Looks like there's something big coming.
http://pokemongohub.net/pokemon-budd...em-data-mined/
"Pokemon Buddy System is using the same server side distance calculation as the one used for Pokemon Eggs
- Walking your Pokemon Buddy will award you with candy. The amount of
- candy is yet to be determined.
- You can walk the same Pokemon Buddy multiple times, but there is likely a daily limit for obtained candy
- You can walk with only one Buddy Pokemon at a time
- There are various looks of Buddy Pokemon
- Medium size
- Big size
- Flying next to you
- Rests on your shoulder"
Looks like getting enough candy to evolve a rare Pokémon is about to get easier.
(What would the "Free-the-Mudokons-GO" equivalent be? Riding Elum?)