Why are FireRed and LeafGreen $20? Pokémon eBay listings explain why

Ahead of Nintendo's forthcoming Pokémon Presents stream on Feb. 27, which will celebrate 30 years of the Pocket Monsters, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company announced that Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen will arrive on the Nintendo Switch eShop the same day.

Instead of joining Nintendo Switch Online's catalog of classic Game Boy Advance titles, the games will be sold as standalone releases for $19.99. Fans responded with mixed reactions. One Reddit user wrote, "Recycling a 20+ year old game to sell for $20 on a new platform.

Did they learn from Bethesda?" Another commented, "Happy to have the game available, but also sad that its 20 dollars. Not expensive but Id consider it too pricey for a 22 year old gba game." Others complained, "It's a scam that it isn't just in NSO+ emulator." Physical copies remain costly on the resell market.

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