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[[File:RGBY reproduction boxes.png|thumb|Japanese download code special edition boxes]]
[[File:RGBY reproduction boxes.png|thumb|Japanese download code special edition boxes]]
The original Generation I core series Pokémon games, Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow (Pokémon Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow in Japan), will be released on Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in North America, Japan, Europe, and Australia on February 27, 2016. The games will use Nintendo 3DS wireless communication to communicate with each other, unlike most Virtual Console titles.
The original Generation I core series Pokémon games, {{bp|Pokémon Red and Blue Versions|Pokémon Red, Blue}}, and {{bp|Pokémon Yellow Version|Yellow}} ({{bp|Pokémon Red and Green Versions|Pokémon Red, Green}}, {{bp|Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese)|Blue}}, and {{bp|Pokémon Yellow Version|Yellow}} in Japan), will be released on Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console in North America, Japan, Europe, and Australia on February 27, 2016. The games will use Nintendo 3DS wireless communication to communicate with each other, unlike most Virtual Console titles.


The games will be released on the 20th anniversary of their Japanese release.
The games will be released on the 20th anniversary of their Japanese release.


In Japan, the games will be available at retailers as both download code cards and download code special editions. The download code special editions will include a download code for the game, a special edition box, stickers, a cartridge-shaped magnet, and a map of the Kanto region in the games. Each download code card will retail for ¥1,111 (before tax), and each download code special edition will retail for ¥1,389 (before tax). No details about a release outside of Japan have been announced.
In Japan, the games will be available at retailers as both download code cards and download code special editions. The download code special editions will include a download code for the game, a special edition box, stickers, a cartridge-shaped magnet, and a map of the Kanto region in the games. Each download code card will retail for ¥1,111 (before tax), and each download code special edition will retail for ¥1,389 (before tax). No details about a retail release outside of Japan have been announced.


==Press release==
==Press release==