Pokémon Home was the program that took over from the Nintendo 3DS Pokémon Bank. To date, this “Pokémon cloud PC” had not offered compatibility with the latest games in the series. In an update that will arrive in a few days, not only will we be able to move our Pokémon from one Nintendo Switch game to another, but we will also be able to use this service as a kind of time machine to bring Pokémon from the past to the present. past .
What happens in Hisui does not stay in Hisui: compatibility with Pokémon Home arrives
With the release of Pokémon Legends: Arceus , much was said about whether the new creatures that appeared in that title could be transferred to the new Pokémon games . The history of said title is set in the past, and some Pokémon like Ursaluna or Kleavor appear in the adventure, but they are creatures that are extinct today.
Game Freak put a lot of effort into Hisui’s special forms, so we all really hoped that all those Pokémon wouldn’t be forgotten and could somehow find their way into other games through Pokémon Home . In a recent press release, the company announced that Pokémon Home is preparing to add support for Pokémon Legends: Arceus , Pokémon Shining Diamond , and Pokémon Shining Pearl .
To date, Pokémon Home only supported Pokémon Sword and Shield , the two versions of Pokémon Let’s Go , Pokémon GO , and Pokémon Bank . Therefore, Pokémon games released between the end of 2021 and the beginning of 2022 will be compatible with the Pokémon cloud within a few days.
The Pokémon will undergo some changes during the “time travel”
If you’ve ever used Pokémon Home, you’ll know that you can’t use just any Pokémon in every game. There are creatures that cannot be transferred to games like Sword and Shield because they have not been added to the Pokédex of those games. The limitation will still exist, although that will not prevent you from being able to move most Pokémon from one game to another.
There will also be a series of changes that are as follows:
The ‘Strange Balls’ arrive
In Hisui, our character dedicated himself to capturing creatures left and right with very rudimentary PokéBalls. When transferring one of those Pokémon to Brilliant Diamond and Shiny Pearl , they will appear captured by a ‘Strange Ball ‘ – we do not yet know the Spanish translation, although we do not rule out that time travel is a Stephen Strange thing—. However, in Pokémon Home, we will still see the original ball with which the specimen was captured.
Connectivity between games
Something similar will happen with attacks. At Hisui we had a fairly limited number of moves. Many of them were brand new. When removing these Pokémon from Arceus’s party, these attacks will be replaced by others . Returning them to the original game will restore those moves.
The first will receive a welcome gift
The new version of Pokémon Home opens with a gift for the first to use the platform by connecting their games. By depositing a Pokémon that comes from Legends Arceus into the Home, we will receive a Rowlet , a Cyndaquil , and an Oshawott with maximum Effort levels as a Mystery Gift in the mobile version of Pokémon Home.
Something similar will happen if we connect our games from the 4th generation remakes Players who do so will also receive Turtwig , Chimchar and Piplup with hidden abilities as Mystery Gift in the smartphone app.
