Pokémon Bank

[Silversea]

Well if the test goes according to plan, Nintendo literally has no reason not to release it elsewhere. We are resting on the hope that the patch has stopped their servers from going kaboom.

 

[oath2order]

Nintendo of America said to stay tuned to their Facebook/Google+/Twitter accounts for news. :/ Maybe we can expect it sooner than Europe?

I would definitely hope so!

 

[Dr J]

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.

 

[Dr J]

Looks like we might be getting the bank tomorrow! We're having maintenance on X/Y tonight with no reason given as to way. Hopefully this means we're finally getting the bank.

 

[Trent the Paladin]

Maybe but I wouldn't get our hopes up to high just yet.

 

[Dr J]

Looks like we might be getting the bank tomorrow! We're having maintenance on X/Y tonight with no reason given as to way. Hopefully this means we're finally getting the bank.

sorry, the maintenance is tomorrow, not tonight(starts at midnight tonight and goes all day tomorrow, if I'm understanding it correctly)

 

[vexnir]

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.

 

[Reaper_Flower]

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]

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]

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]

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.

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]

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]

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.

They need to catch up with Sony and Microsoft.

 

[Mercedes]

;w; I wanna send my shiny female pidove over she's has DW ability she's level 5 doh her nams star

 

[Seastar]

I have a box in Pokemon White that is full of stuff I want to send to Pokemon Y. There are even some Pokemon from the GBA games in that box.

 

[suede]

Pokemon Bank is up in Europe

 

[unravel]

Aus and Europe...
Oh well...

 

[Dr J]

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)

 

[Jarrad]

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!

 

[Dr J]

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.