Chinese Nintendo Switch Packaging Appears Online Ahead of Release

in before the "yay Nintendo will make more money and be more popular" posts, at least the good people there are starting to have localized access to more stuff and that can only be a good thing

The population of China is enormous. That being said, I don't know which videogame icons the chinese know besides Mario. I did hear someone said that Ubisoft's Rabbid games are popular there.

Is there a release date?

I’m woefully ignorant of the Chinese game dev scene. I do know that if that countries technical talent turns its ha da to games we will have a lot more games!

Plus a different view point in terms of narrative. The “Three Body Trilogy” of books are amazing (also some gaming concepts in there too).

Anyhow, should be fascinating to watch Infold.

@BarefootBowser I think we all know that business and human rights don't effect each other.

Most people who want a switch have one in China now, they are easy to import from Hong Kong. I have quite a few students who have Switches already.

The games what are in will be in demand will be the same as other places. A few of my students bought the Witcher 3, all of them have Mario Kart 8, and most are planning on buying Pokemon Sword and Shield when they finish their exams in a month.

If Nintendo want more people here in China to buy one, it will need to be cheaper than the price for Hong Kong.

The one thing which they will struggle with is NSO, as from people I have talked to don't want to pay to play online, so a lot of them just play locally.

Good to see some retail packaging, it should now release there shortly. Intrigued to see how it sells......

@dew12333 sorry man but you lost me there... care to explain?

I think you mean that Nintendo right not is not doing anything bad in China. But I do not know for sure what you meant by what you said.

Or was it a sarcastic remark?

China is where all the modchips and console hack tools originated. Good luck selling games there.

@NoTinderLife Even if they reach a small percentage of people it could be a huge revenue stream for the company. 0.01% could mean 10 million customers.

@KoekiieWoekiie
Definatley sacastic, however I do not understand why people think that the world should not do business with china due to human rights. If the worlds goverments won't do more then why should business be the one, after all the comapnaies they trade with and the people likely to benefit from nintendo selling their products are not likley to commit any crimes against humanity.

@dew12333 I think because of taxes giving the government more money so they can hire more people and buy more camerAs to opress and/or suppres people there in China.

Congrats Nintendo! I hope you do well in the Chinese market. sniff OMG. The tears. I just can't stop thinking about turning the rest of this post to be about me. I must be selfish. :/

Nintendo's financial well being, is super important to me, as a consumer who can't find another supplier to deliver the same content besides Nintendo. They "get" videogames in a way other companies don't.

That said, Nintendo isn't struggling at the moment, and should boycott China with all that's happening there, also giving a part of your profits and consumers money to a Chinese company just for re-selling the product there and Nintendo isn't allowed to sell it's own product, on their own, should be reason enough to not do this...

The question is what price will the Chinese extract for allowing Nintendo access to their market? Another recent story on here had some official or other saying he expected Nintendo to transfer game designing skills and even allow them to use their IPs. A dangerous situation for the company to say the least.

@BarefootBowser Human rights have nothing to do with video gaming. If you want to boycot China a good start would be to tell the countries that sell their guns to them to stop doing so.

I'm confused about the Chinese console market. Didn't there used to be some sort of weird controller with a built-in N64 emulator because traditional consoles couldn't be sold there for some reason?

I saw some guy playing Dark Souls on switch while standing with his back to the front on the Beijing subway

@BarefootBowser You can call yourself naive for your thinking, not me. As I explained in my previous message, your thinking is irrelevant. It's up to you to give it another thought or refuse to change your mind. Thank you very much.

The red on the box looks darker. ROC Red I guess. It’s now in compliance. Lord knows what censorship will happen..and if your ‘social’ score drops they’ll be confiscating your switch for sure. The all mighty dollar trumps everything including human rights.

Poor people having to deal with a lousy government like that. It’s a shame

@JRJalapeno PRC red? yeah youre right. I didnt notice that.

@JRJalapeno Yeah, I noticed the shade of red as well. Though to be fair, I expected it. Less orange, more brown than Nintendo/Japan red.

@BarefootBowser China, and Tencent particularly is purchasing tremendous amounts of the entertainment industry, worldwide. They've also been buying tremendous amounts of real estate through investment into real estate investment firms abroad. Basically media, entertainment, finance, and property is increasingly all controlled by China's government, worldwide, through them funneling money through their businesses into "free market" stock investments to therefore retain control of much of everything that moves in the world. Nintendo is only a final nail in a much bigger coffin. By the end of next decade the world will mostly be under Chinese rule, and most people will never even be aware of it. Much of the world already is.

It's less "soft power" and more "shadow power." Just in video games alone, they have significant control of Ubisoft, Activision-Blizzard, Epic, who knows how long before Nintendo now that they've taken an interest. Now apply that to finance and real-estate. It's an ugly picture.

Wait....what is the accessory that's in the bottom left picture? Is that a new dock? Is it available in the US and Europe?

@BarefootBowser Ah, okay. I wish it was an alternative to the overpriced bulky dock. Lol

@BarefootBowser @KoekiieWoekiie
I have to agree with @NEStalgia, I think the problem is too far gone for pretty much anything to make any difference.

Incorrect, the correct spelling for gray is......G.R.E.Y!

@NEStalgia WWIII has started, but it won't be fought with nuclear weapons, but rather through influence. Am I correct?

I'm all for the people of Mainland China enjoying Nintendo products the same way their brothers and sisters in Taiwan and Hong Kong have for decades. But, I do not like the CCP having any influence over Nintendo.

And if the CCP wants me to be more supportive of their influence around the world they can start by giving Hong Kong the right of self-determination and allow them to elect their own leader!

@Wexter More or less. Though it's a unique situation in history I think. It's not WWIII (though I suspect it inevitably will lead to the real deal one way or another at some point in time.) But it's not an influence-driven cold war like the 80s' US-Soviet Cold War. It's the first time in history, I think, where one country has the economic ability, and the legal ability through international business (backfiring), and the will to actually begin PURCHASING all the other countries' assets, openly, without even starting any overt hostility. It's simply more effective because CCP is very patient and strategic, buying only enough to mostly control through mandatory influence without displaying overt total control and ownership in a way that attracts public attention, and doing it through front-companies that appear to be independent businesses. If they started hanging red and gold flags outside businesses they control there would be backlash. But as long as "An American headquartered publicly traded company" owns huge amounts of land or media control, and "43% of shares are held by foreign investors" everything looks stable, and no one is the wiser that that 43% gives the CCP controlling power over information flow and land use (and social engineering projects as a result, to convert us slowly over time to their way of life.) And people will never suspect much even with near complete control. Nor will they be informed, because the media companies are among those companies.

That alone is a failure of the West entirely on numerous different levels to create a situation which should never have actually been possible. When a closed, semi-authoritarian government can effectively purchase the world, legally, and thus control it, legally under the other countries' laws.... There really are no words for that level of failure. But it's certainly not good for anyone.

I'm surpisreed Damien didn't write this Since He/she seems very pro china

@NEStalgia I've been following the CCP for the past 7 years and I've been saying that the biggest threat to our modern way of life is not Russia, or in Europe, but out in the far east for years. The CCP has been getting away with nasty and deplorable treatment of its own citizens for decades and we can't do anything because they are on the UN Security Council (what a joke) and have so much influence on Western/East Asian businesses. Its one of the reasons I will not go to China, not because the people are not great, or the culture is not fabulous, but because of the CCP.

I'm actually glad that this sort of event like Nintendo entering China has sparked a greater discussion in the "Gamer" community. As even if its as simple as the shade of red on the packaging (less traditional Nintendo red and more of the red of the CCP) you can see the CCP already forcing demands on Nintendo to do business in China.

The good news is that China's growth is unsustainable and that China's younger population cannot replace the current workforce. Mostly due to the CCP's one child policy which has created a looming economic crisis.The CCP's day of reckoning is coming, but it will cause devastating effects onto the world economy (2047 is going to suck!!!).

If nothing else, more markets mean more accessible accessories abroad.

I’m in the Middle East and it’s surprisingly difficult to find a Nintendo-branded power adapter in the stores.

@Wexter well said!!!!

@BarefootBowser Nintendo is a business and most of their products is made in China (not all of it, but a lot) including most of the Switch systems

They, like most big companies, are deeply involved in China anyway

@farrgazer I am from the Middle East to
Where are you from (out of curiosity)

@BarefootBowser not really, but Nintendo not doing business in China is worse for the Chinese People than if Nintendo wouldn’t do that

It is a complicated issue....

I think most of us can agree the Chinese government are a bunch of butthats and someday they’ll have to answer to someone... especially with all their Muslim concentration camps they got going on. I’m not very religious but let’s hope everyone will have to meet their maker someday. Until then I can only hope countries and companies will eventually give China the middle finger 🖕🏼

Good for Nintendo, that's some huge market.

Anyway, I thought this website was about Nintendo gaming. Do we really have to get these offtopic convos about the highest levels of Truth everytime?

Something tells me mr Gustav Le Bon would be laughing his a$$ off by reading some comments.

@Cartridgemaster Well its rather on topic considering the recent events with Blizzard, and Epic Games (and I guess 2K also got dragged into this considering they develop the NBA 2K series). We are generally allowed to express concern regarding the Big N and the CCP. And a lot of this stuff regarding the CCP is fact that is easily accessible with a quick search on any reputable news source outside of Chinese State News.

And I will restate, that I think it is awesome that Mainland Chinese gamers will be able to play Nintendo games and own a Switch legally. My issues are with the CCP, not the Chinese people.

That Switch box looks like a Chinese flag, but instead of the stars there's the Switch logo. Careful, Nintendo!

I hope Nintendo will help the Chinese and Japanese people develop friendlier relations.

@DrDaisy Ban was lifted years ago. And again, there will ve no massive sale starting in china because of this, as the switch and nso are already available. No need to import, you can buy it in the local market.

@Pickettfury It hardly matters anyway. Sooner or later, an unstoppable meteor or comet will crash into Earth, causing massive devastation and wiping out the entire human race along with its arrogance. We'll all be put out of everyone's misery, including our own, hopefully before we can colonize other planets.

@CaptainRPG i mean i got mario kart 8 deluxe with my switch bundled for free lol

@CaptainRPG That's what I was wondering! I wonder why people are thumbs downing you for this.

Can't wait to see what gets censored or banned there.

@LoveEmpath This article is too relevant to Nintendo.

@Mykillvee It's a docking stand. I've seen them in stores in America. They're good for playing the Switch on a flat surface without a TV. Personally, I'd prefer to buy a much cheaper accessory that simply raises the Switch high enough for the cable to be plugged in at the bottom.