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Bank
Service
Cloud region
Pokemon Bank
Nintendo 3DS · Released 2013
Pokemon Bank is a subscription cloud-storage service for the 3DS games. It exchanges Pokemon two-way with Generations VI and VII, receives Generation V and Virtual Console Pokemon through Poke Transporter, and can send everything onward (one-way) into Pokemon HOME.
Did you know?
Pokemon Bank holds up to 3,000 Pokemon across 100 boxes - and a companion app, Poke Transporter, feeds it from older games.
Sends to
XY
Two-way
via Pokemon Bank Deposit
ORAS
Two-way
via Pokemon Bank Deposit
SM
Two-way
via Pokemon Bank Deposit
USUM
Two-way
via Pokemon Bank Deposit
HOME
One-way
via Move to HOME
Permanent: once in HOME, a Pokemon can never return to Bank or the 3DS games
Receives from
BW
One-way
via Poke Transporter
Pokemon are pulled from Box 1 only
One-way: cannot return to the Gen V game
B2W2
One-way
via Poke Transporter
Pokemon are pulled from Box 1 only
One-way into Bank
VC RBY
One-way
via Poke Transporter
One-way into Bank
This is the only way a Gen I species reaches the modern games
VC GSC
One-way
via Poke Transporter
One-way into Bank