How convenient that this doesn't mention you would still need to pay for Premium Home to actually transfer them over
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Pokémon HOME details announced: free and paid subscription, Switch and mobile app, GTS is back
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How convenient that this doesn't mention you would still need to pay for Premium Home to actually transfer them over
"You can move your Pokemon from your 5$/y storage to the 16$/y storage for free!!, Take advantage of this unique opportunity now!"
Who wouldn't celebrate when you can profit from $16 instead of $5.
So Bank is needed for all the 3DS games including the Red/Gold etc releases? If so, I gotta cram a LOT of Pokemoning in the next few weeks
Yep, through Bank you can transfer from
Generation 1 (VC)
Generation 2 (VC)
Generation 5 (and by extension Generations 3 & 4)
Generation 6
Generation 7
Do you not need NSO for battling and trading online with the base game?
Yes, just like you do for every single other online release on the Nintendo Switch
Yes you need NSO to do that. But as said, not for Home and you can also trade within Home
Then I take it the statement " Plus NSO, playing Pokemon online is expensive" is right. You need the $20 a year NSO to battle online. If all you have is HOME then you don't get to battle others in this Monster collection and battling game.
True, but for the full experience it is pricey, it's a shame they couldn't strike a deal with Nintendo, to have a discount for NSO members.
Can you trade with friends in Pokemon home without a sub?
considering that the NSO subscription does not include cloud saving, yes, it's 36$ a year to fully experience modern pokemon's online features. home is basically the substitute for cloud saving and only 30 pokemon for the free tier doesn't cut it imo.
The storage limit in Sw&Sh is 850 pokemon, right? I saw this number over some random google search, dunno if it's true.
If it is, I will definitely need a subscription of the Home. Fine by me though, I was just wondering if I could just transfer everything to Sword.
If it is, I will definitely need a subscription of the Home. Fine by me though, I was just wondering if I could just transfer everything to Sword.
Are we able to organise some friend safari or Sun/Moon Plaza action with the renewed interest in the Bank-generations?
I never understood the connectivity for the latter.
I never understood the connectivity for the latter.
if f2p games can get away with it, i don't care what excuse they have, tpc has plenty of leverage to allow trading on the same damn platform
it's 960
Not really. Now HOME is beyond Nintendo platforms it can be platform agnostic andcontinue going forward unlike Bank. Many people need the storage and want to transfer Pokémon from past games
Yes
And from Let's Go to HOME and back too
And from GO to HOME
Just not from Bank to HOME
Heck I'd argue the amount you can do for free could be part of the higher cost; subsidising costs for the server for free players
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With the 30 Pokemon limit in the free plan the amount of users sticking with the free plan and not paying jack shit is gonna be miniscule compared to the active subs, so much so that it is ridiculous to even suggest the 3x mark up is because they have to cover the traffic of said free plan users. Just admit it already that they got greedy and stop defending every penny counting scrooge move from TPCi, all you have done for me at least is lose my total respect.
Get it. That's very nice then!
I was reluctant about the higher price and the requirement of having both versions to have access of all functions, but at least they managed to 'avoid' the NSO requirement.
I do agree it's higher than it should be. It should be $10 really at most.
However, as someone who deals with servers, I 100% get the pricing, especially as there's far more to it than just storage.
You would need the gen 5 games to get them on Pokemon Bank.
So XY(2) then?
It would be HeartGold->XY->Bank->Home<->Sword(Maybe), right?
Basically you need to transfer from HeartGold to Black/White/Black 2/White 2. This requires you to have 2 DS or 3DS consoles
Then you use Poké Transporter to put up to Bank
Then you go from Bank to HOME
I'll have to find a cartridge of White/Black then. I already have a DSi and a N3DS, so that's the only thing.
Pokemon makes me sad.
I mean, good for GameFreak managing to make (Pokemon) bank with games that would be torn to shreds if they didn't have the pokemon branding and nostalgia.
But as someone who actually cares about the games as media/art, rather than the wallets of the makers, the franchise is objectively awful.
It has so much potential, such a strong premise, amazing mythos all wrapped up in (as you say) the design sensibility and polish of an AA PS2 game. When Nintendo is pushing out Mario Odyssey, Breath of the Wild, Smash Ultimate etc why do fans accept such mediocrity and conservatism in Pokemon?
You should go check out low end PS2 games and then come back to us
Honestly, a lot of PS2 games have more content, less graphical jank and execute on their core mechanics far better than Sword and Shield.
You know, with Game Freak taking the year off to focus on DLC, I'm starting to see these games as a stepping stone towards a much more cohesive release schedule. I can see their pain a little bit. They needed a new mainline game, and taking an off year wasn't really an option until they had expansions they could use to tide fans over.
Pokemon as an annual series never made sense, off years were always a thing, and fans have been begging for one for years now. Expansions are definitely a middle ground that is more than acceptable and allows for the base games to be relevant throughout the entire gen than being sidelined by remakes or 3rd versions.
The expansion pass isn't really any different from how they usually do it outside of it being cheaper than the normal third version.
Whenever GF takes a year off people start to complain and go crazy.
Seems like a vocal minority thing, isn't the purpose of spinoffs supposed to appease fans during those year offs?
People were losing their minds during the gap between ORAS and SM and most fans don't even play or care about the spinoffs.
They have a new director. That means that Masuda and Ohmori are free to work on their own games, which is a huge difference.
I used to believe this. But Pokémon's sales momentum after its rapid release cycle is undeniable. The sales started to stagnate between Gens 3 and 5, and I think the 4 year generation cycle was the culprit.
I hate 3 year generations, but the momentum the series has right now is insane.
All of the third versions and remakes have different directors while Masuda previously and now Ohmori move onto the next generation.