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List of Chinese Localization releases of games developed and/or published by Nintendo in 2018.

 Tue Jan 01 06:18:51 +0000 2019

Full original image:https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/419255018521362433/529544208336551936/2018.png

 Tue Jan 01 06:20:01 +0000 2019

Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon were released in November 2016.
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon were released in November 2017.

 Tue Jan 01 06:47:51 +0000 2019

An iQue DS Lite TV commercial included footage of Big Brain Academy, Nintendogs, and Super Mario 64 DS.
Only the last game was actually released for the iQue DS Lite. Big Brain Academy was never released in Chinese and Nintendogs was only bundled digitally with iQue DSi.

 Tue Jan 01 06:58:33 +0000 2019

Source: http://www.bilibili.com/video/av11914450

 Tue Jan 01 06:58:44 +0000 2019

Pokémon Quest (iOS/Android) officially coming to China.
Source: https://pq.163.com/m/

 Thu Jan 03 03:55:45 +0000 2019

https://www.weibo.com/6305628151/HadgpdJ0W
Count down clock:https://pq.163.com//index.html?from=mobile
Seems to be run by NetEase in China.

 Thu Jan 03 03:57:27 +0000 2019

NetEase official account:
#HereComesTheGenuinePokemonSmartPhoneGame This is the REAL official Pokéball! Quality assured, you can definitely catch a shiny with it!

Umm... you guys know that Pokémon Quest doesn't work that way, do you?

 Thu Jan 03 08:55:32 +0000 2019

Source: https://weibo.com/6612337184/HaeIZ3esU
@ninsoup @GoNintendoTweet @TodoNintendoS

 Thu Jan 03 08:55:55 +0000 2019

http://iQueBrew.org may provide you with some information.
Or you can ask @jhynjhiruu

 Thu Jan 03 23:47:53 +0000 2019

I have not tried it myself, but adding N64 games are possible (saving your progress is not, due to the difference on how the original N64 and the iQue Player handles save data).

 Thu Jan 03 23:48:54 +0000 2019

Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese Wii Remote Wrist Strap Warning Screens:

 Fri Jan 04 03:03:29 +0000 2019

Unused Mario Kart Wii S Chinese Logo.
Extracted from the banner of Korean Mario Kart Wii data.

 Fri Jan 04 06:07:32 +0000 2019

Converted png: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/419255018521362433/530628005983420436/Texture0.png
Original tpl: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/419255018521362433/530626144077348865/tk_logoCHN_00.tpl

 Fri Jan 04 06:08:51 +0000 2019

@CuttingRoomWiki

 Fri Jan 04 06:09:34 +0000 2019

Here's the logo in action.

 Fri Jan 04 08:07:30 +0000 2019

This is an unofficial Wii System Menu (edited off 4.2U), but its text comes from unused official Wii System Menu translation.

 Fri Jan 04 08:11:12 +0000 2019

Original video: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/419255018521362433/530659620738564096/Dolphin_5.0-6907___JIT64_DC___OpenGL___HLE___FPS__60_-_VPS__60_-_100___Wii_Menu_0000000100000002_1_4.mp4

 Fri Jan 04 08:36:12 +0000 2019

Unused Simplified Chinese Mario Kart Wii logo in action: http://youtu.be/ZWbPVnJSA-o?a via @YouTube

 Fri Jan 04 08:46:23 +0000 2019

RT @koopa630kit: 2010年
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
新超級瑪利歐兄弟Wii
中文版宣傳單張，貼紙

 Fri Jan 04 09:52:24 +0000 2019

People who signed up for Pokémon Quest notification from NetEase got text message on knockoff Pokémon games.
@ninsoup @GoNintendoTweet

 Fri Jan 04 09:53:36 +0000 2019

Source:
https://weibo.com/3288207015/HaoYlq0wG
@zhaochen0507 is one of the victims.

 Fri Jan 04 09:54:25 +0000 2019

Scam text translation:
[Pokémon] The Pokémon game you signed up for is open for an elite trial period! Enter now to get the time-limited Mewtwo! <URL> Reply T to unsubscribe

(The Pokémon name in the text is an unofficial translation)

 Fri Jan 04 10:04:17 +0000 2019

RT @koopa630kit:

 Fri Jan 04 10:04:58 +0000 2019

RT @koopa630kit: 新 超級瑪利歐兄弟Wii
中文版宣傳冊

 Fri Jan 04 19:13:24 +0000 2019

RT @nintendolife: Pokémon Quest Is Off To A Shaky Start In China As Potential Players Receive Scam Message http://bit.ly/2TviHfh #Repost…

 Fri Jan 04 19:16:27 +0000 2019

That's a bummer. It seems that among all Nvidia Shield Nintendo releases, only Super Mario Galaxy mentioned the translators in the credits https://twitter.com/flamebeam0131/status/1081257458323128320

 Fri Jan 04 19:19:38 +0000 2019

Links to a knockoff Pokémon game site.

 Fri Jan 04 19:21:14 +0000 2019

[Nintendo Wii]Wii Fit (Hong Kong/Taiwan version) Staff Credits.: http://youtu.be/HYmxj1W96tA?a via @YouTube

 Sat Jan 05 02:16:09 +0000 2019

[Nintendo Wii] Wii Fit (Hong Kong/Taiwan version) Staff Credits: http://youtu.be/DxMyrwZMHmQ?a via @YouTube

 Sat Jan 05 02:23:39 +0000 2019

I added a video to a @YouTube playlist http://youtu.be/DxMyrwZMHmQ?a [Nintendo Wii] Wii Fit (Hong Kong/Taiwan version) Staff Credits

 Sat Jan 05 02:29:17 +0000 2019

I added a video to a @YouTube playlist http://youtu.be/1y8XI3-qy6M?a [Nintendo Wii] Mario Party 9 (Hong Kong/Taiwan version) Staff Credits

 Sat Jan 05 02:29:26 +0000 2019

I added a video to a @YouTube playlist http://youtu.be/4xcQUU26TDg?a [Nintendo 3DS]

 Sat Jan 05 02:29:29 +0000 2019

[Nintendo Wii] Wii Fit Plus(Hong Kong/Taiwan version) Staff Credits: http://youtu.be/4xcQUU26TDg?a via @YouTube

 Sat Jan 05 03:30:36 +0000 2019

[Nintendo Wii] Mario Party 9 (Hong Kong/Taiwan version) Staff Credits: http://youtu.be/1y8XI3-qy6M?a via @YouTube

 Sat Jan 05 03:31:18 +0000 2019

Or it could be data used for internal testing. Do you know if I could contact the author of this article via Twitter or discord?

 Sat Jan 05 04:18:13 +0000 2019

RT @koopa630kit:

 Sat Jan 05 04:27:13 +0000 2019

I added a video to a @YouTube playlist http://youtu.be/bTqdFTIPHMQ?a Chinese Super Mario Galaxy HD on Nvidia Shield TV! - Full 100% Luigi

 Sat Jan 05 23:33:43 +0000 2019

In the credits of Super Mario Galaxy (Nvidia Shield) and Wii Fit Plus (Taiwanese release), the names for iQue Localization are the same.

 Sun Jan 06 01:05:20 +0000 2019

筱本 慎一(S Chinese) = 笹本 慎一(Japanese Kanji) = ささもと　しんいち = Shin'ichi Sasamoto (Put Family name last)
徐 昊 = Xú Hào (Pinyin)= Xu Hair
仇 晓春 = Qiú XiǎoChūn = Qiu Xiaochun
吴 梦之 = Wú MèngZhī = Wu Mengzhi

 Sun Jan 06 01:19:47 +0000 2019

RT @jhstjh: @chinesenintendo @YouTube 11:01:56 The congrats letter is presented directly in-game rather than sending to Wii message board.

 Sun Jan 06 04:30:27 +0000 2019

RT @koopa630kit: 中文版 Wii MARIO PARTY 9
瑪利歐派對 9
連特典購物袋
#Wii
#Marioparty
#supermario

 Sun Jan 06 17:14:37 +0000 2019

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Chinese Boxart

 Mon Jan 07 02:23:35 +0000 2019

3,000 new & sealed copies of Traditional Chinese version of Zelda OOT 3D appear on a Chinese auction site, each copy for sale at a regular price of ￥300 ($44).
How did so many copies spring up suddenly? This game was quite hard to buy in new condition for quite a while.

 Mon Jan 07 02:37:40 +0000 2019

Source: https://market.m.taobao.com/app/idleFish-F2e/widle-taobao-rax/page-detail?wh_weex=true&wx_navbar_transparent=true&id=583893085836&ut_sk=1.WuG7bW0vojIDALqgL4%252FZz%252F9v_21407387_1546823401070.Copy.detail.583893085836.2938262299&forceFlush=1

 Mon Jan 07 02:38:02 +0000 2019

If Nintendo thinks the switch is doing well in the Chinese region so they want to reprint their classics, they forgot one thing:
The 3DS region lock.
OOT 3D TC only runs on HongKonger/Taiwanese/iQue 3DS(XL)es, while the majority of Chinese-speaking 3DS users have the JP model.

 Mon Jan 07 02:44:46 +0000 2019

True. IMO it's hard to believe so many unsold stock were hidden away, so I guess this must be a reprint of some sort.

 Mon Jan 07 02:47:07 +0000 2019

Original image from the listing page:

 Mon Jan 07 02:50:10 +0000 2019

Pokémon Quest official weibo account now available:
https://weibo.com/u/6862512223?is_hot=1

 Mon Jan 07 07:00:34 +0000 2019

New Super Mario Bros. Wii S. Chinese and T. Chinese Version Ending & Credits Comparison: http://youtu.be/xwICxypoWuw?a via @YouTube

 Mon Jan 07 12:17:40 +0000 2019

Chinese speakers used to complain how badly Nintendo treated them in the years 2014~2015 by only offering untranslated 3DS games. But at least, Ninty does warn them that the game's in Japanese, and buying the game voids their rights to petition or complain about language options.

 Mon Jan 07 23:02:11 +0000 2019

Translation:
Notice: The contents in this software are the same as the [Japanese] version and are displayed in [Japanese]. They are not translated to Chinese.
*If the consumer acknowledges the notice and the game's untranslated state and still purchase this software, (1/2)

 Mon Jan 07 23:04:43 +0000 2019

it's taken that the consumer agrees not to petition or advocate the company on the software's lack of Chinese support. We apologies for the inconvenience.
Consumers are also to use this software at their own risk.

 Mon Jan 07 23:10:15 +0000 2019

Image from: http://www.nintendo.com.hk/3ds/yoshiisland/

 Mon Jan 07 23:10:28 +0000 2019

Would love to see the iQue Version playable one day too. For now it seems to be too dependent on original iQue Player hardware to be playable on N64 consoles and emulators.

 Mon Jan 07 23:21:47 +0000 2019

Pokemon Quest official Mainland China logo:

 Tue Jan 08 02:23:59 +0000 2019

Source: http://pq.163.com/
Original image: https://pq.res.netease.com/pc/gw/20181210160109//img/share_79b7ac9.png

 Tue Jan 08 02:25:59 +0000 2019

This is different from the S. Chinese logo of Pokemon Quest in the international release:
https://www.spriters-resource.com/mobile/pokemonquest/sheet/106995/

 Tue Jan 08 02:29:54 +0000 2019

New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Chinese commercials:
Hong Kong (Cantonese): https://youtu.be/6kAlq5t2S4k
Taiwan (Mandarin):
https://youtu.be/IBJ7ZVr_5lo

 Tue Jan 08 05:38:34 +0000 2019

RT @ninsoup: Pokemon Quest Has A Different Chinese Logo In Mainland China https://nintendosoup.com/pokemon-quest-has-a-different-chinese-logo-in-mainland-china/

 Tue Jan 08 06:20:56 +0000 2019

RT @ninsoup: First New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Commercials In Hong Kong And Taiwan https://nintendosoup.com/first-new-super-mario-bros-u-deluxe-commercials-in-hong-kong-and-taiwan/

 Tue Jan 08 06:21:01 +0000 2019

Every Physical iQue GBA software is rare these days, as nobody bought them in their lifespan.

 Tue Jan 08 22:30:05 +0000 2019

Yoshi's Crafted World Chinese trailer: https://youtu.be/t_hg94Yb4ec

 Wed Jan 09 01:40:13 +0000 2019

Chinese logo:

 Wed Jan 09 01:40:31 +0000 2019

RT @LW201712: @chinesenintendo 。

 Wed Jan 09 04:31:15 +0000 2019

RT @koopa630kit: NINTENDO SWITCH
新超級瑪利歐兄弟U豪華版
中文版海報
#NintendoSwitch
#SuperMario
#SuperMarioBros

 Wed Jan 09 11:17:03 +0000 2019

RT @koopa630kit: NINTENDO SWITCH
新超級瑪利歐兄弟U豪華版
連特典行李吊牌
#NintendoSwitch
#supermariobros
#SuperMario
#NewSuperMarioBrosUDeluxe https://t.co/6J…

 Wed Jan 09 17:21:21 +0000 2019

RT @MinusIvanL: Look what I found when I'm taking the Metro.

 Wed Jan 09 19:51:06 +0000 2019

RT @DaveFlynn: Box scans for the Taiwanese N64 controller -

It says 普羅斯 on the front of the box, which seems to phonetic from the Japanes…

 Fri Jan 11 04:55:05 +0000 2019

RT @GREENAP61083151: 港鐵東鐵線有任天堂廣告

 Fri Jan 11 08:36:40 +0000 2019

RT @GREENAP61083151: 中文版
#新超級瑪里奥兄弟U豪華
和行李掛牌

 Fri Jan 11 11:13:41 +0000 2019

RT @GREENAP61083151: 大亂鬥月曆

 Fri Jan 11 11:13:49 +0000 2019

RT @GREENAP61083151: 任天堂户外活動廣告

 Fri Jan 11 11:13:55 +0000 2019

RT @GREENAP61083151: NS瑪里奧兄弟U豪華 室内廣告

 Fri Jan 11 17:58:52 +0000 2019

Many were not patient enough to wait for the Chinese release.
The Chinese 3DS games were not available until Sept 2012, and they were mostly first party games.
Many early 3DS users in China bought he handheld to play Monster Hunter.

 Sat Jan 12 02:00:55 +0000 2019

Rare "horizontal" Game Boy handheld, manufactured by Mani (Nintendo's Chinese distributor in the 90s) without Nintendo's authorization.
Via: https://t.cj.sina.com.cn/articles/view/1649608047/6253056f020002f8z

 Sat Jan 12 05:48:26 +0000 2019

Might any of you have come information on this unique handheld?

 Sat Jan 12 05:49:34 +0000 2019

RT @DaveFlynn: Crazy Boy, a Game Boy clone system. Also known at the Game Fighter. I had no idea this existed until a few days ago. Photos…

 Sat Jan 12 05:53:24 +0000 2019

He claims this console to be manufactured by Nintendo's official Chinese distributor. @DaveFlynn 's tweet says otherwise. The original poster is also trying to hunt down this console and these seem to be his only available images.

 Sat Jan 12 05:58:11 +0000 2019

RT @GREENAP61083151: NS版和WiiU版

 Sat Jan 12 07:49:55 +0000 2019

Not I'm doubting this assumption. Actual pictures and advertising of this item looks more like a knockoff.

 Sat Jan 12 10:59:48 +0000 2019

RT @koopa630kit: 中文版3DS試玩機枱。

 Sat Jan 12 23:38:31 +0000 2019

Is the kiosk still in working condition?

 Sat Jan 12 23:39:06 +0000 2019

I am not a representative of iQue/Nintendo, nor am I their current or former employee.

 Sat Jan 12 23:40:18 +0000 2019

Anything related to the original GameBoy would be unlikely shown on iQue's website: iQue doesn't even exist until 2002.

 Sat Jan 12 23:41:47 +0000 2019

When this rumor came out, few people believed it. Some even quoted this tweet, thinking that I rebutted the rumor.
However, time has proved its truth. https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/883143229692026880

 Sun Jan 13 04:38:15 +0000 2019

Someone bought it and it was a SCAM. The shrink-wrapped box, sold for around $43 without the cartridge.

 Mon Jan 14 05:19:21 +0000 2019

Source: https://weibo.com/2371019235/HbTxv3sVZ

 Mon Jan 14 05:21:09 +0000 2019

Update: It seems that these appear be two different sellers, selling the same item at the same price. https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1084681350999732225

 Mon Jan 14 05:37:10 +0000 2019

However, there is also possibly that these are just two seller accounts controlled by the same person.

 Mon Jan 14 05:37:46 +0000 2019

RT @DaveFlynn: Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe floor poster made from floor tile sized stickers. Seen in Carrefour supermarket, Kaohsiung, Taiwa…

 Mon Jan 14 11:18:20 +0000 2019

RT @DaveFlynn: Fixed the perspective in Snapseed

 Mon Jan 14 11:18:24 +0000 2019

Translation is unofficial, so it's pretty much unlicensed. https://twitter.com/Gaudet_Benjamin/status/1084808176627703808

 Mon Jan 14 21:19:50 +0000 2019

马里奥 isn't like a Cantonese specific unofficial translation either: it's used across China.

 Mon Jan 14 21:23:55 +0000 2019

Many Nintendo localizations in Traditional Chinese often tailor more to the Taiwanese audience, similar to how UK English is often overshadowed by US English.
A good example is that both Wii Fit and Brain Age: Concentration Training have Mandarin dub only.

 Mon Jan 14 21:53:29 +0000 2019

iQue/Nintendo 3DS bad word list:
Simplified Chinese:
https://pastebin.com/cgCFgbGJ
Traditional Chinese:
https://pastebin.com/ZGe1WugW
https://pastebin.com/dTvkCTQM

Lists for both languages contain vulgar and sexual words, but the SC list contains politically sensitive names as well.

 Mon Jan 14 22:18:42 +0000 2019

Source: https://www.reddit.com/r/3dshacks/comments/45yhop/full_list_of_censored_words_on_3ds/

 Mon Jan 14 22:18:58 +0000 2019

This was surprisingly not part of the censored word list.

 Tue Jan 15 00:18:01 +0000 2019

Also Jiang Zemin seem to be the one of the Chinese President names that was excluded from the list.

 Tue Jan 15 00:26:51 +0000 2019

RT @DaveFlynn: Cover for The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild Adventure Guidebook

薩爾達傳說：曠野之息 冒險指南

This small guidebook was given away,…

 Tue Jan 15 09:08:06 +0000 2019

The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess gets a graphical update.
Nvidia claims that by using deep learning, they have improved the quality of over 4,400 textures in the game.

 Tue Jan 15 11:30:45 +0000 2019

Source: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/VPisDOtR4Kxf_YFziRQCaQ?&lan=cn
@ninsoup @GoNintendoTweet @digitalfoundry

 Tue Jan 15 11:32:10 +0000 2019

Top: Original 1080P remaster
Bottom: Improved 1080P remaster

 Tue Jan 15 11:33:12 +0000 2019

I don't have the Wii U version myself, but I am expecting the professionals at Digital Foundry making a video on it.

 Tue Jan 15 11:45:57 +0000 2019

RT @chinesenintendo: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess gets a graphical update.
Nvidia claims that by using deep learning, they have i…

 Tue Jan 15 19:00:20 +0000 2019

Graphical comparison:
Original Shield Remaster
VS
Shield Version updated textures
VS
Twilight Princess HD on Wii U

 Tue Jan 15 19:54:25 +0000 2019

Same order, the title cutscene:

 Tue Jan 15 19:55:33 +0000 2019

Source: https://weibo.com/3288207015/Hc6qL7xZj
Shield edition screenshots provided by @zhaochen0507
Wii U edition screenshots provided by @Seven_nanako_7

 Tue Jan 15 19:57:28 +0000 2019

Yes, free update at no extra cost.
Not yet sure if it's a mandatory one.

 Tue Jan 15 20:00:06 +0000 2019

Someone in China has provided screenshots from both the updated Shield edition and TPHD.
There sems to be some graphical difference still.

 Tue Jan 15 20:03:10 +0000 2019

#2009vs2019challenge

 Tue Jan 15 20:43:45 +0000 2019

Fun fact: New Super Mario Bros., published by iQue in 2009, was the last physical Nintendo game to officially release in China. The Chinese have not seen another official release for almost 10 years.

 Tue Jan 15 20:50:33 +0000 2019

Images from:
http://www.pcgames.com.cn/tvgames/topic/rtt/inf/ndsinf/0907/1501234.html
https://www.fortress.com.hk/zh/product/switch-new-super-mario-brosu-deluxe-game-software/p/BP_11827791

 Tue Jan 15 21:00:40 +0000 2019

True. Without official support, most gamers have to rely on imports if they do not want to resort to piracy.

 Tue Jan 15 21:07:25 +0000 2019

Yet few people cared.
Only 8K to 12K units are ever manufactured, so I doubt if that console sold better than the 64DD.

 Tue Jan 15 21:09:30 +0000 2019

RT @GREENAP61083151: 香港任天堂試玩會輪候券

 Tue Jan 15 23:39:08 +0000 2019

RT @koopa630kit: 香港版3DS任天堂預付卡

 Tue Jan 15 23:39:14 +0000 2019

RT @koopa630kit: 各版本
NEW SUPER MARIO BROS.
#supermario
#NewSuperMarioBrosUDeluxe

 Wed Jan 16 01:22:37 +0000 2019

RT @chinesenintendo: Graphical comparison:
Original Shield Remaster
VS
Shield Version updated textures
VS
Twilight Princess HD on Wii U htt…

 Wed Jan 16 01:33:02 +0000 2019

Kamek tells Mario to “Go to Hell” in Chinese Mario Galaxy
https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1070811626553528320?s=19

 Wed Jan 16 07:09:26 +0000 2019

This is actually official. Nintendo licensed these ports.

 Wed Jan 16 08:44:33 +0000 2019

RT @gamedailybiz: ' #NintendoSwitch Coming to China' and more hot predictions from Niko Partners
https://buff.ly/2TRYIrc @nikochina has ex…

 Wed Jan 16 18:38:37 +0000 2019

RT @GoNintendoTweet: NVIDIA improves The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess' visuals on the NVIDIA Shield with 'deep learning' https://t.co…

 Wed Jan 16 20:55:36 +0000 2019

Nintendo Switch system menu Chinese support coming in the next few days.

 Thu Jan 17 01:04:11 +0000 2019

http://www.nintendo.com.hk/topics/article/a_190117_01.html

 Thu Jan 17 01:05:01 +0000 2019

Yes, Chinese system menu will be live in the next system update.

 Thu Jan 17 01:10:48 +0000 2019

Nintendo Labo Chinese language update now live! https://twitter.com/GREENAP61083151/status/1085719459841552385

 Thu Jan 17 04:03:45 +0000 2019

RT @zhaochen0507: #NintendoLabo #NintendoSwitch

 Thu Jan 17 04:03:59 +0000 2019

S. Chinese Nintendo Labo main menu https://twitter.com/flamebeam0131/status/1085716916629434369

 Thu Jan 17 04:04:20 +0000 2019

RT @TeeJmm: The Chinese smash players have alot of heart! They are always talking about the game, studying/watching alot of clips and askin…

 Thu Jan 17 04:04:37 +0000 2019

Random: Chinese news account believes Nintendo pushing Chinese language support in the update is a way to lure console modders away from piracy, and claims Nintendo does that because they think all Chinese are pirates.

 Thu Jan 17 04:13:02 +0000 2019

Via: https://weibo.com/2168543741/HclatlQb5

 Thu Jan 17 04:14:05 +0000 2019

RT @GoNintendoTweet: Switch Online heading to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea, Switch getting Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, a…

 Thu Jan 17 04:57:34 +0000 2019

RT @ninsoup: Nintendo Switch Home Menu To Support Chinese Soon https://nintendosoup.com/nintendo-switch-home-menu-to-support-chinese-soon/

 Thu Jan 17 04:57:58 +0000 2019

The ones who posted this article is just plain mean, trying to distort Nintendo's good intention of pushing the Chinese language into some sort of conspiracy.

 Thu Jan 17 19:54:56 +0000 2019

Both. Nintendo's been always pushing S Chinese and T Chinese availability at the same time with Switch titles.

 Thu Jan 17 19:56:51 +0000 2019

RT @OnThisDayGaming: Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games for DS was released on this day in Japan, 11 years ago (2008) https://t.co/akEkVYG8…

 Fri Jan 18 01:27:03 +0000 2019

It has not. We hope there will be information soon!

 Fri Jan 18 16:10:01 +0000 2019

Low battery/controller disconnection warning screens on Nvidia Shield Nintendo games.
Zelda TP/NSMBW/Punch-Out!!/Mario Galaxy https://twitter.com/flamebeam0131/status/1086466373394546688

 Sat Jan 19 03:36:02 +0000 2019

RT @GREENAP61083151: 任天堂户外活動廣告

 Mon Jan 21 07:20:01 +0000 2019

Character images used on the iQue Player title screen:

(Image extraction by @jhynjhiruu , @pixel_stuck and @NormMatt)

 Mon Jan 21 20:53:39 +0000 2019

Original images:
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/412682242490630162/537003673004539905/mario.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/412682242490630162/537003675776843817/waverace.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/412682242490630162/537003678046093313/link.png
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/412682242490630162/537003676091285524/peach.png

 Mon Jan 21 22:30:05 +0000 2019

@SMWikiOfficial
@MarioBrothBlog

 Mon Jan 21 22:30:23 +0000 2019

I'm planning to record some myself today or tomorrow, depending when I have time available.

 Tue Jan 22 01:00:58 +0000 2019

Thank @jhynjhiruu , he was the one who worked on it!

 Tue Jan 22 03:59:53 +0000 2019

Despite Nvidia Shield games require online validation to play, the update to Zelda TP is not mandatory.
Players can continue to play the original version if they wish.

 Tue Jan 22 04:36:43 +0000 2019

The update requires 3.5 GB of free space. Guess I'll need some cleanup before trying out the graphical enhanced version.

 Tue Jan 22 04:37:42 +0000 2019

Dear Nvidia and iQiyi:
Please provide a trailer that faithfully presents the graphics quality of the game.
Thank you.

 Tue Jan 22 05:04:04 +0000 2019

Nintendo spelled wrong in Nvidia Shield version of Punch-Out!! https://twitter.com/flamebeam0131/status/1087603103371685888

 Tue Jan 22 07:04:09 +0000 2019

Zelda: Twilight Princess gameplay (after the texture update) http://youtu.be/8jTXX9s9CLA?a

 Tue Jan 22 09:00:27 +0000 2019

Gameplay of original version:
https://youtu.be/jmzQ4Tqwgp0

 Tue Jan 22 10:41:04 +0000 2019

RT @chinesenintendo: Zelda: Twilight Princess gameplay (after the texture update) http://youtu.be/8jTXX9s9CLA?a

 Tue Jan 22 18:53:48 +0000 2019

Correction: Image extraction by @jhynjhiruu , @pixel_stuck, and @normmatt234 .

 Tue Jan 22 19:10:18 +0000 2019

RT @NinEverything: Footage of Zelda: Twilight Princess’ new texture update on NVIDIA Shield https://nintendoeverything.com/footage-of-zelda-twilight-princess-new-texture-update-on-nvidia-shield/

 Wed Jan 23 01:34:28 +0000 2019

Since Chinese New Year (Spring Festival) is coming, I'm changing my avatar.
Original image: Unused iQue 2004 year of the monkey celebration image from the iQue Player system menu.

 Wed Jan 23 06:24:08 +0000 2019

Original image:https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/530662381504692234/537532140586401802/monkey.png

 Wed Jan 23 07:40:11 +0000 2019

(Yet another) Knockoff Pokémon game advertised on weibo client's startup screen.

 Thu Jan 24 03:33:12 +0000 2019

https://weibo.com/3288207015/Hdp88rd3i

 Thu Jan 24 03:35:51 +0000 2019

Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Chinese Boxart.
Comes with a Korean version (KOR) cartridge.

 Thu Jan 24 20:25:15 +0000 2019

Source: https://weibo.com/6048193311/HdgAvzpOV

 Thu Jan 24 20:29:57 +0000 2019

Tom Nook's Chinese name was 黎茂, which is a pun on 狸猫, the Chinese word for Tanuki.

 Thu Jan 24 22:12:16 +0000 2019

The game title 动物森林 (Animal Forest) is now obsolete. The series' new title is 动物森友会 (Animal Forest Friend Gathering), which first appeared in Chinese MK8D, and is announced as the title of the upcoming Switch version. https://twitter.com/NintendoMemo/status/1088558029132447746

 Thu Jan 24 22:17:08 +0000 2019

iQue's been using the she/her pronoun (她) for Slippy Toad in this instruction sheet.

 Thu Jan 24 22:24:23 +0000 2019

The Wars series would also do.
It's "Advance Wars" in English,
"Famicom Wars" in Japanese,
"Land-Sea-Air Great Wars" in Chinese.
The Chinese version was never released, but an official website existed, which had the logo and a few screenshots.

 Thu Jan 24 22:29:34 +0000 2019

https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1071111022658736128?s=19

 Thu Jan 24 22:30:31 +0000 2019

Official iQue licenced products and bootleg GBA/Famiclone software coexist in a shopping mall.
Quite a unique view. https://twitter.com/NintendoMemo/status/1088566667486089218

 Thu Jan 24 22:54:50 +0000 2019

Very true. Starting with Mario Tennis Aces, lots of Mario enemies have lost their original iQue-era names in S. Chinese.
They were replaced by their TC counterparts instead.

 Thu Jan 24 22:57:00 +0000 2019

RT @MathiasWolfbrok: @chinesenintendo To be fair, a lot of the iQue Player history has been lost in the transition to full, regular Taiwan…

 Thu Jan 24 22:57:03 +0000 2019

Items identical or heavily based on Super Mario characters appeared on Mole's World in January and February 2015.

The game was very popular among school children since its debut in 2008, so this was not any random knockoff made by unknown bootlegger companies.

 Fri Jan 25 01:25:10 +0000 2019

The same company that made Mole's World was also (in)famous for another game Seer, which was controversial for plagiarizing the Pokémon series.

They were also behind Mole Kart, which notoriously stripped tracks straight from Mario Kart Wii.

 Fri Jan 25 01:34:38 +0000 2019

Source:
http://news.7k7k.com/content/20150116/696425.html
http://news.7k7k.com/content/20150202/700432.html
http://news.7k7k.com/content/20150206/701413.html
Images from:
https://weibo.com/6048193311/Hdt990uu6
https://weibo.com/1800399182/HdtevFOF5

 Fri Jan 25 01:39:26 +0000 2019

Here's the footage of the MKW clone "Mole Kart".
Seriously, if you've played any MKW, you will recognize the tracks instantly.
https://youtu.be/LXwHPnxC97o

 Fri Jan 25 01:40:18 +0000 2019

This was their item spritesheet.
Jeez...
https://www.spriters-resource.com/mobile/molekart/sheet/101984/?source=genre

 Fri Jan 25 01:42:22 +0000 2019

Still patiently waiting for the release... https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1025288996547571712

 Fri Jan 25 03:38:20 +0000 2019

Official NVIDIA Shield Zelda Twilight Princess texture update comparison video:
Left: Original HD
Right: HD w/ texture updates

 Fri Jan 25 11:47:46 +0000 2019

Source: https://weibo.com/6154885380/HdBJb2Wut

NVIDIA also clarifies that only a portion of the texture update were done using deep learning... which means some textures might be actually taken straight from TPHD.

 Fri Jan 25 11:53:35 +0000 2019

[Nvidia Shield] Official Twilight Princess Graphical Comparison Video: http://youtu.be/gv3FBDyjzLs?a via @YouTube

 Fri Jan 25 12:18:54 +0000 2019

@nintendolife

 Fri Jan 25 12:20:36 +0000 2019

RT @Ultrahealthyvi1: Scans of #hongkong97 are finally done!! Sorry it took so long. You can now see the insert up close. https://t.co/oaZmv…

 Fri Jan 25 17:05:16 +0000 2019

The most recent official Nintendo releases in Mainland China are:
Home console: iQue Player
(11/17/03, 15 yrs 2 mo)
Handheld: iQue 3DSXL
(12/07/12, 6 yrs 1 mo)
Physical software: New Super Mario Bros.
(07/02/09, 9 yrs 6 mo )
Digital software: Super Mario Galaxy
(03/22/18, 10 mo)

 Sat Jan 26 04:53:26 +0000 2019

One important thing to know is that, despite Nintendo's steady stream of Chinese support in their software, and the fact that most Chinese player are in fact benefiting from it, the Nintendo Switch is NOT officially available in China. https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1089023485823729664

 Sat Jan 26 05:01:06 +0000 2019

If you are in China, you can buy one pretty easily online or in game stores, but ALL of them are imports, most likely originated from Hong Kong.

This is also the reason why you won't be seeing the Nintendo Switch in malls or shopping centers, unlike the PS4 and XB 1.

 Sat Jan 26 05:03:13 +0000 2019

That came the same time as the iQue 3DSXL. I'm talking about the latest releases here.

 Sat Jan 26 08:46:54 +0000 2019

These came earlier. I'm talking about the most recent releases.

 Sat Jan 26 17:18:12 +0000 2019

iQue Player is a home console (requires AC adapter and a TV to play). It's the first and only Nintendo home console sold in China and it was released before iQue GBA/DS.

 Sun Jan 27 00:08:46 +0000 2019

Very true. It's very likely Nintendo chose this approach to reach the Chinese audience while bypassing Chinese laws.

Predecessor to their current Nintendo Switch approach in China.

 Sun Jan 27 04:56:01 +0000 2019

RT @GREENAP61083151: 中文盒Labo

 Sun Jan 27 04:56:19 +0000 2019

There was a long freeze on videogame approval in China, which has been only unfreezed last December. Mario kart Wii is possibly among the queue of titles waiting for approval.

 Sun Jan 27 05:05:42 +0000 2019

RT @NintenDaan: @ninsoup This game is seven years old https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82axYB2kHOM

 Sun Jan 27 22:07:28 +0000 2019

RT @koopa630kit: NINTENDO SWITCH 中文版
超級瑪利歐 奧德賽
旅行家指南特別版
#NintendoSwitch
#SuperMarioOdyssey

 Mon Jan 28 06:21:22 +0000 2019

Title screen of New Super Mario Bros. provided by iQue in 2006.
The title screen is different from the final title screen when the game was finally released in 2009.

 Tue Jan 29 00:00:54 +0000 2019

Early screenshots of iQue's Big Brain Academy (never released) and Nintendogs (only bundled digitally with the iQue DSi)

 Tue Jan 29 00:02:33 +0000 2019

iQue giveaways for those who bought the console at the event.

 Tue Jan 29 00:05:20 +0000 2019

All images (except the final NSMB screenshots) are from
http://nds.tgbus.com/news/200606/20060623164156.html

 Tue Jan 29 00:06:15 +0000 2019

After 12 days of wait, the Chinese language support is finally here!!

 Tue Jan 29 00:10:32 +0000 2019

From what I've known, some Chinese waited sleepless nights for the update "coming in 24 hours" that never came.

Now they can finally rest (and game) at ease!

 Tue Jan 29 00:12:36 +0000 2019

The Chinese are very sensitive when it comes to the misuse of such words.
Hope it's not gonna get into hot water like Creature's Yasukuni Shrine visit.

 Tue Jan 29 00:39:30 +0000 2019

Thank you, Chinese/English and Korean/English language options.
You've served well since 4.0.0, now it's time for the real ones.

 Tue Jan 29 01:22:08 +0000 2019

Unfortunately, Chinese input support is not available except when in the system browser (eShop, posting to SNS etc.)
The only other exception is Pokemon Let's Go (both games), which supported Chinese input since launch in Nov 2018.

 Tue Jan 29 01:26:57 +0000 2019

Image 1~3: Captured with a capture card.
Image 4 is from: https://weibo.com/6048193311/H2GCzCt69

 Tue Jan 29 01:27:36 +0000 2019

Not even the Simplified Chinese Pinyin input remembers the iQue Player
(神游机/shenyouji)
R.I.P
Fortunately, iQue (神游/shenyou or 神游科技/shenyoukeji) and Mario (马力欧/maliou) are in the dictionary.

 Tue Jan 29 01:31:18 +0000 2019

Donkey Kong (森喜刚/senxigang)
Bowser (酷霸王/kubawang)
Yoshi (耀西/yaoxi) are ALL OUT.
(Not in the dictionary).

 Tue Jan 29 01:34:03 +0000 2019

Super Mario Odyssey (超级马力欧奥德赛/chaojimaliouaodesai) and
Smash Bros (大乱斗/daluandou) are OUT.
Both Kirby's franchise name 星之卡比/xingzhikabi and character name 卡比/kabi are OUT :( @KirbyInformer

 Tue Jan 29 01:37:27 +0000 2019

Luigi's not in the dictionary either :(

 Tue Jan 29 01:38:03 +0000 2019

Metroid 密特罗德/miteluode
Animal Crossing 动物森友会/dongwusenyouhui
Punch-Out!! 击拳热斗/jiquanredou
The Legend of Zelda 塞尔达传说/saierdachuanshuo are all not in the dictionary...

Seriously?

 Tue Jan 29 01:46:31 +0000 2019

About to post that, stay tuned!

 Tue Jan 29 01:46:52 +0000 2019

Zelda 塞尔达/saierda is not in the dictionary, and attempting to type Link 林克/linke
would give options like Linkin Park, Lincoln Memorial and Lincoln Center.

 Tue Jan 29 01:49:28 +0000 2019

The "Like" and "Dislike" buttons for a news article
are “赞！” (Like!) and “一般般……” (Just so-so...) in S. Chinese
and “讚！” (Like!) and "嗯……" (Umm...) in T. Chinese.

Some articles also remind users if no Chinese version is available.
(此新闻无中文版/此資訊無中文版）

 Tue Jan 29 01:59:44 +0000 2019

RT @GREENAP61083151:

 Tue Jan 29 03:53:13 +0000 2019

RT @AaronLiu00: #NintendoSwitch 终于能在NS上发中文推了

 Tue Jan 29 03:53:20 +0000 2019

There seems to be quite a big argument going on in Chinese social medias over this exact image I posted.

Wow. I hope eventually NOA realizes that they wrote something wrong. https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1090039454432018432

 Tue Jan 29 06:07:37 +0000 2019

Even weirder, they didn't make such mistakes before.
This was from the BOTW update and there were no such errors.

 Tue Jan 29 06:28:54 +0000 2019

Update: Nintendo of America has now changed the language names.

 Tue Jan 29 06:56:32 +0000 2019

From what I saw people from China reacting, some are actually pissed off, but more are worried that Nintendo will face bans from the government or gather bad reputation. It's ultimately the mainstream media and the government that dislikes that.

 Tue Jan 29 07:18:13 +0000 2019

Same thing happens with the Creatures' Shrine visit if you've heard the news.

I did not know how the Korean fans felt, but from what I saw, most Chinese fans are urging for this incident to die down, not demanding apologies.
Reasons? Same as above

 Tue Jan 29 07:34:45 +0000 2019

RT @ninsoup: Mistake In Nintendo Switch Version 7.0.0 Patch Notes Triggers Huge Argument In China https://nintendosoup.com/mistake-in-nintendo-switch-version-7-0-0-patch-notes-triggers-huge-argument-in-china/ https://t.co/PCDw…

 Tue Jan 29 17:13:53 +0000 2019

I won't say they're related. Having a proper eShop in the Taiwan "region" won't trigger the Chinese. I would say Taiwanese laws and Nintendo HK's weird decisions might be more to blame.

 Tue Jan 29 20:11:50 +0000 2019

Yes, and it is official.
The texture update was recent, but the game has been out in China for over a year now.

 Tue Jan 29 20:34:58 +0000 2019

RT @breath0air: In Chengdu, my hometown for a few weeks to be with family and ring in the year of the pig. Love seeing beautiful red lanter…

 Tue Jan 29 22:21:37 +0000 2019

Welcome back to China! :)

 Tue Jan 29 22:22:13 +0000 2019

Not technically banned, but it would take a lot of trouble to get their hardware officially approved for sale.

iQue is no longer working as a distributor, and Nintendo would need a real Chinese company to distribute its hardware and software. (iQue is now 100% Nintendo owned)

 Wed Jan 30 07:48:13 +0000 2019

China's Supreme People's Court uploads a video with unauthorized use of Mario sprites to their official Weibo Account.

 Wed Jan 30 08:56:20 +0000 2019

Source: https://www.weibo.com/3908755088/HelCkFaUw

 Wed Jan 30 08:58:55 +0000 2019

Second half of the video, because it's too long (3 minutes total).

 Wed Jan 30 09:02:04 +0000 2019

Link to the mp4 file in case anyone needs it for "archival purposes":
https://mega.nz/#!PHZilCpR!w21pgOoj6J8hqwuzXOlxb81h-9srsKn01P0e5ybFB5g

 Wed Jan 30 09:14:21 +0000 2019

Upon closer examination, this video was created by the court of Hunan province, and promoted by Supreme Court's account.

Doesn't differ fundamentally as this was still a video produced and approved by legal institutions in China.

 Wed Jan 30 09:51:58 +0000 2019

Update: This video has now been removed. https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1090534162635710464

 Wed Jan 30 09:53:35 +0000 2019

https://www.weibo.com/3908755088/HelCkFaUw now links to a 404.
@ninsoup

 Wed Jan 30 09:54:05 +0000 2019

Video was removed.
https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1090548695706136576?s=19

 Wed Jan 30 18:24:12 +0000 2019

I think it was the local court of a province in China trying to demonstrate their accomplishments in 2018.

 Wed Jan 30 19:30:37 +0000 2019

The MAJORITY of Chinese people remember nothing about the iQue era.
So it's understandable.

 Wed Jan 30 22:24:03 +0000 2019

Well, maybe except the iQue BA and DSes, but iQue's software (and any official names in them) were basically ignored.

 Wed Jan 30 22:24:51 +0000 2019

The achievement of a provincial Court.
Bad guys represent outlaws and the rescued toads represent innocent people once wrongly charged with criminal offence.

 Wed Jan 30 22:26:31 +0000 2019

Chinese videogame media "TGBUS" claimed that the Supreme Court of China has been warned by Nintendo's Legal Department, and the offending video has been posted on Nintendo's "official Chinese account", @chinesenintendo.

This account is by no means operated by anyone at Nintendo.

 Thu Jan 31 02:35:38 +0000 2019

Source: https://www.tgbus.com/news/33651/

 Thu Jan 31 02:35:59 +0000 2019

Reminds me of this "Unrelated to Nintendo" trademark MariCar for.
I should make an equivalent banner too.

 Thu Jan 31 02:47:46 +0000 2019

This was a lazy MS-Paint 5-minute edit, but hopefully it does the job.

 Thu Jan 31 02:54:17 +0000 2019

It might be possible that I did not clarify myself enough that I'm not an official Nintendo Account.
My Weibo bio used to be in English, but I forgot to change it into Chinese after I started posting in Chinese there.

It's fixed now.
https://www.weibo.com/u/6517591005

 Thu Jan 31 03:12:30 +0000 2019

It's hard to say. These games are incredibly hard to find right now.

 Thu Jan 31 04:03:56 +0000 2019

This was my original tweet if you had no idea what happened:
https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1090534162635710464?s=19

 Thu Jan 31 04:04:46 +0000 2019

A few people asked me why I named this account "Chinese Nintendo".

A few months before this account was made, I was following @japanese3ds for his excellent coverage of Japanese Nintendo news. I wanted to achieve the same goal with this account, but with Chinese news & HISTORY.

 Thu Jan 31 04:20:43 +0000 2019

Like Japanese, Chinese is a difficult language to learn for English speakers, so it's hard for most of them to read news in their original language. Someone proficient in both languages would be able to provide good aid to those having difficulty obtaining foreign Nintendo news.

 Thu Jan 31 04:25:37 +0000 2019

News now deleted.

 Thu Jan 31 04:50:05 +0000 2019

That's exactly what the guys at TGBUS have thought: They believe I was an official Nintendo account so they reported the incident as "China VS Nintendo".

 Thu Jan 31 05:24:50 +0000 2019

Wayback Machine:
http://web.archive.org/web/20190131052622/https://www.tgbus.com/news/33651/

 Thu Jan 31 05:30:33 +0000 2019

Recently, http://iquebrew.org was vandalized with all the English titles changed into "Toilet".

The vandal's account was permanently banned from iQueBrew and all traces of vandalism have been removed.

 Thu Jan 31 05:44:10 +0000 2019

http://www.iquebrew.org/index.php?title=Games&diff=prev&oldid=955

 Thu Jan 31 05:49:47 +0000 2019

China had no Wii at all and Hong Kong/Taiwan had no active Wii Shop Channel.

The upside of having nothing in the first place is having nothing to lose. https://twitter.com/ninsoup/status/1090856557494132738

 Thu Jan 31 07:28:50 +0000 2019

That is very true. I, as well as so many Chinese-speaking players, would have loved to play games in the Chinese language and relieve a nice library of retro classics & innovative WiiWare titles.
The iQue Wii could have saved iQue had it existed.

 Thu Jan 31 08:15:17 +0000 2019

RT @taptroupe: @chinesenintendo poignant words chinese nintendo. but sometimes, to have loved and lost is better than to never have loved a…

 Thu Jan 31 08:15:30 +0000 2019

*recieve* a nice library of retro classic

Blame my autocorrect.

 Thu Jan 31 08:19:12 +0000 2019

Thank you so much!

 Thu Jan 31 08:46:23 +0000 2019