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As Nintendo fans mourn the inevitable death of the Wii U and 3DS, many presume that Pokémon Bank will exist among the causalities when the eShop for the 3DS shuts downwardly. However, The Pokémon Company revealed that Pokémon Bank will remain available after 3DS eShop closes in March 2023, and it volition become free after that date. The Pokémon Bank still needs to be downloaded before the eShop's shutdown, so it is notwithstanding best to download information technology sooner rather than later.

Pokémon Bank is a service that stores Pokémon that players have collected in the various Pokémon games. For case, you can store your Rowlet from Pokémon Moon in the Bank, and it volition stay there with all the stats in had in the game you captured it in. Players tin besides transfer their Pokémon from one game to another. Pokémon Bank is a paid service that costs $iv.99 a year, and Pokémon Home for the Nintendo Switch succeeded it.

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Players still needed Pokémon Banking company to store and transfer their Pokémon from the 3DS titles. If Bank closes, there will be no way to store or transfer all those Pokémon. Games that would exist afflicted are Pokémon Sun, Pokémon Moon, Pokémon Ten, Pokémon Y, Pokémon Omega Ruby, and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire.

Players can transfer their Pokémon from Bank and onto Dwelling with the paid Premium Program for Home. If players still want their Pokémon from their 3DS games on them, they ameliorate download Banking company, store them, and transfer them into Home.