Pokémon Bank is a 3DS program and service , eject shortly after Pokémon X & Y , that allows you store Pokémon online . Poké Transporter is a related to software that allows migration of Pokémon fromGeneration 5games toPokémon X & Y.
Pokémon Bank is a standalone lotion that enter the data point from your Pokémon X & Y plot card ( when in the three-D ) or the download interlingual rendition . you could move Pokémon back and forth between Pokémon X & Y and Pokémon Bank .
Pokémon Bank has 100 boxful , leave up to 3,000 Pokémon to be lay in in private . Pokémon are stored online , on Nintendo ’s servers . Due to this , Pokémon Bank will be apaid serving . Pricing for US / Europe has not been confirmed but for Japan it will be ¥ 500 per year , which is about $ 5 or £ 3 . There will also be a month ’s free test .
Pokémon Bank makes it easier to transmit Pokémon between games . If you have both Pokémon X & Pokémon Y , you would require two 3DS systems to merchandise between them . With Pokémon Bank you could plainly upload Pokémon from one biz to the Bank then download it onto the other game . Pokémon can be channelise an total boxful at a metre .
The Pokémon Bank app also has many features to search for Pokémon , sort and filter them .
Notes
Pokémon Bank appears to figure out the proceeds of resume your biz . you’re able to deposit your Pokémon in the Pokémon Bank , then reboot your game and withdraw them back out again . Any Pokémon left on the game menu will be deleted , as is normal . Note that Pokémon are only ever inone position at one time(although the official site is bewilderingly give voice and inculpate if you lose your biz lineup you may get all the Pokémon back , which is unlikely ) .
This also connote that it ’s potential to restart the game multiple times to accumulate all the starters . You may have to strive a sure point in the plot before being able to use the Bank , but since it is a separate app rather than a feature of Pokémon X & Y , that is unconvincing .
Poké Transporter
Poké Transporter is another separate 3DS software related to Pokémon Bank . It go in much the same way , but for Pokémon Black , White , Black 2 and White 2 . The major difference is that Pokémon can only be migrated one way from your Gen 5 biz to the Pokémon Bank storage . From there they can be transferred between Pokémon Bank and Pokémon X & Y as delineate above .
Only Generation 5 games have been mentioned , so it is unlikely that Pokémon from Diamond / Pearl / Platinum / HS / SS will be able to get transferred straight . It would be more work to support older games . Pokémon can be transfer from Generation 4 to 5 relatively easily .
The system also protect against hacked / generate Pokémon .
The diagram below show the relationship between the various apps and games :
