Pokémon Bank
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oath2order
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I would definitely hope so!
Except their last post was to tell us that 'certain' asian countries got the bank again[specifically Japan only again.] Watch their next post be that Europe is getting it next before us.
Trent the Paladin
Retired Staff
Maybe but I wouldn't get our hopes up to high just yet.
sorry, the maintenance is tomorrow, not tonight(starts at midnight tonight and goes all day tomorrow, if I'm understanding it correctly)
Don't hate on Europe guys, we want PokeBank too. xD
But yeah, this whole situation is getting on my nerves. I am patient, but Big N releasing this only in Japan is bull, more so because Pokemon is now also an online game and there are championships and whatnot - so people from everywhere but Japan are at a disadvantage. It's seriously unfair. Either release it everywhere or nowhere.
But yeah, this whole situation is getting on my nerves. I am patient, but Big N releasing this only in Japan is bull, more so because Pokemon is now also an online game and there are championships and whatnot - so people from everywhere but Japan are at a disadvantage. It's seriously unfair. Either release it everywhere or nowhere.
Reaper_Flower
Senior Member
I have been wanting this too, I am hearing rumors for tomorrow but I am not holding my breathe. I agree with the everywhere or nowhere but other regions other than Japan always seem to get shafted on the good stuff.
kittenrobotarmy
JOLLY COOPERATION
That's probably because Nintendo thinks of Japan before all else because it's easier to make in their own language. They should hire English, Dutch, Spanish, etc. speakers who also know Japanese to translate the games as they make them. That would be pretty costly, but let's face it. Lots of the games they sell just poop money, so it's not a huge problem.
Reaper_Flower
Senior Member
Pok?mon already goes worldwide on release date so it isn't much of a stretch to extend to other proven popular series. I can wait, it just gives me more time to get my teams ready 
Trent the Paladin
Retired Staff
That's why the championships are restricted to Kalos Dex Pokemon I believe.
And that the Pokemon have to be Kalos born and raised. They were on track to release it everywhere before they made the grave mistake of releasing it on Christmas. The combined weight of all the Japanese fans using Pokemon Bank and children getting Wii Us/3DSes accessing the eShop killed they five servers they had. 
kittenrobotarmy
JOLLY COOPERATION
Nintendo didn't make a smart move. They need to remember there are lots of fans outside of Japan waiting, and if they can't release it all at once for everyone, just don't release it at all.
Trent the Paladin
Retired Staff
They need to catch up with Sony and Microsoft.
Sounds like we may get it later today then. The maintence must have been for the bank's global release finally; but they're just slowly releasing it to keep server stress down.
edit: Either that, or they're still updating the store for us.
edit edit: Actually, wait.. does anyone know if both the east AND west coasts of the US are done with the maintenance? That could be the hold up for us if both sides aren't done yet. I know one ended at midnight, and the other at 3am. So it may still be on its way.
final edit: In fact.. I'm certain we'll get it once ALL of maintenance is actually finished here. Afterall, half of the western part of the world started at 3pm pacific, and the other half started at 7pm pacific. One finished 3 hours before the other does.
true final edit: OK, I just confirmed that the last of the maintenance should have finished, roughly, 40mins ago. I don't think Europe had the bank as soon as the maintenance finished, did they? Fairly certain they had to wait a bit after the maintenance and then it was available.
Long story short.. IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING!(I'm letting myself get excited now because it's clear what the maintenance was for now if 2/3 areas that were missing the bank; have it now)
edit: Either that, or they're still updating the store for us.
edit edit: Actually, wait.. does anyone know if both the east AND west coasts of the US are done with the maintenance? That could be the hold up for us if both sides aren't done yet. I know one ended at midnight, and the other at 3am. So it may still be on its way.
final edit: In fact.. I'm certain we'll get it once ALL of maintenance is actually finished here. Afterall, half of the western part of the world started at 3pm pacific, and the other half started at 7pm pacific. One finished 3 hours before the other does.
true final edit: OK, I just confirmed that the last of the maintenance should have finished, roughly, 40mins ago. I don't think Europe had the bank as soon as the maintenance finished, did they? Fairly certain they had to wait a bit after the maintenance and then it was available.
Long story short.. IT'S FINALLY HAPPENING!(I'm letting myself get excited now because it's clear what the maintenance was for now if 2/3 areas that were missing the bank; have it now)
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Aw, that sucks that it's not international yet!
Pok?mon Bank has finally gone live in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. This game is automatically at Version 1.1 and it has been announced that the 30 day free trial is redeemable until March 14th 2014. North American release is still unclear.
At least I'll still be able to transfer my Pokemon!
Pok?mon Bank has finally gone live in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. This game is automatically at Version 1.1 and it has been announced that the 30 day free trial is redeemable until March 14th 2014. North American release is still unclear.
At least I'll still be able to transfer my Pokemon!
Our bank release is still coming today, we just had to wait longer because our maintenance was split between both east and west coasts for some reason(probably because it was easier for Japan to work on half of the country at a time. N.America is pretty big after all, and most of it is populated.
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