Wild Pokémon Rumor Claims FireRed And LeafGreen Are Coming To Switch 2 And Fans Aren’t Sure How To Feel

Pokémon Day, the series’ annual anniversary celebration that typically includes a live stream about upcoming projects, is just two weeks away. Rumors and leaks are circulating, and while the new Generation X games seem imminent, leakers claim that a pair of old games may also be announced for the Switch 2 on February 27: Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen.

The Game Boy Advance games originally launched in 2004, and are remakes of the Red and Green RPGs on the Game Boy that kickstarted the franchise. The rumor of their impending rerelease began when Khu, a leaker in the Pokémon community, claimed that the games would “return soon” on X.

They will return soon~ pic.twitter.com/hwB2Ntsn8H

— Khu Beating Around The Bush (@Riddler_Khu) February 11, 2026

Centro Leaks, a prominent leak account, has also posted saying that a separate source tells them these RPGs won’t be part of the Nintendo Switch Online subscription, and will instead be paid games on the eShop. They also claim they will be compatible with Pokémon Home, which allows you to transfer your Pokémon to a storage app that can be traded to other games in the series.

FireRed and LeafGreen are easily the best versions of the first-generation games, but fans have gotten a bit weary of going back to the Kanto region after years of perceived favoritism for those original 151 Pokémon. So while there’s plenty of excitement about the possibility, some folks are rolling their eyes at the thought that these games might be ported over while  plenty of the other games continue missing from the Switch’s line-up. Especially if they end up being pricey, standalone games.

“Big news for Kantoids,” wrote one Redditor. “Just give me HGSS,” wrote another. “FireRed and LeafGreen will return in Avengers: Doomsday,” is the top comment on the GamingLeaksAndRumors subreddit thread about the leak, indicating that a lot of folks feel like they’re being subjected to some MCU-style nostalgia-baiting here and aren’t thrilled at the prospect of going back to Kanto. So some folks might be skipping this if it comes to pass.

This is all just a rumor right now, but it would make some sense considering 2026 is Pokémon’s 30th anniversary. It doesn’t seem out of the question that The Pokémon Company would want to give folks a way to play that first adventure. The original Red and Blue were last available on the 3DS, but now that the eShop on that device has been shut down, you can only download them if you’ve previously purchased them.

For a series with as much continuity as Pokémon has through intergenerational trading and Home support, it’s really shitty that all these games aren’t readily accessible on modern hardware, but Nintendo has a way of making it hard to play old games without some kind of (usually expensive) port or subscription service on its current platforms. So if this does turn out to be true, I wouldn’t be surprised if FireRed and LeafGreen end up costing something like $30 a piece. But we’ll know for sure on Pokémon Day.