Pokémon in Canada: Difference between revisions

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 both an English and a French release. This is due to a new law in the Québec province requiring any video games that have a french version available elsewhere to also be offered in french. 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.