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Mario Tennis Fever [S2] | Feb 12 Pokémon Pokopia [S2] | Mar 5 Super Mario Bros. Wonder [S2] | Mar 26 Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream | Apr 16 Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave [S2] | 2026 Rhythm Heaven: Groove | 2026 The Duskbloods [S2] | 2026 Yoshi and the Mysterious Book | 2026 Splatoon Raiders [S2] | TBA Pokémon Champions | TBA
[S2] means Switch 2 only.
I can play both of these on my Steam Deck with wireless trading and battling.
Also when the Switch eShop dies I'll still have my games, unlike my 2DS where my purchases are now lost.
Past 2DS/3DS purchases aren't lost yet. Nintendo shut down the ability to buy additional games or DLC on it several years ago but the servers to handle logging in, redownloading "owned" digital games, and downloading update patches are still running.
And, even when those servers are eventually killed (for either 3DS or Switch), any digital games already installed on a system will still continue to work as long as your hardware does. Unlike a lot of PC games' DRM that requires either constant or occasional check-in with license servers.
Of course, that's still not proper ownership, as you don't truly own something you bought unless you're able to freely transfer your purchased data between different devices you own without seeking the publisher's permission (or relying on DRM circumvention) and able to transfer ownership through loan or resale. But understanding the actual implications of any restrictions still matters.
Nah. They just tried to shut down my favorite emulator. Nothing new goes on my switch until they reverse course (never)
This is the way
No online connectivity is a slap in the face in 2026. That makes it no different than the roms on my phone
< _ < miyoo mini+ with every pokemon game from DS backwards and 40 romhacks
_ > nintendo selling me two for $20 each
The FAQ makes no mention of Pokemon Home integration (though by saying that there is no online play, they might be implying that there will not be integration).
Also, to maximize nostalgia, I wish they ported the original Red/Green/Blue, not the remakes. I realize that I am probably in the minority on this.
Overall, I am just a bit disappointed that the FAQ all but says that none of the mainline Pokemon games will ever be released on Switch Online. I was planning to get NSO the day they start adding the Pokemon games, which I assumed was just around the corner. Too bad, so sad. One less subscription to pay for.
FireRed is not worth $20, especially without rom hack support or optional filters.
Edit: It's a ROM being emulated; no substantial effort beyond the initial development of the emulator itself went into this release. Don't support Nintendo's price inflation practices by raising the baseline of what emulated games should cost. GBA games on the Wii U were $8, a far more reasonable price point.
That's actually a good FAQ. Why are they releasing these versions and the originals? Will they ever come to NSO - GBA etc. You can say whatever about the answers, but the at least tackled the questions.
In celebration of 30 years of Pokémon, we thought it would be fun to return to the ultimate versions of the original Pokémon adventures in the Kanto region with these special releases.
Interesting that they consider these to be the ultimate versions and not LGPE. Not that I disagree, but considering LGPE is more expensive and more in line with the Pokémon company's modern design philosophy, you'd think they'd be pushing a special edition of those instead
also interesting that these are completely devoid of online trading and battling. could be neat for the kids today to experience things the old way- I remember it was so much fun when a new game came out and everyone had their handheld on them down to battle or trade- but for the genwunners who would otherwise predominantly be buying this, there goes it's main selling point
LGPE aren't remakes, they're new games set in Kanto.
"Bring back the Virtual Console, I don't want a subscription service!"
"WTF why aren't these on NSO?"
They're intentionally pricing this at $20 to convince people that the subscription model is a better deal. GBA games on the Wii U were priced at $8, a much more reasonable price point.
Finally some good Pokémon games onto the switch!
Legends Arceus was ok despite having that Gamefreak “this feels like a game from 15 years ago” polish. I’m bummed, but not surprised, that ZA was a step backwards
I hated most new Pokémon games except Arceus, Snap and ZA. Didnt bother with SRVB and sword/shield is the absolute worse. I like za of all the new ones. Story, character and gameplay are solid. New areas open up and many ways to make it challenging.
Bought used because I hate knowing Gamefreak could give us the game all us fans deserve: voice acting, better graphics, etc. But does not.
Arceus was verrrry meh to me. Despite the physical scale, the world was so empty it felt smaller and more shallow than the original Red/Blue games.
Didn't even bother with ZA because of it.
You’re not missing out if I’m being honest. I enjoyed the shallow stealth mechanics and the unique new pokeballs that you could use in Arceus despite the sub par open world. That’s all gone now in favor of tiny zones where you can catch 5-8 pokemon with nearly no stealth options. Even when you are able to sneak up to one, many are nearly impossible to catch unless you knock them out.
So for almost the price of access to the entire suite of N64 and GBA emulators you get one game? Pass
$20 isn't terrible, but it's a straight port seemingly, so maybe do $25 for the pair, Nintendo? The only thing this makes available is online features which, while cool to have again, are hardly enough to warrant this price.
Compared to the resale prices of the originals, this is a fantastic price. But for a 20 year old re-release it’s a bit over priced.
And the part where they're the same game with a few mons in A or B.
Would be nice if the "rerelease" had them all so you could actually realistically collect them all in an older game without jumping through a bunch of hoops to trade them back and forth. Looking at those trade evos, version exclusives, and Mythic/legendaries that never realistically were available when these were on gba
There aren’t any online features unless you mean local mulitplayer trading/battling
Would be more excited by DS pokemon games.