Pokémon in New Zealand
Pokémon in New Zealand | ||||
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Languages | English | |||
Continent | Oceania | |||
Original anime airdates | ||||
EP001 | September 1998 | |||
AG001 | 2003 | |||
DP001 | August 2007 | |||
BW001 | ||||
XY001 | ||||
SM001 | ||||
JN001 | ||||
HZ001 |
The Pokémon franchise first reached New Zealand in late 1998 with the release of Pokémon Red and Blue Versions and the airing of the anime.
Pokémon video games
All Pokémon games that have been released in the United States have also been released in Canada, with the exception of the Pokémon mini. New games are always released on the same day that they are released in the United States. Pokémon games sold in Canada are direct imports of the American versions, so spelling variations such as color and center are not changed to colour and centre for the Canadian releases. While bilingual packaging and French-language instruction manuals are required by law to be included with the sale of all video games, no French-language Pokémon games have been released in Canada.
Typically, Nintendo does not distribute event Pokémon in Canada, although Canadian players may download Wi-Fi events. The recent introduction of Wi-Fi events has allowed Canadian players access to many previously unavailable event Pokémon.
Pokémon anime
In English
The original series dub was first screened in an early morning timeslot in 1998, but airing ceased around the turn of the century. In this time, the anime was screened on rival station TV3. It returned to TV2 in 2003 and was presented daily.
Pokémon Diamond & Pearl: Battle Dimension has yet to show on Free to air television in New Zealand. But is shown on a daily basis on Cartoon Network.
While some episodes such as The Tower of Terror, Tentacool & Tentacruel, and Holiday Hi-Jynx were aired and later banned in the United States, like the severeal other country's they were never shown on Television. But are still available on Video.
Cast and Crew
The voices used in the english dub shown in New Zealand are exactly the same as the United State's version.
Pokémon Trading Card Game
The Pokémon Trading Card Game was very popular with New Zealand children and school children alike. It was eventually banned in most schools , after fights and suspected gambling took place because of it. And was faded out with other popular crazes such as Yu-Gi-Oh! cards which faced a similar fate.
Pokémon merchandise
Canada receives most of the same Pokémon merchandise that is available in the United States, such as plush toys and foods. All four Burger King promotions were available at Canadian Burger King outlets. Per national laws[1], all Pokémon toys and other merchandise come with bilingual packaging and instructions.
Several Pokémon books that have been released in English in Canada and the United States have been translated into French by Le Groupe Syntagme Inc for sale in Québec. Examples include many of Tracey West's Pokémon chapter books based on the anime, the Pokémon Adventure Series (Pokémon Collection Adventure), Pokémon Pop Quiz (Pokémon Questions-pièges) and Extreme Pokémon: The Guide for the Ultimate Fan (Extrêmes Pokémon: Le guide ultime des vrais mordus). VIZ Media exports all of its Pokémon manga to Canada, however, no Pokémon manga have been released in Canadian French.
All Pokémon board games released in the United States, such as Pokémon Master Trainer and Pokémon Yahtzee Jr., have been released in Canada in fully bilingual versions.
In the year 2000, YTV featured Pokémon Theme on their first Big Fun Party Mix CD.[2]
Trivia
References
The Pokémon franchise around the world | |
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Africa: | South Africa |
The Americas: | Brazil • Canada • Latin America • United States |
Asia: | Greater China • Indonesia • Japan • Malaysia • Philippines • Singapore • South Asia • South Korea • Thailand • Vietnam |
Europe: | Albania • Belgium • Bulgaria • Croatia • Czech Republic • Denmark • Finland • France • Germany • Greece Hungary • Iceland • Ireland • Italy • Latvia • Lithuania • Netherlands • North Macedonia • Norway • Poland Portugal • Romania • Russia • Serbia • Slovakia • Spain • Sweden • Ukraine • United Kingdom |
Middle East: | Arab world • Israel • Turkey |
Oceania: | Australia • New Zealand |
This article is part of Project Globe, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon franchise around the world. |