Pokémon in the Netherlands: Difference between revisions

|BW001=February 25, 2011{{tt|*|Sneak peek, Disney XD}}<br>September 4, 2011{{tt|*|Actual season premiere, Disney XD}}

|XY001=April 18, 2014{{tt|*|Directly after last BW episode after Pokemon the movie 16, DisneyXD24}}

|SM001=November 27, 2016{{tt|*|Sneak peek}}<br>August 26, 2017{{tt|*|Pokémon TV}}

|SS001=June 28, 2020

The Pokémon franchise first arrived in the '''{{wp|Netherlands}}''' in 1999, with the first broadcast of ''[[EP001|Pokémon, ik kies jou!]]'' in Dutch. The release of [[Pokémon Red and Blue Versions]] followed afterwards, on October 10, 1999 in the English language.

All of the [[core series]] and [[spin-off Pokémon games|spin-off]] [[Pokémon games]] have been released in English in the Netherlands, usually the same day as the release in the rest of Europe. An exception to this were {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}}. Due to a major bug found in some releases of Pokémon HeartGold, which prevented saved games from being detected, the release was postponed from March 25th to April 2nd, 2010 in both the Netherlands and Flanders (Dutch-speaking part of Belgium).  

On August 19 and 20, 2000 Nintendo Benelux organised the Dutch Pokémon Championship 2000 in {{wp|Six Flags Holland}}. 3 x 128 Pokémon Trainers could battle for the Pika Cup, Poké Cup and the Prime Cup using their Pokémon from Red, Blue, or Yellow. Using Transfer Paks these Pokémon were moved to Pokémon Stadium, which was used for battling.<ref>http://www.scholieren.com/archief/games/17/pokemon-toernooi</ref>

Pokémon was originally broadcasted in the Netherlands on '''Fox Kids'''. On February 23, 2005, the network was renamed '''Jetix''' and then again on January 1, 2010, as '''Disney XD'''.

Some songs used in the Dutch anime are translated (these include [[Pokémon Karaokémon]], [[Pokérap]] and the title songs from season 3-4 and season 8 onwards), while some other songs are used untranslated ([[Pikachu's Jukebox]], [[The Time Has Come (Pikachu's Goodbye)]] and the title songs from season 1-2 and 5-7). Usually the regular singer for television theme songs is Herman van Doorn, returning in the 17th season ''[[S17|Pokémon the Series: XY]]''.

In the {{series|Advanced Generation}}, {{an|May}} was voiced by '''Nicoline van Doorn''' and [[Max]] was voiced by '''Lot Lohr''' (born June 3, 1963).

In the {{series|Diamond & Pearl}}, {{an|Dawn}}'s role was given to '''Meghna Kumar''' (born June 23, 1979).

In the {{series|Best Wishes}}, {{an|Iris}} is voiced by '''José Kroon''' and {{an|Cilan}} is voiced by '''Jurjen van Loon''' (born September 14, 1983)

In the {{series|XY}}, {{an|Serena}} is voiced by '''Tara Hetharia''', {{an|Clemont}} is voiced by '''Christian Nieuwenhuizen''', and {{an|Bonnie}} is voiced by '''Manou Jue Cardoso'''. [[Professor Sycamore]] is voiced by '''Rutger le Poole'''.  

Other notable voice actors in the Dutch dub include '''Jeroen Keers''' as the [[narrator]], '''Mandy Huydts''' (born April 9, 1969) as [[Nurse Joy]] (S01-S13) and [[Cassidy]] (S1), '''Lizemijn Libgott''' (born May 24, 1980) as [[Nurse Joy]] (S14-present), [[Gardenia]] (S10), [[Sophie]] and [[Viola]], '''Edna Kalb''' (born October 11, 1959) as [[Officer Jenny]] (S01-S13) and [[Delia Ketchum]] in one episode, '''Saskia Maarleveld''' as [[Officer Jenny]] and [[Fennel]] (S14), '''Beatrijs Sluyter''' as [[Delia Ketchum]], [[J]] (S12), [[Lilian Meridian]], and [[Marian]], '''Edward Reekers''' (born May 24, 1957) and '''Pepijn Gunneweg''' (born May 18, 1976) as [[Todd Snap]], '''Niki Romijn''' as [[Ritchie]] and [[Casey]] (S03, S04 and S05), '''Sander van der Poel''' (born September 19, 1986) as [[Drew]], '''Huub Dikstaal''' (born January 6, 1968) as [[Drew]] (S07-09), [[Butch]] (S01), [[Kenny]] (S11-S12), [[Scott]] and [[Pierce]], '''Finn Poncin''' as [[Butch]] (S05), '''Lottie Hellingman''' (born August 7, 1977) as [[Cassidy]] (S03, S04 and S05), '''Marjolein Algera''' (born November 25, 1965) as [[Nurse Joy]] in [[M01]] and [[Vivian Meridian]] (S06 and S07), '''Lotte Horlings''' (born April 10, 1979) as [[J]] (S10 and S11), '''Frank Rigter''' (S11-S12) and '''Mitchell van den Dunge Bille''' (S12-S13) as {{an|Barry}}, [[Kenny]] (S10) and as [[Drew]] (S06), '''Thijs van Aken''' (born May 5, 1969) as [[Trip]] (S14), '''Fleur van de Water''' as {{an|Bianca}}, '''Eva Burmeister''' as [[Burgundy]], '''Natalie Hanenveld''' as [[Georgia]], '''Trevor Reekers''' (born June 21 1988) as [[Luke]], '''Levi van Kempen''' as [[Gary Oak]] (S09-11), '''Leon Wiedijk''' (S12), '''Jannemien Cnossen''' as [[Nurse Joy]] in [[M10]], '''Donna Vrijhof''' as [[Nurse Joy]] in two episodes, [[Matori]] and [[Grace (Kalos)|Grace]], '''Jeroen van Wijngaarden''' as [[Paul]] (S10-S13), '''Ruud Drupsteen''' as [[Kenny]] (S13), '''Frans Limburg''' as [[Stephan]] (S14), '''Nathalie Haneveld''' as [[Georgia]] (S14), '''Florus van Rooijen''' as [[Paul]] in one episode, '''Tineke Blok''' as [[Officer Jenny]] ([[S17]]), [[Alexa]] and [[Cosette]], '''Nicoline van Doorn''' as [[Korrina]] and [[Lyra]], [[Cynthia]] was voiced by '''Marieke de Kruijf''' in S10, '''Lotte Horlings''' in S11 and by '''Donna Vrijhof''' in S12, '''Ewout Eggink''' as [[Professor Birch]] (S06), '''Jann Cnossen''' as [[Matori]] (S14) and [[Professor Juniper]], '''Louis van Beek''' as [[Professor Birch]] (S07 and S08) and [[Professor Rowan]], and '''Paul Disbergen''' as [[Butch]] (S9), [[Gary Oak]] in one episode and [[Dr. Zager]].

999 Games was responsible for the distribution in Flanders and the Netherlands until 2003 when Wizards of the Coast's license was transferred to the The Pokémon Company International by Nintendo. After that PS-Games was responsible for the distribution until 2011 as PS-Games, also the sponsor and distributor of the [[Pokémon Day (the Netherlands)|Pokémon Day in the Netherlands]], was declared bankrupt. The company saw the profits fall with €3.9 million to €5.6 million and was in debt by €2.2 million. After that Enigma Distribution Benelux B.V. took over the distribution of the TCG. 999 Games did sometimes still distribute the cards after 2003 but purchased through PS-Games.<ref>http://archives.bulbagarden.net/wiki/File:Answer_from_former_Dutch_TCG_distributer.png</ref>

[[File:NLPOKE00616 0.jpg|thumb|right|Pokemon Offical Magazine issue 6/2016 of the Dutch version]]

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