On November 12, 2015, it was announced that during a Nintendo Direct that "Pokémon Red", "Pokémon Blue", and "Pokémon Yellow" would be released on the Virtual Console service on February 27, 2016 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the series. The games will feature Local Play for trading Pokémon and battling, replacing the game link cable due to the Nintendo 3DS having wireless connections, but Game Boy Printer features in "Pokémon Yellow", like other titles on the Virtual Console, will still not be usable on the Nintendo 3DS.