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Great video about chinese pokemon games, this is so interesting. They live in a world that was completely different than the reat of the world.
And I could say the same for me. I actually never saw a gameboy in my whole life, nor GBA, nor DS. Let me talk a little bit about pokemon in Brazil:
My first contact with pokemon was the anime and until 2007 I literally never played or even knew about pokemon games until a friend told me that it existed. And I was there in 1999 when it debuted on the TV. I had toys, comics, cards, tazos
I had these two books that were anime comics of the first 12 episodes of the anime and loved to read it.
Curiously at the time, manga as a whole was already being published here but pokemon manga was never published at the time. It all changed a few years ago: in 2014 when they decided to start publishing the manga, except for one detail: it started with Black and White and they have been consistent so far. But let me tell you about the prices and inflation: a single volume of BW in 2014 costed 11,90.
The sequel BW2, published in 2024 started at 39,90. So they started from BW, then they went back to RGB and started it again, currently they are at X&Y
Now to a merchandise, I remember these miniatures that fame inside these pokeball shaped rings in mini bottles of soda
There was also tazos like these
I still remember how I got an articuno one inside package of chips. And of course they also released versions that would evolve depending of the angle.
In 2000 they released a set of new ones with 60 Johto pokemon that added a Joken Pokemon twist to it:
Not only you had the shitters in these cool ass backgrounds, it also had a game when you turned it over, but it wasn't limited just to rock, paper and scissors, now you had more stats. So even the same pokemon could have two variations.
I lost it all as I grew up, but somehow I still have a single one left. This shit is 25 years old. You will never guess which pokemon is it.
Pokemon was always big in Brazil, and recently people were pissed that the new game finally got a latin american localization... Except that Brazil was excluded again. And this isn't something normal at all. The biggest country in South America with the most money got fucking nothing again.
And the fact that game localization is something that people had in other games for more than 10 years already with fully translated games and complete dubs already, but Pokemon doesn't do it is quite bizarre.
Even more when pokémon cards are translated here for decades already, and it isn't like pokemon games need that much effort in translating the text, to leave out such a big market is weird.
But yeah, kids play their pirated version translated by fans and even hacks got full translations when they like it enough.
I personally don't care and for me, video games was one of the best ways to improve a new language (english) and be better with it by just using it rather than waiting for translations, it is a great way to get yourself to practice. But since pokemon is a children's franchise, I can't say it is that valid thought.
There was much more to talk but I wanted to focus on my personal memories.
I can see however how people are guided by nostalgia and me being at the beginning, should be too, but to be honest, it isn't true. I hate kanto games and I really don't give shit about Johto and my favorite era is the gen 3-5.
And I could say the same for me. I actually never saw a gameboy in my whole life, nor GBA, nor DS. Let me talk a little bit about pokemon in Brazil:
My first contact with pokemon was the anime and until 2007 I literally never played or even knew about pokemon games until a friend told me that it existed. And I was there in 1999 when it debuted on the TV. I had toys, comics, cards, tazos
I had these two books that were anime comics of the first 12 episodes of the anime and loved to read it.
The sequel BW2, published in 2024 started at 39,90. So they started from BW, then they went back to RGB and started it again, currently they are at X&Y
Now to a merchandise, I remember these miniatures that fame inside these pokeball shaped rings in mini bottles of soda
There was also tazos like these
I still remember how I got an articuno one inside package of chips. And of course they also released versions that would evolve depending of the angle.
In 2000 they released a set of new ones with 60 Johto pokemon that added a Joken Pokemon twist to it:
Not only you had the shitters in these cool ass backgrounds, it also had a game when you turned it over, but it wasn't limited just to rock, paper and scissors, now you had more stats. So even the same pokemon could have two variations.
I lost it all as I grew up, but somehow I still have a single one left. This shit is 25 years old. You will never guess which pokemon is it.
Pokemon was always big in Brazil, and recently people were pissed that the new game finally got a latin american localization... Except that Brazil was excluded again. And this isn't something normal at all. The biggest country in South America with the most money got fucking nothing again.
And the fact that game localization is something that people had in other games for more than 10 years already with fully translated games and complete dubs already, but Pokemon doesn't do it is quite bizarre.
Even more when pokémon cards are translated here for decades already, and it isn't like pokemon games need that much effort in translating the text, to leave out such a big market is weird.
But yeah, kids play their pirated version translated by fans and even hacks got full translations when they like it enough.
I personally don't care and for me, video games was one of the best ways to improve a new language (english) and be better with it by just using it rather than waiting for translations, it is a great way to get yourself to practice. But since pokemon is a children's franchise, I can't say it is that valid thought.
There was much more to talk but I wanted to focus on my personal memories.
I can see however how people are guided by nostalgia and me being at the beginning, should be too, but to be honest, it isn't true. I hate kanto games and I really don't give shit about Johto and my favorite era is the gen 3-5.
