With Home apparently able to directly read the in game FRLG Pokedex so that you don't need to transfer Pokemon to Home to complete the Home Pokedex, will this be the new standard going forward?
With the announcement of FRLG Home compatibility and the ability to obtain Celebi by completely the FRLG Home dex, there was also this misable paragraph:
>To complete this Pokédex, you won’t need to transfer Pokémon to Pokémon HOME either. Once Pokémon HOME is connected, if you have registered a Pokémon in your Pokédex in Pokémon FireRed Version or Pokémon LeafGreen Version, it will be registered in Pokémon HOME. Don’t forget—you can always trade using Pokémon HOME’s GTS to help fill out your Pokédex too.
This implies that Home will simply be able to read your in-game Pokedex when you link a game to it, and that will complete the Pokedex instantly without needing to transfer to Home. If this is the standard going forward, no longer will you be required to essentially make a "living dex" and painstakingly transfer them to and from Home to complete the Pokedex, making it MUCH faster and easier to complete the Home dexes. Do you think this will be a thing with Wind and Waves as well? Or will this be exclusive to FRLG and RSE due to not being able to transfer Pokemon back into the games when you transfer them to Home?
Posted Aug 13, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC