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Classic Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow coming to 3DS Virtual Console

Pokemon at its purest.

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Pokemon fans need no longer faff about with the remakes and re-releases; the original three games are coming to 3DS virtual console.

The virtual console releases are pretty much identical to the originals, except that you don't need a Game Boy Link cable to trade Pokemon; Game Freak has built in a new online trading feature to overcome the hardware barrier.

The 1998 classics hit the North American eShop on February 27.

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Based in Australia and having come from a lengthy career in the Aussie games media, Brenna worked as VG247's remote Deputy Editor for several years, covering news and events from the other side of the planet to the rest of the team. After leaving VG247, Brenna retired from games media and crossed over to development, working as a writer on several video games.

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