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笔辞办é尘辞苍 Home now compatible with 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus, Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl

The cloud-based 笔辞办é尘辞苍 storage system will be updated today

a girl standing in tall grass throwing a Poké Ball in 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus Image: Game Freak/Nintendo, The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company
Nicole Carpenter is a senior reporter specializing in investigative features about labor issues in the game industry, as well as the business and culture of games.

笔辞办é尘辞苍 Home will finally be compatible with 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus, as well as 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Brilliant Diamond and 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Shining Pearl, in an update to be released on Tuesday. The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company announced the long-awaited update via a news release on Thursday, May 12, and later confirmed the update would be applied on Tuesday, May 17.

笔辞办é尘辞苍 Home will go down for maintenance today, May 17, at 8 p.m. EDT, while the 2.0 update is applied.

笔辞办é尘辞苍 players have been eagerly waiting for information on 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Home; Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl were released in November 2021, followed by Legends: Arceus in January 2022, but the cloud-based storage and trading system remained incompatible with all those games for some time.

a graph showing how pokemon can be transferred using pokemon home
Confused on transfers? This should help.
Image: The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company/Nintendo

“For example, you will be able to take a Pikachu that you caught in 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Sword or 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Shield into 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus, 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Brilliant Diamond, or 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Shining Pearl,” The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company wrote. “Please note that transferring 笔辞办é尘辞苍 to a game they were not originally caught in may cause certain changes to known moves, level, and what type of Poké Ball they were caught in.”

a graph showing how pokemon can be transferred using pokemon home
Confused on transfers? This should help.
Image: The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company/Nintendo

That means that 笔辞办é尘辞苍 moves could change when transferred into Home and then onto other games. The details here are vague, but 笔辞办é尘辞苍 experts over at Serebii are quickly figuring out details from pre-release, Japanese versions of the app: Despite the moves not transferring, they’ll stay “connected” to to 笔辞办é尘辞苍, meaning that if they’re returned to the game they were caught in, they’ll retain original moves — regardless of whether they learned anything in their trip into another game, according to Serebii.

You’ll also notice that 笔辞办é尘辞苍 transferred from Legends: Arceus will appear in new Poké Balls when transferred. Poké Balls as we know them today didn’t exist in that game, so anything transferred to or from Legends: Arceus will appear in a green Strange Ball.

As part of the update, The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company is adding Pokédex from each of the games alongside the National Pokédex.

Lastly, The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company is awarding 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Home users with free 笔辞办é尘辞苍: Turtwig, Chimchar, Piplup, Rowlet, Cyndaquil, and Oshawott. Here’s how to get them, straight from the company:

When you deposit a 笔辞办é尘辞苍 from 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Brilliant Diamond or 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Shining Pearl to the Nintendo Switch version of 笔辞办é尘辞苍 HOME, you will receive Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup with Hidden Abilities as Mystery Gifts in the mobile device version of 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Home.

If you deposit a 笔辞办é尘辞苍 from 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Legends: Arceus into the Nintendo Switch version of 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Home, you will receive Rowlet, Cyndaquil, and Oshawott with maximum effort levels as Mystery Gifts in the mobile device version of 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Home.

The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Home app was released in 2020, replacing the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Bank app used for the Nintendo 3DS 笔辞办é尘辞苍 games. 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Bank creatures can be transferred to 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Home, but not the other way around.

Update (May 17): This article, originally published on May 12, has been edited to include the release date and time for the new update on May 17.

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