Do I need to pay for Pokémon Bank and home?

You need a separate subscription for both Pokemon Home and Pokemon Bank. You may already have Pokemon Bank, but in case you don't, to download it you have to pay a $4.99 annual (1 year) subscription fee (in the U.S.A.).

Do I need to pay for Pokemon Bank and home?

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.

Do you still need to pay for Pokemon Bank?

Will Pokemon Bank still cost money? No, players will not have to pay for a Pokemon Bank subscription after the eShop shuts down on March 27. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest updates on Esports, Gaming and more. Currently, it costs $4.99 annually to use Pokemon Bank to store and transfer Pokemon.

What happens if you don't pay for Pokemon 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.

How to use Pokemon Bank without subscription?

As long as you download Pokémon Bank before the end of March 2023, you should then be able to use the whole service for free (no payments required) when the 3DS eShop closes its doors. Pokémon Bank started out in 2014 and was replaced by the paid service Pokémon Home on the Nintendo Switch in 2020.

How to Transfer Pokemon from Bank to Pokemon HOME

Can you use Pokemon HOME without a subscription?

Please note that a Nintendo Switch Online membership is not required to use Pokémon HOME.

How much does it cost to use Pokemon Bank?

Pokémon Bank is an application and paid service with an annual fee of US $4.99 (CA $7.09) that will allow you to deposit, store, and manage up to 3,000 of your Pokémon in private Boxes on the Internet!

Will I lose my 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.

Will Pokémon Bank deleted my Pokémon?

If you run out of membership, and do not take your Pokémon out of your Bank, they will be sweeped (deleted) out of the server and will disappear forever. Nintendo advises the players to purchase a new membership "as quickly as possible".

Why does Pokémon Bank cost money?

Servers are expensive. Pokémon Bank requires quite a bit of storage to store several million Pokémon. There is likely a team of people they need to pay to keep the servers running, and to repair the servers if one of them fails so Pokémon are not lost, which would be pretty devastating for several users.

What's the difference between Pokémon HOME and Pokémon Bank?

Pokemon Bank is an app on the Nintendo 3DS that allows you to store/transfer pokemon from old games that are compatible with 3DS. Pokemon Home is an app on Nintendo Switch and Smart phone to store/transfer pokemon from newer games and old games via Pokemon Bank.

Does Pokémon HOME still cost money?

There are three different payment options for Pokemon Home's premium plan: One month - $3. Three months - $5. 12 months - $16.

What happens to my Pokémon if I stop paying for Pokémon HOME?

If you deposit more than 30 Pokémon in Pokémon HOME while you have the Premium Plan and your plan then changes to the no-cost Basic Plan, then only the 30 most recently deposited or traded Pokémon will be in your Basic Box. The Pokémon will remain in Pokémon HOME for a certain period of time.

Can I transfer Pokémon from bank to home for free?

To transfer Pokemon from Pokemon Bank to Pokemon HOME, you will need to use the Nintendo Switch version of Pokemon HOME and purchase a Pokemon HOME Premium Plan.

What Pokémon Cannot be transferred to Pokemon 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.

What will replace Pokemon bank?

Pokémon Bank is an older system used for the Nintendo 3DS, and has been replaced by Pokémon HOME on the Nintendo Switch. Pokémon HOME is being used moving forward, allowing players to swap out Pokémon across Nintendo Switch Pokémon games and store any Pokémon they want to keep.

Can you put illegal Pokémon in Pokemon bank?

As you may or may not know, Pokémon Bank has logic to determine whether or not a Pokémon is legal or not. What this is meant to do is to see if a Pokémon could be obtained as it is, or if it must've been hacked in. If it isn't legal, transfer into Poké Bank isn't allowed.

Will my Pokémon stay in a gym forever?

A Pokemon will stay in a gym until its “motivation" hits “0” - or until it is knocked out by a trainer of a different team. If you find an unpopular gym (with no nearby trainers), and drop the right defender into it, your defender may stay indefinitely, with regular feeding of golden berries.

Can you only store 30 Pokémon in Pokémon HOME?

A regular Pokemon HOME account can store up to 30 Pokemon and only has one Basic Box. Furthermore, players won't be able to place more than three Pokemon in the Wonder Box, which is used to trade Pokemon worldwide.

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.

Why pay for Pokémon HOME?

Purchasing a 'Premium' Home subscription allows you to do the following: Transfer Pokémon from Pokémon Bank to Pokémon Home. Deposit and store up to 6,000 Pokémon. Have up to 10 Pokémon up for trade in your Wonder Box at a time.

Can you take back a Pokémon from Pokémon HOME?

No. Pokémon transferred from Pokémon GO to Pokémon HOME cannot be sent back to Pokémon GO.

Can you bring Pokémon back from Pokémon HOME?

Pokémon that have been sent to Pokémon HOME cannot return to Pokémon GO, so make sure to double-check the list of Pokémon you're sending before confirming. The Pokémon you transfer from Pokémon GO will not be automatically placed in your Pokémon Boxes in Pokémon HOME.