The GTS is back as well
Game Freak and Nintendo havefinallyrolled the curtain back on Pokemon Home: the new transfer app due next month.
The plan is to still launch it next month, and when it arrives, it’ll also sport a mobile edition as well as the Switch app. Support for the pair ofLet’s GoSwitch games is re-confirmed, but once you move a creature fromLet’s GointoSwordandShieldproper, it cannot go back. Trades can also happen on mobile devices through Wonder Box trades, the GTS (the classic feature that wasn’t inSwordandShieldby default), Room Trading and Friend Trading.
Here’s what Game Freak has to say about the National Pokedex: “Pokemon will be registered to the National Pokedex when users deposit them in the Boxes in Pokemon Home. If users deposit a Pokemon that can Mega Evolve or Gigantamax, then these forms will also be registered. In the National Pokedex, Trainers will be able to see Pokedex entries from various games in one place. With the mobile device version of Pokemon Home, users will also be able to search by Pokemon’s abilities or moves.”
And that’s mostly it! you may get mystery gifts through the mobile app, you can use the judge functionality to check the power level of your Pokemon and you can play with stickers and other little extras in the app.Pokemon Gosupport is planned for a later date.
It all sounds pretty cute except for that not-so-easily-digestible and greedy price point. They’re literally charging roughly the same price as a yearly Switch Online subscription for this.
