Do you need 2 3DS's to do a PokeTransfer from Gen V to Gen VI?

Question

And I mean PokeTransfer, not PokeBank.

Answer 1

No. Poketransfer is linked to Pokebank. You need your 3DS (or 2DS), wifi connection and a computer.

Pokebank & Poketransfer

Comments

Ah, so I can transfer from Black to Y without 2 Ds's... thats great. But what if i dont have Pokebank? or is this ensuring that people will pay for PokeBank because they want their pokemon?

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If you don't have Pokebank, then there's no way to transfer. And yea, you have to pay to transfer your Pokemon. Considering that you needed 2 DS's in the past to transfer, the price of 500yen per annum is literally nothing compared to getting another DS just to transfer Pokemon.

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Made even worse by the fact that someday, not soon but someday, Poke'bank support will be gone forever from Gen VI, and all transfers after such impossible legitimately.