Pokémon in New Zealand: Difference between revisions

Pokémon in New Zealand
Flag of New Zealand
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

TV2's current logo, in use since ...

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

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.