Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen

  • Pokémon FireRed
  • Pokémon LeafGreen
North American box art for the Player's Choice release of Pokémon FireRed and Pokémon LeafGreen, depicting Charizard and Venusaur, respectively
DeveloperGame Freak
Publishers
DirectorJunichi Masuda
Producers
  • Hiroyuki Jinnai
  • Takehiro Izushi
  • Hiroaki Tsuru
DesignersJunichi Masuda
Shigeru Ohmori
ProgrammerTetsuya Watanabe
ArtistKen Sugimori
Writers
Composers
SeriesPokémon
PlatformsGame Boy Advance
Nintendo Switch
ReleaseGame Boy Advance
  • JP: 29 January 2004
  • NA: 7 September 2004
  • AU: 23 September 2004
  • EU: 1 October 2004
Nintendo Switch
  • WW: 27 February 2026
  • AU: 28 February 2026
GenreMonster tamer
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Pokémon FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version are 2004 remakes of the 1996 role-playing video games Pokémon Red and Blue. They were developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance. FireRed and LeafGreen were first released in Japan in January 2004 and in North America and Europe in September and October 2004, respectively. The games are part of the third generation of the Pokémon video game series and hold the distinction of being the first enhanced remakes of previous games within the franchise.

As in previous games, the player controls their character from an overhead perspective and participates in turn-based battles. Throughout the games, the player captures and raises Pokémon for use in battle. Based in the Kanto region, new features include a contextual help menu and a new area (Sevii Islands) the player may access after defeating the Elite Four and Champion. The games have compatibility with the Game Boy Advance Wireless Adapter, which originally came bundled with the games.

The games received mostly positive reviews, obtaining an aggregate score of 81 percent on Metacritic. Most critics praised the fact that the games introduced new features while still maintaining the traditional gameplay of the series. Reception of the graphics and audio was more mixed, with some reviewers complaining that they were too simplistic and lacked improvement compared to the previous games, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire. FireRed and LeafGreen were commercial successes, selling a total of around 12 million copies worldwide. Nearly two years after their original release, Nintendo remarketed them as Player's Choice titles. The games were released digitally for the Nintendo Switch on 27 February 2026, coinciding with the series' 30th anniversary.