What does SPA mean in Pokemon X?

Question

I got a lvl 24 Sylveon from wonder trade, and when I checked it's summary I saw a little black box at the top that had the letters SPA in. What does this mean and should I be worried?

Answer 1

The tag is referring to the Language of the game it came from, not the real-world region. If you play the game in a language from another country while your GPS and 3DS settings indicate you're somewhere else, you still get the tag, because it's not about location. It just so happens most people pick their native language, and live in a place where their native language is the most common one. American-born Pokémon have "ENG" when traded to other language games, and Canadian-born Pokémon have either ENG or FRE when traded to other games, depending on if the Canadian playing is French-speaking or not. Mexico-born Pokémon tend to have "SPA" too.

Comments

I de-selected the old answer, though this new one doesn't completely answer the original question.

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But it does. The SPA means its origin game was played in Spanish, and I explained in-depth how the language tags worked. Maybe you missed the last sentence of my answer?

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Hey, nothing personal. I'm just saying "SPA means its origin game was played in Spanish" is what any selected answer should say straight up, so people don't feel like they have to disentangle the incorrect answer before reading the correct one.

This is a really silly thing to argue about so I'm just going to edit the answer and select it.

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Giving an in-depth explanation so the asker walks away with updated understanding of the game that can be applied in other situations is a better thing to do, and believing otherwise is absolutely insane, as is editing my statement without my consent.

Answer 2

It means it's spanish

Answer 3

If the original game the Pokemon was in is spanish. Spa is another word for it. The only way you can obtain it is to get someone with a spanish game over wifi or someone else who does

Hope this helped!!!

Comments

I got a Spanish shiny clawitzer

Answer 4

The SPA means that your Pokémon was originally from Spain. Foreign Pokémon all have 3 letters that indicate the country (i.e. JPN from Japan, ENG from England, etc.)

This is actually a great thing for a few notable reasons. First of all, foreign Pokémon get 1.7x experience from battling (compared to 1.5x from a traded Pokémon from within your country), and not only that, you can use the Masuda method to get a shiny Eevee (which is very valuable).

Comments

thank yoo now i'm going to try the masuda method to get shiny eevee :3