Pokemon FireRed And LeafGreen Home Release Date Confirmed

Pokemon FireRed And LeafGreen Finally Getting Most Requested Feature Next Week Published Sep 30, 2026, 2:34 AM EDT Sam Woods is TheGamer’s Senior Reporter. He’s been in games journalism since 2020 and has undertaken a variety of roles in that time. These have included roles such as SEO Editor, Managing Editor at DualShockers, and Global Head of Gaming, and he's also been seen on the BBC. He was promoted to the Senior Reporter position in 2025 following a series of high-quality reports and exclusives for TheGamer. Since 2020, Sam has written over 2,500 articles and specializes in telling the stories of the people behind the games. He’s interviewed the biggest game directors, some of the industry’s top talents, told the stories of how indie games came to be, and spoken to players about what really makes them tick. He’s also interviewed some of the world’s biggest musical artists to find out how the medium has inspired their work, and TV and Film actors about their roles in video game adaptations. He even hosted a PAX panel in 2021 and made a documentary in 2024 surrounding the creation of a Disney game. Alongside this, Sam focuses on breaking news. He got the scoop on Perfect Dark’s cancellation, got context around some AI drama, and revealed how Lady Dimitrescu’s actress would love to step back into the character’s giant shoes. These articles have been picked up by the biggest gaming sites, including IGN, GameSpot, and PC Gamer. He also loves to dive into the numbers behind the games. Sam’s journey in games journalism has taken him all over the world. He’s covered Gamescom in Germany, Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles, and Tokyo Game Show in Japan, each on more than one occasion. He’s been learning Japanese since 2024 with the intention of identifying and translating Japanese-language news and bringing it to English-language audiences first, something he’s done countless times. Sam’s first review was 2020’s Battletoads reboot, and he’s since reviewed games in The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario, and Pokemon franchises. Sign in to your TheGamer account Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen's release on the Nintendo Switch was a welcome one, but one feature prevalent in most other recent Pokemon games was notably missing—Pokemon Home. We've known for a while that the service would launch for the Game Boy Advance ports in October, but Game Freak and The Pokemon Company never gave a final release date. That has all changed now, though, as on October's eve, the release date for the FireRed and LeafGreen versions of Pokemon Home has been confirmed. Pokemon Home Will Be Launching For FireRed And LeafGreen Next Week Credit: The Pokemon Company International Starting Wednesday, October 7 (or Tuesday, October 6, depending on where you are in the world) at 1 am BST/8 pm ET/5 pm PST, Pokemon Home will begin maintenance, as confirmed by the Japanese Pokemon Home website. The service will be unavailable for the full six hours, and when it returns, Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen compatibility will be added. Players will need to update the Nintendo Switch and mobile versions of the app to version 4.1.0 to continue using it. It's a relief for fans who have waited months to transfer their FRLG Pokemon to Home, but it comes with a catch: once Pokemon from FireRed and LeafGreen have made their way to other titles, they'll no longer be able to return to their original games. With Pokemon Home getting FireRed and LeafGreen compatibility, players can nab themselves a Celebi. By completing the FRLG Pokedex, Celebi will appear in the mobile version of Home as a gift. According to Automaton, this version of Celebi will be the same as the one distributed as a Mystery Gift in 2006. Players in Japan could get Mitsurin's Celebi from the Pokemon Jungle Tour, while those in the States could get their legal Celebi by visiting the Pokemon 10th Anniversary Journey Across America mall tour. Those who subscribe to Pokemon Home's Premium Plan will see their storage capacity increase from 6,000 Pokemon to 9,000. There is some hope that, before the launch of Winds and Waves, one more past Pokemon title will be making its way to the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, with the official Pokemon social media account sharing a suspicious video clip of Ruby and Sapphire. It's likely that if these games do make their way to Nintendo's latest platform, there will be a delay in Home compatibility, with Legends: Z-A players having to wait six months for it to launch. Systems Released September 7, 2004 ESRB Everyone 10+ / Mild Fantasy Violence, Simulated Gambling Developer(s) Game Freak Publisher(s) The Pokemon Company, Nintendo Multiplayer Online Multiplayer