Nintendo has delivered absolutely massive pocket monster news during its latest Direct. What fans have dreamed of for a very long time will soon become a reality with the announcement the original Pokémon Red, Blue & Yellow, released by Game Freak on the Game Boy in 1998, will arrive on the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console on 27th February, 2016.
The Virtual Console version of the games will use local wireless to replicate the classic and much-loved link cable trading feature of the original games.
Keep an eye for more information about these games in the future, and tell us in the comments how excited you are about the main Pokémon titles coming to the Virtual Console.
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I own all these games for game boy already, but awesome nonetheless!
Too bad you won't be able to trade to newer games, no unlimited Mews
They better do something bigger for the anniversary than this, though.
Love this.
Hell yes!
Hell friggin' yes! Now I'm even more excited about a potential VC release on Wii U of the Gen III+ games and the release of the original Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal.
About the only thing I was genuinely excited about in this Nintendo Direct (or at least happy to see), but let's be honest here, they're just Virtual Console titles. These kinds of things shouldn't be a big deal on 3DS at this point. I'd still love to go back and play these classic games however.
Nobody asked for this Nintendo...
Swing and a Miss!
About time! I'm totally forcing my friends to get this!
(I wonder if there could be Pokémon Bank integration squeezed into it somehow)
One of the best bits of news in the event. I was so surprised and excited. I LOVE these games!
Buying Red and Yellow for sure.
Awesome news. but where the hell is my pokemon Z. My poke cravings need to be fufilled.
@Xenocitythat's not true. i've wanted this for awhile now. My kids and I will each be downloading a different version of the game.
Praise the Lord we are getting 3ds vc games
Never thought this would happen! Will download Red or Blue and Yellow, just for the nostalgia.
Honestly, I could care less about a new Pokemon game for a while. I'm going to live in nostalgia land with these little masterpieces. Still the most memorable games I owned on my Game Boy.
Great news!
Including Pokémon Bank compatibility or ANY kind of compatibility with the newer games will kill newer games sales. Don't expect it to happen.
I knew this would happen during the 20th anniversary (if ever). Now I hope that they follow suit by releasing the GBA/DS games on Wii U as well.
May get one of these when they release. The nostalgia!
FINALLY! Virtual Console returns to 3DS with an entry that's been conspicuously absent for a long time. Definitely getting Blue or Yellow (I originally owned Red), and hoping that this leads to the following generations being released in their original versions. I never played any after the first Generation.
So glad for this. In my opinion, the only good pokemon games out there and ALL YOU NEED is 150 pokemon. lol
Generation One is all you need. It's as true today as when The Beatles sang it in '67.
@Torterror
There's a Pokémon announcement on November 14th. That's probably when they'll mention Pokémon Z.
IR wasn't used in pokemon games until gold/silver.
R/B/Y relied solely on the link cable.
So when is there ever going to be a high definition Pokemon? It's almost 2016.
This is great--I've been thinking about buying a Game Boy for a new playthrough, but now I won't need to.
I finally get to try out Pokemon Yellow after so long!
Gen 1 are classics. Also they are a glitchy mess.
@Kirk Yes, that's right. It's all good but why Nintendo make big news of a Game Boy port?
Can't wait to catch a Missingno!
The only real pokemon. Pokemon red is the only pokemon I had and played. My daugther had Pokemon Omega Ruby but after whatching and realizing how bad the series have become since my early pokemon flirt. I have to download one of those old ones again to be able to enjoy it once more. I've lost my old copy so..
Color me impressed. And they kept the trading intact, which was my only real worry about this.
I am too pathetically excited for this!
@HollowGrapeJ : If you want to be technical about it, Pokémon Rumble U says "hello". =P
Finallyyyyyy lol
THEY HAVE ARRIVED! AT LONG LAST, THEY HAVE ARRIVED!
It appears that they'll be using the original B&W for Red and Blue, while giving us the colour version of Pokémon Yellow, which is quite disappointing. Why don't they at least give us the OPTION of using the SGB colours in Red and Blue?
@sillygostly Hah yeah I know about that already. I mean like the regular games that the handhelds get.
I let out an audible gasp when they dropped this during the direct.
The article states that the original games used IR to transfer Pokémon which is incorrect. The second generation games used IR for some other things, but like the first generation, a link cable was used to transfer Pokémon and multiplayer battles.
Nintendo should do a deal - you pay for one and get the other two for half price.
Why don't they at least give us the OPTION of using the SGB colours in Red and Blue?
Because no Game Boy game does that, for whatever reason.
I'll definitely be on this. Hopefully, GSC won't be far behind!
Oh look, Game Boy VC games. EAT IT, NATSUME!
This was the best Nintendo Direct ever. Dragon Quest and classic Pokemon for the 3DS VC - I'm surprised and impressed.
About time! And why is wireless multiplayer on VC only now a thing!?
JUST WHEN I THINK NINTENDO IS FALLING AWAY.. Today was such an amazing news day and this is icing on the cake. This made my day!!! These are my favorites! Time to get Red and go to safari zone for Scyther 😊
It took them long enough, but I'm just happy to see these games finally added. Multiplayer support is great, and even though I can play these games on my phone, something about playing it on a Nintendo handheld just gets me excited. Can't wait to play these again!
I never thought Nintendo would do this. I actually cried a bit! This is the reason my brother finally decided to buy a 3DS. Febuary can't come sooner!!!!
I prefer the GBA remake. But it's great to finally see some new GB games again on VC.
@Geonjaha AMEN. I'm completely blown away and .... Well.... So is my wallet lol
I've still got the original versions, but having them on something other than a cartridge whose batteries might die would be much better. My only problem is that I'd need a 2nd 3DS to trade between them. I saw a 2DS going really cheaply last week, but I had no reason to want a 2nd console.
If they're available on the NX as well, then it would be fantastic if I could use that and a 3DS to trade between them.
And with that, I lost my last bit of respect for GameFreak and The Pokémon Company. Releasing the most bugged, imbalanced, and ugly Pokémon games as VC games has no respectable reason except for a cheap nostalgia cash-in.
Plus, they basically confirmed that Nintendo was just flat-out too lazy to bother implementing multiplayer features for every other 3DS VC game that used to have such. Great job...
very great news
now lets hope missingno stays in this rerelease
So other GB VC games were stripped of video linking yet suddenly they can magically include it for this like it's no real issue — lame.
Not stripped of linking, I imagine they weren't willing to put in the work necessary to make it compatible. But for Pokémon they have. Nothing magical about it. Perhaps now other games previously released will also gain compatibility.
No compatibility with newer Pokemon games or Pokemon Bank? Will I at least be able to trade to myself if I have all three VC releases downloaded on one system? I never caught MissingNo as a kid for fear of ruining my original red version cartridge.
Will I at least be able to trade to myself if I have all three VC releases downloaded on one system?
Doesn't look like it going by the video. Only with other 3DS consoles.
@Konda Oh, one of THOSE people.
Everytime that he said: "and now for something exciting" I sat there goin Pokémon XZ and YZ! But it didn't happen
Lucky Japanese get Red, Green, Blue and Yellow released simultaneously.
Praise the Lord! I will finally fulfill my childhood dream - I'll force my brother to buy one of the versions, and finally fill the original Pokedex! Stupid link cable....
@Joshua_Hylian : The next games are more likely to be titled Pokémon XX and Pokémon XY followed by a third version: Pokémon Baby.
OH MY GOD YES
That is cool that Nintendo is finally releasing these games on Virtual Console and using wireless links, but man, these games have not aged well. I wished it was firered that got the treatment instead.
It looks like Japan will be getting Pokemon Green! So happy to have a 3DSLL 😃😃😃
I will be getting these.
YES YES YES! i couldnt believe my eyes when i saw this...i kept banging my head on my bed to see if it was a dream or not. I AM HYPED
THANK YOU NINTENDO
@davidevoid all the smb games with multiplayer have it
Can anybody confirm if these VC games while be able to connect with Pokémon Bank and subsequently transfer Pokémon from Gen I to Gen VI?
I own all these games on Gameboy, but if that feature is implemented I might be enticed to get a VC copy.
@Bass_X0 Exactly. Wasn't worth the effort for those other titles. Pokemon on the other hand? They'll be the best selling games on the 3DS eShop for months.
Should I feel bad that I'm really excited about a pokemon with a pokedex small enough for me to care?
Finally! I've been hoping for this to happen since the 3ds virtual console began. Even though I own yellow and blue on the gameboy since back then. I will probably end up buying all three for the nostalgic factor, though most likely I'll grab red version first. But definitely a good move from Nintendo.
This was one of the main reasons I bought a 3DS back in 2011. I basically gave up hope, but this was a VERY welcome surprise. I will literally buy all three just to positively reinforce this kind of release. I am happy to see they worked out the trading system. I assumed if it was ever released they would have left that part out, I still would have bought it though.
Awesome! I'm passing on these only because I have Blue and Yellow carts that still (amazingly) work. But it's nice to see these out there as an option!
Plus, the 3DS VC actually still has something coming for it.
I haven't played Pokémon for 15 years, and though I still have the cartridges I would definitely get one of these. Maybe I'll finally catch them all...
they come on the 20th anniversary of Pokemon.
That's pretty good news! I'll probably get 'em all, since I missed out on Blue at the time — I got Red & Yellow on the days they originally came out.
Yay! My first RPG game, I'll get Yellow version I think. Hope to see Gold and Silver coming too, it's a game I missed back in the day.
@Snargledon I wish, but Pokemon stat formulas are way too different to even be a thought. It'd be way too much work to reconfigure the games, or the transferred Pokemon.
Now all they need to do is do the same with Generation II, make the Pokémon Transfer tool compatible with the 3DS VC games (limiting it to Gen V games is kind of a waste), and my life will be complete.
Also, as afar as I know, these games were never mentioned to be as a part of the Virtual Console service, so it's not fair to assume that it automatically is a part of it only because it's a Game Boy game, and Game Boy games are on the VC.
Aiyah! The bearded(?) Groudon was right!
I was surprised that link functionality was added!
I am surprised that people actually hated on this announcement. Me, these games, despite their pain in playing, formed the foundation of the entire franchise and therefore deserve to be released, first.
...even so, playing these games was still painful (Even Pokemon Silver was more comfortable!). I would only buy these if enough people buy these games in the real world, thus justifying link battles.
I think that the Generation 2 games would be next... though shaneoh's comment woke me up to the fact that the Time Capsule would be an issue...
@Comboman77 I think you're right. I referred to these as VC games in my first post to be concise, but I think these are actually ports, especially since they said something like "we worked hard to make sure the games are as close as possible to the originals". Although I can't for the life of me fathom why, it seems like it's impossible to poke around the original code and just make the ROMs wifi compatible. Apparently they needed to redo it from the ground up. Notice they didn't actually use the words "Virtual Console"
That said, I kind of want them to be sold in the Virtual Console section of the e-shop and represented by the same icons just so it can look nice next to my other Gameboy games, heheh. Also, Nintendo needs some encouragement to bring the VC back for real. The optimist in me is hoping that there are plans to fully integrate (and expand) both Virtual Console libraries on the NX, but I'm not so sure.
Nice, these are the games that made me get a Gamboy Color. The 3DS VC ain't dead just yet.
A Saturday?
If they include WIFI battles, count me in. Otherwise, I probably won't get it, as I already own all 3, they still save, and they work with Stadium 1 and 2. But it's still definitely a nice gesture, and I bet they'll announce GSC a little later...
Some of you guys are expecting WAY too much out of what is intended to be a simple Virtual Console release (i.e. faithful to the original game on its original hardware). Wi-Fi battles? Pokémon Bank support? What do you think the new games are for?
And I'm pretty sure that Game Freak will at least address some of the more problematic bugs in the old games. Missingno. won't be in the final release, I'm sure of that; however, I wonder if they will make Mew available for capture in-game in some form (or unlockable).
Another thing is the matter of censorship. Ratings boards all over the world have been classifying gambling content in games far more strictly and I wonder if Game Freak will keep the Game Corner in Celadon City or if they will simply cut out the functionality of the slot machines completely (they wouldn't be able to totally remove the Game Corner as it actually plays a part in the storyline of the Generation I games).
@Daruncic Indeed. They were honestly really broken, with only the fun making up for it. What would've been really awesome is if they had released a DLC for the Gen VI games that let you go through Kanto, with the Pokemon distribution and Gyms equivalent to the originals.
Now, if the have a Gen VI Mew release for the anniversary, then we can really start the hype.
Well... here I was swearing up and down it would never happen and that link trade was impossible. ... Does this mean we're not getting a Kanto 3DS re-remake? Chase that's what I REALLY want.
I have Pokémon Blue but I have to play it on the original GB Advance which is not backlit so I'll pick Yellow for my 3DS.
I will get Pokemon Yellow because I actually never played it. One of very few Pokemon games I never got to play.
That's awesome for some folks, but if I want to replay these I'd rather do it on my N64 where I can speed up the process x2/x3. (I love that feature)
If I can transfer my Pokémon to the Gen VI games, then I will definitely snap this one up!
So, this IS happening after all? I was like 99,9% sure that Pokemon RGBY won't be released on VC, at least not on 3DS.
Well, but this is a good thing I belive. Many people can try the games now (if they havent' done that on countless emulators that can run on countless devices) and experience them as the original cards can be somehow hassle to get. And not all of us own a GameBoy.
I'm curious about 2 things though:
First, will we be able to use GBC color paletes? I prefer playing my Pokemon in color - those little changes between locations and the whole Yellow looks better to me than simple BW. Or I guess I'm just used to my GBC
Second, will there be glitches? I can't imagine the first generation of pokemon games WITHOUT glitches, or at least without the major ones. I guess the save corrupting glitches will be exluded. But still, we NEED those glitches in the games. (side note: if they do fix some of the bugs, I really want to see the programers expressions while working with the original code - this thing surely is a mess )
Now, all they need is to price it equally to the modern standards and people will buy it. Out of nostalgia or out of curiousity. I own Blue and I just have beaten a borrowed Yellow (without even going to Game Corner, haha). But I actually consider buying one of those games on VC.
@sillygostly I can agree - there will be no Internet and Pokebank support for those games. The coding differs too much in those games to simply trade the pokemon further. Unless they want to hit us hard with some kind of amazing transfer application anouncement (because the anniversary). But I'm still doubtful that will happen.
Though you brought up a good point here - the gambling and the censorship. Also, those games are outdated and may contain dialogues not anymore safe for today's audience, I belive. This is why I'm double curious about the releases.
@KTT : I'm hoping that they will iron out the glitches (and I imagine that it's one of the reasons why the Pokémon classics have taken a while longer to be rereleased) at least for the sake of fairness when it comes to trading Pokémon, and to prevent jerks from sending over Missingno. to the uninformed.
I shall assume that due to the inclusion of wireless trading that save states will not be included in the VC release of the game, and we will be bound by either the in-game save system and/or a suspension point similar to that of Wii VC titles.
While nice for nostalgia, i don't think RBY hold up all that well by today's standards, i'm hoping for a new main series Pokémon game, could be good now that Yo-kai watch is giving some actual competition, might spur a bit of innovation, but playing the very first games? I did that when they were new, been there, done that, over 15 years ago
I did not invest in the new 3ds to be able to play old game boy games, let alone having to pay for the privilege.
If Nintendo are using these games as 'fillers' because there are not enough games for the 3ds, then they should be free downloads and the rest of us will just have to wait until a new 3ds game is released.
Even though I prefer Firered, I'll still download. Probably Nuzlocke one of them. Permadeath Pokemon Challenge, can't buy items or trade. Or maybe see if its possible to complete without catching any pokemon (I think I can manage HMs just from in game purchased pokemon and/or gifts? Bulbasaur/magikarp/himonchan/lapras/kabuto/aerodactyl all don't need to be caught... might be missing a few.)
I want to be excited about this but eveytime I think how awesome it is, I think how crappy it'll be not be able to transfer them across to pokemon bank.
I'm surprised how excited I am for this tbh. I've been playing various pokemon games on my phone over the years but I never beat any of them. Seems the only games I have been able to finish lately have been on 3DS, so maybe this is a sign that I can finally beat one of these games, and what better than Red!
@abe_hikura That would be a realllly big leap of faith, given that the coding that defines a Pokemon in these games differs so greatly from the current generation. What would your Pikachu's gender be upon transferral? Or nature? Or Sp. Defense stat?
If you're really very desperate, I believe Pokemon from FRLG can be transferred through a DS onto Gen 4, which can then be transferred onto Gen 5 and then Gen 6/Pokebank. It's certainly possible to take Pokemon all the way from the original RS up to ORAS.
@zool Nintendo doesn't owe you games. It sells you games because you buy them. I don't know how else to elaborate on this point. You seem to be under the illusion that you 'deserve' a steady stream of big new games, and if you don't receive them, then you 'deserve' compensation.
You may WANT big news games. I want big new games. Nintendo almost certainly wants to sell us big news games. But if they're not there, it's Nintendo's loss as well as our own.
When you bought a 3DS, you bought a 3DS. You didn't buy a contract.
Oh poo, was kind of hoping for an anniversary remake/remaster but the originals on the VC is a cool guy too.
@Maxz I know, I all ready have mon transferred from FRLG how ever it was a real pain transferring more than a couple. You could transfer pokemon from RB (no genders) to GS (gendered) and its gender based on its attack IV. i'm sure a similar system could be set up
I mean there are ways of doing it they was in the source code editing it to work with wifi anyway they could of updated the pokemon's code to make it more compatible with the new games, hell an update to the Pokémon Bank could assign the missing values to Gender, Nature and SD stat.
ultimately in a world where people are angry that Nintendo isn't doing things like cross buy/play/save this is bound to cause issues particularly as the young gamers (such as my daughter) picking these up for the first time discover they cant add their new mons to their collection
@Xenocity WOW. you were wrong.
Level of interest and responses on this alone is a clear indicator of the level of interest.
I personally have wanted these since X and Y were released and I started downloading Gameboy Virtual Console titles. 3 of best games ever on the Gameboy.
Wonder if we'll get Gold, Silver and Platinum from the Gameboy colour during the 20th anniversary year too?
@Maxz Well you are wrong. There is an expectation not a contract and that should be a reasonable expectation. If you took a movie subscription you would expect a regular amount of new films. When I buy a games console I expect a good choice of games.
If these old games were in addition to new games you would have a point but they are fillers. The Wii u is finished and we are waiting for the NX, that's fine, that's what happens when a new console is on the way. But the new 3ds is in its prime yet there is a shortage of new games.
May be Nintendo have taken their eye of the ball and games take second place to Amiibo toys and cards.
@KTT I'd sure appreciate some color. But as far as I'm aware, other VC releases haven't supported it for some reason.
these will becoming the best selling eshop games within seconds on its release date. even i am considering getting one though i havent played any pokemon game after yellow. maybe that's the reason
@zool Could you elaborate on which bits are 'wrong'?
I mean, in spirit I more or less agree with you. I've no interest in amiibo, or cards, or smartphone games (I don't even own a smartphone), or the numerous 'bits and pieces' that are released that don't really feel like fully fledged 'games'. I kind of feel that Nintendo's spreading itself a bit too thin at the moment and often comes across as a little lost.
So I'm generally disappointed to some degree. Often my hopes/expectations aren't met. But I still don't buy the "we should get free stuff" line, or more accurately, "[these games] should be free downloads" as, unlike contracts, expectations CAN be broken without consequence.
EDIT: I would make the distinction that with a movie subscription, you are... well, SUBSCRIBING to something. Something you don't have. Something that you will receive in the future. With a games console, especially early in its life, you would naturally EXPECT new games, but you're not actively subscribed to anything. You don't pay a subscription fee. You've just bought a box.
A games console gives you the ability to play the games currently available for it. I think that's the only quality I DEMAND. Although, I would be somewhat irritated if it was the only quality it actually fulfilled.
@Mathaytace I didn't realise that, it should really be the standard.
You are wrong to think Nintendo does not 'owe' (your word) me anything. Although I would rather say Nintendo have a duty, to a greater or lesser degree to provide games for their console, which gamers have spend their hard earned cash on. Right now it is to a lesser degree.
Unless the NX attracts third party games companies to fill the gaps between Nintendo games then maybe Nintendo should make games for the PlayStation and concentrate more on the 3ds since they are the market leader in handheld consoles.
I have got money to spend on games but I do not have the 3ds games to buy. Allowing for the fact that I don't want to play every game released.
Why is Nintendo not attracting more big third party companies to make 3ds games? Pokémon red blue and yellow is not going sell more 3ds's for Nintendo. And those gamers will turn to Smartphones for their handheld gaming.
If Nintendo want to keep gamers on side until more 3ds games arrive, then maybe freebies would help.
I sure hope the wireless trading won't be region locked...who am I kidding, of course it'll be...
@iphys - Yeah well we already know that Nintendo is lazy with the Virtual Console. They could add the GBC colour palettes to GB games, but they don't do that because emulating the features of their own 20 year old hardware is too hard. They could also release GBA games on the service but don't because they wan't them to do better on the Wii U, and so make up excuses about not having save states making it not worth it.
Please GameFreak, pease include the option for color display. You're charging more for them already, so at least let me experience the games in the way I originally did.
@DiscoDriver43 No, they did age well! >: [/fanrage]
@sillygostly I heard they left some original glitches in Zelda remakes (to stay true to the originals), I don't see the reason to not to do the same thing here. MissingNo. is a part of the games - at least that's my opinion. But you have right, some jerks may use it for evil purposes. They could ban such buggy pokemon from trading though. Somehow put a check in the games.
Didn't thought about save states yet. Those would allow for some serious abuses with cloning (but who would want to cheat on some old games?). Certainly, RBY will be quite unusually handled VC games.
@Siskan Unless they make them GBC (not GB) releases - which they probably won't do. But I already think those games will be somehow enchanced and changed than other VC releases. Look at the above paragraph - there is a possibility that the save states will not be existent. There is even a possibility those games won't be simply emulated - they will be "recreated" to fit modern standards - with glitches fixed, ability to trade between systems and possible more censorship (still, Pokebank support and other online play likely won't happen). If that will be the case, then the color palete isn't that far out of reach.
Wow, finally. This reminds me, I still want to play the modded Red version, known as the Brown version... Which is actually a legit mod, not anything dirty. Blue Kaizo might be too much of a challenge for me, though... In any case, good to know more people will get to see Pokemon as it was back in the day.
As for the VC features being borked... We've known that was the case ever since the 3DS stopped offering as many VC options as the Wii; and the Wii U didn't transfer over the Wii's library, either. No surprise, I wouldn't have expected anything more.
Been begging for this since the 3DS launched! Can't wait!
@Stuffgamer1 It is always the opposite of what they say.
@sillygostly that was there complaint about GBA on the 3DS then they should put them on there.
Gen 1 was the only gen I got into so I'll be getting pokemon yellow for sure
I still have my original yellow and pokemon stadium, I like it on the big screen. Although I've never been able to get all 151 pokemon in yellow because I was too young when my little brother had Blue to consider it and our older brother sold red when I got yellow. I have 2 3DS systems so I'll get red+blue on my old one and yellow on my N3DS and finally catch em' all!
Hopefuly GSC get released later next year so I can 100% my childhood!
Well, what do you know. I didn't think this would ever happen, but they pulled it off.
Now Red and Blue are completely outclassed by FireRed and LeafGreen, but I highly recommend Yellow version for any nostalgic Pokémaniacs out there. I'm happy with my actual copy of Yellow for as long as the save battery holds out, but this great news for those who never got to try it out.
@zool they have 12 games for the 3DS coming in between now and 2016, including a five third party games. Pokemon Red, Blue, & Yellow are coming out on Pokemon's 20th anniversary. Sorry but we as gamers aren't entitled to freebies. No one is forcing you to buy these. You could be happy for those of us who actually want them.
@Pokefanmum82 you read me wrong. I don't play Pokémon and so won't be buying them. But while you are happy to pay for them and play them on your 3ds, my complaint is for those of us who bought the 3ds to play new 3d games, of which there is a shortage. Maybe some free stuff to keep us happy and satisfied during the weeks of drought would be good, rather than try and flog us old stuff or have us gamble our money for badges.
@JubilifeRival perhaps they'll announce Pokemon Z, but not release it until the anniversary of the release of XY.
@BulbasaurusRex Would you say that Yellow > Red & Blue, then? Cause I never got a chance to play FireRed or LeafGreen, or the original Gen 1s. Iwas going to get Red.
From what I understand, Link Cable emulation is really hard to get working reliably. So did they figure out how to emulate it, raising the question of why they never bothered doing that in the first four years of Game Boy Virtual Console games (or even unlocking the characters and courses locked behind the Transfer Pak in the GBC and N64 VC versions of Mario Golf and Tennis), or are they reprogramming the games, raising the question of why they aren't adding Pokemon Bank integration while they're at it?
I will be picking up yellow!!!
I really want to be excited about this.....but $10 each for nothing more than ports of the original games and not even throwing in the ability to trade or battle over the Internet? Don't think I can stay hyped for an overpriced port... I would gladly pay full retail price for RBGY on the 3DS if they just added the ability to trade and battle my friends from back home on the other side of the country.
@Peach64 I wonder how much it'll cost or if they end up felling nice they make it free to download
@Calllack Well, it depends on your preferences, as they each have their strengths. R/B allow you to choose between Bulbasaur, Charmander, and Squirtle; while Yellow forces you to take Pikachu. R/B let you capture Pikachu on Route 2, while Yellow gives you special events to obtain one of each of the other three starters. Your Pikachu in Yellow can't evolve, but it follows you around and allows you to check its happiness. Yellow has some color in its graphics and some more accurate Pokémon sprites in some cases. Yellow alters many of the gym rosters to more closely resemble the animé (yet still doesn't give Blaine a Magmar), which makes the Vermillion, Celadon, and Vermillion gyms a little easier. There are also a few other animé nods in Yellow such as battles against Jessie and James and Chansey nurses in the Pokémon Centers. The Missingno glitch was fixed in Yellow (although the Mew glitch still works). Yellow has a few moveset changes, including making Pikachu's moveset much stronger (such as learning Thunderbolt naturally) and giving Charizard the ability to learn the Fly HM. Yellow has an extra link battle mode only playable against others copies of Yellow. Finally, if you can somehow get a Pikachu that knows Surf (which will be a lot harder without access to Pokémon Stadium and several old cheat devices), Yellow gives you access to a special surfing Pikachu minigame.
@Adamario Well, I guess it took until now to finally get it right. Perhaps they may go back and add in the functionality to the other VC GameBoy games that use it, although it's not as essential of a feature as it was for these particular games. As for Pokémon Bank, the old Pokémon are still incompatible with the newer games after they overhauled the EV and IV system starting with the third generation.
@Zenshu There's only so much they can do with an old game. Be thankful that they even listened to fans and added Wireless communications. This is more for nostalgia, or for those that never got the chance to play the original games.
As for the price if it is $10, that's more than except able. Do you even realize how much an original cartridge of the old Pokemon games are? $25-30(each) for games that are nearly 20 years old.
@TyrantrumGaming Unlikely, by that logic all Virtual Console content would be free. $5-10 is how much it'll cost, more than likely they'll be $10 each. Due the rumor of Amazon having it up for Pre-order priced at $9.99 for a Digital Code.
@Adamrio Game Freak changed the coding in the games during Gen III, making only slight tweaks with each Gen, this makes R/B/Y, and S/G/C incompatible. Meaning there's no way they'll add the ability to send them to Pokemon Bank. To explain it more, Pokemon from Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/Leaf Green/Fire Red need to be transferred to Gen IV, than Gen V before going to Pokemon Bank because the coding on the Pokemon needs to be updated. You can't skip generations due to the slight tweaks and changes within the games code.
@Xenocity well judging from all these comments id say they hit a home run with this
@jh671 This is basically what people have been demanding for since the 3DS came out.
Yay now u can play Pokémon red so hyped
@JubilifeRiva
Pokemon is doing an event every month until the end of 2016 so far the only available Pokemon is Mew and I think Celebi is next month. I still do hope pokemon does something more than that though.
@sillygostly why don't you stfu ?
Any news on pricing?
@BeachSamurai : I'm flattered that you would start an account just to say that (and on what point?) beneath the warm, cowardly blanket of anonymity.
@Franklin : Higher than the typical VC release, but we still don't know exactly how much more.
@Xenocity I actually requested to Niontendo for all the portable games. So ha!
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