Pokémon fans are convinced ‘Ruby & Sapphire’ are coming to the Switch this year

Pokémon fans are convinced that more classic games are coming to the Nintendo Switch later this year. READ MORE: How ‘Lord Of The Rings’, ‘Minecraft’ and dungeon crawler games inspired Au/Ra’s “hopecore” alt-pop debut To celebrate Pokémon’s 30th anniversary, classic remakes of the original games FireRed & LeafGreen were made available to Nintendo Switch and Switch 2 owners in February. In the first six weeks, more than 4million people downloaded the 2004 Game Boy Advance titles. Many fans assumed Nintendo had just used an old version of FireRed & LeafGreen for the release but shortly after launch, a few subtle changes were discovered. An updated censor will stop you from using NSFW language when naming Pokémon and event tickets have been added to the post-game, meaning fans can now catch legendary creatures Ho-Oh and Lugia. Looking at the game’s source code, dataminer Meatball_132 also discovered that FireRed & LeafGreen will “recognise” Pokémon Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. Those games were originally released in 2003 and as it stands, it’s impossible to complete the National Dex in FireRed & LeafGreen without them. Currently, the ports of Pokémon Ruby/Emerald/Sapphi...