Nintendo has announced that Pokemon Blue, Pokemon Red, and Pokemon Yellow are headed to the 3DS eShop as digital downloads.

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All three games will be presented exactly as they originally were with one notable exception: trading via the Game Boy Link Cable has been replaced by wireless trading.All three games will hit the eShop on February 27, 2016 -- 20 years to the day from Red and Blue’s original Japanese release in 1996.Stay tuned to IGN for all the latest Pokemon news.

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