Foreign Pokédex entries

Foreign Pokédex entries are a feature introduced in, the first Pokémon games to officially support trading between languages. Originally limited to a select group of Pokémon, multilingual Pokédex entries are now accessible for every Pokémon in nine different languages.

In Generation IV
The Meister (Japanese: マイスター Meister) is a character in who upgrades the player's Pokédex with the ability to store entries in foreign languages. He lives in a small house on an island on. His sprite is the same as the Trainer class.

After he upgrades a player's Pokédex, he offers to trade the player a German in exchange for a. This adds Magikarp's German entry to the player's Pokédex.

In the versions of the games, the Meister will trade an English Magikarp. His name in these games is English in origin: The Master.

Diamond and Pearl
In Diamond and Pearl, fourteen Pokémon can have foreign Pokédex entries registered. The entries come from the LeafGreen Version of the language in question when said Pokémon is received from a foreign game.

Platinum
In, Meister's upgrade instead allows the player to record foreign Pokédex entries for all 493 Pokémon. These entries are the ones used in that language's version of.

HeartGold and SoulSilver
In, the foreign Pokédex entries are the same as in Platinum. Unlike the previous games, the ability to collect foreign Pokédex entries is available from the start.

In Generation V
In, the foreign Pokédex entries are also the same as in Platinum, just like native entries. However, only non-Unova Pokémon receive foreign Pokédex entries. For Black and White this is likely because foreign entries and names of Unova Pokémon had not been finalized yet at the time of the Japanese release of Black and White. However it is unknown why they were not included for Black 2 and White 2 as foreign Pokédex entries for Unova Pokémon would have been available from international releases of Black and White. The player is now able to collect Korean entries.

Generation VI onward
Every Pokémon now has collectible foreign entries in all seven of the game's languages, due to the simultaneous international release.

Generation VII onward
The player can now collect entries in nine languages, as the games were also released in Traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese.

Trivia

 * A GTS event in 2007 involved foreign Pokémon, allowing players to trade an American for a Japanese  and a Japanese  for an American.
 * The Meister's Trainer ID number is 53277.
 * In, the Meister's speech contains a French grammatical error; the words "Je suis desolee" should be "Je suis désolé".

Related articles

 * In-game trade

The Master マイスター 大師