Pokémon in Indonesia: Difference between revisions

So far, all internationally released [[main series|main games]] until {{game|HeartGold and SoulSilver|s}} have been available in Indonesia. Usually, these games are available within several months to one year after their North American releases.  

Many pirated copies of [[hack games]], as well as official games, are also sold in Indonesia, especially the infamous game ChaosBlack and Quartz, which at first was mistaken by people as official. Pirated copies of official games come in a variety of ways, such as the lack of license or the color difference of game cartridges.

 

[[Spin-off Pokémon games]] that are available in English language such as [[Pokémon Pinball]], {{pkmn|Ranger}} and the {{pkmn|Mystery Dungeon}} series, have been released in Indonesia as well.  

The first episode of the Pokémon anime was aired in March 3, 2001 every Saturday and Sunday at 19.00 - 19.30 (GMT +7) by '''{{wp|SCTV (Indonesia)|Surya Citra Televisi Indonesia}}''' (known as '''SCTV'''), a commercial TV station owned by {{wp|Bimantara Citra}}. Suddenly, the broadcast was moved to every Sunday at 9.30 - 10.00 on July 8, 2001, due to the issue of [[EP038|infamous banned episode]] in worldwide.

The Indonesian dub was mainly based on the {{wp|Japanese}} version; however, proper names from the English version were used. Most [[character of the day|characters of the day]] are renamed in the dub, as well as [[main character]] [[Ash Ketchum]], who was given the dub name '''Ali'''. In a short period of time, Pokémon became well-known amongst children and young people. However, from the [[Pokémon: The Johto Journeys|third season]], the [[Pokémon anime]] lost its popularity. Soon after the episode around [[Pokémon: The Adventures in the Orange Islands|Orange League saga]], the show was stopped indefinitely in 2002.  

The anime series did not continuously air until December 26, 2004, when '''{{wp|Indosiar|Indosiar Visual Mandiri}}''', took over and began their first broadcast from the beginning of Johto saga on Sundays from 7.30 a.m - 8.00 a.m. (GMT +7). Unfortunately, the inconsistency began when Indosiar retained all Japanese names for main characters, towns, and items (eg. [[Poké Ball]] is referred as ''{{tt|Bola Monster|Monster Ball in Japan}}'', while [[Pallet Town]] as ''{{tt|Kota Masara|Masara Town in Japan}})''. The most controversial for the fans was the retaining of Pokémon name to Japanese. Despite the controversy, many fans still support this positive effort for retaining the main character's Japanese names.

In Indonesia, no [[Pokémon movie]]s have premiered in any theaters. Instead, several Pokémon movies were aired on TV. As SCTV era, only [[M01|the first Pokémon movie]] was aired. As Indosiar took over, they aired several movies from [[M02|Revelation of Lugia]] and [[M03|Lord of the {{tt|Unknown|Unown}} Tower]] around June 2008 on the consecutive days. Then, [[M04|Celebi: A Timeless Encounter]] and [[M05|The Guardians of Altomare]] were also broadcast on 30^th November - 7^th December and 14^th - 21^st December, respectively. Finally, the two most recent movies in Indonesia, [[M06|Wishing Star of the Seven Nights: Jirachi]] was aired on 28^th December 2008 and 4^th January 2009, while [[M07|Sky-Splitting Visitor: Deoxys]] premiered on January 11, 18, and 25, 2009.

Several Pokémon episodes and movies are also sold in {{wp|DVD}}s and [[CD]]s on some regions of the Indonesia, although most of them are not exactly official or being pirates. Most of them are dubbed in {{wp|English}} or {{wp|Mandarin}} and subtitled in Indonesian.

Before the Pokémon franchise, especially {{pkmn|Trading Card Game}} that was introduced officially, the Pokémon cards was introduced when they was imported by Sucianto, the founder of Planet Comics, the famous and the oldest Indonesian Comic Store.<ref> [http://martabakomikita.multiply.com/journal/item/142 Learning from Pokemon Design Phenomenon] </ref>

Many card sets and theme decks of Pokémon TCG have been sold in the Indonesia's convenience stores and malls starting from the very first TCG set, {{TCG|Base Set}}, until the recent {{TCG|Undaunted}}, both in English and uncommon for Japanese versions. Most of these cards can be found in Indonesia's {{wp|Toys "R" Us}} franchises.

*[http://www.mnc-comics.com/detail_character.asp?id=60 Pokémon PiPiPi Adventure - m&c]