Someone understood to be a gaming industry insider has revealed when speculated Pokemon Sapphire / Ruby / Emerald Nintendo Switch ports will release. Pokemon FireRed / LeafGreen released on Nintendo Switch on Pokemon Day (27 February) and they proved to be a huge hit. On X / Twitter, Shpeshal Nick said: "Currently, the ports of Pokemon Ruby / Emerald / Sapphire are planned for late September / October." Pokemon Sapphire / Ruby / Emerald is the third generation of Pokemon games which introduced players to a new region of Hoenn, first in 2003 through the releases on Sapphire and Ruby before the release of Emerald in 2005, again all on GameBoy Advance. Pokemon Sapphire / Ruby / Emerald releasing on Nintendo Switch has not been officially confirmed at the time of writing.