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Get your Ash-Greninja in 笔辞办é尘辞苍 before the 3DS eShop closes

There is only one way to get the Ash-Greninja with Battle Bond

Ash-Greninja poses in front of art of the Alola region Graphic: Julia Lee/Polygon | Source images: Game Freak/Nintendo, The 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Company
Julia Lee (she/her) is a guides producer, writing guides for games like The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom and Genshin Impact. She helped launch the Rift Herald in 2016.

Ash-Greninja, also known as Battle Bond Greninja, is a special event 笔辞办é尘辞苍 that you can only get one of through an event distribution. This distribution occurs through the demo version of 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Sun and Moon.

Note that if you do not download the programs we list out below before the Nintendo 3DS eShop closes on March 27, 2023, you will not be able to get Ash-Greninja anymore.

To do this, you’ll need to at least download the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Sun and 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Moon Special Demo Version. You’ll also need a copy of either 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Sun or Moon, whether it’s a physical or downloaded copy. If you plan on moving the Greninja to later generation games, you will also need 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Bank.

If you have all this stuff, you’re set. You can procrastinate on getting the actual Greninja once you have the demo downloaded, but we recommend just getting it all out of the way. We list the steps to actually get the Ash-Greninja below.


How to get and transfer Ash-Greninja

  1. Launch the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 demo. You’ll be given the Greninja right away to play through the demo with.
  2. Finish the demo. This requires you to beat the Team Skull grunts, head up to Ten Carat Hill, complete the dragon-type trial, and defeat Plumeria in battle.
  3. After completing the demo, talk to Professor Kukui, who is now hanging out in the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Center. Tell him you want to send the Greninja to the full game. You may need to restart the game after it saves in order for Kukui to appear in the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Center.
  4. Claim your Ash-Greninja from a mystery gift attendant, who will be standing by the Nurse Joy in a 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Center in whichever game you sent the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 to.

If you are trying to get Ash-Greninja in a later generation game, you will need to use 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Bank to transfer it from 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Sun and Moon.

Note that Greninja is not available to transfer to 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Sword and Shield. It will be transferrable at some point to 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Scarlet and Violet, once full 笔辞办é尘辞苍 Home integration is added.


What’s different about Ash-Greninja?

Ash-Greninja is a direct reference to the 笔辞办é尘辞苍 anime, and this demo is the only way to get it. Notably, the Ash-Greninja has the ability Battle Bond, which boosts its stats and transforms it into an Ash-like form after you knock out a 笔辞办é尘辞苍 with it.

It gets a sweet little animation and physical form change when Battle Bond is activated in generation seven 笔辞办é尘辞苍 games, but based on datamines, there is no data for the physical appearance of Ash-Greninja in generation nine games. It will, however, still get a stat boost.

Ash-Greninja cannot breed either, so there’s no making more of them.

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