It was recently announced thatPokemon GOplayers would be able to transfer their Pokemon over to their Switch consoles withPokemon Home. Some players weren’t happy with the news that there would be a paywall for those who want to do this. However, this paywall doesn’t have to use currency from the real world.
Thanks to information provided by Serebii.com on Twitter, more information on thePokemon GOtoPokemon Hometransfers has been revealed. This information clears up that transferring multiple Pokemon will cause a cooldown that can be skipped via paying PokeCoins inPokemon GO.
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By transferring toPokemon Home, players can bring Pokemon that joined them on their mobile adventures to the Galar Region. The only restriction is that the Pokemon needs to beavailable in the Galar Pokedex.
The information provided by Serebii doesn’t clarify how long this cooldown will take, or how many PokeCoins it will take to skip the cooldown. Players will have to wait until this update comes to bothPokemon GOandPokemon Homelater this year. To unlock the majority ofPokemon Home’s features, however, players need to pay the price of a premium subscription to the service.
Players can technically alreadytransfer Pokemon fromPokemon GOtoPokemon Homewith certain limitations and extra steps. This method requires players to ownPokemon Let’s Go, PikachuorPokemon Let’s Go, Eevee. Players can only transfer Kanto Pokemon and their regional variants with this method.
By transferring Pokemon fromPokemon GOtoPokemon Let’s Go, PikachuorPokemon Let’s Go, Eevee, players can then transfer these Pokemon toPokemon Home. This method doesn’t have cooldowns at this time, but it is unknown if this method will change when this new update forPokemon GOandPokemon Homecomes around.
The future update that allows directtransfers betweenPokemon GOandPokemon Homewill be coming later this year. While PokeCoins are available for purchase with real money inPokemon GO, there are multiple in-game ways to obtain PokeCoins for free. Those who don’t want to worry about cooldowns between transfers should load up on coins before the update comes.
Pokemon GOis available now in select regions on Android and iOS devices.
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