3rd Gen Imported Pokemon

[coris]

When I went to the Pokemon Rocks America I traded with a guy for a shiney magmar. The weird thing is that some of his pokemon were in japanese. My magmar's name is written in a weird font. Are these pokemon actually imported?

 

[Mr Cat Dog]

They could easily have been. Different language Game Boys can trade with each other, and the Magmar you received could easily have been from a Japanese Game Boy. Either that or he's used a cheating device to nickname his Pokemon with Japanese text. But... yeah... it'll probably be a real Magmar. ^_^

 

[DayDreamer]

They could easily have been. Different language Game Boys can trade with each other, and the Magmar you received could easily have been from a Japanese Game Boy. Either that or he's used a cheating device to nickname his Pokemon with Japanese text. But... yeah... it'll probably be a real Magmar. ^_^

Gameboys have been designed to play ANY games. Whether it's a game from Japan or from China it WILL work. In other words the gameboy doesn't select the language it's the game. The game cartridge was probably a Japanese one.