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Pokémon in New Zealand | ||||
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Languages | English | |||
Continent | Oceania | |||
Original anime airdates | ||||
EP001 | September 1998 | |||
AG001 | May 2004 | |||
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 New Zealand, with the exception of the Pokémon mini. Generally the games are released at a later date than their American counterparts. Pokémon games sold in New Zealand are direct imports of the American versions, so spelling variations such as color and center are not changed to colour and centre for the New Zealand releases.
Typically, Nintendo does not distribute event Pokémon in New Zealand, although New Zealand players may download Wi-Fi events.Many events have been hosted in New Zealand periodically. The recent introduction of Wi-Fi events has allowed New Zealand players access to many previously unavailable event Pokémon.
Pokémon anime
The original series dub was first screened in an early morning timeslot in 1998, and was later moved to an afternoon timeslot, 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.
In 2005, Pokémon Chronicles was aired in an early morning timeslot on Sundays. This was followed by Pokémon: Advanced Challenge in the same weekly timeslot. Pokémon: Advanced Battle was then skipped with Pokémon: Battle Frontier aired in its place. After a brief period off the air, Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl was aired in the Sunday morning timeslot.
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. It is also available on DVD.
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. It was eventually banned in most schools, after fights and suspected gambling took place because of it. It's popularity faded out as it was replaced by other popular crazes such as Yu-Gi-Oh! cards which, in their turn, faced a similar fate.
Pokémon merchandise
New Zealand received most of the same Pokémon merchandise that is available in the United States, such as plush toys which were realeased in major departement chains and food restraunts.
The trading card is still being sold throughout New Zealand.
Pokémon DVD's are becoming more and more available throughout New Zealand.
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. |
tvnz.co.nz/view/page/410965/2070513 Citing the time that Diamond and Pearl was shown on free to ait tv.