{"id":814357,"date":"2026-08-15T10:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T10:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/814357\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T10:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T10:10:08","slug":"large-scale-pokemon-eviction-looms-with-pokemon-bank-server-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/814357\/","title":{"rendered":"Large-Scale Pok\u00e9mon Eviction Looms With Pok\u00e9mon Bank Server Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the Nintendo 3DS handheld console saw most its online services including the online store (eShop) taken offline not too long ago, it was only a matter of time before the demise of even the remaining paid services, such as the Pok\u00e9mon Bank which Nintendo has now announced will be shutting down<\/a> on February 25 of 2027.<\/p>\n

The ability to transfer the digital pocket monsters, or Pok\u00e9mon, between physical systems has been a staple of the series since the early Gameboy days when a link cable would be all you needed to trade and catch\u2019em\u2019all, as they say in the trade. Naturally over time this Cloud-based aspect wormed its way into this series as well, starting with the 3DS<\/a> and this continuing on the Nintendo Switch in the form of the Pok\u00e9mon HOME app.<\/p>\n

With this paid service an avid Pok\u00e9mon fan could collect up to 3,000 of these digital critters, move them between various Pok\u00e9mon games and generally allow players to keep the same Pok\u00e9mon with them across games. As noted by [Kevdog Plays] in an informative video<\/a> on what to do before the shutdown, the service is free during these final months.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s interesting is that certain Pok\u00e9mon can only be obtained from 3DS Pok\u00e9mon games, which means that without either an alternative to this transfer mechanism or these games becoming available on newer Nintendo consoles, there will forever be that gaping hole in one\u2019s Pokedex. Naturally this raises the usual questions about software archiving<\/a> and preservation when an online service is required for the full game experience.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the Nintendo 3DS handheld console saw most its online services including the online store (eShop) taken offline…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":814358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-814357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=814357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/814357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/814358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=814357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=814357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=814357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}