Now just one week away from the 2026 Pokémon Day festivities, the official anniversary Pokémon Presents show has been announced, and today Nintendo is helping to kick things off early with the announcement that Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version are releasing on Nintendo Switch very soon.
Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen for Nintendo Switch
As part of 2026’s 30 years of Pokémon celebration that will culminate in a livestream presentation on Friday, February 27, 2026, at 6:00 a.m. PST, The Pokémon Company and Nintendo have now announced the imminent release of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen for Switch (also playable on Switch 2) – they will go live shorty after the Presents show one week from today.
Originally released on the Game Boy Advance system, FireRed and LeafGreen will be available for $19.99 each on the eShop and are available for pre-order ahead of the February 27 release date.
- Pokémon FireRed Version Switch pre-order $20
- Pokémon LeafGreen Version Switch pre-order $20
They are not Switch Online Nintendo Classics games, you can just outright buy them right on the eShop for $20.
Both digital titles will feature the Sevii islands, “where even more Pokémon await.” And the eShop listings also says players can “visit the Pokémon Wireless Club to trade, battle, and chat with other players via local wireless.”
The Pokémon Company company said “Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version, remakes of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green, will release on Nintendo Switch as download-exclusive titles.” The games “will be available to play after the conclusion of the Pokémon Presents presentation that is scheduled to begin on Friday, February 27, 2026, at 6:00 a.m. PST.”
Check out the Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version Switch announcement trailer below:
Pokémon Red and Pokémon Green, the first titles in the Pokémon series, were originally released in Japan on Tuesday, February 27, 1996. This is an important day marking the start of the Pokémon brand, which was born from these two video games! This day has been celebrated as Pokémon Day by fans as well.
These titles were originally released for GameBoy Advance in 2004 as remakes of Pokémon Red and Blue (Green in Japan) that debuted in 1996. The Pokémon Company says players will be revisiting the classic story and Pokémon of Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue with the updated graphics we got on the Advance remakes
The Switch versions are by and large the same as the Game Boy Advance versions, but now with the Game Chat feature for Nintendo Switch 2 owners. There is no Nintendo Switch Online membership needed to purchase or play these games and there is no language selection option within the titles:
- The games remain unchanged from their original release on Game Boy Advance, and as was often the case in that era, different versions of the games needed to be created for each supported language.
- In total, there are three different language versions of each game available in the Americas: English, European French, and European Spanish. These are the same language versions that were offered with the games’ original release on Game Boy Advance.
- We encourage people to verify the language of the game before completing their purchase.
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