Pokémon in Brazil: Difference between revisions

All [[Pokémon games]] have been available to Brazilian customers in English. Some have had a Brazilian localization attempt of any sort, others would later translate the games themselves. In 2001, the {{wp|Brazilian advisory rating system|country's advisory rating system}} began rating video games. By that time, Nintendo's distributor was {{wp|Gradiente}}. In 2003, Graidente and Nintendo parted ways and as a result, games were imported straight from the US with the ESRB rating intact. However, from January 2015 to May 2017, Nintendo's officially licensed distributors {{n|Nintendo leaving Brazilian gaming market|ceased trade}} in the Brazilian market due to the ongoing, significantly high taxation tariffs on imported electronic goods, especially as direct competition recently decided to open manufacturing plants within the country to lift some of these tariffs. In May 2017, [http://www.ncgames.com.br/ NC Games] became the new licensed distributor of Nintendo products, until that company closed in 2019. The games have been digitally distributed through the Brazilian version of Nintendo eShop, also known as [https://store.nintendo.com.br/ Loja Nintendo] ("Nintendo Shop") ever since. Since then, Nintendo was officially re-launched in Brazil on September 18, 2020 with products being distributed through Ingram Micro.