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In 2000, "Noviy Disc" got authorization from Nintendo to officially sell their products in Russia, starting with Nintendo 64 and Game Boy<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010603230049/http://www.nd.ru:80/about/index.shtml></ref>. In the early 2000s, handheld consoles were not common, but the most popular from them on the Russian market was Game Boy Color. The market was very unstable at the time, dominated by pirate Famicom and Mega Drive consoles (bootleg of Pokemon games for these systems were also sold in Russia) and first PlayStation (which discs were also pirated)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200625194213/https://segadreamcast.ru/samye-rasprostranennye-pristavki-na-rossijskom-rynke-do-nachala-2000h/</ref>. GBC was affected too with bootleg carts (mostly compilations) and unlicensed accessories seen on the market. Another problem was grey import so official distributor had competition in form of the same products imported from other countries. After release of Game Boy Advance, handheld gaming began to be more popular in Russia with the piracy for this system rampted on very high level, resulting the console being the most popular handel system in mid-2000s<ref>https://dzen.ru/a/YuVRMroy5jb-QTrx</ref>. The Russian distributors sold illegal translations of GBA games and movies in self custom-made packages (also Pokemon ones). Its own versions were released by companies like New Game<ref>https://newgame.ru/dlya-portativnyh-pristavok/kartridzhi-game-boy-advance-na-russkom-yazyke</ref>, Simba's Video Games<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060111141137/http://www.simbas.ru/</ref>, Vector<ref>http://rgdb.info/base/rus-05426</ref> and K&S<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070704105308/http://www.gameboygames.ru/</ref>. | In 2000, "Noviy Disc" got authorization from Nintendo to officially sell their products in Russia, starting with Nintendo 64 and Game Boy<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20010603230049/http://www.nd.ru:80/about/index.shtml></ref>. In the early 2000s, handheld consoles were not common, but the most popular from them on the Russian market was Game Boy Color. The market was very unstable at the time, dominated by pirate Famicom and Mega Drive consoles (bootleg of Pokemon games for these systems were also sold in Russia) and first PlayStation (which discs were also pirated)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20200625194213/https://segadreamcast.ru/samye-rasprostranennye-pristavki-na-rossijskom-rynke-do-nachala-2000h/</ref>. GBC was affected too with bootleg carts (mostly compilations) and unlicensed accessories seen on the market. Another problem was grey import so official distributor had competition in form of the same products imported from other countries. After release of Game Boy Advance, handheld gaming began to be more popular in Russia with the piracy for this system rampted on very high level, resulting the console being the most popular handel system in mid-2000s<ref>https://dzen.ru/a/YuVRMroy5jb-QTrx</ref>. The Russian distributors sold illegal translations of GBA games and movies in self custom-made packages (also Pokemon ones). Its own versions were released by companies like New Game<ref>https://newgame.ru/dlya-portativnyh-pristavok/kartridzhi-game-boy-advance-na-russkom-yazyke</ref>, Simba's Video Games<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20060111141137/http://www.simbas.ru/</ref>, Vector<ref>http://rgdb.info/base/rus-05426</ref> and K&S<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20070704105308/http://www.gameboygames.ru/</ref>. | ||
Despite difficulties, "Noviy Disc" got new contract with Nintendo in 2006. The piracy and grey imports began to slowly disappear from the market and distributor learned from mistakes and began officially translate games into Russian. In 2010, Nintendo selected second distributor called Gametec (also refered as "Igrovyye tekhnologii") and in 2012 the third one called OCS Distribution, which with Nintendo of Europe opened | Despite difficulties, "Noviy Disc" got new contract with Nintendo in 2006. The piracy and grey imports began to slowly disappear from the market and distributor learned from mistakes and began officially translate games into Russian. In 2010, Nintendo selected a second distributor called Gametec (also refered as "Igrovyye tekhnologii") and in 2012 the third one called OCS Distribution, which with Nintendo of Europe opened an office in Russia<ref>https://www.itweek.ru/business/article/detail.php?ID=143062</ref>. 3DS games were then available for sale on the official store '''[https://mir.nintendo.ru/ Mir Nintendo]''', though they may also be found elsewhere. That same year, the Russian government fully enforced {{wp|On Protecting Children from Information Harmful to Their Health and Development|Federal law no. 436-FZ of 2010-12-23}}, which caused the creation of the Russian Age Rating System, based on the film rating system used by the country's {{wp|Ministry of Culture (Russia)|Ministry of Culture}} replacing the use of the PEGI rating in that region. [[Pokémon Rumble U]] became the first Pokémon game to be rated by Russian authorities. {{g|X and Y}} were the first Pokémon games to be released in Russia at the same time as the rest of the world due to the introduction of the Nintendo online store. Pokémon video games are not localized in Russian; however, there have been a few fan translations of the GBA games circulating among Russian fans and pirate translations mentioned earlier. | ||
[[Pokémon Trading Card Game Online]] was the first Pokémon game translated into Russian, with only some older and some cards not yet released in Russia being left in English. | [[Pokémon Trading Card Game Online]] was the first Pokémon game translated into Russian, with only some older and some cards not yet released in Russia being left in English. | ||