How to link Pokemon Champions with Pokemon Home

You're definitely going to want to link Pokemon Champions and Pokemon Home if you want to make the most out of the battle game. Champions is a game all about the most important part of the franchise - battling - but your Pokemon Box is limited to just 30 monsters. Your selection, then, is important, and linking to Pokemon Home not only doubles your capacity in a roundabout way, but also lets you bring in any awesome, shiny, and powerful Pokemon you may already have caught elsewhere.

It's important to note that some things about your Pokemon might change when they're transferred to Pokemon Champions, and you might want to retrain some moves to better suit their purpose in this game. However, it's a great way to get your best Pokemon into battle, including those special shinies. So, here's how to link Pokemon Champions with Home, and how to swap Pokemon between the two.

While you're at it, take a look at the latest Pokemon Champions Mystery Gift codes for another great Pokemon to add to your collection.

How to link Pokemon Champions and Pokemon Home

To link Pokemon Champions and Pokemon Home, you must first log in to Pokemon Home on your Nintendo Switch or mobile device. Once logged in on a Switch, from the home screen, click on the Pokemon Champions icon in the bottom right-hand corner. On mobile, head to Options, then click on Send for a Visit in the Link with Pokemon Champions section.

From here, check the Nintendo account shown is correct, then select any Pokemon that you wish to move from the boxes. Click Send for a Visit (from the bottom left-hand menu on mobile), and your Pokemon will be sent across to Pokemon Champions for collection.

It's worth noting that not all Pokemon can be moved between Home and Pokemon Champions. Any Pokemon that are not available in Champions yet won't be able to be moved, so if you're having trouble, try sending Pokemon individually. However, if this does work, you then need to collect each Pokemon in Champions before you can transfer any more.

How to bring Pokemon to Champions

To get your Pokemon out of Home and bring them into Pokemon Champions, you must head to the ranch by clicking Recruit from the main menu. Here, there's an option to Collect from Pokemon Home. Of course, your account must be connected first, and Pokemon must have been sent over, but you'll have already done this if you've followed my instructions above.

If and when your Box gets too full and you don't want to get rid of any Pokemon, you can then also send visiting Pokemon back to Home. Bear in mind that you cannot send Pokemon that were obtained in Champions to Home, though.

Pokemon can't visit Pokemon Champions

I had a problem with this at first, and Pokemon Home kept telling me that one or more of my Pokemon couldn't be sent to Champions. I still don't know what was causing this problem, as the selected Pokemon were all suitable, however, I did find a fix.

If you're having this problem too, the only thing I found that worked was to transfer a new Pokemon out of another game (anything but PoGO), into Home, and then into Champions. For example, I took an Abomasnow from Arceus and then sent it into Champions, which worked. From then on, I was able to send the other Pokemon to Champions too, as it seemed to 'unlock' the service. However, I was still unable to send more than one at a time.

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