlpool}, so i got closer to have a better look, and you won't believe what i found! Come check it out!"
Some more info:
β’ All notifications on the Poketch can be turned on and off at will, so if you don't care about swarms, or phenos, or events, you can turn off notifications for each them whenever you please.
β’ You can mute the beeping sounds the Poketch does if you don't like that.
β’ This feature would make it easier to know if there's enough time to check out an ongoing swarm/pheno, since now we can now know when it started.
β’ This could very well be a gift shop item if sold at a reasonable price. I think people would be interested in buying it, long as it isn't too overpriced.