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Pokémon Bank’s Shutdown Will Affect More Than Just Trading
Kotaku • • technology
Key Points:
- The Pokémon Company has announced the end of support for Pokémon Bank, the cross-generation storage system linking games from the GBA era to the Switch 2.
- This decision impacts long-time fans by disabling features that relied on cross-generation trading, such as the Alola Photo Club in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, which required Pokémon from older games to unlock special photo backgrounds.
- The Ribbon system, which tracks achievements across multiple games and regions, will be limited as many Ribbons will no longer transfer beyond a smaller set of titles.
- In-game Titles earned through achievements will also become inaccessible in older games without Pokémon Bank support.
- The move marks the end of a nostalgic connectivity feature that allowed players to carry their Pokémon journeys across multiple generations, affecting both gameplay and completionist elements.
