Pokémon Bank is finally closing its doors, while Pokémon Home is preparing to expand its reach with long-awaited support for FireRed and LeafGreen this October.
The announcement, via Pokémon Japan, confirms that Pokémon Bank—the 3DS-era cloud storage app that once served as the backbone for transferring creatures across generations—will officially end service on February 26, 2027. For anyone still clinging to their handhelds like relics of a bygone age, this means the last chance to move Pokémon stored there into modern ecosystems. Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are clearly signaling that the future lies entirely in Pokémon Home, the current hub for transfers and storage across Switch and mobile platforms.
To soften the blow, Pokémon Home will soon add compatibility with Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, the Game Boy Advance classics that introduced Kanto’s remakes and gave us the joy of battling with a Charizard that looked slightly less pixelated. This update, scheduled for October, will allow players to transfer their Pokémon from those cartridges into the modern cloud, effectively bridging a gap that has frustrated collectors for years. It’s a move that not only preserves nostalgia but also ensures that decades-old teams can finally join the digital zoo of today’s competitive scene.
