With its official release window of 'February 2020', the launch of Pokémon Home can only be days away - obviously. If you're hoping to learn more about it before it arrives, you might want to check out these new little slices of info shared by Japanese media over the weekend.
Interestingly, some outlets have listed the app as launching in 'February', while others state 'Mid-February', suggesting that it may be coming sooner rather than later. It's been said that Pokémon Home offers 200 storage boxes with a Premium Subscription and you'll be able to easily transfer Pokémon by dragging and dropping them; you'll also be able to search through your boxes using a number of filters.
Serebii has shared a round-up of some of the specific functions of the new service:
- Eggs cannot be placed in Pokémon HOME.
- Pokémon from Let's Go Pikachu and Let's Go Eevee only gain their data such as abilities when transferred into Sword & Shield.
- The GTS will allow you to see from where the Pokémon originates. If it has been put in from Bank, Let's Go or Sword/Shield.
- The mobile version lets you see the 3D Models, rotate them and so forth
- The National Pokédex is separated by region so you can look at all Pokémon at once, or get a list of all Kanto Pokémon, Johto Pokémon etc.
Serebii also notes that, according to 4Gamer, players who have multiple user accounts on the same Switch console will be able to access different Pokémon Home save files with just one copy of the app. Details on this aren't 100% clear, however, so we're hoping to hear more on this as time progresses.
If an exact release date does get announced, we'll make sure to let you know as soon as we hear about it. Maybe it'll shadow drop over the next few days?
[source serebii.net]
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Already added eshop funds for the home app, I hope it releases this week. Really want to do a all shiny single type playthrough of sword but I need home for that first.
Edit been shiny breeding in shield the entirety of last week and gained 4 shinies through that. Also got my first competetive viable mon with my shiny runerigus.
The app is already a lot cleaner than Bank is.
Looks awesome and good value too.
PokEAmon!
How about just adding some extra storage boxes to Sword/Shield? It would have cost them (and the players) nothing, but they wouldn't be able to rationalise monetising that now, would they?
Another one of my mates was also so put off by the DLC and the general downward trajectory of the franchise (and after reeling back so many lapsed fans with Sword/Shield!) that he too contemplated selling his dual pack and wants to get rid of his Zacian/Zamazenta Switch Lite as well.
TPCi should hope that destroying the goodwill of their long-time fans is worth it, because once the novelty wears off, the casual/milkable fans will gravitate to the next "in" thing. Home should have been included as part of NSO, but seeing as 15 million paying customers have subscribed to NSO (whereby most online functionality in the past was free) who can blame Nintendo et al. for pulling stunts like this? And here we were thinking that Bank was a rip-off, but this is something else!
I’m gonna jump from 9 shinys to maybe over 200 🤩
Edit: It’s me from the future. This is all gonna end in tears. 😭
"Serebii also notes that, according to 4Gamer, players who have multiple user accounts on the same Switch console will be able to access different Pokémon Home save files with just one copy of the app. Details on this aren't 100% clear, however, so we're hoping to hear more on this as time progress."
So a single annual payment can provide a Home premium subscription for up to 8 profiles on Switch?
If true, then that would actually be a good deal.
Does this mean I can transfer Pokémon between user accounts on the same switch?
I was really hoping Pokemon Home was gonna also be an actual game and not just a storage app. I wanted something akin to Pokemon ranch back on the Wii. But as it stands now, I really don't feel any need to get this service.
@darkswabber I applaud you as I'm still on the journey of obtaining the shiny charm. I'm nearly there at just region exclusives left.
@Reigestugatensho my first 3 shinies back in december where actually without the charm and where on accident. I was breeding sobble for friends and at egg 7 I got a shiny, than grookey at egg 16 and than I decided to breed a shiny scorbunny too which I got at egg 87.
I'm really hoping that Pokemon from Let's Go and Pokemon Go can be "re-caught" in Sw/Sh thus making them legal to use in VGC. I've got a ton of shiny Pokemon I'd love to use!
Problem created, solution sold.
@Silly_G,
Their long term fans are not that many people as sad as that sounds, they just have to either accept the games are made for a different demographic and have fun with them, or move on to a game that suits their needs more.
@johnvboy yes I recommend battlefield one on pc. Absolutely amazing game.
I CAN KEEP THEM THERE FOREVER
Looks like Game Watch, which initially said 'mid-February', have issued a correction saying 'during February' was correct.
So might've just been a typo, unfortunately.
4Gamer's page does say it can access save data of any account on the Switch, which is great to hear.
And huh, didn't know the Switch ver is lacking most of Home's features like trading/GTS, that seems like a weird decision.
I still can't figure out the free version limit on '30' pokemon. Can I only transfer 30 from Bank at a time? Can I only have 30 in Home total? Can I only manage 30 per box? All I care about is storage, so this is the only important question to me and they suck horrendously at communication
@sandman89,
I can never understand why people just do not move on if a game is no longer for them, it can't be good for them getting upset about it.
@Mando44646
It's 30 total.
The paid plan has space for 6000, which is 200 boxes of 30, so the free plan is probably just 1 box of 30.
Besides Hulu, this will be my second, and only other “subscription” I’ll be getting. Is it bad I’d rather spend money on saving digital Pokémon than having massive libraries of music and movies or cool apps? I say no! I think not!
@bluesun right. But I'm not willing to pay over twice the cost of Bank for the same usage. I don't care about any of the other BS the paid version comes with. I just want storage and don't want to be ripped off
Thinking they'll drop this following a Direct
@johnvboy yeah I suppose. I guess it’s just disappointing when it’s something you loved as a kid but now it’s rubbish. Pokémon has always been hit and miss for me
@johnvboy I'm not gonna disagree with your point that getting overly upset or worked up over a game. Not healthy.
It is understandable that people are attached to a certain franchise or brand and when there seems to change that doesn't really make sense or didn't necessarily need to be made to appeal to a certain group, then I can see the value in having constructive criticism and wanting clarity from the creators.
@johnvboy
Oh, don't worry. All Temtem has to do is releasing on Switch.
@sandman89,
Do you think these people would be o.k with these games if they were younger?.
@johnvboy probably yes and certainly if never played this type of game before
@sandman89,
It is tough but they either have to move on, or embrace the games for what they are, I have lots of fun with them and can't wait for the DLC.
@Primarina,
I think with all the extra Pokemon contained in the DLC packs there will be more than enough, so I may not bother with Home, but at around £1.19 per month it's pretty cheap so I will probably get it.
@sadman89
second worst Battlefield ever.
Really wish I could transfer Items too, but I doubt they'll allow that, because.
@darkswabber 0_0 Kudos to you then! I've been multi-breeding Riolus for trading and still no shiny...
@Reigestugatensho I wish you luck.
I currently have the 3 starters, galarian zigzagoon, falinks, unovan yamask, runerigus and litwick and I’m currently breeding vanillite.
I’m breeding blind cuz I like to be suprised by the colours.
I just want to know if we have to keep paying for Bank in order to keep pulling Pokémon from old games into Home. If so, that is going to suck for those of us that replay the old games and want to migrate them up. I can see myself posing Heart Gold and bringing my team into Sword and Shield (or future games).
@Reigestugatensho
You should check Reddit. There are different trade codes used for trading just those rare Pokémon that’s how I completed mine.
@Fandabidozi Thank you for letting me know. I'll be trying that very soon!
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