Pokemon lead gets "nostalgic" about FireRed and LeafGreen, remembers being "absolutely thrilled" by its advancements in wireless multiplayer: "Now that's the power of science!"

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"This is so nostalgic!!"

A screenshot from Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen shows a male player character on a bike in a town.
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Pokemon senior director and producer, Shigeru Ohmori, praises the series' switch from link cable to wireless communication when reminiscing on his time at Game Freak following the announcement that Kanto remakes, FireRed and LeafGreen, will be launching on Nintendo Switch next week.

February 27 is better known as Pokemon Day to fans of the ball-bound beasts, when, in what has become a yearly tradition, a Pokemon Presents stream is held with the biggest series news for the upcoming year or so. Pocket Monster Christmas came a little early this year with the announcement that the generation three remakes of the original games will be available to purchase on the blessed day.

In a tweet that has been translated by GamesRadar+, Ohmori writes, "This is so nostalgic!! Back then I was designing maps, and making union rooms using the wireless adaptor. Switching from link cables to wireless communication, I was absolutely thrilled to be making it. I thought 'now that's the power of science!'"

The Switch versions of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen will feature the same wireless connectivity as the original games, meaning that players can trade with each other locally but not online. However, we're begging The Pokemon Company for the chance to transfer 'mons caught in the upcoming games into the cloud-based service, Pokemon Home, but there's been no confirmation of this yet.

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George Young
George Young
Freelance News Writer

Freelance writer, full-time PlayStation Vita enthusiast, and speaker of some languages. I break up my days by watching people I don't know play Pokemon pretty fast.

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