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Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen listings appear on the Nintendo eShop, will release later this month

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Just as insiders had heavily teased, the rumors of a release of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen onto the Nintendo Switch 2 have finally been confirmed. Quietly appearing on the Nintendo eShop were separate listings for both Pokemon FireRed and Pokemon LeafGreen, originally released for the Game Boy Advance. Support for Pokemon Home will be included in this digital re-release as well. Both games will launch on February 27, 2026. Each game will be priced at $19.99.

Celebrate 30 years of Pokémon™ with this Nintendo Switch™ version* of the Pokémon FireRed Version game originally released on the Game Boy™ Advance system! Explore the Kanto region, discover wild Pokémon around every corner, and aim to complete your Pokédex as you battle your way to success. Earn badges as you develop winning strategies to use against each experienced Gym Leader, and uncover amazing secrets in your quest to be the best Trainer.

This digital exclusive contains the Sevii islands, where even more Pokémon await. You can also visit the Pokémon Wireless Club to trade, battle, and chat with other players via local wireless**!

Support for Pokémon HOME is coming soon

You’ll be able to bring the Pokémon you catch and train to the place where all Pokémon gather—support for Pokémon HOME is coming to Pokémon FireRed Version!
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skawo said:
No, because the "issue" back then was caused by ROM size limitations.

The "issue" now is caused by either laziness or greed, because again, they have the infrastructure to pull it off at little to no extra cost on their part.
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If we must be pedantic, an emulator that doesn't comply with the ROM size limitations would not be a Game Boy Advance emulator.
 
Marc_LFD said:
And Xbox is essentially dead.

The One X was at least a very good gaming console for enhanced performance and backwards compatibility, but I'm not going to buy the Series X. Xbox is just doomed.
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The Series X (and even more so the S) was actually a decent deal for a while. Assuming you don't own and can't afford a gaming PC, it was a solid alternative. After the price hikes, it just makes no sense anymore. Xbox lost the one advantage it had. Well, two, if you count game pass and its price hike.
 
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For $20 you can get yourself a dedicated RTC gba flashcard and flash it with a pretty cool Pokémon hack with tons of added features or get a more or less freshly released game like Hollow Knight silk song.

Aside from this being a digital only release I cannot wrap my head around the price for EACH game being 20 bucks.
 
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It's amazing how they are too fucking lazy to have just one release and the roms all in the game and at the start 'Choose your language, once you go past this screen and save the game the language cannot be changed'. I guess that cost too much money and "development time" for the small indie company that runs Pokémon to make a single UI screen and some simple code to load different versions.

I have not seen a single retro collection or modern re-release pull off this bullshit ever. Completely laughable in every way - multiple releases clogging up the same region eShop for the same game is absurd.
 
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icegod said:
You call gamers cattle and Nintendo fans castrated, you really think anyone reading that would agree with your point?
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clearly, considering that my post has received positive reactions. if you’re going to just argue semantics then feel free to close the thread because you have nothing important to actually say. what exactly have i said that was incorrect? by your own words you people are easy to please and i am in fact correct in deducing that you are contributing to the worsening state of the gaming industry
 
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sevenisseven said:
clearly, considering that my post has received positive reactions. if you’re going to just argue semantics then feel free to close the thread because you have nothing important to actually say. what exactly have i said that was incorrect? by your own words you people are easy to please and i am in fact correct in deducing that you are contributing to the worsening state of the gaming industry
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If you take a handful likes as a measure of being right, you should question if you're using good metrics. Chances are many passed your comment, and rolled their eyes, or didn't even want to engage here.

Because you see, if a large portion of gamers would in fact think like you, they wouldn't buy these releases, they wouldn't buy DLC and all other extra's. But seeing it still makes publishers tons of money...

But it's not about right or wrong, it's about respect. A lot of gamers are happy with these releases, a lot of gamers don't mind that it's a straight up 1:1 conversion. If you don't want to buy it, good, don't. But don't call those who do names. It will not magically make them change their minds. It makes you sound like the "quit having fun" meme.

You can always out your frustration without name calling.
 
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Shouldve been 70 dollars for one game. 30 bucks for 30 years and 30 bucks for pokémon home Don't forget 10 dollars for the upgrade pack on switch 2.
 
Esdeath said:
For $20 you can get yourself a dedicated RTC gba flashcard and flash it with a pretty cool Pokémon hack with tons of added features or get a more or less freshly released game like Hollow Knight silk song.

Aside from this being a digital only release I cannot wrap my head around the price for EACH game being 20 bucks.
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That's pretty cool man, now buy a flasher and a gba.
 
i'm not entirely opposed to this, but in the same vein i have to ask "why?" There's no online multiplayer, no way to connect other Gen 3 titles to these and from what i understand not even pokemon home support at launch. (feel free to correct me on that one). I suppose the 20 bucks is fair if you really need your pokemon fix but its going to be a pass for me.
 
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