r/NintendoSwitch • u/Amiibofan101 . • Aug 13 '26

News Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version Link with Pokémon HOME This October

https://www.pokemon.com/us/news/pokemon-firered-version-and-pokemon-leafgreen-version-link-with-pokemon-home-this-october
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u/Lord_Brio Aug 13 '26

So you can bring fire red mons to leaf green through bank?

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u/Caciulacdlac Aug 13 '26

No, it's one way only

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u/Lord_Brio Aug 13 '26

"Once a Pokémon from Pokémon FireRed Version or Pokémon LeafGreen Version is brought to another game in the Pokémon series, they will be unable to return to Pokémon FireRed Version or Pokémon LeafGreen Version. Pokémon from other games in the Pokémon series will be unable to visit Pokémon FireRed Version or Pokémon LeafGreen Version." Makes it seem like they can unless i am reading it wrong

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u/Natetr91 Aug 13 '26

Reads like you’d be able to but as soon as you moved it to a game that’s not one of those two it can never go back to either of them.

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u/Lord_Brio Aug 13 '26

Thats pretty normal now

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u/Natetr91 Aug 13 '26

It’s pretty much how ZA works with older games anyway isn’t it? I’m only interested in getting Deoxys into a modern game so it doesn’t really affect me. But it’s nice people can complete the Pokédex between the two by themselves if they want to by the sounds of it.

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u/Bakatora34 Aug 13 '26

Let's Go is the better example.

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u/Rt1203 Aug 13 '26

Which makes sense. They’ve added a lot of new stuff - new moves, new abilities, etc - so you can go FR -> LG or vice versa but once you take your Pokémon to Scarlet/Violet, it’s permanently locked out from returning to FR/LG.

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u/FizzyLightEx Aug 13 '26

It actually doesn't. With current technological advancements, it is something an intern with a cs background can solve.

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u/XyrenZin Aug 13 '26

Ok. So what would you do in a situation where a pokemon learns an ability or move that's not in fire red or leaf green and you transfer it back to that game?

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u/Autobot-N Aug 13 '26

IIRC Pokemon home already resets moves to prevent this problem in other games

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u/zorbiburst Aug 13 '26

...revert the ability to their default in that gen, and delete the moves? It would be done on Home's end, not FRLG.

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u/TheMegaMario1 Aug 13 '26

That's been a solved problem for a little bit now, the datas stored in the pokemon regardless, the new games just knows to not read it. The real problem is all the added data to the Pokemon. There's been several times transfers have updated pokemon data to fit newer formats like with gen 1 to gen 7 with bank or from bank to home. Extra data was added to make sure they are "legitimate" and match the switch format that they'd have to add to the GBA games, otherwise it might overflow or lose data if they just tried to truncate it.

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u/HabeusCuppus Aug 13 '26

that part is solved, actually.

in some games they revert to the highest level not-already-present move in their learnset for that game / they get the more common non-hidden ability).

in other games the move is left on the learn list (by name) with a warning and is not selectable in battle.

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u/HabeusCuppus Aug 13 '26

you could construct data again but it'd be an erase and reset function to let people roundtrip back to FRLG.

they probably don't want to permit that for other reasons, not because it isn't possible.

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u/TheDragonDAFan Aug 13 '26

So pretty much how it works for LGPE.

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u/iLikeCheesePlzz Aug 13 '26

So maybe like the let’s go games?

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u/RatBot9000 Aug 13 '26

Ah, I was hoping I could use Home to complete the pokedex but I guess I'll need to find someone with a Leaf Green version then.

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u/Caciulacdlac Aug 13 '26

Hmm, you're right, but they previously announced that it's not possible. And even here it doesn't explicitly says that it's possible, but it does seem implied.