In celebration of its 20th anniversary Nintendo is not holding back any punches for Pokémon. The Pokémon Company announced Nintendo will release a Pokémon themed 3DS bundle Feb. 27, reports Polygon.
The bundle's arrival coincides with the digital re-release of the Nintendo classics "Pokémon Red," "Pokémon Blue" and "Pokémon Yellow." The bundles will include Red and Blue pre-installed, as well as two cover plates featuring Charizard and Blastois plus a download code for a new Pokémon home menu theme.
Meanwhile, in Japan fans will get an option of four Pokémon-themed 2DS bundles to match the Red, Blue, Yellow and Green editions of the title.
Furthermore, the company revealed they will host a year long Mythical Pokémon giveaway. The special distribution will start February 2016 and will feature some of the hardest-to-catch Pokémon around. The giveaway will include Mew, Celebi, Jirachi, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Keldeo, Meloetta and Genesect.
According to Serebii Mew will be distributed from Feb. 1 through Feb. 24 at Gamestop, while Celebi will run from March 1 through March 24 on the Nintendo Network. Jirachi in April on the Nintendo Network, Darkrai in May at Gamestop, Manaphy in June via Nintendo Network, Shaymin in July on Nintendo Network, Arceus in August at Gamestop, Victini in September on Nintendo Network, Keldeo in October on Nintendo Network, Genesect in November at Gamestop and Meloetta in December via Nintendo Network.
Check out the 3DS bundles and Mythical Pokémon giveaway, plus the other 20th anniversary product announcements:
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