
This includes Battle Team QR Codes, competition QR Codes, or random QR Codes completely unrelated to Pokémon. Wonder QR Codes are any QR Codes that are not specifically an Alola Pokédex QR Code or a Special QR Code.

They are also released alongside the Japanese broadcast of Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon episodes via data broadcasting as part of a viewer participation game.Ī unique QR Code also unlocks a Magearna that was distributed for Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon. Region-exclusive Special QR Codes are printed on the bottom of Moncollé Get figures and on the face of Pokémon Ga-Olé disks. Some of these QR Codes may be region-exclusive. These also record a Pokémon as seen in the player's Pokédex if it is not already. Special QR Codes are distributed for other official Pokémon uses. These QR Codes record a Pokémon as seen in the player's Pokédex if it is not already.Īlthough these QR Codes are meant to encode Pokémon from the Alola Pokédex, the format supports almost any Pokémon, including special Pokémon and Pokémon outside the Alola Pokédex.

QR Codes for "special Pokémon" cannot be produced this way. There are three types of patterns for the QR Scanner.Īlola Pokédex QR Codes are produced from a registered Pokémon's Pokédex entry in the Rotom Pokédex. They also accrue points to be used for Island Scan. QR Code patterns designed for the QR Scanner contain information about different Pokémon. Generation VII Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon QR Scanner Main article: QR Scanner QR Code patterns can be created and managed from the Secret PC in the player's base. The player cannot move their own base to this location, making these QR Codes the only way for the location to be occupied. Prior to the closure of the Generation VI Pokémon Global Link features, these QR Codes were also available on a player's Global Link profile.Ī few special QR Codes were also released that import a Super Secret Base to a special location on Mossdeep City. These QR Codes import the player's base into another player's game (though it cannot import to a game played on the same 3DS as the QR Code was generated on). In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, players can create a QR Code for their Super Secret Base that they can share with others.

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining PearlĪ pre-release example of a Secret Base QR Code Main article: Secret Base → Generation VI.
