[Sword & Shield] Question about Masuda Method and Trading

[Alpha Snowdust]

So I got Shield. I can't get Nintendo Online and no one locally plays the game in another language. I do have Home on the Switch.

If I play Shield (hasn't been opened or played yet) in say, Japanese or Spanish, complete the game, catch a Ditto, and then send it over to my Sword, which is in English, would that count as a foreign Ditto? I can set the language (at the beginning of Shield) still, even if my Switch is in English? I just want to double check before getting my hopes up. I've looked online, but nothing has really helped.

It's not possible to trade between two SwSh or Home accounts that are on the same Switch right? My sister wants a Sobble

Spoiler:

and Popplio

(Spoiler for Diglett guy on Isle of Armor) and I want a Grookey

Spoiler:

and Rowlet

(Spoiler for diglett guy). We would have to trade them with our next door neighbor who would trade them to us, right? Like my sister trades our neighbor the two pokemon and our neighbor trades those two pokemon with me?

Thanks!

 

[ShyRayq]

So I got Shield. I can't get Nintendo Online and no one locally plays the game in another language. I do have Home on the Switch.

If I play Shield (hasn't been opened or played yet) in say, Japanese or Spanish, complete the game, catch a Ditto, and then send it over to my Sword, which is in English, would that count as a foreign Ditto? I can set the language (at the beginning of Shield) still, even if my Switch is in English? I just want to double check before getting my hopes up. I've looked online, but nothing has really helped.

It's not possible to trade between two SwSh or Home accounts that are on the same Switch right? My sister wants a Sobble

Spoiler:

and Popplio

(Spoiler for Diglett guy on Isle of Armor) and I want a Grookey

Spoiler:

and Rowlet

(Spoiler for diglett guy). We would have to trade them with our next door neighbor who would trade them to us, right? Like my sister trades our neighbor the two pokemon and our neighbor trades those two pokemon with me?

Thanks!

Yes. All that matters for Masuda is that the two pokemon have different language tags. So Jap+Eng or Spa+Eng or Jap+Spa or whatever. It works and is a known method of easily getting foreign pokemon.

You CAN use Pokemon Home to transfer pokemon between two profiles. All you need to do is to change the profile when selecting a game. Also, I'm not understanding your Diglett reward wants. You get the same type starter as what you started with. So your sister would get what she wants and you would get what you want: there's no need to trade.

 

[Alpha Snowdust]

Thanks so much!
She got Grookey and plans to choose Scorbunny for Shield, but she adores

Spoiler:

Popplio

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