Pokemon from Red, Blue and Yellow can be transferred to Sun and Moon

Pokemon Bank is getting an update in January 2017 to give it compatibility with Pokemon Sun and Moon and include a new National Pokédex. This will enable players to transfer their Pokemon from previous titles across into the upcoming duo of Nintendo 3DS games. In addition, the Poké Transporter feature will be updated to make the Virtual Console versions of Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow compatible with Pokemon Bank, which means that Pokemon caught in the very first Pokemon games can ultimately be transferred to the latest releases. Read on below to learn more about the upcoming update:

The Nintendo 3DS downloadable software Pokémon Bank, an application that enables players to put Pokémon they’ve been on past adventures with into internet-based storage boxes, will be receiving an update in January 2017. This update will give the Pokémon Bank application compatibility with Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon and include a new National Pokédex feature. The Pokédex feature reads saved data from any compatible titles you connect to Pokémon Bank and collects information about all the Pokémon you have caught. You can then check out all of this information in the Pokémon Bank application and even see Pokémon that don’t natively appear in the Alola region. Poké Transporter will also be updated to make the Virtual Console versions of Pokémon Red, Pokémon Blue and Pokémon Yellow compatible with Pokémon Bank. This means that Pokémon that players have caught in the VC-original Kanto games will be able to be transferred across into Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon.