Overview
- The Pokémon Company announced Thursday that Pokémon Bank will end service on February 25, 2027 at 7:00 p.m. Pacific Time and that after that moment transfers from Bank to Pokémon HOME will no longer work.
- Players who still have Pokémon stored in Bank must move them into Pokémon HOME before the shutdown because Bank cannot be re-downloaded for new users and transfers will be permanently blocked afterward.
- Pokémon HOME will receive an October 2026 update that adds one-way linking for the Switch ports of FireRed and LeafGreen, increases Premium storage from 6,000 to 9,000 Pokémon, and gifts a Celebi to players who complete those games' Pokédexes.
- The closure severs the long-standing transfer chain that used Pokémon Bank and Poké Transporter to move Pokémon from Game Boy Advance, DS, and 3DS-era titles into current Switch-era games, leaving many older Pokémon unable to reach modern releases by official means.
- For players this means a practical deadline to retrieve competitive, rare, or sentimental Pokémon and a likely increase in community use of unofficial workarounds or renewed calls for further official transfer solutions as the franchise moves forward.