{"id":1787316,"date":"2026-02-23T10:45:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1787316"},"modified":"2026-02-23T10:45:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T07:45:05","slug":"the-pokemon-firered-and-leafgreen-switch-re-release-is-already-topping-the-eshop-charts-even-as-nintendo-mysteriously-removes-mention-of-home-compatibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1787316","title":{"rendered":"The Pok\u00e9mon FireRed and LeafGreen Switch re-release is already topping the eShop charts, even as Nintendo mysteriously removes mention of Home compatibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-leafgreen-firered\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Pok\u00e9mon FireRed and LeafGreen<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">The Pok\u00e9mon FireRed and LeafGreen Switch re-release is already topping the eShop charts, even as Nintendo mysteriously removes mention of Home compatibility<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Far from home.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/PokemonFRLG_01.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen - 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This would&#8217;ve been celebrated under normal circumstances, but Nintendo and The Pok\u00e9mon Company chose to skip the Nintendo Switch Online service in favour of a paid re-release of the original games at \u00a316.99 (or $20) each. A silver lining was mention of support for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-home\">Pok\u00e9mon Home<\/a> service, but now that&#8217;s up in the air.<\/p>\n<p>From the get-go, the official return of FireRed and LeafGreen to celebrate the franchise&#8217;s 30th anniversary felt a bit barebones. With no new content or graphical upgrades to speak of or online play\/trading (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/pokmon-fire-red-and-leaf-green-get-nintendo-switch-launch-next-week-priced-at-20-each\">only local wireless<\/a>), the only thing that was half-justifying putting down the cash many would rather spend on an indie was the Home functionality, which allows players to freely transfer Pok\u00e9mon between games, even those of different generations.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NintendoSwitch\/comments\/1r9qa2g\/pokemon_home_compatibility_removed_from_firered\/\">pointed out by fans<\/a> shortly after the announcement, mentions of such a feature have been scrubbed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/en-gb\/Games\/Nintendo-Switch-download-software\/Pokemon-LeafGreen-Version-3031289.html\">eShop listings<\/a> for both versions of the game. Maybe that simply wasn&#8217;t meant to be announced before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokemon.com\/us\/pokemon-news\/watch-the-new-pokemon-presents-this-pokemon-day-on-february-27-2026\">this week&#8217;s Pok\u00e9mon Presents stream<\/a>, or maybe it&#8217;s only planned to arrive post-launch and the powers that be aren&#8217;t ready to fully commit yet in case development hiccups happen. As it stands, a potential Pok\u00e9mon Home integration would be the only new feature being added to the FireRed and LeafGreen ports, so the information could&#8217;ve broken containment earlier than planned.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, it&#8217;s worth underlining that, at the time of writing, Pok\u00e9mon Home isn&#8217;t officially locked for this re-release of the GBA classics, which are priced at \u00a316.99 each and only include a single language per purchase (pick yours carefully if you&#8217;re biting the bullet). All this hasn&#8217;t stopped FireRed and LeafGreen from climbing to the top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/en-gb\/Nintendo-eShop\/Charts\/Nintendo-eShop-charts-1396788.html\">eShop&#8217;s charts<\/a> ahead of their launch on 27th February though.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Last week gave us the announcement of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/nintendo-is-releasing-pokemon-firered-and-leafgreen-on-switch-consoles-but-youll-have-to-buy-them-as-they-are-skipping-nintendo-switch-online\">Pok\u00e9mon FireRed and LeafGreen coming to the Switch<\/a> systems. This would&#8217;ve been celebrated under normal circumstances, but Nintendo and The Pok\u00e9mon Company chose to skip the Nintendo Switch Online service in favour of a paid re-release of the original games at \u00a316.99 (or $20) each. A silver lining was mention of support for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/pokemon-home\">Pok\u00e9mon Home<\/a> service, but now that&#8217;s up in the air.<\/p>\n<p>From the get-go, the official return of FireRed and LeafGreen to celebrate the franchise&#8217;s 30th anniversary felt a bit barebones. With no new content or graphical upgrades to speak of or online play\/trading (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/pokmon-fire-red-and-leaf-green-get-nintendo-switch-launch-next-week-priced-at-20-each\">only local wireless<\/a>), the only thing that was half-justifying putting down the cash many would rather spend on an indie was the Home functionality, which allows players to freely transfer Pok\u00e9mon between games, even those of different generations.<\/p>\n<p>Now, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NintendoSwitch\/comments\/1r9qa2g\/pokemon_home_compatibility_removed_from_firered\/\">pointed out by fans<\/a> shortly after the announcement, mentions of such a feature have been scrubbed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/en-gb\/Games\/Nintendo-Switch-download-software\/Pokemon-LeafGreen-Version-3031289.html\">eShop listings<\/a> for both versions of the game. Maybe that simply wasn&#8217;t meant to be announced before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pokemon.com\/us\/pokemon-news\/watch-the-new-pokemon-presents-this-pokemon-day-on-february-27-2026\">this week&#8217;s Pok\u00e9mon Presents stream<\/a>, or maybe it&#8217;s only planned to arrive post-launch and the powers that be aren&#8217;t ready to fully commit yet in case development hiccups happen. As it stands, a potential Pok\u00e9mon Home integration would be the only new feature being added to the FireRed and LeafGreen ports, so the information could&#8217;ve broken containment earlier than planned.<\/p>\n<p>In any case, it&#8217;s worth underlining that, at the time of writing, Pok\u00e9mon Home isn&#8217;t officially locked for this re-release of the GBA classics, which are priced at \u00a316.99 each and only include a single language per purchase (pick yours carefully if you&#8217;re biting the bullet). All this hasn&#8217;t stopped FireRed and LeafGreen from climbing to the top of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.com\/en-gb\/Nintendo-eShop\/Charts\/Nintendo-eShop-charts-1396788.html\">eShop&#8217;s charts<\/a> ahead of their launch on 27th February though.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Pok\u00e9mon FireRed and LeafGreen The Pok\u00e9mon FireRed and LeafGreen Switch re-release is already topping the eShop charts, even as Nintendo mysteriously removes mention of Home compatibility Far from home. 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