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Solar_Crimson 09/12/25 12:17:47 PM #1:	Also, any Pokemon imported into Legends Z-A cannot be transferred back to those other games: https://legends.pokemon.com/en-us/news/pokemon-home What the fuck is this shit? They're acting like this game is Gen 10 already or something. --- "Be good to yourself, because everyone else in the world is probably out to get you." - Dr. Harleen Quinzel <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:986385731] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Also, any Pokemon imported into Legends Z-A cannot be transferred back to those other games:https://legends.pokemon.com/en-us/news/pokemon-homeWhat the fuck is this shit? They're acting like this game is Gen 10 already or something.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kaldrenthebold 09/12/25 12:18:35 PM #2:	Isn't the Legends series considered mainline --- http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u223/chocolateFRESH/arts/kraid.png - Thanks GP cosmonaut! http://i.imgur.com/TuJWAR8.jpg <cite>Kaldrenthebold posted [p:986385740] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Isn't the Legends series considered mainline</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Alteres 09/12/25 12:23:24 PM #3:	hmmmmm. guess it is only getting egg babies, shame would have been cool to bring some of my old ribboners over to play as megas --- ........the ghost in the machine... IGN: Fox, FC: 5344-2646-0982 <cite>Alteres posted [p:986385825] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>hmmmmm. guess it is only getting egg babies, shame would have been cool to bring some of my old ribboners over to play as megas</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Phantom_Nook 09/12/25 12:24:10 PM #4:	Alteres posted... hmmmmm. guess it is only getting egg babies, shame would have been cool to bring some of my old ribboners over to play as megas I wanted to catch one of the new alphas as a shiny to make into a ribboner, but I guess that ain't happening. --- currently waiting for my turn in Master Duel. <cite>Phantom_Nook posted [p:986385837] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Alteres posted... </cite><quote>hmmmmm. guess it is only getting egg babies, shame would have been cool to bring some of my old ribboners over to play as megas</quote>I wanted to catch one of the new alphas as a shiny to make into a ribboner, but I guess that ain't happening.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Letsago 09/12/25 12:25:13 PM #5:	Didn't Legends Arceus do this too? --- Let's-a go! Okey dokey! <cite>Letsago posted [p:986385854] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Didn't Legends Arceus do this too?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 09/12/25 12:25:46 PM #6:	Kaldrenthebold posted... Isn't the Legends series considered mainline Close enough, because they're developed by Game Freak and tied directly to the lore of the main games. --- "Be good to yourself, because everyone else in the world is probably out to get you." - Dr. Harleen Quinzel <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:986385862] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Kaldrenthebold posted... </cite><quote>Isn't the Legends series considered mainline</quote>Close enough, because they're developed by Game Freak and tied directly to the lore of the main games.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Compsognathus 09/12/25 12:26:18 PM #7:	Stop expecting anything good from the Pokmon Company. --- 1 line break(s), 160 characters allowed <cite>Compsognathus posted [p:986385873] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Stop expecting anything good from the Pokmon Company. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
-Unowninator- 09/12/25 12:26:54 PM #8:	Letsago posted... Didn't Legends Arceus do this too? Nope. --- I hate Earth! It's a horrible home! People are stupid!" ~ Korvo (this is how I really feel now) Join the unknown: http://goo.gl/S75cmn <cite>-Unowninator- posted [p:986385884] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Letsago posted... </cite><quote>Didn't Legends Arceus do this too?</quote>Nope.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 09/12/25 12:26:58 PM #9:	Letsago posted... Didn't Legends Arceus do this too? No. You could move Pokemon from Legends Arceus through all the games in Gen 8, and transfer them forward to Scarlet/Violet. --- "Be good to yourself, because everyone else in the world is probably out to get you." - Dr. Harleen Quinzel <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:986385887] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Letsago posted... </cite><quote>Didn't Legends Arceus do this too?</quote>No. You could move Pokemon from Legends Arceus through all the games in Gen 8, and transfer them forward to Scarlet/Violet.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Letsago 09/12/25 12:28:54 PM #10:	Solar_Crimson posted... No. You could move Pokemon from Legends Arceus through all the games in Gen 8, and transfer them forward to Scarlet/Violet. I think I was getting it mixed up with the Let's Go games. IIRC there was something weird like that where you couldn't bring Pokemon from other games into them (or maybe the other way around) --- Let's-a go! Okey dokey! <cite>Letsago posted [p:986385924] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Solar_Crimson posted... </cite><quote>No. You could move Pokemon from Legends Arceus through all the games in Gen 8, and transfer them forward to Scarlet/Violet.</quote>I think I was getting it mixed up with the Let's Go games. IIRC there was something weird like that where you couldn't bring Pokemon from other games into them (or maybe the other way around)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bio1590 09/12/25 12:32:45 PM #12:	Solar_Crimson posted... They're acting like this game is Gen 10 already or something. I mean wouldn't this kind of confirm they do consider it Gen 10 >_> --- https://i.imgur.com/bbRWLI8.gif https://i.imgur.com/A0BErSV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/S1m3po4.jpg https://i.imgur.com/7fCcfko.jpg <cite>Bio1590 posted [p:986385991] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Solar_Crimson posted... </cite><quote>They're acting like this game is Gen 10 already or something.</quote>I mean wouldn't this kind of confirm they do consider it Gen 10 >_></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mehmeh1 09/12/25 12:36:11 PM #13:	Letsago posted... I think I was getting it mixed up with the Let's Go games. IIRC there was something weird like that where you couldn't bring Pokemon from other games into them (or maybe the other way around) Let's Go's thing is that you can't transfer them to home at all, just from home (or Go) to it. ZA you can transfer to Home but nowhere else. Bio1590 posted... I mean wouldn't this kind of confirm they do consider it Gen 10 >_> Eeeeeeeh not really since this is before the main gen 10 game. It's weird since you can freely transfer between SwSh/LA/BDSP/SV despite SV being gen 9 and the others being gen 8, but guess SV is the exception? --- FC: 3840-6927-7945, have OR/Y/SM4SH/PSMD/S/US I'm a youtuber, here is my link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRj1lj8EWzRtw3jp3HUXCxQ? .I play games <cite>mehmeh1 posted [p:986386044] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Letsago posted... </cite><quote>I think I was getting it mixed up with the Let's Go games. IIRC there was something weird like that where you couldn't bring Pokemon from other games into them (or maybe the other way around)</quote>Let's Go's thing is that you can't transfer them to home at all, just from home (or Go) to it. ZA you can transfer to Home but nowhere else.Bio1590 posted... </cite><quote>I mean wouldn't this kind of confirm they do consider it Gen 10 >_></quote>Eeeeeeeh not really since this is before the main gen 10 game. It's weird since you can freely transfer between SwSh/LA/BDSP/SV despite SV being gen 9 and the others being gen 8, but guess SV is the exception?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bio1590 09/12/25 12:38:37 PM #14:	Letsago posted... I think I was getting it mixed up with the Let's Go games. IIRC there was something weird like that where you couldn't bring Pokemon from other games into them (or maybe the other way around) You could only transfer Gen 1 (original or Alolan forms, sans Mew) from Pokemon Go into the Let's Go games to get them into Pokemon Home. --- https://i.imgur.com/bbRWLI8.gif https://i.imgur.com/A0BErSV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/S1m3po4.jpg https://i.imgur.com/7fCcfko.jpg <cite>Bio1590 posted [p:986386097] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Letsago posted... </cite><quote>I think I was getting it mixed up with the Let's Go games. IIRC there was something weird like that where you couldn't bring Pokemon from other games into them (or maybe the other way around)</quote>You could only transfer Gen 1 (original or Alolan forms, sans Mew) from Pokemon Go into the Let's Go games to get them into Pokemon Home.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
random_man9119 09/12/25 1:41:51 PM #15:	Well that sucks... Probably won't transfer much up then... --- NNID:MrOddities\|PSN:OddGamer2013 Playing: Fallout 76\|Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DX\|Hyrule Warriors DE\|Soulstone Survivors <cite>random_man9119 posted [p:986387169] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Well that sucks... Probably won't transfer much up then...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ZMythos 09/12/25 1:45:37 PM #16:	Probably related to Pokemon metadata being updated to a new format, perhaps in preparation for Pokemon Champions. Also Legends Arceus/ZA is explicitly stated by TPC to be a mainline series game --- Jump! Jump! Slide! Slide! <cite>ZMythos posted [p:986387227] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Probably related to Pokemon metadata being updated to a new format, perhaps in preparation for Pokemon Champions. Also Legends Arceus/ZA is explicitly stated by TPC to be a mainline series game</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bloodmoon77 09/12/25 1:46:55 PM #17:	Its a bridge to gen 10 much like arceus was to 9. Of course no new forms are gonna be able to go to scarlet and violet much like kleavor going to shield. I'm sure all of them will be available in the next mainline ones. The transferring thing is lame tho. --- I wouldn't trust this company with making a cheese sandwich, they'd start an additional kickstarter for the mayo-ssjmatthew on Comcept's MN9 <cite>Bloodmoon77 posted [p:986387253] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Its a bridge to gen 10 much like arceus was to 9. Of course no new forms are gonna be able to go to scarlet and violet much like kleavor going to shield. I'm sure all of them will be available in the next mainline ones.The transferring thing is lame tho.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Solar_Crimson 09/12/25 6:32:08 PM #18:	BumP --- "Be good to yourself, because everyone else in the world is probably out to get you." - Dr. Harleen Quinzel <cite>Solar_Crimson posted [p:986391163] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>BumP</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Lordgold666 09/13/25 9:37:19 AM #19:	Bio1590 posted... You could only transfer Gen 1 (original or Alolan forms, sans Mew) from Pokemon Go into the Let's Go games to get them into Pokemon Home. Can you really not import mew from go? --- "May the Father of Understanding guide you." <cite>Lordgold666 posted [p:986397453] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Bio1590 posted... </cite><quote>You could only transfer Gen 1 (original or Alolan forms, sans Mew) from Pokemon Go into the Let's Go games to get them into Pokemon Home.</quote>Can you really not import mew from go?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ZMythos 09/13/25 9:51:56 AM #21:	Now that I think about it, this is almost certainly an attempt to curb genning before Champions releases by implementing new data structures. --- Jump! Jump! Slide! Slide! <cite>ZMythos posted [p:986397532] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Now that I think about it, this is almost certainly an attempt to curb genning before Champions releases by implementing new data structures. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mehmeh1 09/13/25 10:10:36 AM #22:	[LFAQs-redacted-quote] Let's go is considered gen 7 --- FC: 3840-6927-7945, have OR/Y/SM4SH/PSMD/S/US I'm a youtuber, here is my link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRj1lj8EWzRtw3jp3HUXCxQ? .I play games <cite>mehmeh1 posted [p:986397672] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote><cite>[LFAQs-redacted-quote]</cite> Let's go is considered gen 7</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TMOG 09/13/25 10:13:29 AM #23:	Likely because of how the Legends series recalculates stats, attacks, and abilities to work in the different format of the game. --- Check out my daily Pokemon drawings https://bsky.app/profile/runomai.bsky.social <cite>TMOG posted [p:986397700] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Likely because of how the Legends series recalculates stats, attacks, and abilities to work in the different format of the game.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
untrustful 09/13/25 11:05:49 AM #24:	Compsognathus posted... Stop expecting anything good from the Pokmon Company. --- "There is little anyone can do with fanatics. Reasoning with them is a fool's errand. Avoiding them is mandatory." ~Former Conservative Talk Show Host <cite>untrustful posted [p:986398158] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Compsognathus posted... </cite><quote>Stop expecting anything good from the Pokmon Company.</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DB_Insider 09/13/25 11:28:12 AM #25:	Compsognathus posted... Stop expecting anything good from the Pokmon Company. Pokemon merch are amazing! --- :D <cite>DB_Insider posted [p:986398367] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Compsognathus posted... </cite><quote>Stop expecting anything good from the Pokmon Company.</quote>Pokemon merch are amazing!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Bio1590 09/13/25 11:47:32 AM #26:	Lordgold666 posted... Can you really not import mew from go? You can't. They locked obtaining Mew in Let's Go behind buying the Poke Ball Plus and there's literally one single Mew per Poke Ball Plus. And of course Nintendo stopped making those. --- https://i.imgur.com/bbRWLI8.gif https://i.imgur.com/A0BErSV.jpg https://i.imgur.com/S1m3po4.jpg https://i.imgur.com/7fCcfko.jpg <cite>Bio1590 posted [p:986398530] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>Lordgold666 posted... </cite><quote>Can you really not import mew from go?</quote>You can't. They locked obtaining Mew in Let's Go behind buying the Poke Ball Plus and there's literally one single Mew per Poke Ball Plus.And of course Nintendo stopped making those.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
-Unowninator- 09/13/25 11:55:45 AM #27:	TMOG posted... Likely because of how the Legends series recalculates stats, attacks, and abilities to work in the different format of the game. How's that different from Legends: Arceus? --- I hate Earth! It's a horrible home! People are stupid!" ~ Korvo (this is how I really feel now) Join the unknown: http://goo.gl/S75cmn <cite>-Unowninator- posted [p:986398621] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>TMOG posted... </cite><quote>Likely because of how the Legends series recalculates stats, attacks, and abilities to work in the different format of the game.</quote>How's that different from Legends: Arceus?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TMOG 09/13/25 12:20:57 PM #28:	-Unowninator- posted... How's that different from Legends: Arceus? Z-A is a completely different battle system, we don't know how it's going to affect things yet. Granted this is just pure speculation on my part. They've probably got things figured out to convert a Pokemon from other games to Z-A's new features and mechanics, but not how to convert them from Z-A to other games yet. It's like how it took a while for Arceus' new Pokemon to become playable in mainline games. --- Check out my daily Pokemon drawings https://bsky.app/profile/runomai.bsky.social <cite>TMOG posted [p:986398833] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>-Unowninator- posted... </cite><quote>How's that different from Legends: Arceus?</quote>Z-A is a completely different battle system, we don't know how it's going to affect things yet. Granted this is just pure speculation on my part. They've probably got things figured out to convert a Pokemon from other games to Z-A's new features and mechanics, but not how to convert them from Z-A to other games yet. It's like how it took a while for Arceus' new Pokemon to become playable in mainline games.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ssb_yunglink2 09/13/25 12:25:28 PM #29:	TMOG posted... Z-A is a completely different battle system, we don't know how it's going to affect things yet. Granted this is just pure speculation on my part. They've probably got things figured out to convert a Pokemon from other games to Z-A's new features and mechanics, but not how to convert them from Z-A to other games yet. It's like how it took a while for Arceus' new Pokemon to become playable in mainline games. it cant be compared to new Pokemon introduced in Arceus. Obviously new Pokemon arent gonna have data in previous games to be playable in. This affects Pokemon transferred into Z-A from previous games as well. They cant be sent back unlike Arceus --- Hee Ho <cite>ssb_yunglink2 posted [p:986398878] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>TMOG posted... </cite><quote>Z-A is a completely different battle system, we don't know how it's going to affect things yet. Granted this is just pure speculation on my part. They've probably got things figured out to convert a Pokemon from other games to Z-A's new features and mechanics, but not how to convert them from Z-A to other games yet. It's like how it took a while for Arceus' new Pokemon to become playable in mainline games.</quote> it cant be compared to new Pokemonintroduced in Arceus. Obviously new Pokemon arent gonna have data in previous games to be playable in. This affects Pokemon transferred into Z-A from previous games as well. They cant be sent back unlike Arceus </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mehmeh1 09/13/25 3:08:13 PM #30:	TMOG posted... Z-A is a completely different battle system, we don't know how it's going to affect things yet. Granted this is just pure speculation on my part. They've probably got things figured out to convert a Pokemon from other games to Z-A's new features and mechanics, but not how to convert them from Z-A to other games yet. It's like how it took a while for Arceus' new Pokemon to become playable in mainline games. the time it took was just because it usually takes them time to make any game compatible, SV took some months too. Z-A having HOME connectivity from the getgo AND locking transfer to other games is an outlier in both metrics. And like, if you put mons from Z-A into Home they'd already be in Home/Mainline's stats system and all, so don't really buy that it's due to that --- FC: 3840-6927-7945, have OR/Y/SM4SH/PSMD/S/US I'm a youtuber, here is my link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRj1lj8EWzRtw3jp3HUXCxQ? .I play games <cite>mehmeh1 posted [p:986400642] in Pokemon fr... [t:81040025]...</cite> <quote>TMOG posted... </cite><quote>Z-A is a completely different battle system, we don't know how it's going to affect things yet. Granted this is just pure speculation on my part. They've probably got things figured out to convert a Pokemon from other games to Z-A's new features and mechanics, but not how to convert them from Z-A to other games yet. It's like how it took a while for Arceus' new Pokemon to become playable in mainline games.</quote>the time it took was just because it usually takes them time to make any game compatible, SV took some months too. Z-A having HOME connectivity from the getgo AND locking transfer to other games is an outlier in both metrics. And like, if you put mons from Z-A into Home they'd already be in Home/Mainline's stats system and all, so don't really buy that it's due to that</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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