{"id":124913,"date":"2022-05-18T01:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T01:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-131548"},"modified":"2022-05-18T01:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T01:45:00","slug":"pokemon-homes-diamond-pearl-and-legends-arceus-compatibility-update-now-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/05\/18\/pokemon-homes-diamond-pearl-and-legends-arceus-compatibility-update-now-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon HOME&#8217;s Diamond &amp; Pearl And Legends: Arceus Compatibility Update Now Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ad0897ced70f0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ad0897ced70f0\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture ptris\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ad0897ced70f0\/pokemon-home.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" alt=\"Pokemon HOME\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Update [Wed 18th May, 2022 02:45 BST]:<\/strong> The Pok\u00e9mon HOME Version 2.0.0 update is now officially live on the Nintendo Switch. At the moment, the servers are still undergoing maintenance, so you may not be able to access the app.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Original article [Tue 17th May, 2022 03:00 BST]:<\/strong> At the end of last week, The Pok\u00e9mon Company and Nintendo announced the cloud storage service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pokemon_home\">Pok\u00e9mon HOME<\/a> would finally be receiving an update to make it compatible with the most recent entries in the series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_brilliant_diamond_and_shining_pearl\">Pok\u00e9mon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_legends_arceus\">Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While an exact date wasn&#8217;t shared, it seems like we&#8217;ll be getting this anticipated update around <strong>18th May<\/strong> (UTC time). As highlighted by Serebii.net, this update will bump the app up to Version 2.0.0 &#8211; and add connectivity for both of the newest games.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;It has been confirmed that Pok\u00e9mon HOME is to undergo maintenance tomorrow May 18th from 00:00 UTC to 06:00 UTC on May 18th. This maintenance coincides with the release of Version 2.0 on Switch and Mobile which includes connectivity and features for Pok\u00e9mon Brilliant Diamond &amp; Shining Pearl and Pok\u00e9mon Legends Arceus. It will run with staggered logins to ease server load until 01:00 UTC on May 19th 2022&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Serebii Update: Pok\u00e9mon HOME is to undergo maintenance from 00:00 UTC on May 18th to 06:00 UTC May 18th. It will be updated to Version 2.0 with that, adding connectivity to BDSP and Legends Arceus <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wo8N0aHtsd\">https:\/\/t.co\/Wo8N0aHtsd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qb4mjvbPlY\">pic.twitter.com\/Qb4mjvbPlY<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Serebii.net (@SerebiiNet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SerebiiNet\/status\/1526354155698368512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In case you missed the original announcement, here are some fine details about transferring Pok\u00e9mon from these games to HOME:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Linking to <em>Pok\u00e9mon Brilliant Diamond<\/em> and<\/strong> <strong><em>Pok\u00e9mon Shining Pearl<\/em><\/strong><br \/>Players can check on the condition of Pok\u00e9mon deposited from <em>Pok\u00e9mon Brilliant Diamond<\/em> and <em>Pok\u00e9mon Shining Pearl<\/em> to Pok\u00e9mon HOME as well as their other details.<\/p>\n<p>Please be cautious of the following when connecting <em>Pok\u00e9mon Brilliant Diamond<\/em> and <em>Pok\u00e9mon Shining Pearl<\/em> to Pok\u00e9mon HOME.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Special Pok\u00e9mon that can only be caught once during regular gameplay can only be deposited once per save data to Pok\u00e9mon HOME.<br \/>&#8211; Some Pok\u00e9mon, such as those obtained through unintended means or by illicit modification, cannot be deposited into Pok\u00e9mon HOME.<br \/>&#8211; If there are any other problems with the Pok\u00e9mon, it cannot be deposited into Pok\u00e9mon HOME.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Linking to <em>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em><\/strong><br \/>You can view the effort levels of Pok\u00e9mon deposited from <em>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em> to Pok\u00e9mon HOME as well as its other details.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The objective of <em>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em> is to help compile the first Pok\u00e9dex in the Hisui region. As such, the National Pok\u00e9dex in Pok\u00e9mon HOME will update its Pok\u00e9dex entries based on your completion of the Pok\u00e9dex in your <em>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em> save data.<br \/>&#8211; If a Pok\u00e9dex entry in <em>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus<\/em> is incomplete, you will not be able to see that Pok\u00e9mon\u2019s entry in Pok\u00e9mon HOME.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Additional Achievements and Stickers<br \/><\/strong>Players can obtain stickers by completing achievements by meeting certain conditions in the mobile device version of Pok\u00e9mon HOME. New achievements and stickers based on <em>Pok\u00e9mon Legends: Arceus,<\/em> <em>Pok\u00e9mon Brilliant Diamond<\/em>, and <em>Pok\u00e9mon Shining Pearl<\/em> will be added from version 2.0.0 onwards.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>There&#8217;ll also be some new mystery gifts to unlock if you transfer your Pok\u00e9mon across from the new games. You can learn more about this incoming update in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2022\/05\/pokemon-home-will-soon-be-compatible-with-diamond-and-pearl-remakes-and-legends-arceus\">our previous post<\/a>, and we&#8217;ll update date you when the new version of HOME goes live.<\/p>\n<p>Are you looking forward to this update? <em>Leave a comment down below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company Update [Wed 18th May, 2022 02:45 BST]: The Pok\u00e9mon HOME Version 2.0.0 update is now officially live on the Nintendo Switch. At the moment, the servers are still undergoing maintenance, so you may not be able to access the app. Original article [Tue 17th May, 2022 03:00 BST]: At the end [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}