A new update to Pokémon HOME (version 2.0.0) will soon arrive, adding the ability to link to Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Pokemon Brilliant Diamondand Pokemon Shining Pearlalong with past games pokemon sword, pokemon shield, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Pikachu!, Pokémon: Let’s Go, Eevee!and Pokemon GO.
Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, Pokemon Shining Pearl, pokemon swordand pokemon shield will be mutually compatible with Pokémon HOME, and you will be able to deposit and withdraw Pokémon to and from each of these games. For example, you will be able to take a Pikachu that you caught in pokemon sword or pokemon shield into Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Pokemon Brilliant Diamondor Pokemon Shining Pearl.
Please note that transferring Pokémon to a game they were not originally caught in may cause certain changes to known moves, level, and what type of Poké Ball they were caught in.
Until now, the only Pokédex in Pokémon HOME was the National Pokédex. But starting from version 2.0.0, the Pokédex from each game will be added. Pokémon in your Boxes in Pokémon HOME will be registered in their respective game’s Pokédex after version 2.0.0 of Pokémon HOME is installed. Pokémon that aren’t in a Box when the ver. 2.0.0 update is installed, such as those that have been traded away, will not be registered.
You can obtain new stickers to edit your profile by completing achievements in the mobile device version of Pokémon HOME. These achievements can be completed by meeting certain conditions.
Since Pokémon Legends: Arceus takes place in the distant past of the world of Pokémon, Poké Balls from the other games do not yet exist. So, when Pokemon caught in Pokemon Brilliant Diamond, Pokemon Shining Pearl, pokemon swordor pokemon shield are transferred to Pokémon Legends: Arceus, they will appear in Strange Balls. Likewise, when Pokémon caught in Pokémon Legends: Arceus are transferred to Pokemon Brilliant Diamond or Pokemon Shining Pearl, they will also appear in Strange Balls. When transferred to pokemon sword or pokemon shieldhowever, they will appear in standard Poké Balls.
You can check on the condition of Pokémon deposited from Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Pokemon Shining Pearl to Pokemon HOME as well as their other details.
You can view the effort levels of Pokémon deposited from Pokémon Legends: Arceus to Pokémon HOME as well as its other details.
objective of Pokémon Legends: Arceus is to help compile the Hisui region’s first Pokédex. As such, the National Pokédex in Pokémon HOME will update its Pokédex entries based on your completion of the Pokédex in your Pokémon Legends: Arceus save data.
If a Pokédex entry in Pokémon Legends: Arceus is incomplete, you will not be able to see that Pokédex entry in Pokémon HOME.
To celebrate Pokémon Legends: Arceus, Pokémon Brilliant Diamondand Pokemon Shining Pearl becoming compatible with Pokémon HOME, you will be gifted special Pokémon when you link each game to Pokémon HOME.
When you deposit a Pokemon from Pokemon Brilliant Diamond or Pokemon Shining Pearl to the Nintendo Switch version of Pokémon HOME, you will receive Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup with Hidden Abilities as Mystery Gifts in the mobile device version of Pokémon HOME.
If you deposit a Pokemon from Pokémon Legends: Arceus into the Nintendo Switch version of Pokémon HOME, you will receive Rowlet, Cyndaquil, and Oshawott with maximum effort levels as Mystery Gifts in the mobile device version of Pokémon HOME.
For more details, please visit the official Pokémon HOME site.