Nintendo badly needs to get more of their back catalog released on Switch digitally

[SecondWar]

shikamaru317 said:

SecondWar said:

You are slightly wrong. Gold, Silver and Crystal did get an eshop release on the 3DS a few years after Red, Blue and Yellow. Also, whilst they aren’t that common, I occasionally come across copies of the 5th Gen in my local second hand retailer which are all under £30. I don’t think those are old enough to have seen a major price rise.

But on your main point, Nintendo putting more older Pokemon games on the eshop won’t be a bad idea.

I thought I remembered Gold/Silver/Crystal getting a 3DS eShop release as well, but when I checked the wikipedia page I saw nothing about them, so I thought my memory was just playing tricks on me. 

It doesn’t seem to mention it with the other release dates but it does reference in the last paragraph of the header text. In any case

https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/pokemon-gold-version-3ds/