{"id":8912,"date":"2016-01-12T20:23:53","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T01:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=8912"},"modified":"2016-01-12T20:23:53","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T01:23:53","slug":"pokemon-red-blue-new-3ds-bundle-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2016\/01\/pokemon-red-blue-new-3ds-bundle-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Red &#038; Blue New 3DS Bundle Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon turns 20 years old this year. Wow has it been that long since I picked up Pok\u00e9mon red brand new at my local Microplay store? It&#8217;s official. I feel old.<\/p>\n<p>First introduced in Japan in 1996 with the video games Pok\u00e9mon Red and Pok\u00e9mon Green for the Game Boy system, Pok\u00e9mon has delighted fans of all ages around the world for two decades. With more than 275 million video games sold worldwide, 21.5 billion trading card game cards shipped to 74 countries, and an animated series spanning 18 seasons, Pok\u00e9mon is one of the most successful entertainment brands in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Japan is getting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2015\/12\/pokemon-2ds-bundles-coming-to-japan\/\">four crystal Nintendo 2DS bundles<\/a> but us folks here in North America are getting a New Nintendo 3DS bundle with both Pok\u00e9mon red and blue built in. <\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The New Nintendo 3DS Pok\u00e9mon 20th Anniversary bundle will come with Pok\u00e9mon Red Version and Pok\u00e9mon Blue Version pre-installed, two unique cover plates featuring artwork from the original Pok\u00e9mon Red Version and Pok\u00e9mon Blue Version game boxes and the Pok\u00e9mon 20th logo, and a download code for an exclusive Nintendo 3DS Pok\u00e9mon HOME Menu theme. <\/p>\n<p>The commemorative New Nintendo 3DS bundle will be available in stores on February 27th.<\/p>\n<p>Pok\u00e9mon Red Version, Pok\u00e9mon Blue Version and Pok\u00e9mon Yellow Version will be released as digital downloads on the Nintendo eShop for the Nintendo 3DS on February 27th. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pok\u00e9mon turns 20 years old this year. Wow has it been that long since I picked up Pok\u00e9mon red brand new at my local Microplay store? It&#8217;s official. I feel old. First introduced in Japan in 1996 with the video games Pok\u00e9mon Red and Pok\u00e9mon Green for the Game Boy system, Pok\u00e9mon has delighted fans [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[21],"tags":[1234,1386,741,1385,125],"class_list":["post-8912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nintendo-3ds","tag-new-nintendo-3ds","tag-nintendo","tag-nintendo-2ds","tag-nintendo-3ds","tag-pokemon"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/pokemon_new_3ds_bundle.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6HXYU-2jK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8727,"url":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2015\/12\/pokemon-2ds-bundles-coming-to-japan\/","url_meta":{"origin":8912,"position":0},"title":"Pok\u00e9mon 2DS Bundles Coming to Japan","date":"December 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Released nearly 20 years ago, the original Pok\u00e9mon games are coming to the 3DS Virtual Console. 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