In today's Nintendo Direct, Nintendo have dropped a surprise reveal: All the first generation Pokémon games –
Pokémon Red,
Pokémon Blue, and
Pokémon Yellow – have been confirmed for a release in the 3DS Virtual Console.
The games are nearly identical to their original releases - however, the games have been upgraded to use local Wi-Fi instead of a Link Cable, to allow trades and battles on the 3DS.
The games will be released on
February 27th, 2016 worldwide - exactly 20 years to the day after the games were released in Japan.
Japan are also getting Pokémon Green, which was never released internationally. They're also getting boxed copies of all four games.