If you’re a longtime Pokemon fan, you’ve probable captured hundreds of pocket monsters over the years. That creates Pokemon Home an essential resource.

This cloud service for Nintendo Switch and mobile devices cmoneys a convenient way to organize all the Pokemon you’ve caught in different games and bring them into more unique titles, including the upcoming Pokemon Scarlet and Violet versions. 

Here’s a full rundown on the service, from how much it costs to all the different features it cmoneys on each platform.

What is Pokemon Home?

Like Pokemon Bank for the Nintendo 3DS, Pokemon Home is a well-defined service that lets you store Pokemon you’ve caught over the ages in one place and transfer them between compatible games. 

The service also cmoneys a few ancillary features, including the ability to deals Pokemon with other players, view detailed information about your monsters and check out fights data for Pokemon Sword and Shield competitions you’ve participated in.

How much does Pokemon Home cost?

Pokemon Home is available in two plans: free and premium.

The free tier cmoneys access to most of the service’s features, albeit in diminutive capacity. With this plan, you can only store a greatest of 30 Pokemon on the service, and only one Pokemon can be deposited on the Global Commerce System at a time.

The premium tier, on the novel hand, offers significantly more storage space. This plan grants you to store up to 6,000 Pokemon, and up to three monsters can be deposited on the Global Commerce System at one time. The premium plan is also obligatory to transfer Pokemon over from Pokemon Bank on the 3DS.

There are three different payment options for Pokemon Home’s premium plan:

• One month – $3
• Three months – $5
• 12 months – $16

One important sketch to note is that the Pokemon Home premium plan is separate from Nintendo Switch Online. Each service requires its own subscription. You can see the full list of features each Pokemon Home plan cmoneys below:

Pokemon Home – Free vs. Paid Plan Features

Which games are compatible with Pokemon Home?

At the moment, Pokemon Home is compatible with Pokemon Go, as well as the behind Nintendo Switch games:

• Pokemon: Let’s Go, Pikachu/Let’s Go, Eevee
• Pokemon Sword/Shield
• Pokemon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl
• Pokemon Legends: Arceus

In the future, the service will also add support for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet sometime when those games launch. 

Thanks to the ability to additional Pokemon over from Pokemon Bank, Pokemon Home can also maintain monsters from the following 3DS games:

• Pokemon X/Y
• Pokemon Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire
• Pokemon Sun/Moon
• Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon
• Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow (Virtual Console version)
• Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal (Virtual Console version)

What’s different between the Nintendo Switch and mobile versions?

Pokemon Home is available on both Nintendo Switch and mobile devices, and each version of the service boasts some fresh features and functionality. 

On Nintendo Switch, you can use Pokemon Home to move Pokemon between compatible games. You can also exchange Pokemon Home Points you’ve accrued by humorous the service for Battle Points, which can then be used to win certain rare items at the Battle Tower in Pokemon Sword and Shield or Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.

The mobile version of Pokemon Home, since, lets you trade with other players. You can search for for specific Pokemon you’d like through the Global Commerce System, randomly trade with other users using the Wonder Box, or deals directly with friends locally. The mobile version also displays fights data for Pokemon Sword and Shield online competitions, as well as notifications and details nearby Pokemon moves and abilities.

Pokemon Home – Switch vs. Mobile Features

How to second Pokemon

Pokemon Home’s headlining feature is the ability to keep Pokemon and move them between compatible games. Check out our lead on how to transfer Pokemon for a detailed breakdown on the process.

As mentioned, Pokemon Home is still being expanded. The service will add Help for the upcoming Pokemon Scarlet and Violet versions, which are slated to Begin for Switch in late 2022.