Pokémon Bank delayed — Nintendo Network outages and maintenance to blame

Nintendo’s online infrastructure couldn’t handle the load and crumbled due to an influx of new gamers on Christmas day, and Pokémon fans are going to suffer the consequences.

The publisher revealed that it is delaying the launch of Pokémon Bank and Pokémon Transporter. These two apps will enable Pikachu lovers to save their pocket monsters in the cloud so they can use them in other games in the franchise. Nintendo originally intended to launch the apps for 3DS today, but that’s no longer going to happen.