{"id":136131,"date":"2026-02-20T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-197741"},"modified":"2026-02-20T08:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T08:15:00","slug":"pokemon-firered-and-leafgreen-officially-revealed-for-switch-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/20\/pokemon-firered-and-leafgreen-officially-revealed-for-switch-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon FireRed And LeafGreen Officially Revealed For Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/27ebb367c8fdf\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/27ebb367c8fdf\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/27ebb367c8fdf\/large.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"SsdMN14Mn4g\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SsdMN14Mn4g?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Nintendo has seemingly revealed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pokemon_firered_and_leafgreen\">Pok\u00e9mon FireRed and LeafGreen<\/a> for the Switch earlier than planned, as a whole bunch of eShop listings are now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/us\/store\/products\/english-pokemon-firered-version-switch\/\">live on the eShop<\/a>. <em>[Update: the reveal has now been made official.]<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Priced at <strong>\u00a316.99 \/ $19.99<\/strong> each with a launch date of <strong>27th February<\/strong> (Pok\u00e9mon Day, of course), the release has bypassed Nintendo Switch Online entirely, meaning you can own the games digitally \u00e0 la carte. At the time of writing, there&#8217;s no confirmation that a physical release is also in the works, so we&#8217;ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, releasing FireRed and LeafGreen is a pretty big move to acknowledge Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s 30th anniversary, much like the launch of classic titles on the 3DS almost 10 years ago for the 20th celebrations.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gallery\"><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Images: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/aside>\n<p>The titles will be available shortly after a Pok\u00e9mon Presents showcase on the 27th, so we&#8217;ll be sure to keep an eye out for any further anniversary announcements from Nintendo and The Pok\u00e9mon Company.<\/p>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:197281,197283 @ 1771578106 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p><em>For now, let us know in the comments whether you plan on picking up either Pok\u00e9mon FireRed or LeafGreen (or both!).<\/em><\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"qtUEb63Cla8\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qtUEb63Cla8?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo has seemingly revealed Pok\u00e9mon FireRed and LeafGreen for the Switch earlier than planned, as a whole bunch of eShop listings are now live on the eShop. [Update: the reveal has now been made official.] Priced at \u00a316.99 \/ $19.99 each with a launch date of 27th February (Pok\u00e9mon Day, of course), the release has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-136131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136131\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}