Pokémon in Latin America: Difference between revisions

Most of the spin-off titles (such as [[Pokémon Snap]] and [[Pokémon Stadium]]) have been released in Latin America as well, but like the majority of the core series Pokémon games, they are only available as English-language imports (however, Pokémon Stadium 1 and 2 are fully compatible with the Spanish versions of Red and Blue).

From this point on, there were noticeable changes and signs that the campaign had undoubtedly reached [[The Pokémon Company International|TPCi]], now showing a never-seen-before interest and care for Latin America. On February 17, 2022, the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game Live]] trailer mentioned for the first time in a Pokémon game that it will support Latin American Spanish<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieR3K1koPwI</ref>. What’s most curious about it was the fact that it was almost the exact same trailer already shown last September, but this time “LATAM Spanish” was added in the available languages shown at the end of the video. However, in the Canada-exclusive beta released five days later (February 22), although all dialogs and menu texts were indeed localized to Latin American Spanish, the entire content of the cards remained in European Spanish, causing serious inconsistencies that remained until the day of the official global release on June 8 of the following year. On February 26, 2022, [[Pokémon UNITE]] released its first trailer localized to Latin American Spanish<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agFOyghEUMI</ref>; unfortunately, the game itself still lacks such localization. On April 22, 2022, via Pokémon Support, when asked about Latin American Spanish, for the first time they gave a direct answer by replying that they are "looking into when and how (...) best expand localization (...), like Latin America", as well as thanking the fans “for their support and patience”, which confirmed that they were aware of the campaign<ref>https://www.anmtvla.com/2022/04/the-pokemon-company-rompe-el-silencio.html</ref>. On February 27, 2023, for the first time a [[Pokémon Presents]] was broadcasted on the official Pokémon Latam channel, featuring subtitles localized to Latin American Spanish with terms such as "[[Great Ball|Superbola]]" and "[[Ultra Ball|Ultrabola]]" in the [[Pokémon GO]] segment, but without announcing any localization for that game<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrMt7i41kqY</ref>. On May 10, 2023, Pokémon Latam's official social media accounts posted for the first time videogame-related content not using terms from Spain, with the move "[[Play Rough (move)|Carantoña]]" shown as "Juego Rudo"<ref>https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7LKVLLOlwsw</ref>. On May 24, 2023, [[Pokémon HOME]] was updated so that when a Pokémon comes from a game set in Spanish it now shows the language tag as "ES-ES" (“EU-SP” in English) to specify that its origin is European Spanish (in contrast to the previously displayed "ESP" or “SPA” in English)<ref>https://x.com/BylethEisnerN/status/1659223932258361345</ref>, even though there was no official confirmation of a Latin American Spanish localization for the main games. In September 2023, the [[Oddish (Pokémon)|Oddish]]-centered website<ref>https://oddish.pokemon.com/es-mx/</ref> not only explicitly says that the Oddish [[Pokédex]] entry is in European Spanish, but also calls it "el Pokédex" (with masculine article), the form used in the Latin American Spanish dub of the animated series, as opposed to "la Pokédex" (with feminine article), the form used in Spain<ref>https://x.com/BylethEisnerN/status/1699810944682008878</ref>.

Regarding rating systems in Latin America, on November 27, 2020, the {{wp|Dirección General de Radio, Televisión y Cinematografía|RTC}} of Mexico introduced a rating system to replace the ESRB in the region. The law was taken effect by May 27, 2021 and [[New Pokémon Snap]] became the first Pokémon game to be rated by Mexican authorities.