Pokémon Bank Shutdown Ends Cross-Generation Play and Ribbon Hunts

The Pokémon Company is ending support for Pokémon Bank, cutting off the long-running cross-generation storage that linked GBA-era games to modern titles. The shutdown will erase or greatly limit features tied to transferred Pokémon, including Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon's Alola Photo Club backgrounds and the Ribbon system that tracks cross‑game achievements; many ribbons and titles will become inaccessible or confined to older games. Fans are compiling lists of what will be lost, and while transfer guides exist to move Pokémon to newer titles before the February 25 cutoff, the process is lengthy and complicated, marking the end of decades of cross‑generation connectivity in Pokémon.