pokemon bank users are reporting the app isnt working following the 3dss eshop closuremarch 27 sadly saw the 3dss eshop close its virtual doors for good just like nintendo announced it would last year the pokemon company always maintained that the pokemon bank app would work following the closure of the eshop but now users are reporting that the app no longer works correctlythe issue seems to stem from pokemon transporter a companion app released alongside pokemon bank that allowed for the transfer of pokemon from gen 5 black white black 2 white 2 to gen 6 x y while pokemon bank is staying online it looks as though if you didnt already have transporter installed theres no way of making the new download now that the eshop is gone so your pokemon are trapped in gen 5there do seem to be some teething troubles around pokemon bank most notably a mysterious free trial period notification that grants players access for a number of days accompanied by a question mark nintendo has suggested that message can safely be ignored but its not addressed the issues with transporterpokemon bank is a feature that basically allows you to transfer creatures between multiple platforms and devices so you could send a charizard through to pokemon sword and shield or an eevee forward through pokemon mystery dungeon rescue team dx and many other gamesthis particular failure of the bank system threatens a significant portion of the mainline pokemon series potentially consigning much of an entire generation to the void some commenters have suggested that given the short amount of time since the eshops closure nintendo could still be working on a fix but others have claimed its unlikely that the company will be working on solutions to a nowdefunct piece of software especially given that 75 of all pokemon games have been made unavailable with the eshops closureyou can see why this is a little worrying for hardcore pokemon players last year in february pokemon bank went freetouse after previously costing an annual subscription fee of 499 with the app opening up for anyone to use youve got to imagine theres more pokemon bank users than ever now panicking that their creatures might be lost to the voidcheck out our upcoming switch games guide to see what the future holds for the pokemon franchise