Pokémon in Canada: Difference between revisions

==Pokémon video games==

All Pokémon games that have been released in the United States have also been released in Canada, with the exception of the [[Pokémon mini]]. New games are always released on the same day that they are released in the United States. Pokémon games sold in Canada are direct imports of the American versions, so spelling variations such as ''color'' and ''center'' are not changed to ''colour'' and ''centre'' for the Canadian releases. While federal laws require bilingual packaging and instruction manuals to be included with the sale of all video games in Canada, Pokémon games were available in English only until the release of [[Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions]], which received a French release for the province of {{wp|Québec}} in addition to the regular English release. This was due to an agreement between Québec's government and major video game publishers requiring any video games in Québec to be offered in French if available in French elsewhere in the world. French-language games contain exactly the same content as those from {{pmin|France}}, with the packaging slightly modified to include elements such as a "Play in French" logo (upper-left corner), although the games retain their {{wp|PEGI}} ratings. As such, they are incompatible with a number of North American event distributions and features; the manuals for the French-language ''HeartGold'' and ''SoulSilver'', for example, warn that [[Pal Park]] is incompatible with North American [[Generation III]] games.