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Pokémon! In French! Without having to send it to Slovenia and back!

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Pokémon! In French! Without having to send it to Slovenia and back!

I have Pokémon: Version Noire sitting in front of me, and I didn't even have to get it from France and use opal to work around the fact that nobody ships overseas! (I got Version Argent SoulSilver that way, and then it turned out that HG/SS were the first Pokémon games ever being sold in French in Canada. WHOOPS. But this time I knew better and got Black with pretty much no hassle.)

The NoA/NoE merge is the best thing ever, seriously.
 
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What is it called now, incidentally? Nintendo of Not Japan?

Also, it may be easier, but it's not nearly as interesting. :(
 
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That is cool! I adore the French names, some of them are fantastic. It's great that the different languages are more accessable, too; I always thought that the games not being available in French in Canada was a bit off.

I also want them to make Welsh versions of the game.
 
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How did you get them in French? I once tried buying a French version of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door from France and it was such a huge hassle. I've been thinking of buying Pokemon White in French to practice my French but I don't want to go through such an ordeal again.
 
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I have a rom of Version Emeraude, ut regardless I envy you :C The French names are, in my opinion, nicer than the English (of everything in-game, not just the Pokémon! My favourite thing is perhaps "Feli-Cité" for Jubilife), and the game just seems to have a weird quirk that the English versions don't (Like when your stats lower/raise it says "Ah! Attaque de Pikachu augmente!" rather that just "Pikachu's attack increased!") and so on.

@Mike: Indeed! They could have done ArgentAme and OrCoeur or something, but they both look a bit silly, wouldn't you agree?
 
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I mostly like the French names a lot more, though the nature names are sort of harsh, and there are a couple Pokémon names this gen I just plain don't like. (Lilligant is "Fragilady", and Scrafty is "Baggaïd", from baggy + caid, except that caid is (afaict) a more racially-charged word in French that is apparently also used as slang to refer specifically to criminals? Super-classy, French localizers...)

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Silver SoulSilver Version?
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Yeah, all the non-English European languages followed that convention. No idea why.

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How did you get them in French? I once tried buying a French version of Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door from France and it was such a huge hassle. I've been thinking of buying Pokemon White in French to practice my French but I don't want to go through such an ordeal again.
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I called the nearest EB Games (division of Gamestop) and asked if they could order me one, and they could! Though being in Canada may have helped there.
 
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It blew my mind that Goldenrod in French was called Mauville, and then Mauville was the actual English name for the central City in RSE.
 
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Zephyrous Castform said:
I have a rom of Version Emeraude, ut regardless I envy you :C The French names are, in my opinion, nicer than the English (of everything in-game, not just the Pokémon! My favourite thing is perhaps "Feli-Cité" for Jubilife), and the game just seems to have a weird quirk that the English versions don't (Like when your stats lower/raise it says "Ah! Attaque de Pikachu augmente!" rather that just "Pikachu's attack fell!") and so on.
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Also, they have Granny Pot.

@Mike: Indeed! They could have done ArgentAme and OrCoeur or something, but they both look a bit silly, wouldn't you agree?
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Not as silly as Silver SoulSilver.
 
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