One of the great pains of Pokémon was the transfer process. Whether generation swaps were unavailable on the Nintendo DSi or had to be handled in tedious increments of six Pokémon, it was often a chore to get your old teams moved from one game to another. While that problem has been alleviated with the Pokémon Bank, the announcement of Pokémon GO and rumors about the NX has fans questioning the possibility of sharing creatures between smart devices and Nintendo hardware. Tsunekazu Ishihara, CEO and President of The Pokémon Company, wants this to become a reality.

In a recent interview with Famitsu, Ishihara expressed a desire to extend the services of Pokémon Bank and Pokémon Global Link to devices such as the NX. Using the almighty power of the cloud, Ishihara dreams of a world where players can call a Pokémon down to use in a game on any platform and send them away when they’re done. There was no specific mention of smart devices, but the existence of Pokémon GO makes a strong case for the utilization of those platforms in the future as well.

Personally, I think it’s about damn time. I mean, the video games have been doing this since Kanto. Red leaves a Pokémon in one Pokémon Center computer and grabs an HM slave, gets to the next town, and does a quick swap back at a different computer. Reality has a lot to catch up on when it comes to the world of Pokémon, but it’s good to take baby steps.

Source: Nintendo Everything

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