Pokemon Home Should Offer More to Fans After Pokemon Bank Closes

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Pokemon's slogan has always been «gotta catch 'em all,» encouraging players to collect every single one of the series' curious creatures. As the series grew, so did the number of Pokemon, to the extent many fans consider having a completed Pokedex an impossible task. Even still, fans kept collecting and catching, and that led to the demand for a place where players could store every monster they've caught.

The latest way for fans to store and transfer the monsters across games has been through Pokemon Bank for the 3DS titles, and Pokemon Home as the hub for recent games including Sword and Shield and Pokemon GO. However, Pokemon Bank is now set to close sometime in 2023, which means many players will be using it to get their favorite creatures into the current generation before that chance is gone forever. Pokemon Home currently doesn't have the features to handle transferring monsters on its own.

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Nintendo announced that sometime in March 2023, the Nintendo 3DS eShop will be shut down alongside the Wii U storefront. This means when it closes, Pokemon Bank will no longer be available to download. The Pokemon Company announced afterward that the Pokemon Cloud service would become free to use, provided fans download the application before the eShop shutters.

While the quick announcement to put fans at ease was nice, The Pokemon Company didn't clarify how long the service would continue after the eShop's closure. There's a chance it may remain open for as long as the Nintendo 3DS's Wi-Fi services run, but there's no concrete evidence. Even as Pokemon Bank can be used at no cost after the shutdown, there's no telling on how long