Pokémon Bank is Shutting Down

TheJeffers

Pokémon Bank will be shutting down in February 2027. This will mean that all transfers to Home from gen 7 and before will be cut off. You will need to make any transfers before then.

UnovanZorua

That sucks an indescribably, unbelievably large amount. I miss when transferring Pokémon was an in-game feature and not a paid subscription.

Lonestar85

My thinking is that they might be upgrading the system or changing to an entirely new one. It's not like the National Dex has been in their thoughts since Gen 8 so 🤷🙅. Besides, it's a relic of the 3DS era and must be swept away to quote Governor Tarkin.

sir_uledge

Tbf Nintendo and Pokemon can't keep maintaining older systems forever

Candy0_o

This feels like that one joke from Avatar

"Its so dark down here." - Sokka

"Oh no! What a nightmare!" - Toph

This doesnt really effect me too much but I still feel empathy for people who use it

Evolve8eon

I thought it shut down years ago

Squeaky16

There really needs to be an alternative that doesn't require a server. There should've been one in the first place. I've been wanting to get a ribbon master for a while, and now there just isn't enough time left for me to do that. And this problem is entirely of TPCi's own making.

MonstaDash

Well that isn't good how are we supposed to transfer our pre-switch Pokemon. This breaks the chain.

MonstaDash

Plus how are we supposed to transfer between 3DS games if you don't have more than one system.

MonstaDash

This just causes a lot of problems for those who want to do it legit only.

clasingla

this was why I was hoping the SKG initiative would have some success in the US