Where were the Canadian HGSS cartridges sold?

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I just learned about Canadian HGSS Cartidges. Now, I am Canadian, born and raised, and mine are the standard American cartridges, and I bought them from my local Walmart in town upon release. So, I want to learn more about of this Heartgold Or version. I'm assuming this was a Quebec-exclusive release? Did it play in Canadian French and English?

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Out of curiosity, do your Pokémon games have either box art or instruction booklets in both English and Canadian French? I don't remember getting any of my DS games at Walmart, so I wouldn't know if that was the case or not.

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We have Canadian Walmart, so I don’t think that’s the reason. It’s hard to explain, but even though it’s the same name, we don’t get the same stuff at the American ones. We don’t get a lot of stuff in ours compared.

This may sound silly, but I have my boxes somewhere and storage and I can’t find them right now. Oops. but I don’t remember it having French on it.  
Admittedly, I picked off the sticker as a kid, so mine has a repro label on it as well. I’ll have to update when I can do a more detailed check

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Where did you find out about them?

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saw a picture of them on the internet

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Can you show us the picture you saw?

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Can’t find it right now because it was on r/gameverifying and I’ll need to dig, but this guide mentions it. I’ll see if I can find the photos after work.
https://www.gameverifying.com/wiki/cart-based-systems/nds031

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Thanks! Found them on a dropdown menu in that link and subsequently one on eBay:
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/186865700703

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That isn’t the Canadian one, contrary to what the listing says. That’s the French European one; the Canadian one is NA. It’s just sold from Canada.

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Here’s an example of Pokemon Or Canadian
https://ebay.us/m/JwgW7M

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The French SS cartridge was coded NTR-IPGF-FRA. The one in the listing is NTR-IPGF-CDF, which according to https://www.gameverifying.com/wiki/cart-based-systems/nds031 is Canadian.

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Canada uses ERSB, not PEGI. Look at the case

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That's really odd. It looks like they put a Canadian game into a French case.

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Right? Maybe the case is a repro. Either way, some good information there, but definitely not the full picture. I still gotta find a Canadian case somehow….
I’m really betting it was only sold in Quebec. I might have to buy a CDN CIB for education.

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According to the Bulbapedia article on this, the case uses the PEGI rating system, as the cover art is practically pulled straight from France.

> These releases contain exactly the same content as those from France, with the packaging in French only and slightly modified to include elements such as a "Play in French" logo (upper-left corner), although they retain their PEGI ratings rather than changing them to those of the ESRB.

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Thanks for the info, JATP! Thats really interesting. I’m surprised that was legal. Can you link to that page for me please? I want to read more