First Pokémon Bank Update Details Revealed (GO Support Coming?)

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After our article yesterday decrying the lack of news regarding Pokémon Bank’s update to support Pokémon Sun & Moon details have finally started to make their way to the public. We’re not going to take credit for this, but we’re not not taking credit either 😉

The big news is mostly in regards to how Pokémon from Generation I games (digital 3DS re-releases) will be handled; they seem to be assigned at least three max IVs, have random natures and also have a chance to posses a Hidden Ability. They also are given a special mark that resembles a Gameboy to show their origin.

Games will also sync with Bank to update the National Pokédex and don’t need to be deposited to count towards it. We’ll bring more details as they appear.

UPDATE: Newly mined data from the Transporter update includes a special new mark which seems to denote Pokémon transferred from… Pokémon GO! The icon may be hard to decipher, but it looks like an ‘O’ inside a ‘G’ and it’s Japanese filename also hints that it is related to the smartphone game. Interesting! Credit goes to ReiKeima.

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26 thoughts on “First Pokémon Bank Update Details Revealed (GO Support Coming?)”

    • You and me both, I have three of them, seeing as I have red, blue, and yellow versions. 😀
      But I guess we’ll find out. Same with the Missingno. glitch. I hope that because its something that’s directly on the game and you don’t need an external source (game shark, power save) to get it, that it wont be counted as a cheat, and the pokemon can still be transferred to sun and moon. LOL I used that glitch to get several rare Pokemon from the safari zone, that I normally would never actually get to catch. 🙂

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  6. Are you sure it’s just a chance to have their HA, and not just that they all transfer with it? What if someone got a no guard fissure machamp through?

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  9. Also i propose we have a Battle Royale with our RBY teams
    Original Moves
    No adding TMs (even if they were in gen 1)
    No items

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  11. The dataminers also found the Mewnium Z will be unban for future battle competitions, meaning it might be available soon. With that in mind, I wonder if the way to get it is by transferring the Mew event for the VC releases (although if I’m not wrong, that was a Japan event only). Either that or it has something to do with the 20th movie.

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  13. Calling it now: All Machop/Machoke/Machamps will have Hidden Ability. That way there can’t be No Guard Fissure, even with an Ability Capsule.

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  14. Yay down to #7 already

    7.) Noivern
    https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b6a717476e66e747cd0ab85b078320f2792a3a96a84938697cc8eef613ef1e9e.png
    I must admit this was the first Dragon Pokémon I ever used and other than Turtonator probably the only one. This Pokémon was always a joy to have battling along side with a useful barage of Dragon Pulse and Flamethrower, and the Infiltrate ability a powerhouse Flying type, a good friend, and the 5th lvl.100 I ever had Good cheers to this guy, but we still have 6 to go till the end so be alert!

    Hint for 6: A Kalos Pokémon that shares its type with only 1 other Pokémon that lives in Kalos

    The list so far
    10. Ambipom
    9. Turtonator
    8. Reuniclus
    7. Noivern

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  15. The dude just hacked in a bunch of Eevees with invalid data and that icon popped up as a result.

    Nothing special. Definitely not a datamining of the Transporter app.

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