{"id":136189,"date":"2026-02-22T02:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-197799"},"modified":"2026-02-22T02:30:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T02:30:00","slug":"gallery-heres-a-look-at-pokemon-firered-and-leafgreen-on-switch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/gallery-heres-a-look-at-pokemon-firered-and-leafgreen-on-switch\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: Here&#8217;s A Look At Pok\u00e9mon FireRed And LeafGreen On Switch"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/20b32c3e340fc\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/20b32c3e340fc\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\" data-uuid=\"5a547a57f4116\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokemon\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5a547a57f4116\/pokemon.large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5a547a57f4116\/pokemon.900x.jpg\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pokemon\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the lead up to Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s 30th anniversary celebration, Nintendo officially lifted the lid on the return of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pokemon_firered_and_leafgreen\">Pok\u00e9mon FireRed and LeafGreen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re arriving on the Switch eShop on <strong>27th February 2026<\/strong>, and ahead of this release, Nintendo has shared not only an official trailer but also some direct screenshots, showing off how both games will look on its hybrid system.<\/p>\n<p>As we previously mentioned, Nintendo has also confirmed these Switch releases contain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2026\/02\/we-thought-it-would-be-fun-nintendo-explains-why-pokemon-firered-and-leafgreen-arent-on-switch-online\">the same content as the original releases<\/a>, with some modern solutions to the connectivity features. You can also play these titles while using the GameChat feature.<\/p>\n<p>If you somehow haven&#8217;t played these monster-catching RPG before, as you can see below, it&#8217;s a mix of adventure, exploration and battling wrapped up in some lovely pixel artwork! So, without further ado, here&#8217;s a look:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture keep\" data-uuid=\"ae3e989753a80\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokemon\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ae3e989753a80\/pokemon.large.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ae3e989753a80\/pokemon.original.png\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pokemon\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture keep\" data-uuid=\"5e9a6f08c0917\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokemon\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5e9a6f08c0917\/pokemon.large.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/5e9a6f08c0917\/pokemon.original.png\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pokemon\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture keep\" data-uuid=\"590607b3e3ccf\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokemon\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/590607b3e3ccf\/pokemon.large.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/590607b3e3ccf\/pokemon.original.png\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pokemon\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture keep\" data-uuid=\"9166e7ae689fd\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokemon\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9166e7ae689fd\/pokemon.large.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9166e7ae689fd\/pokemon.original.png\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pokemon\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture keep\" data-uuid=\"e8b6d6ccd3cbc\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokemon\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e8b6d6ccd3cbc\/pokemon.large.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/e8b6d6ccd3cbc\/pokemon.original.png\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pokemon\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"picture keep\" data-uuid=\"c9736b8051a48\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Pokemon\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c9736b8051a48\/pokemon.large.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c9736b8051a48\/pokemon.original.png\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Pokemon\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\"><span class><\/span> Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon FireRed and LeafGreen preorders and now live, and you can also preload these games on your Switch, if you&#8217;ve already purchased them. If you haven&#8217;t already bought them, they&#8217;ll set you back <strong>\u00a316.99 \/ $19.99<\/strong> each (<em>or your regional equivalent<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>You can check out the trailer and a side-by-side opening video in our previous coverage here on Nintendo Life.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube with-primis\" data-videoid=\"WntMj08PmEc\" data-start=\"0\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WntMj08PmEc?rel=0&amp;hd=1&amp;showinfo=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;autohide=1\"><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- cache: html:nintendolife.com\/ssl\/nintendo-switch\/related-articles:197796,197794,197742,197741,197746 @ 1771768106 --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"block object-related\"> <\/aside>\n<p>Are you looking forward to the return of these games? Have you already purchased them? <em>Let us know in the comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo In the lead up to Pok\u00e9mon&#8217;s 30th anniversary celebration, Nintendo officially lifted the lid on the return of Pok\u00e9mon FireRed and LeafGreen. They&#8217;re arriving on the Switch eShop on 27th February 2026, and ahead of this release, Nintendo has shared not only an official trailer but also some direct screenshots, showing off how [&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-136189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136189","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=136189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}