HOW EASILY CAN YOU TRANSFER POKEMON FROM EVERY GENERATION TO POKEMON HOME/SWORD/SHIELD/?

What's happening guys? My name is Jon and welcome back to yet another video since Game Freak of the third

generation

and the Pokémon company have tried many methods to make it possible to

transfer

Pokémon from each

generation

to the newer games. The newly released Pokemon Home is available on Nintendo Switch and mobile devices. What does it take to

transfer

all your old favorites? Today we will find out how

easily

you can transfer Pokémon from each generation to Sword and Shield now if you are a long time Subscriber to this channel you would know that I actually made a video about this back in 2017.

Considering this was possibly the first video I actually helped me get started on YouTube, I thought I should come back and check it out. Now that my content can be seen a little, when I say that we will see each generation, I mean that if there is a game where you can transfer Pokémon, I will find a way to enter Pokémon Home considering that there is a mobile application for this service of cloud storage. I imagine this will probably be the last video I make about this, but I also said that about Pokémon Bank, so I'll let you know in another six years when they release Pokémon Vault for the Nintendo Switch too, like the other videos, we'll do this as if we only have the original games and just for entertainment purposes we will keep a total of how much it would cost to get

every

thing to make If this happens I will look at the average eBay sold listings but please note that prices will fluctuate over time due to supply and demand.

I'll have a link in the description with all the purchase amounts if you're curious. where I got these numbers from as always if you're new to the channel make sure to like the video and subscribe to stay up to date with all my uploads and with that out of the way let's jump right in to start our big journey let's take a look look at the timeline that started all of generation 1. Pokémon red, blue, and yellow combine to be one of the easiest games to transfer Pokémon to and also one of the hardest to transfer Pokémon to.

With the release of the GameBoy Advanced console or, more importantly, Ruby and Sapphire, the biggest problem the Pokemon company had was finding compatibility between the original GameBoy and then its new handheld because the two consoles do not have the same technology. to connect with each other and especially since Pokémon would have been literally the only reason for Nintendo to include that feature. The Pokémon company's hands were tied to do anything to make it possible. Could they have created a game or a store kiosk to make Pokémon transfers possible? Probably, but there were definitely too many factors to make this accessible and convenient for

every

one who wants to use them.

The transfer split from Generation 2 to Generation 3 is actually the main reason Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen exist in the first place, so at least we have those games in the pipeline, although you can totally trade Pokémon Kanto from those games. Gamefreak decided to do us all a favor and catered to the series' older fans in 2016. Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow were released on the 3ds eShop via their Virtual Console. program, this system allowed you to not only play the original games on any of the 3ds systems, but you can also

easily

transfer them to the newer games, which we will talk about later, although this concept is very useful and all that is left is that small group of people who want to bring the original Game Boy Pokémon up to

sword

and

shield

and technically there is a way, so as I mentioned before, obviously there is no way for the original Gameboy and Game Boy Vance to connect to each other, but if If you have the right tools, it's completely possible, but it's definitely a questionable way to do it.

This item here is called the Game Boy cartridge flasher. This is a feature used by small developers and consumers that allows you to put games on your own Game Boy cartridges. Being completely honest, most people who buy them use them to make those weird Game Boy 201 cartridges, but if you can get your hands on some blank cartridges, you could basically create your own games to play on the original consoles while this information is clean. and the whole main draw of this is that you can read and write the flash from the cartridges, allowing you to essentially save a copy of the game's save file to your computer.

This is actually very clever because from generations 1 and 2 they save the files. They were tied to the battery, you can easily backup them and replace them if the battery runs out at some point. The next step is definitely the most questionable part of this, as you will need to have a 3ds hack in order to install them on your system. If you put that save file on your SD card, you could technically replace your Virtual Console game save file and then transfer it over to boot, but there are some pretty obvious reasons why I wouldn't necessarily recommend doing that, but if you're interested ​​in doing so, it is on the Internet.

I will say, though, that I highly recommend getting one of those cartridge flashes to back up your saves and if you're interested, I've included a link in the description if you'd like. See for yourself With all of this in mind, this means that even the Pokémon you can get in spin-off series games like Pokémon Stadium and Stadium 2 are technically transferable if you have all the right equipment, as you'd probably expect from Pokémon Gold Silver and Crystal. they have the same issues as gen 1, but they also have virtual console releases so it's not as big of a problem.

Now let's move on to generation 3. Since generation 3 was released, the Pokémon company has basically committed to making all games compatible for porting. Pokémon or at least bring them to an easily accessible platform as I mentioned at the beginning of the video. Let's do this as if we currently only have one copy of a generation 3 game and Pokémon Sword and Shield. This is obviously the worst case scenario and most people would definitely have more than two games, but I think it's pretty interesting to see how far you'd have to go to do the full ride for this video, we're going to use one of My old copies of Pokémon Leaf Green that I played as a kid, although at some points we're going to have to transfer more than one Pokémon at a time, the main goal is to get one of my prized mysterious meows fully up.

To Pokémon Sword and Shield, this is probably the oldest and perhaps the rarest event Pokémon I have, so I thought it would be cool to take it on an adventure through all of Pokémon's regions now that we've selected our partner for the event. challenge. Let's jump right into that, so the third generation contains five main games that represent the base of the mountain in transfer

pokemon

ruby ​​sapphire emerald fire red and leaf green, aside from emerald, most of these games are tied for the cheapest game that you can get group as you can buy them for around 30 dollars if you combine this with the Game Boy Advance that you will need to play it will come out around 60 for both of us which is already a pretty decent amount of change considering we haven't done absolutely nothing so far, although these are 99 the source where gen 3 Pokémon are ported from.

There are actually a couple more games available through the science series games. If you want to have some really dark

pokemon

at

home

you can transfer pokemon from colosseum a wii, since it would be a little cheaper than buying a gamecube. If you want access to all the games available, I also didn't include the price of the Pokémon box in the grand total because the US versions sell for around 300, so keep that in mind at the end of the video now that we've covered. In this entire section let's talk about generation 4. Pokémon Diamond Pearl and Platinum were the first mainline Nintendo DS games and this will be the real beginning of our painful journey, as expected since we are on a new console.

You will need to get one and at least one of these games. Fortunately, consoles are relatively cheap now, but if you feel like it you can spend 2,600 like this person did. I'd really love to know the backstory on this one. If you don't plan on trading Gamecube games I recommend getting an original DS because it literally makes no difference so the minimum price will remain exactly the same when it comes to games, Diamond and Pearl are definitely the cheapest, But there are some caveats when choosing one of these games over the others. If you get a used copy, there's a good chance there's already a file saved on the cartridge, but if there isn't, you'll need to grab it.

At the first big hurdle to transferring Pokémon in Generation 4, you'll need to access Pal Park. This location serves as the hub for transferring all GBA Pokémon games and until you access this building you will not be able to. moving any of the Pokémon sounds simple enough to get there, we will have to head south of San Gem Town. If you're playing on a new save file, you'll notice an immediate problem since you can't do that. Without having surf, this means you'll need to play through a pretty decent portion of the story because you'll need to collect Fantina's fifth gym badge in order to follow the next routes.

It will only take you a few hours if you are really enjoying the history, so now that we can reach the area, all we have to do is follow the routes and we can finally transfer, of course, once you reach the entrance of En Pal Park there will be two construction workers standing in front of the building and they will not let you pass until the construction of the area is completed. Now, in order for them to move, you will need to get the national decks, which means that you have to encounter all the Pokémon that are available in Sinodax, considering that some Pokémon are only visible to one trainer, including Cynthia, who has a spirit tomb.

Euro had to fight almost every trainer in the game to complete the data and obtain the In national decks, on average, it takes between 10 and 15 hours to complete the game and in the end you will only have 110 Pokémon of the 150 that you will need to see , even with a map that tells you which trainers. Getting the Pokémon can still take up a good chunk of your day, but once you can finally go to the friends park, everything should be a lot easier right now, if you've used Pokémon at

home

or even the Pokémon bank, you already know everything .

The process is to simply drag and drop the Pokémon wherever you want and then you can start the game and they are there. This is not that if you have both the DS and GBA games inserted into your DS, you can access a menu on the home screen that allows you to migrate your Pokémon as you expect, you can't bring the Pokémon back to the older games, which makes sense since there really isn't any need to include that considering most people just want to use their Pokémon in In the newer games available from here, we can choose the 6 Pokémon we would like to transfer, but there is a slight thing you should consider beforehand: any Pokémon that knows a hm cannot be transferred, which means that if you want to move that Pokémon, you have to enter the game and manually use the move remover for the game to allow it.

I originally thought this mechanic was pretty stupid because you had to do a lot of extra work, but then I realized they did this. because they didn't want you to be trapped in a place like Cinderbar Island or Citópolis City, of course they could have made it so that you couldn't use the migration function if you weren't in a Pokémon center on the main island, but I Understand that the First it's much easier to program into the game now that you've selected your Pokémon, the game will transfer them to the friends park ready for you to grab.

If you talk to the employee at your DS game, he will take you out. to the back of the building and now you have to meet the six Pokémon in order to transfer them. Why did they do this? I have no idea inside the friends park. There are five different terrains that you can find Pokémon in and each Pokémon is registered in a specific area depending on what species it is, if you don't have a guide this is a complete guessing game but realistically it shouldn't take you more than 5 minutes catch everything. I will note that some Pokémon are only available in water, so if you forget a Pokémon that sails, you will have to exit and then re-enter the building now if you want to do this for another set of Pokémon Diamond Pearl, they are possibly the worst games to do that, since they require you to do it. having to wait a full 24 hours before being able to transfer Pokémon viacartridge.

Pokémon Platinum removed that restriction along with Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver, but these games are significantly more expensive than Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, so I usually suggest avoiding them if you have another GBA Pokémon game out there, you can actually cheat the game to move time to another cartridge trying to transfer it with a second GBA game, but at that point if you are going to buy it it would be easier to get one of the Other three games, now that we have our Mew in gen 4 we can move on to the next generation, but I also want to briefly mention that if you have Pokémon Diamond or Pearl, you can now transfer any of the Pokémon gifs from my Pokémon Ranch or pokemon ranger I will not include ranch in theTotal because the Wii e-store no longer is available, but if you still have an old Wii with the game, you can also get another mew of this game.

Manafee is also available in Ranger, but since you can only get one per cartridge, it's a complete bargain. in the dark, if you can actually get your hands on one, Generation 5 is realistically the last major hill we need to cross to get our Pokémon into a new game and thankfully it's a lot easier than Generation 4. Generation 5 consists of the games Pokémon Black and White and their sequels Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. Right off the bat, if you want to get the game cheaper, you'll want to get anything but the sequels, as the originals range from $25 to $30, while that the second versions are executed. around 45 to 50 dollars as each game has the same requirements for transferring Pokémon, it doesn't really matter which game you choose but obviously the cheaper the better, just like generation 4 there is one location where you can transfer all your Pokémon and in The good thing is that the only requirement to get there is to complete the main story, although these games are quite long it should really only take you 6-7 hours if you go through the entire game once you've defeated and can head east of Nimbasa. town to access route 15.

In the middle of the route is the poke transfer lab, which is still pretty convenient even though you could blow up the pal park on last gen, at this point you're probably thinking, how exactly am I going to do it? transferring Pokémon from one DS game to another seems like it's time to open our wallets again and grab a new DS or maybe not, if you want to plan ahead for the rest of the challenge, we'll need to buy a 3DS at some point, it's best to leave Put that aside now instead of spending a lot more money again for no reason if you're just trying to get by.

The original 2ds is usually the cheapest variant, usually selling for around $30. Once you have everything you need you will want to talk to the man behind the counter and he will activate the wireless ds so you can connect to your other ds on your second ds the transfer system will download and start. and then you will be able to select the Pokémon you would like to transfer, since you expect that you won't be able to transfer moves, but at least this time you can choose less than 6 Pokémon to move, since generation 4 requires six Pokémon each time you use the Palpark for For the first time in transfer history, there is only one Pokémon that cannot be transported along with the pointy-eared Pichu.

This was a special event Pokémon that had its own individual sprite despite still being a Pichu, but I guess Gamefreak decided that not many people would notice enough to care, they were wrong. Once you've selected your Pokémon, the game will, as expected, take you to yet another minigame. In this mode, you will be given a Pokeball, a Slingshot, and your target. is timing your throws to catch all the Pokémon that are jumping through the bushes in the forest, while I'm thankful this doesn't take as long as the buddy park, it still requires a ridiculous amount of effort if you look at this on a much larger scale. older, sure, transferring 6 Pokémon isn't that bad, but if you want to move like 200 Pokémon, you'll be there for quite a while.

I think the speed at which Pokémon move is based on catch rate, so the legendaries are obviously the hardest to catch. The actual starter Pokémon are the easiest to eliminate. The only real downside to this game mode is that there is no tutorial for this. Some Pokémon will hide in the bushes until you throw a Pokeball on the side they're not standing on, but unless you've been told beforehand you'd assume you just have to hit them when they peek out, although this game has a time limit, It's almost impossible to run out of time, but if you somehow manage to do it, you can always try again once you've caught them all, this will confirm the transfer and we'll finally have our meow in generation 5.

Before moving on to the next generation , I want to mention that you can now transfer pokemon from pokemon dream radar in 3ds, but I should also note that currently the only game that it is completely impossible to transfer from is pokemon dreamworld. This was a website you can go to to transfer pokemon with hidden abilities to any of the generation 5 games, but since the servers were shut down, there is no way to get these pokemon anymore. Generation 6 was finally the point in the Pokémon franchise where Gamefreak said yeah, you know, maybe this is all too complicated because they knew they wanted the games to be as universal as possible, they decided to create an online hub where you could store your entire Pokémon bank.

Until a few days ago, this was the last stop for most Pokémon in the previous games as the only option. available was to remain in storage or be used in 3ds games, as we are still planning to swap a

sword

and

shield

. You don't have to trade any pokemon to the 3ds games but for the sake of the total we are going to have to include pokemon x and omega ruby ​​alpha sapphire sun moon ultrasound and ultra moon surprisingly this still costs less than the gen 4 games but there are still two more costs that we haven't considered as I mentioned above, their virtual console versions for red blue yellow Gold, silver and crystal are still available, which means an additional sixty dollars has to be added to the overall total, which puts us just barely under a thousand dollars so far for all the games, now that we've gone over all the game prices, how exactly?

Does Pokémon Bank work? Pokémon Bank has its own separate 3ds app and the concept is pretty simple if you insert any of your 3ds games into your console when you start the game or if you have games pre-installed on your system you can select them and then use them to bank your Pokémon as much as you want for a price. When you open the app for the first time, you get a 30-day free trial, so realistically we don't have to pay anything if we want to transfer the Mew, but if you want to do it in the future in addition to storing a bunch of Pokémon, You'll have to pay five dollars each year to keep the service active, this shouldn't be a big surprise considering that it costs quite a bit to run a cloud service, especially the number of people who use it, but I can also understand why some people don't. they like to pay for it when it should be integrated into the games in the first place.

Either way, we can do this. free now so the total isn't going to change before we trade our meow, it's important to talk about 3ds games because pokemon bank hosts gen 6 and 7 games, they had to implement a system to make it that way. Newer Pokémon cannot be transferred to older games if you have a bank of Pokémon and put them in any of the generation 7 games. They cannot go back to any of the generation 6 games. I'm not sure exactly how they could do it. that works but I guess they set a flag for each pokemon and if it is put back into the bank the app sets a flag saying it can't go back since we don't have to use gen 7 for this game we can basically skip the whole thing generation, but technically we still have to go through six because that's when the bank was launched.

Now how exactly can we transfer our meow? If you go to the main menu of the Pokémon bank, there is an app that allows you to download another app called poketransporter. I'm not sure exactly why all of this couldn't have been part of the main app, but either way we can use it to transfer Pokémon from a lot of different games, obviously, you can take our meow from the bank, but this is also the app we can use for virtual console games right now, Game Freak has learned that people want to transfer more than 6 Pokémon per day, so they made it so you can transfer up to 30 Pokémon at a time, but there are some things you have.

To consider that the app only takes the Pokémon that are in box 1 of your PC, which means that if you only want to move a specific set of Pokémon, you will do it within the game, which is something very typical of the Pokémon company . There's no cooldown to transfer this time, but each time you use this you'll have to manually remove them from the Pokémon Bank Transfer box in order to transfer more. If you choose to ignore this warning, you will simply overwrite all the Pokémon that were there. previously in the transfer box, after a few minutes, we have successfully transferred you to the Pokémon bank, which means that now it is time for the most recent installment, the Pokémon franchise, Pokémon Home is possibly the last permanent stop on this journey and if you have also done this in your free time, you are probably as grateful as I am that they finally found a solution, although this game is available for both Switch and mobile, it is suggested that you get both because each app has different features, Why do they do that?

You can ask why we are transferring now. Pokémon Home is definitely the easiest it has ever been as you can select how many Pokémon you want to transfer and then the game will give you a passcode which you will need to enter once you confirm the transfer code the game will close. and if you come back in a couple of minutes, Apple has imported everything you selected and then deposited it into your storage system. As for trading games, come on, Pikachu and Eevee can transfer all of their Pokémon home, as well as sword and shield with very minimal effort.

As of this video's posting, Pokémon Go support is not yet available, but apparently it's a feature that will be included later, so for now you can import your Kanto Pokémon through Let's transfer some of them that way. It's very good, but how much do we have to pay for this service? While it's usually 16 a year for the service, it also has a 30-day trial, meaning we can once again move our Pokémon around for free, obviously, there are a few. Limitations to that, such as we only have access to a single box, but a major benefit is that you can now use your gold points for the games you buy and buy the membership yourself if you have any cartridges lying around that you haven't registered .

You will most likely earn 300 points, which is equivalent to a single month of service. That said, there are quite a few extra things you'll have to pay for first. The most obvious thing is that a Nintendo Switch is mandatory. I'm not exactly sure if there will be limitations in the future on having a light switch, but at the moment this is easily the cheapest console to buy, plus you'll need Nintendo's online service, which costs twenty dollars a pop. year and a copy of sword and shield that, in reality, still costs sixty dollars and probably always will be that price.

This means that as of the date this video is uploaded, if you want to transfer a Pokémon from generation three to generation A from scratch, you will do so. spend almost 400 to get everything, but it's important to remember that just one light switch counts for almost half that amount, if you were to throw pikachu and eevee into the mix you'll end up with a total of almost 1400, which would actually , it's not as bad as you might think, considering it's roughly the retail cost of all the games we reviewed, excluding the price of the consoles. Once you've connected your copy of Sword and Shield to your account, you can simply drag and drop. the pokemon you want for your game and that's basically it, if you enter sword and shield your transfer pokemon will be in your boxes and you will be ready to show off your 15 euro pokemon and with that we have successfully transferred pokemon from each generation to Pokémon sword and shield, but how did I do it?

Let's review in general this process is extremely tedious and in total it took me about 45 minutes to transfer to Mew, which is obviously not a lot of time, but if you want to do this for a lot. of Pokémon, it would take days before everything was where you wanted. This may be the most complicated way to transfer yourPokémon, but like I said before, this is probably the last time we'll have to worry about jumping through as many obstacles as possible. we have to do it right now, I can only imagine this process will be easier, but if I'm wrong, be sure to let me know in the comments section below, other than that, that's all there is to say about transferring Pokémon from every generation to Pokémon Sword and Shield and that will be enough for today's video.

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