Pokemon celebrates turning 20

Nintendo is celebrating Pokemon turning 20.

February 27 marks the day that Pokémon hit our shelves 20 years ago, and changed gaming and pop culture history.
To commemorate the date, Nintendo have set up some hardware bundles that will sport the popular artwork from the original titles.
North America will see a 3DS bundle, including two cover plates that can be swapped out. One plate has the popular fire Pokémon Charizard emblazoned on it, while the other has the water Pokémon Blastoise – representing Red version, and Blue version respectively.
The system will also have both games pre-installed, and a distinctive Pokémon Home Menu theme.
European regions will get three different packages, one for each version of the game – Red, Blue, and Yellow. These bundles will have 2DS systems in them, but will each have a specific colour corresponding to the version.
Each bundle will only have their particular version of the game pre-installed, but will come with the special Home Menu theme, as well as a sheet of stickers.
Europe will also get a special Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon cover plate on February 19. This will be followed later by another set of plates with classic Pokémon artwork, available for individual purchase.
News of the original Pokémon games being released for the 3DS Virtual Console hit last year.
The versions aren't remakes, but will have an online infrastructure in place for the multiplayer component, which back in the 90s was accomplished via a physical ca