The rumors had been true! As anticipated by Pokémon leaker Khu, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen—the Recreation Boy Advance remakes of the unique English-language Pokémon video games—are coming to Change and Change 2 February 27. They’ll be obtainable as downloads as quickly because the thirtieth anniversary Pokémon Direct involves an finish.
So sure certainly, this confirms what was completely sure: that there can be a Pokémon Direct this Pokémon Day, throughout which it appears completely not possible that we gained’t get our first glimpse of Gen X Pokémon and the brand new mainline recreation during which they’ll seem. We now even have the time: February 27, 2026 at 9 a.m. ET.
The arrival of those two 22-year-old variations of a 30-year-old recreation as a paid obtain, and never as new entries within the GBA part of Nintendo’s On-line subscription bundle, is a weird and fairly surprising selection. Some may say a mercenary one. There absolutely was the potential that they may have been made obtainable at no cost to have a good time the franchise’s thirtieth birthday, and given how historic they’re and the way acceptable it will be…that’s clearly not taking place. It’s Nintendo. In case your uncle labored for Nintendo, he’d cost you for these imaginary leaks. So yeah, astonishingly the corporate has the entire gall to cost $20 for every. And it gained’t even assist on-line options.
Ew, what a horrid style that leaves in my mouth. The GBA variations of those two video games had bought a mixed whole of 11.82 million copies of their first 4 years on sale. That’s over $400 million. They kinda made their a refund. Nintendo might so simply have a good time this enormous anniversary by having these be obtainable at no cost, achieve a lot good will, and get nostalgic gamers hyped for Pokémon once more forward of the discharge of the brand new recreation this winter. Gah. Twenty sodding {dollars}.
