Pokémon Bank Shut Down Marks the End of 24 Years of Support

Tucked away at the bottom of Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version Link with Pokémon Home This October, The Pokémon Company and Game Freak has announced the end of Pokémon Bank: Pokémon Bank, a Nintendo 3DS application that lets players deposit or withdraw Pokémon they have befriended in Pokémon titles on that system from online Boxes, will be ending service on Thursday, February 25, 2027, at 7:00 p.m. PST.​ As a result, transferring Pokémon from Pokémon Bank to Pokémon Home will also no longer be possible. If you have Pokémon stored in Pokémon Bank that you wish to carry over, please move them to Pokémon Home prior to Pokémon Bank’s end of service. Please note Pokémon Bank is not currently available for download. I guess I have a deadline now for all that trading I want to do from Chapter Select Season 6. For those unfamiliar with Pokémon Bank, it was a service on the 3DS that allowed you to store and move around Pokémon caught on the 3DS. This would be replaced as…