Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen go live — where to buy now for Nintendo Switch

Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen land on the Switch eShop for $19.99 on Pokémon Day 2026, with pre-load support and classic Kanto gameplay.

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Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen go live — where to buy now for Nintendo Switch

Classic Kanto remakes arrive on Switch for Pokémon Day 2026.

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on February 27, 2026

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[Cover art for Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen on a blue and purple background]

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TL;DR: The Nintendo eShop has dropped the digital versions of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen for Nintendo Switch — buy now for $19.99.

Where to buy Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen for Nintendo Switch:

Pokémon FireRed

Pokémon FireRed Version (Nintendo Switch)

$19.99 at Nintendo

[The cover art for Pokemon FireRed featuring Charizard on an orange background]

Pokémon LeafGreen

Pokémon LeafGreen Version (Nintendo Switch)

$19.99 at Nintendo

[Pokemon LeafGreen cover art featuring Venusaur on an orange background]

The Pokémon franchise’s 30th anniversary, coinciding with the release date of the original Pokémon Red and Green Game Boy titles in Japan, is being celebrated in the best way possible. You can now buy digital Nintendo Switch versions of the Game Boy Advance’s Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen games at the Nintendo eShop for $19.99.

For gamers in the UK, both games are available for £16.99 at the UK Nintendo eShop.

FireRed and LeafGreen’s Nintendo Switch ports will release on Feb. 27 (Pokémon Day 2026) at 6 a.m. PST, after the Pokémon Company’s Pokémon Presents stream has aired.

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Instead of being tied to a Nintendo Switch Online membership, paying for these games à la carte means you can have them both permanently as part of your digital library. Both games will also be fully compatible with Nintendo Switch 2 consoles.

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Exclusively available digitally on the eShop, the Nintendo Switch editions of Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen will be nearly exactly the same as they were when released on the Game Boy Advance back in 2004 — minus the need for Link Cables or the Game Boy Advance versions’ bundled GBA Wireless Adapter, which you originally needed to trade and battle with other players. You’ll now be able to use the Pokémon Wireless Club for those local multiplayer features instead.

Remakes of the original Pokémon Red and Green Game Boy games (Pokémon Red and Blue in the west) let you relive the original Pokémon adventure with updated Game Boy Advance graphics — journey across Kanto, take on Team Rocket, defeat all eight Gym leaders, and become champion of the Pokémon League.

The Nintendo Switch editions will contain exclusive post-game content on the Sevii Islands: introducing both an additional storyline revealed once you defeat the Pokémon League and plenty of extra Pokémon to collect.

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