After more than nine years of operation, the Pokémon Global Link (PGL) will terminate service on February 24, 2020, at 23:59 UTC. The PGL website will also be retired at this time. After PGL service has ended, you will no longer be able to use any gameplay features that require a connection to the PGL on your Pokémon Ultra Sun, Pokémon Ultra Moon, Pokémon Sun, or Pokémon Moon games. You will still be able to use other online functionality apart from the PGL, as detailed below.

Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield will provide services similar to the PGL's Rating Battles and Online Competitions features and will be available to play via Nintendo Switch. However, note that membership in the Nintendo Switch Online (paid) service is required to participate in Online Competitions.

Thank you for using the PGL, and we hope you will continue to enjoy using the PGL until the service ends.