If you’ve been grinding a plethora of Pokemon games over the years, crafting an insane collection of powerful creatures, you’re likely using HOME to transfer them between titles.
You can do the same with Pokemon Champions, allowing you to use your strongest in battles against other Trainers to see who comes out on top.
There are a couple of quirks, though, so below, we’ll detail how to link HOME with Pokemon Champions, and you can get to crafting the perfect team.
How to link Pokemon Champions and Pokemon HOME
Linking the two titles is straightforward, and it isn’t locked behind Nintendo Switch Online. You also don’t need a paid Pokemon HOME Premium Plan just to transfer Pokemon on Switch, which makes this one of the easiest ways to get your favourites battle-ready in Champions.
To get it working, start in the Pokemon HOME app on your Nintendo Switch. From the main menu, hit the Pokemon Champions icon in the bottom-right corner, where you’ll be asked to link the two systems. After this, you can then go through your boxes and choose the Pokemon you want to move over.
You can also do this via the mobile app, which is essentially the same system, just with slightly different looking options.
Once you’ve made your selection, confirm it, then boot up Pokemon Champions itself. From there, head into Recruit and choose Collect from Pokemon HOME to pull them into your Champions roster.
If you want to reverse the process later, go back to the same menu and use Send Back to Pokemon HOME. One small catch is that Champions needs an actual save to connect to, so it’s worth finishing the tutorial and choosing your starter before trying to link anything just to make sure.
Since not all Pokemon appear in Pokemon Champions, only certain owned creatures can visit from HOME, meaning not every monster in your wider collection will be eligible, even if it may be a precious shiny.
Moreover, if one of your visiting Pokemon knows a move that Champions doesn’t allow, you’ll need to change that move through the training system before using it properly.
However, training done in Pokemon Champions won’t overwrite how that Pokemon exists in other games through HOME, which means you can experiment without worrying about wrecking a build you want to keep elsewhere.
Champions will remember the training for that same visiting Pokemon if it returns later, though, so you’re not starting from zero every time.
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