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[Blademaster]

So...

What exactly IS this bank thing?

[Master Rudy]

So...

What exactly IS this bank thing?

^ While the image fits I think I need something else considering what type of website this is.....



^ That'll do.....

In all seriousness here you go Blade:

Pokémon Bank

It's an online storage system that gets tied to your Nintendo Network ID. Up to 3,000 Pokémon can be stored allowing you to easily move and transfer boxes between multiple copies of X/Y. First month is free if you download and activate it before March 14th before it goes to a $5/year annual fee (extreme chump change when you consider what a typical MMO player, XBL Gold and PS+ members pay in a year). Essentially the storage/transferring is fairly similar to Pokémon Stadium on the N64.

Granted that in itself is a nice enough feature if you tend to restart the games frequently to get starters, multiple legendary Pokémon or go back to get other Pokémon that become locked behind a one time choice (such as Lee/Chan from the dojo in RBY). The main draw however is that the bank also comes with a separate transporter app that is compatible with the Gen 5 games (B/W, B2/W2). This will allow a one way transfer from Gen 5 to the bank for later transport to Gen 6. In other words while it will no doubt be time consuming if you happen to have working copies of the GBA games floating around along with an original DS or DS Lite you could transfer to Gen 4, move them to Gen 5 and then transport to the bank for use in Gen 6.

Apparently this is planned to be Nintendo's method of transfer moving forward so that later game/system generations don't render the older games and work put into them obsolete. In other words it's entirely possible that the Mudkip you got from Ruby in 2003 could potentially follow you to another game/system several years down the road.

[Drago]

In other words it's entirely possible that the Mudkip you got from Ruby in 2003 could potentially follow you to another game/system several years down the road.

"はじめまして! わたし は FREAKO です。 どうぞよろしく おねがいします!"

Ten year old Sceptile says 'Hi'.