Remember Nintendo Shanghai, the unofficial Nintendo store that was opening at Metro City in China?
The store has recently opened and turns out it’s a Nintendo Switch booth offering products distributed by Tencent. At this point of time, the booth is selling Nintendo Switch consoles distributed by Tencent. The shelves, which are stocked with games imported outside China, are not for sale but for display purposes to make the booth look “less empty”. There’s also a demo unit set up at the booth.
Awhile ago there were claims that both Tencent and Nintendo were planning to form a joint venture to distribute the Nintendo Switch and other products in China. Arena of Valor's upcoming Switch port was said to be the first stepping stone of that partnership. Turns out that this rumor has…
Tencent has released the first photos of their booth at ChinaJoy 2019, a video game convention scheduled to start on August 2, 2019 in mainland China. This year's booth will feature a Nintendo Switch section allowing players to try out The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Pokemon Let's…
HAL Laboratory, a subsidiary of Nintendo and the company which spawned Kirby and Super Smash Bros., paid a visit to China Joy 2018. In case you missed it, China Joy 2018 is the largest video game exhibition that took place in Shanghai just a few weeks ago. Many companies were…
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