Nintendo is no doubt really keen to sell Switch in China, which could be potentially very lucrative indeed. Until then, Nintendo will have to make do with launching the handheld console in Hong Kong, which is an autonomous territory of China.
The Switch eShop for the Hong Kong region will launch on 3rd April and here's what games will be on offer:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild – HKD560 – Chinese support yes
1-2-Switch – HKD400 – Chinese support no
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – HKD480 – Chinese support yes
ARMS – HKD480 – Chinese support yes
Splatoon 2 (Japanese) – HKD480 – Chinese support no
Splatoon 2 (English) – HKD480 – Chinese support no
Pokkén Tournament DX – HKD480 – Chinese support no
Super Mario Odyssey – HKD480 – Chinese support yes
Snipperclips Plus: Cut it Out, Together! – HKD260 – Chinese support yes
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 – HKD640 – Chinese support yes
Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle – HKD480 – Chinese support yes
Kirby Star Allies – HKD480 – Chinese support yes
And here's the DLC:
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Season Pass – HKD180 – Chinese support yes
Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Season Pass – HKD230 – Chinese support yes
It's good to see lots of these games such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 arriving with Chinese language support. It's a bit strange that Splatoon 2 hasn't been translated, but residents of Hong Kong will be able to choose from the Japanese and English versions of the games, it seems.
Let us know your thoughts on Nintendo's expansion into Hong Kong with a comment below.
[source nintendo.com.hk, via nintendosoup.com]
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Pretty stellar lineup. Stinks that they had to wait so long but now they get a massive 'launch' lineup.
Hopefully they can sort their eShop out before launching in China.
Nintendo is selling their games online before the pirates in China start selling their mod chips.
There's a reason Nintendo wasn't doing business in China... nobody pays for games.
@Nincompoop
Thanks for remind me how awful to become Chinese people. 🙄
Sometimes, i felt embarrased as a half Chinese-Indonesian people to see a Huge piracy , Counterfeits on China.
Well, if buying pirate copies was the only way for me to get hold of Nintendo games I would be tempted to do so too. Hopefully the true Nintendo fans will gladly give Nintendo their money
Why is XC2 so expensive? Switch cartridge tax?
Lived in HK for 4 years and got physical American imports of new Wii U and 3DS games in Wan Chai for less than they’d cost in the US, even before factoring in potential US tax. And no, they were not counterfeits.
From my understanding HK gamers have traditionally been using US and Japanese eshops for every console (especially PSN). They never really cared about their own one since it is always neglected by the operators at the end (late or no update at all and very steep prices while you can simply find a retail copy for 2/3rd of the price) . Simply ask HK gamers who owned a 3DS. Btw every game on this published list can be bought for 80hkd less (ard 10 bucks less) for a hard copy at a local game store, no kidding. Why bother with the shop?
It's kind of hilarious that the Switch is not 'available for sale in China' given how many of them are available to buy in Beijing (literally down the street from government offices!).
It's taken over a year for Hong Kong to get an eShop?!? Wow...
And still no cares for brazil. :/
Hope it works out for Nintendo and the people of china embrace then & pirates don't get their grubby hands on chips and mods or however that works 🤔
Pretty nice launch line up... but with several big games not supporting Chinese, that has to hurt potential sales.
If they are able to launch in China their profits can go up another 20-25%. Maybe they can get it done sooner then other consoles because of the type of games I don't know.
Anybody knows the reason why China is blocking console launches? They don't have one of their own right? Curious..
@BARSAMAN
China lifted the console ban in 2014 and XB1 and PS4 have been released there.
@Don
Ok thanks man,
From the article I understood that they weren't allowed to launch in China, only in autonomous Hong Kong.
May be me though.
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