[jamuko]

I heard that too, but it's kinda a lie.

For one thing, you can type in English characters in the Japanese game. I played it when it was released in Japan. There is a limit of only 5 characters, however.

Second, I searched online trading today. Yeah, a large majority of the players in there are Japanese. It was totally awesome, but fact is, tons of people request retarded trades like a crappy or mediocre Pokemon for a legendary or lv. 100 rare... and you can only access the top few in the list at a time (no searching through the entire database of people requesting trades, sadly).

I wouldn't be surprised if Japanese players did like American Pokemon, though. I was super excited to get a Japanese Pikachu. XD I also saw a couple from the UK, but I didn't have what they requested in order to get them.