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==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
{{Incomplete|section|Before v1.5 (HOME compatibility) existed, what did the app do without a core series save file (both with and without a pass)? Did it give the player the option to purchase a pass?}} | {{Incomplete|section|Before v1.5 (HOME compatibility) existed, what did the app do without a core series save file (both with and without a pass)? Did it give the player the option to purchase a pass?}} | ||
When the application is first started, the user must select a language. Pokémon Bank supports the nine languages that the Pokémon core series supported in Generation VII: Japanese, English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. Afterward, the only way to change the language in Pokémon Bank is to delete the software and redownload it from the 3DS eShop (deleting Pokémon Bank's "extra data" from the 3DS Data Management menu is insufficient). | When the application is first started, the user must select a language. Pokémon Bank supports the nine languages that the Pokémon core series supported in Generation VII: Japanese, English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese. Afterward, the only way to change the language in Pokémon Bank is to delete the software and redownload it from the 3DS eShop (deleting Pokémon Bank's "extra data" from the 3DS Data Management menu is insufficient). Changing between kana and kanji in Japanese also requires a delete and redownload. Pokémon Bank does not support the 3DS's save data backup feature. | ||
Pokémon Bank will then check for save files of 3DS core series games; if none exist, it will still give the player the option to perform a transfer to [[Pokémon HOME]] (but no other menu options including Poké Transporter). If the player chooses yes, it will prompt them to purchase a pass if they do not have one. (Virtual Console games do not count as compatible save files. Only a save file is needed; the save file does not need to have obtained the Pokédex yet.) | Pokémon Bank will then check for save files of 3DS core series games; if none exist, it will still give the player the option to perform a transfer to [[Pokémon HOME]] (but no other menu options including Poké Transporter). If the player chooses yes, it will prompt them to purchase a pass if they do not have one. (Virtual Console games do not count as compatible save files. Only a save file is needed; the save file does not need to have obtained the Pokédex yet.) | ||
If the player does have a save file, the app will prompt the player to purchase a pass (it will not mention HOME first). Afterward, the app will proceed to the main menu, where Poké Transporter can be downloaded (and a HOME | If the player does have a save file, the app will prompt the player to purchase a pass (it will not mention HOME first). Afterward, the app will proceed to the main menu, where Poké Transporter can be downloaded (and performing a transfer to HOME can be selected normally). | ||
To view or move the Pokémon inside Pokémon Bank (other than transferring to HOME), the player must have a save file of a 3DS core series game that has obtained the Pokédex. | To view or move the Pokémon inside Pokémon Bank (other than transferring to HOME), the player must have a save file of a 3DS core series game that has obtained the Pokédex. | ||