Questions tagged [pokemon-home]

A cloud service for Nintendo Switch, iOS and Android. It allows two-way transfer to and from Pokémon: Let's Go Pikachu/Eevee! and Pokémon Sword and Shield, one-way transfer from Pokémon Bank, and trading between other Pokémon Home accounts on mobile devices.

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Pokemon Home Box Sorting

I am having issues with keeping my Pokemon in a certain order when using Pokemon Home on the Switch. Each time I transfer Pokemon across from SWSH/SV/BDSP to Pokemon Home, Pokemon Home will re-order ...
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Are non-transferrable Pokemon stuck in Pokemon Home?

I had an almost full (missing some event mons) Pokedex in USUM. I recently purchased a Switch and Pokemon Shield and moved all of my mons to Pokemon Home. Of course, I afterward discovered that many ...
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Trading Arceus Into Pokemon Home / Newer Games?

According to multiple sources online, Arceus was (briefly) officially made available, though only via Nintendo events in North America (because America is the only country in the world that plays ...
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In Let’s go Pikachu can I move my mew to a new game? [duplicate]

I want to make a new game on Let’s Go that only has Psychic Pokémon in my party. I already got my mew out from the pokeball plus though. Is it possible to put mew into Pokémon home, make a new game of ...
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Selected Pokémon has not been obtained in this save file & cannot be withdrawn?

After having transferred a Mew and a Mewtwo to Pokémon Home from Pokemon Go, I tried then transferring them to my Sword boxes: But I got the error message: The selected Pokémon brought over from ...
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Can I import Pokémon from my Let's Go team into Pokémon Home without the original game?

I recently discovered the existence of Pokémon Home, which (among other features) allows to migrate Pokémon from Let's Go Eevee/Pikachu to Sword/Shield. Therefore, via this app, I have been able to ...
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Whats so special about the pikachu you get in pokemon home?

I got pokemon home for the first time and i wanted to test it out. I saw a pikachu with a japanese nickname already put into one of the slots when i checked the home's box. It's not shiny or anything, ...
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Pokemon Home Wonder Box Update

Is there a way to update the Pokemon Home wonder box Pokemon without restarting the iPhone app? They only seem to get traded when the app restarts. I've tried withdrawing a Pokemon to get it to ...
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Which shiny variants can a Pokémon transferred from Pokémon Home have?

In Pokémon Sword/Shield, there are two variants of shiny forms which have different types of sparkles: Square Sparkles Star Sparkles Yesterday, I received a shiny Pokémon in Pokémon Home through the ...
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How close must my friends be in order to trade in Pokémon Home?

A friend of mine and I recently attempted to do a friend trade in Pokémon Home from remote locations. To our disappointment, we discovered that in order to do a friend trade, you must be within close ...
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Is there any reward for completing the Kanto and Galar research tasks?

In the Switch version of Pokemon Home, there are a few "Research Tasks" in the Pokedex section of the application, which you can complete by transferring certain Pokemon to Home from the Switch games. ...
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Can Pokémon Home be used to transfer the Mew into a new game of Let's Go?

When Pokémon Let's Go! Pikachu/Eevee was released, a special edition included the Pokéball controller. This controller contained a Mew, which could be transferred to the game. Once the Mew was ...
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What happens to Awakening Values after transferring Pokémon into Home?

Pokémon Let’s Go has Awakening Values (AVs), which was this games version of Effort Values (EVs). AVs worked similar in nature to EVs, but worked differently as to how to obtain them and had different ...
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What happens to my 5970 Pokemon after I stop paying?

Pokemon Home is out, and the free version allows me to store 30 Pokemon in it. With Pokemon Bank currently free, I was thinking of storing my Bank Pokemon into Home. To do that I need to subscribe to ...
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Can I bulk store multiple pokemon from Sw/Sh to Pokemon Home at once

Can I select multiple pokemon to transfer to Pokemon Home? Can I select whole boxes? Can I select all pokemon from a game?
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Can I use Pokemon Home to sort my boxes permanently

Can I use Pokemon Home to permamently sort my boxes in Sw/Sh, Let's Go Pickachu / Eevee? I saw an option to get a sort of all joined boxes, but it is not persistent.
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