LogFAQs > #972446484

voltch posted...

Ok so when is Bank going free?

Can't find either my DS lite or a copy of Pokemon Emerald, but I can see on my copy of Pearl I have like a dozen duplicated Latios from Emerald.

I haven't really bothered with Nintendo Switch Online, but the GBC/GBA games, you can't buy them as standalones right?
They HAVE to be part of the NSO service?

It's not like PS Plus where I can access the selection of games and then purchase the ones I like at a discount?

So if you want to transfer out of that copy of Pearl you'll probably need to pay the $5 for a subscription before the shop goes down, and this assumes you have a copy of one of Black/White/Black 2/White 2 to transfer to. Transfer from DS Pokemon to 3DS requires the Pokemon be in a Gen V game and you have to have Pokemon Transporter, which is a separate app you can only download if you have/had a Bank subscription - and since they haven't said it'll be available after the shutdown, it seems likely that it won't, so you'll have to get it before then.

As to the second part, no, the GB/GBA games on Switch are just like NES/SNES/etc., have to have the subscription. (And the only Pokemon they've announced for NSO are GB TCG and N64 Stadium.)

EDIT: Also, if you want to get those Pearl Pokemon into a Switch game you'll also need to be subscribed to Pokemon Home, since that's required to move them from Bank.