Can I access Pokémon Bank?

Downloading Pokémon Bank is fairly easy, you just need to navigate to the Pokémon Bank page on the 3DS eShop and hit “Proceed to Download” and then “Free Download” to start your download of Pokémon Bank, ensuring you'll be able to access it after March 27th, 2023.

Can you still access Pokémon Bank?

Paid passes will be discontinued, but users will still be able to access some features—including transferring their Pokémon to Pokémon HOME. Article updated March 7, 2023.

Can you access Pokémon Bank without a 3DS?

Connecting Pokémon Bank with Pokémon HOME

Even if you don't have a Nintendo 3DS, it is still possible to move Pokémon from Pokémon Bank to Pokémon HOME using only Pokémon HOME if the Nintendo Account tied to Pokémon HOME and the Nintendo Network ID tied to Pokémon Bank are linked.

How do you access Pokémon from Pokémon Bank?

Can I transfer Pokémon to Pokémon Bank?

If you are enrolled in a Premium Plan (paid), you'll be able to move Pokémon from Nintendo 3DS Pokémon titles to Pokémon HOME using Pokémon Bank. Once a Pokémon from Pokémon Bank is moved into Pokémon HOME, it cannot be moved back to Pokémon Bank.

Pokemon Bank is FREE to use! | Transfer from Bank to Home (Gen 5 to Gen 8/9)

Is Poké Transporter still available?

Click on the “Download Poké Transporter” button and you'll be given the option to leave Pokémon Bank and be taken to the Poké Transporter eShop page. From here you can download your copy of Poké Transporter, making sure you have access to it even after the 3DS eShop closes down on March 27th, 2023.

How long will Pokémon Bank be supported?

While Pokémon Bank is still available for download from the eShop till March 2023, the app will vanish for good for those who have yet to download it after the date hits.

Is Pokémon Bank linked to Nintendo Account?

Select Move Pokémon. Select No Nintendo 3DS. Select Continue to make sure that the Nintendo Network ID used for Pokémon Bank is linked to the Nintendo Account that you are using with Pokémon HOME. Once you've confirmed that the NNID is correct, select Begin to move all of your Pokémon from Pokémon Bank to Pokémon HOME.

Can you recover Pokémon from Pokémon Bank?

If your Pokemon Bank pass expires, you have a certain amount of time in which to withdraw any Pokemon you currently have stored. Unfortunately, after this period elapses, those Pokemon are lost, and we unfortunately do not have any way to restore them, even if you purchase a new pass.

Can you use Pokémon Bank to complete Pokedex?

When you load the Pokédex up with the game loaded into Bank, it will register the game and the Pokémon of the game into the Pokédex. This means that you don't need to include all the Pokémon into your Bank in order to fill your Pokédex, merely fill your Pokédex in the game and continue it across.

Is Pokémon Bank still not free?

However, you'll need to be enrolled in a paid Pokémon HOME Premium Plan to do so. In late March 2023, Pokémon Bank's paid passes will no longer be offered for purchase, at which time Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter will no longer be available to download.

Will Pokémon Bank become free?

Firstly, Pokemon Bank will officially become free-to-use on March 28th 2023. After this date, all 3DS owners who downloaded the app will be able to use it and the associated app Poke Transporter for free, allowing them to transfer Pokemon from their DS games to 3DS games, and subsequently to Pokemon HOME.

Can you use Pokémon Bank on your phone?

Link your Pokémon Bank with Pokémon Home

Once you're finished with the transfer, you'll need to link your Pokémon Bank account on 3DS to your phone, Nintendo Switch, or whichever device you have the Home app installed on. I used the Home app on my Android phone, but this process is similar on the Switch.

How do I access my old Pokemon Bank account?

Why can't i use Pokemon Bank?

However, you'll need to be enrolled in a paid Pokémon HOME Premium Plan to do so. In late March 2023, Pokémon Bank's paid passes will no longer be offered for purchase, at which time Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter will no longer be available to download.

What Pokémon are not allowed in Bank?

If the Bag is full, the item will disappear. Eggs, Cosplay Pikachu, Black Kyurem, White Kyurem, Dusk Mane Necrozma, Dawn Wings Necrozma, and certain Totem-sized Pokémon introduced in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon (specifically Togedemaru, Araquanid, Ribombee, and Alolan Marowak) cannot be deposited in Pokémon Bank.

Is it too late to use Pokémon Bank?

First, players will need to make sure they download Pokemon Bank onto their Nintendo 3DS before March 27, 2023.

Is Pokémon Bank ending?

With no end date for the service currently planned, players still using Pokémon Bank will be able to hold onto their collections even long after the 3DS eShop ends its services.

Do you lose your Pokémon if Pokémon HOME expires?

Fret not. If your home subscription lapses, your Pokémon will remain unharmed. You'll just lose custody of a number of them. Non-premium Pokémon Home subscribers are only allowed to access a single box of 30 Pokémon.

How do I transfer old Pokémon to Pokémon Bank?

Open the Poké Transporter app, and use it to transfer all of the Pokémon in the first box over to the Pokémon Bank's transfer box. Head to the Pokémon Bank app now, and transfer those Pokémon in the transfer box to the other Pokémon Bank boxes of your choice.

How do I transfer all my Pokémon Bank?

Pokemon HOME will search for a Pokemon Bank account under the same Nintendo Account name, and if it finds one, will transfer over all of your Pokemon Bank Pokemon at once. If you have your 3DS, open Pokemon Bank after updating it via the eShop, then choose Move Pokemon to Pokemon Home.

Is the 3DS eShop closing Pokémon?

The Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems and the Wii U system will no longer be available as of March 27, 2023. Once the shop closes, you won't be able to purchase digital games (including a variety of past Pokémon titles) for those systems.

How long does Pokemon bank stay locked?

Most often it is due to a connection drop while you were doing your transfer/request. The server will reject you for about 10 minutes and then you can try again, but if you have a lot of connection drops, it will happen again.

Can I still add funds to my 3DS?

As of August 29, 2022, it is no longer possible to use a Nintendo eShop Card to add funds to an account in Nintendo eShop on Wii U or the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.

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