Pokemon Bank back on the Japanese eShop
Nintendo has re-released the much anticipated Pokemon Bank application back onto the Japanese eShop. The application was pulled from sale late last year when Nintendo’s online services just couldn’t handle the rush of people at Christmas in addition to the Pokemon Bank release.
With it’s servers now prepared Nintendo has let Japan (as well as Korea) back in on the action and will slowly let everyone else back on once it knows it can cope with the strain.
Pokemon Bank was originally meant to go on sale here in Australia and Europe on the 27th of December, since the delay information has been scarce until today when Nintendo Europe tweeted about it saying they’ll be monitoring the situation closely. Hopefully it won’t be too long until we’re all cashing in at the Bank.
Nintendo Europe’s tweets are included below.
Hi Pokémon fans, sorry it's taken until now before we could give you an update on Pokémon Bank (1/4)
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) January 22, 2014
Pokémon Bank & Poké Transporter services have now resumed operation in various Asian territories incl. Japan (2/4)
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— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) January 22, 2014
We'll be closely monitoring players' experiences as we prepare for the European release (3/4)
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) January 22, 2014
Once again we want to apologise for the delay, and thank you for your patience and your interest (4/4)
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) January 22, 2014
Nintendo are becoming a bit of a joke. Even more than usual. Just release the darn thing already.