You have fewer than 200 days to migrate all your old Pokémon from Pokémon Bank to Pokémon Home, or they're gone forever
Today, The Pokémon Company announced that it's shutting down Pokémon Bank, the Pokémon storage app was that was originally released for the Nintendo 3DS back in 2013.
Today, The Pokémon Company announced that it's shutting down Pokémon Bank, the Pokémon storage app was that was originally released for the Nintendo 3DS back in 2013.
The short version
- The service goes offline on 26th February, 2027, so you've still got plenty of time to access your old pals and begin migrating them into your new games, if you've got the time and energy.
- Handy for competitive players and those diligent shiny hunters that make up a large portion of the community, the software was celebrated as a handy method of moving 'mon between generations.
- Even though Nintendo has announced the service will close early next year, it's been inaccessible to many players for a while now: Nintendo shut down the 3DS' online store back in 2023 , delisting Pokémon Bank along with it.
What happened
But Nintendo and The Pokémon Company kept support alive for Pokémon Bank ever since (staying online even when online play ceased on the 3DS a year later). Fear not, however: if you want a central nexus for all your Pokémon that is also compatible with Switch games (and Switch ports, like FireRed and LeafGreen ), you can use 2020's Pokémon Home.
Why it matters
We have a complete guide on how to migrate Pokémon from Bank to Home , if you need it.
Summary by Nerd News Network. Read the full article at Eurogamer via the links above and below.