Which Pokémon Can't Be Transferred From Pokémon HOME After SV Update

did not have access to at launch, which would have provided a way to transport Pokémon to and from the Paldea region. In May 2023, a large update to added the compatibility, although the functionality was a bit disappointing in its limitations. While the change did add the ability to transfer over 100 Pokémon that were previously unobtainable in the games, many Pokémon didn't seem to make the cut. Many notable and disappointing exceptions include Legendary, Mythical, and regional-form Pokémon that cannot yet be transferred from to .

After the update 3.0.0 in May 2023, players were hopeful that many of the Pokémon who were not in the Paldea region could be transferred into the game through the system. The update to the virtual storage system did allow for over 100 Pokémon to transfer, but it left many, many more that were excluded. This left fans waiting for the DLCs – and – that were reported to come with more updates to add further compatibility, and while there were many missing Pokémon added to the game through the DLCs, very few extras were made transferable that weren't already catchable when playing the DLC.

Having the connectivity between and is not without limitations. Primary among them is the inability to transfer many beloved Pokémon from previous regions and generations via into and . As of the latest update, over 290 Pokémon from the National Pokédex are currently unavailable in. Here is a list of all Pokémon that cannot be transferred frominto :

There were many Pokémon from previous generations that were added to the new regions in 's two DLCs, collectively known as, which were released in the Fall and Winter of 2023. These new entries into the games were then added to, but otherwise, there were very few of the pocket monsters made to be transferable through that couldn't be caught in the game. Each of these DLC releases came alongside updates to which added in the new Pokédex for each DLC, but very little else.

While fans of previous games from the