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Pokémon HOME: 5 new service features revealed

February 10, 2020
Pokémon HOME: 5 new service features revealed
Written by: Chris Watson
February 10, 2020
Updated on February 10, 2020
Lead Game DeveloperChris Watson
Chris Watson is a gaming expert and writer. He has loved video games since childhood and has been writing about them for over 15 years. Chris has worked for major gaming magazines where he reviewed new games and wrote strategy guides. He started his own gaming website to share insider tips and in-depth commentary about his favorite games. When he's not gaming or writing, Chris enjoys travel and hiking. His passion is helping other gamers master new games.
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The platform will arrive in mid-February for Nintendo Switch; later in 2020 it will do the same on iOS and Android mobile devices.

Pokémon HOME is just around the corner and now we have learned about its features. The application, which will be available this February on Nintendo Switch and later on iOS and Android mobile devices, will complete and expand the experience of Pokémon Sword / Shield as well as other titles in the saga to be the center of operations for exchange, backup in the cloud and information of the current universe.

During these last days, different Japanese media have tried the service in the Nintendo hybrid console to offer their impressions. Of all the known material, it is worth highlighting a total of five aspects that we did not know until now about Pokémon HOME.

  • We cannot store eggs in Pokémon HOME: only hatched creatures.
  • The Pokémon of Pokémon Let’s Go Pikachu / Eevee (2018, NSW) will receive skills (or other data not existing in those editions) when transferred to Sword and Shield; not when they land on Pokémon HOME.
  • The GTS (Global Trade Station) will allow you to see the origin of the Pokémon: if it comes from the Pokémon Bank, Let’s Go, Sword and Shield…
  • The mobile version of Pokémon HOME will allow us to see the models of the Pokémon in 3D, rotate them and move the three-dimensional modeling as if it were a diorama
  • The National Pokédex is separated by region; in this way, it will be possible to consult all the Pokémon stored as a whole or filter them through lists of regions: Kanto, Johto, Hoenn …

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    In this article we review in detail what will be free and what will be paid in Pokémon HOME due to doubts raised following the presentation of the service this past January. Notably, the return of the National Pokédex, Judge function, Group exchanges, GTS, tournament information and most used Pokémon … Not everything will be free; There will be several subscription plans.

    2020 in Pokémon Sword and Shield: Expansion Pass and more

    Pokémon Sword and Shield are now on sale exclusively for Nintendo Switch. In just a month and a half they have managed to sell more than 16.06 million units, a rhythm above that of any other installment of the saga since Pokémon Gold and Silver (1999). The experience in Galar will be extended from this month of June with the first part of the Expansion Pass; The second part will arrive in November.

    We remind you that during this month of February (until March 8) the Dinamax Raid of Toxtricity Gigamax will be available in Pokémon Sword and that next February 27, the international day of Pokémon, a new unique Pokémon will be revealed for this eighth generation .

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    Chris Watson is a gaming expert and writer. He has loved video games since childhood and has been writing about them for over 15 years. Chris has worked for major gaming magazines where he reviewed new games and wrote strategy guides. He started his own gaming website to share insider tips and in-depth commentary about his favorite games. When he's not gaming or writing, Chris enjoys travel and hiking. His passion is helping other gamers master new games.
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