Pokémon in South Asia: Difference between revisions

In the past, most games in Bangladesh, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka were sold by the Japanese Nintendo division. In Afghanistan, Nintendo Europe dealt with sales until 2021, when distribution halted in that country due to the ongoing invasions of the Afghan capital Kabul.<ref>[http://www.nintendo.com/corp/distributors.jsp Nintendo - Distributors] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20080304201947/http://www.nintendo.com/corp/distributors.jsp archived])</ref>

Samurai released in India NES in 1987 under the name Samurai and they distributed this console until 1994. Later consoles like SNES, Game Boy, and Nintendo 64 were also distributed officially from mid-90s to early 2000s but with small effort. Around early 2000s, Active Boeki began distribution of Nintendo consoles with more effort. The Nintendo GameCube and GBA were released in India and in 2008, the Wii and Nintendo DS hit the Indian market with help of Samurai and HCL.<ref>[https://www.rediff.com/getahead/2008/sep/16wii.htm Nintendo Wii and DS to launch in India on September 30] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20080916175348/https://www.rediff.com/getahead/2008/sep/16wii.htm archived])</ref> From 2012 to 2017, Sunder Electronics delivered the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS from Maxsoft which was supported by Active Boeki.<ref>[https://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/features/buy-the-nintendo-switch-in-india-you-need-to-read-this-first-1650812 Want to Buy the Nintendo Switch In India? You Need to Read This First] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20220810051859/https://www.gadgets360.com/games/features/buy-the-nintendo-switch-in-india-you-need-to-read-this-first-1650812 archived])</ref> {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}} were available in India just a week after its release in {{pmin|the United States}}.<ref>

[http://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/features/pokemon-fans-helpless-in-india-as-nintendo-keeps-away-627108 Pokemon Fans Helpless in India as Nintendo Keeps Away - NDTV Gadgets] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160307164555/http://gadgets.ndtv.com/games/features/pokemon-fans-helpless-in-india-as-nintendo-keeps-away-627108 archived])</ref> Nintendo Switch wasn't released in India but third-party publishers have distributed games officially for this platform in this country.