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Does Pokemon have microtransactions now? If so, I wouldn't be surprised if they deliberately made the transfer mechanism buggy so some kid loses all their Pokemon and their parents are forced to buy them back to get them to stop crying.
No, they just charge a yearly fee for Home (which allows you to transfer). Pokemon Go (owned by the murderous Saudi royal family now, thanks Niantic) has tons of micro transactions.
It wouldn't work that way. Individual Pokemon are made up of many stat values that make them much more unique than gacha characters and skins. My Espeon from Gale of Darkness can't be replaced with another Espeon.