Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen will be compatible with Pokemon Home, as The Pokemon Company officially confirmed the news during the February 27 Pokemon Presents broadcast. However, Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen players should note that the process of transferring Pokemon from the newly-relaunched titles to Pokemon Home has a major caveat attached.
Originally launched for the Game Boy Advance in 2004, Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen are the first remakes of the Pokemon franchise. Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen take their names and box mascots from the first Pokemon titles, Pokemon Red and Green, which launched on the Game Boy in Japan in February 1996. Ahead of the 2026 Pokemon Day festivities, The Pokemon Company surprised fans by announcing ports of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen for the Nintendo Switch console lineup. Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen are now available to download on the Nintendo eShop for $20 per version, and require just 40 MB of storage space.
Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen Will Work With Pokemon Home
Although some uncertainties about Pokemon Home support for Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen were raised following the sudden Switch port announcements, The Pokemon Company has officially put those concerns to rest. Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen will have Pokemon Home compatibility added at a later date, though the precise timing is still unclear as of this writing. The Pokemon sent to Pokemon Home from FireRed and LeafGreen can then be sent forward to Pokemon Champions, and eventually to other titles like Pokemon Legends: Z-A. However, sending a critter from Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen to Pokemon Home is a one-way trip, meaning any Pokemon sent to Pokemon Home cannot be returned to FireRed and LeafGreen at all. The reason for this transfer restriction was not officially stated by The Pokemon Company. As such, Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen players should carefully consider what to send to Pokemon Home beforehand.
During the Pokemon Presents, The Pokemon Company also reiterated that Pokemon Legends: Z-A would receive Pokemon Home support sometime in 2026. This process will be similar to the one used for Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, as Pokemon can be deposited and withdrawn between Pokemon Home and Pokemon Legends: Z-A at any time. Like FireRed and LeafGreen, the exact release date of Pokemon Home support for Pokemon Legends: Z-A is still unknown. Once Pokemon Home compatibility is ready for Legends: Z-A, and for FireRed and LeafGreen, a patch for Pokemon Home should be available for users to download on their Nintendo consoles. Time will tell when the aforementioned Pokemon games will receive Pokemon Home support.
Pokemon Confirms Some Long-Awaited News
The 2026 Pokemon Presents contained several additional announcements across the Pokemon franchise. Along with updates to mobile titles like Pokemon Unite and Pokemon Masters EX, Pokemon closed the show by giving fans the first official look at the next mainline game generation. Pokemon Winds and Waves has been officially unveiled and confirmed to launch exclusively on Switch 2. Pokemon Winds and Waves is set in a yet-unnamed tropical region, with past Pokemon like Wailord, Tangela, and Tropius each appearing throughout the sea and jungle biomes. Along with a look at the new player characters that Pokemon trainers can play as, Pokemon Winds and Waves shared the starter Pokemon that players can choose for their journey. These new starters are a Grass-type bird called Browt, a Fire-type Pomeranian dog named Pombon, and a Water-type reptile known as Gecqua. Curiously, the box art Legendary creatures of Pokemon Winds and Waves were left out of the presentation.
However, Pokemon fans will be waiting a while for Pokemon Winds and Waves to launch. The Gen 10 Pokemon games will not arrive until 2027, meaning that Gen 9 will not end in 2026. Given the time gap between Pokemon mainline generations, it remains to be seen what The Pokemon Company will share with fans in the meantime.
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September 7, 2004
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Nintendo
