Soon after the reveal of the new gaming policy, Chinese State Media posted how gaming addiction cause brain damage.
Gamer reaction ranged from sarcasm to straight up horror or disgust, seeing the PRC gov as (again) demonizing videogames and further smothering the gaming industry.
Wed Sep 01 02:08:56 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Source: https://weibo.com/3266943013/Kw2mKwzhF
Wed Sep 01 02:12:35 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
The State Media news piece says that "experts" (without a specific team or name) discovered those addicted to videogames have international brain structures similar to those suffering Alzheimer's disease, since gaming is a "passive" action lack of imagination or thinking.
Wed Sep 01 02:19:37 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
It was suspected (https://www.zhihu.com/question/483841874) that the source article was probably this one: https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2017/08/07/playing-action-video-games-can-actually-harm-your-brain/.
It must have been quite some work for them to dig up one article saying gaming CAUSES Alzheimer's among tons that say gaming HELPS RELIEVE Alzheimer's...
Wed Sep 01 02:44:58 +0000 2021Replying to @SwitchSpeedster
One possible answer:
https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1432897240436076551?s=20
Wed Sep 01 02:45:42 +0000 2021Replying to @SwitchSpeedster
It wasn't specified on the news piece, which makes it even more disappointing considering the widespread viewership of the news media
Wed Sep 01 03:00:50 +0000 2021RT @MetalMarioJSKR: As console gamers, we have nothing to fear:
We are not playing "games", just imported junk and illegal publications, no…
Wed Sep 01 03:01:33 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
*internal* brain structure. Blame auto correct and my hasty typing.
Wed Sep 01 03:04:18 +0000 2021Replying to @SwitchSpeedster
I would agree with you under normal circumstances since it is not possible to tell a full research on a short TV news piece. However with this piece of news, many (gamers in particular) believed it was cherry-picked and written to misinform.
Wed Sep 01 03:20:33 +0000 2021Chinese State Newspaper Beijing Review criticizes Western Media for cherry-picking and misinforming when reporting the new gaming policy.
Netizens ridicule and disapprove the Weibo's defence of the policy as "limited to online games and minors, and not a violation of freedom."
Wed Sep 01 05:31:16 +0000 2021Replying to @DanielOlimac
Two more important reasons: a) The infamous console ban was started under the name of cracking down illegal arcade centers and b) The official governmental definition of online games includes digital games. So there is a very strong echo of Martin Niemöller's famous quote.
Wed Sep 01 05:50:48 +0000 2021Replying to @DanielOlimac
(This was mostly for the Chinese gamers, BTW)
Wed Sep 01 05:51:22 +0000 2021RT @TheRealJoshYe: Today's best: This story started with a suburban mom folding laundry and contemplating Beijing's decision.
Her immediat…
Wed Sep 01 09:05:05 +0000 2021RT @GameAddict: And this spirals into a lot more issues and questions with American's assumptions about liberties and why people take them…
Wed Sep 01 09:05:33 +0000 2021As of 5PM GMT+8, the original Weibo is no more, probably deleted due its negative effect. https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1432939090412900353
Wed Sep 01 09:13:15 +0000 2021Rabbids: Adventure Party Physical copy.
This game is currently a China exclusive.
Images courtesy of @flamebeam0131
Thu Sep 02 03:11:35 +0000 2021Replying to @buffum_ and @flamebeam0131
Technically, there is also a China edition of Just Dance on Switch as well, not labeled by a year and has China exclusive songs.
Thu Sep 02 03:23:13 +0000 2021Replying to @TonyDeiri and @flamebeam0131
They are officially sold on JD and Tmall, and they probably ship worldwide.
Thu Sep 02 03:23:45 +0000 2021RT @TheRealJoshYe: My latest on gaming crackdown:
China’s new three-hour weekly video gaming restriction for kids will deal a blow to the c…
Thu Sep 02 03:24:25 +0000 2021Mario+Rabbids Kingdom Battle Chinese banner, disclosed today on th Tencent Nintendo Switch official website.
The previous global Chinese release did not feature a Chinese logo.
Thu Sep 02 03:35:58 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
https://switch-cn.gtgres.com/global-image/f4db3370-0ad9-11ec-abbd-e1aeab85f975.jpg
Thu Sep 02 03:37:00 +0000 2021Replying to @HEYimHeroic and @flamebeam0131
No.
Thu Sep 02 05:52:20 +0000 2021Replying to @Flamesof24, @Nintendeal and @flamebeam0131
Not exactly. Console games are not part of the minor playtime restrictions yet. Although it is possible for a parent to set playtime limit on a Tencent Nintendo Switch.
Thu Sep 02 06:23:40 +0000 2021This cartridge will not play on any global Nintendo Switch Console (Japan, Americas, Europe, Oceania, South (East) Asia, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc) https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1433266327733653505
Thu Sep 02 06:26:22 +0000 2021RT @Nintendeal: @PapiJr408 @Aperink64 @chinesenintendo @flamebeam0131 The Switch is only mostly region-free. There is one region that has a…
Thu Sep 02 06:29:10 +0000 2021Replying to @Nintendeal, @PapiJr408, @Aperink64 and @flamebeam0131
It is a (mostly) one-way region lock: The Chinese switch plays Global physical games, but no Online or Global eShop access;
the Global Switch plays no software or service for the Chinese Switch.
Thu Sep 02 06:37:34 +0000 2021RT @DanielOlimac: Fairly balanced and informative article from @six6jiang on this topic. Good read. Just unfortunate that it "needs" to res…
Thu Sep 02 06:37:45 +0000 2021Replying to @Flamesof24, @Nintendeal and @flamebeam0131
An understandable sentiment. The policy has lead to fear, or at least uneasy among console and PC gamer adults in China, despite not directly affected by the new policy.
Thu Sep 02 06:46:37 +0000 2021Replying to @ToysTyrant and @flamebeam0131
They are officially sold on Chinese online shopping sites Tmall and JD. They may ship worldwide.
Thu Sep 02 06:56:36 +0000 2021Replying to @SmokeMythic and @ZhugeEX
Mobile games in China requires IS verification. The only workaround is a minor using an adult ID.
Thu Sep 02 09:13:02 +0000 2021Replying to @SM_StrikerMovie, @Nintendeal and @flamebeam0131
You wouldn't be able to play it on a Global Switch due to a China specific region lock, sadly.
Thu Sep 02 11:39:37 +0000 2021Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain will come with Chinese language support.
The iQue DS version was translated, but cancelled due to poor software sales.
Thu Sep 02 13:27:59 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1090037443758219264?s=20
Thu Sep 02 13:28:51 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1079995276293619712?s=20
Thu Sep 02 13:29:00 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
TV CM:
Taiwan: https://youtu.be/EuP4zdutERA
Hong Kong: https://youtu.be/vgfKoworJBw
Thu Sep 02 13:43:33 +0000 2021RT @koopa630kit: 香港任天堂
遊戲特典磁石貼
Thu Sep 02 15:43:51 +0000 2021RT @GREENAP61083151: @koopa630kit
Thu Sep 02 15:43:53 +0000 2021Replying to @SM_StrikerMovie
Unfortunately yes. The Tencent (China) Switch plays import cartridges but no global NSO/eShop access. The global Switch cannot use games or services officially released for the China Switch.
Thu Sep 02 23:40:40 +0000 2021A list of videogames explicitly prohibited for sale on Chinese shopping website http://JD.com. Animal Crossing: New Horizons and Super Mario Maker 2 are the only two Nintendo exclusives on the list.
Fri Sep 03 02:28:56 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Via: https://weibo.com/3957040489/Kwqzehj3H
Fri Sep 03 02:29:51 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Games banned from sale are "included but not limited to" those on the list.
A game will be banned from sale China if it has one or more of the following 10 cases:
1) Violates the basic principles established by the PRC constitution.
Fri Sep 03 02:32:26 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
2) Threatens national unity, sovereignty, or territorial integrity.
3) Leaks national secrets, threatens national security or damages national honor or rights.
4) Incites ethnic hatred, discrimination; damages ethnic unity, or harms ethnic customs or habits.
Fri Sep 03 02:35:32 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
5) Promotes cult or superstition.
6) Spreads false rumors, disrupts social order, or damages social stability.
7) Promotes obscenity, pornography, gambling, violence, or instigates criminal activities.
8) Insults or slanders individuals or damages their legal rights.
Fri Sep 03 02:38:03 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
9) Violates social ethics.
10) Violates the law, administrative regulations or national regulation in any other manner.
This list explicitly bans the listing of some games on one website but similar rules apply on almost all trading sites in China.
Fri Sep 03 02:39:55 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
@CensoredGaming_
Fri Sep 03 02:40:12 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
@ZhugeEX
Fri Sep 03 02:40:17 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
A good explanation to why these two Nintendo games got banned alongside a bunch of M-rated games: https://twitter.com/CensoredGaming_/status/1421056482053918720?s=20
Fri Sep 03 02:51:45 +0000 2021RT @MetalMarioJSKR: Up till this day, some people still believe Taobao delisted Animal Crossing: New Horizons out of sitewide regulation or…
Fri Sep 03 05:37:03 +0000 2021RT @GREENAP61083151: 任天堂户外廣告
Fri Sep 03 09:33:32 +0000 2021RT @GREENAP61083151: 任天堂商場内廣告
Fri Sep 03 09:45:43 +0000 2021Of all the Streetpass Line maps, used (JP, US, CA, UK, FR, DE, ES, IT, NL) and unused (KR, HK, TW, CN), only China's and South Korea's maps extend beyond their territory.
Specifically, the China map shows all nearby coastlines while the South Korea map shows North Korea.
Fri Sep 03 11:21:02 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
The South Korea map may be designed this way to align with SK's claim over the entire peninsula, and the China map sends an ambiguous message that could be interpreted both ways:
Taiwan present on the map as part of China;
or Taiwan as part of the local coastline and independent.
Fri Sep 03 11:25:42 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Sadly, neither maps were used,and the excuse was due to "limited console space"
However, this excuse is far from reality as they are present in 3DS consoles.
The most probable solution was Nintendo's decision to distant from East Asia's geopolitics mess.
Fri Sep 03 11:27:29 +0000 2021Replying to @Pisfool_
Same with China and its claimed South China Sea islands. While none of the Streetpass maps have any minor islands displayed, it may still be an issues in countries where this would be scrutinized.
Fri Sep 03 12:02:19 +0000 2021Tencent Nintendo Switch repair experience from @CROSS_ZTC:
Console returns with the Micro SD card attached to the back case with regular Scotch tape instead of traceless tape, leaving permanant marks. The repair center also did not replace the screen protector as promised. (1/2)
Fri Sep 03 12:36:07 +0000 2021Replying to @CROSS_ZTC
After some contact, the repair center clarifies that screen protector replacement was not part of the service, but they agree to replace the damaged back cover. The repair center also agrees to allow ship back after the recent MK8D event and will pay for all shipping. (2/2)
Fri Sep 03 12:39:32 +0000 2021Replying to @PaulFelixKelly and @CROSS_ZTC
Tencent is hosting a Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tournament where participants get rewards.
Fri Sep 03 12:45:53 +0000 2021Replying to @LunaValoaa
NSMBDS and SM64DS got approved in 2006.
Rules were way less strict on some aspects back over a decade ago.
Sat Sep 04 00:49:55 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Youtube: https://youtu.be/PPKtQ4FekMc
Sat Sep 04 03:23:42 +0000 2021RT @TheRealJoshYe: While China is cracking down on gaming, Ryan Reynolds’ video-games-themed movie Free Guy is selling gangbusters in China…
Sat Sep 04 08:11:05 +0000 2021Replying to @NintendoMemo and @Telegraph
A similar mindset is being used by Chinese gamers defending their rights to game:
https://twitter.com/MetalMarioJSKR/status/1422417962258944006?s=19
Sun Sep 05 02:00:49 +0000 2021RT @LuigiBlood: I am now convinced the N64 emulator in Mario 3D All-Stars is from iQue Enginnering because it has the exact same name as th…
Sun Sep 05 06:25:00 +0000 2021RT @LuigiBlood: TRL is iQue's set of emulators, Hanafuda is NERD's, Vessel is the Wii U VC emulator set (NES, SNES, N64, GBA)
Sun Sep 05 06:25:41 +0000 2021RT @lillianmli: The Chinese tech PR playbook:
- Get regulated for < >
- Issue an apology to society and say they will fully comply with reg…
Sun Sep 05 15:12:50 +0000 2021The Chinese console gaming industry/market in a nutshell (or a cherry): https://twitter.com/TheRealJoshYe/status/1434538894842732545
Sun Sep 05 15:31:16 +0000 2021Replying to @TheRealJoshYe
I sincerely hope that most came out of sarcasm instead of sincerity.
Mon Sep 06 00:45:29 +0000 2021Buying banned games under the counter in China may sound like ordering fastfood from now on:
Buyer: "I'd like a No. 85. My kid will sure love it."
Seller: "Got it. One No. 85, coming up!"
Mon Sep 06 00:47:56 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Original idea by: https://weibo.com/1804080767/KwqFPg524
Mon Sep 06 00:49:00 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Context: ACNH is the 85th game on the banned game list.
https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1433617981754331138?s=19
Mon Sep 06 00:49:58 +0000 2021Replying to @SkyrocketNT
Yes. Hong Konger protest images to be precise.
Mon Sep 06 01:16:13 +0000 2021RT @koopa630kit: NINTENDO SWITCH
分享同樂！瓦利歐製造
中文版海報
#NintendoSwitch
Mon Sep 06 11:53:02 +0000 2021Replying to @MisterSheeple
Only the global (Hong Kong/Taiwan) edition existed for those games.
A Tencent edition is probably only going to be less likely after the ban, unless UGC sharing is removed or heavily censored.
Mon Sep 06 12:16:02 +0000 2021Soon after the implementation of the "3 hour weekly limit for minors" policy, trading sites have been flooded with account "renting" services where they can play online games without age checks.
Tue Sep 07 02:32:04 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
As the saying goes: When there's a will, there's a way.
Or more accurately, as this Chinese saying goes:
"When there's a policy from above, there's a countermeasure from below."
(上有政策，下有对策)
Tue Sep 07 02:33:33 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Source: https://weibo.com/2656274875/Kx1kB9fWr
(Chinese State Media: CCTV)
Tue Sep 07 02:35:16 +0000 2021Replying to @MrRetrodude
No. 9 in the banned game list is CoD Black Ops 2. Wonder how many people still play that game in China.
Tue Sep 07 02:36:14 +0000 2021RT @MrRetrodude: I'll have two number nines, a number nine large...
Tue Sep 07 02:36:23 +0000 2021Replying to @tokuwaffle and @MrRetrodude
Two CoD Black Ops 2, a CoD Black Ops 2 Large, a CoD MW2, two GTA: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Tue Sep 07 05:30:14 +0000 2021RT @prchovanec: Let me submit: we cannot understand Chinese politics today without contemplating Deng Xiaoping in 1969, relegated to work i…
Tue Sep 07 15:46:24 +0000 2021RT @IGNChina: 百度贴吧，曾经全球最大的中文社区，如今听来颇有些「时代眼泪」的意味。不过，对于一些留下来的用户而言，贴吧仍是一个不可替代的重要存在。跟着我们，一起与一位吧主聊聊贴吧运营的那些事儿。
https://www.ign.com.cn/gamerstories/34233/opinion/yong-ai-fa-dian-de-bai-du-tie-ba-you-xi-ba-zhu-you-xi-zhong-sheng
Wed Sep 08 04:41:02 +0000 2021RT @DJChrisBerrow: Why did China restrict gaming for under 18s?
Find out in my report for @GarethM in @digitalplanet here: https://t.co/gq…
Wed Sep 08 09:10:54 +0000 2021RT @pierre485_: 🇹🇼 Taiwan Charts | Week 34, 2021 (Aug 23 - Aug 29)
1 [NSW] Ring Fit Adventure (+2)
2 [PS5] Ghost of Tsushima: Director's C…
Wed Sep 08 10:52:47 +0000 2021RT @danielreen: Até a cadeira gamer de Pokémon tem duas versões? Qual você escolhe 😆
Thu Sep 09 00:34:25 +0000 2021Sharing Nintendo related news and content in China requires overcoming unexpected obstacles, namely Social Media platforms' Artificial Stupidity that flags Nintendo-related keywords as NSFW
Thu Sep 09 07:18:37 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Case 1:
The 5th and 6th characters in "任天堂角色图鉴" (Nintendo character catalog) is a slang for "porn pics".
Case 2:
The 5th and 6th characters in "超级马力欧派对" (Super Mario Party) is a transliteration of the Japanese word for "boobs".
Case 3:
https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1302056220086296576?s=20
Thu Sep 09 07:28:21 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
TL; DR: Regex in Chinese can be difficult because there are no spaces between words.
Thu Sep 09 07:29:43 +0000 2021Replying to @mrxheian
請閱讀評論裡面的一則推文。這是中國網站詞彙判斷系統的失誤。
Thu Sep 09 07:36:10 +0000 2021The official HD version of Mario Kart Wii was forever stuck in a limbo because of the gaming approval freeze in 2018. More than 20K domestic game companies went bankrupt as reported in Feb 2020.
How many more games will be doomed to this painful wait, domestic and imported? https://twitter.com/TheRealJoshYe/status/1435868820531339264
Thu Sep 09 07:41:26 +0000 2021Replying to @TheRealJoshYe
I'm surprised to hear this conclusion from the NPAA (or their related agencies). There was an assumption that gaming approval were in full motion since the last freeze ended because of the large number of games in the queue.
Thu Sep 09 07:45:28 +0000 2021RT @zogzhu: Are you really a Chinese games industry professional if you don't work on at least one game that's stuck in GAPP limbo? (I have…
Thu Sep 09 08:40:03 +0000 2021Replying to @gamer62428105 and @mrxheian
Until China becomes Nintendo's dominant market, it would be unlikely, especially when Nintendo is pushing global SKU onto most titles (as in, games sold in any country have the same data and play in all languages).
Long past the era where the Chinese name is entirely different.
Thu Sep 09 08:45:46 +0000 2021RT @DanielOlimac: As I usually tell people when asked about regulations in China (for China or otherwise), expect sudden change, at any tim…
Thu Sep 09 09:08:29 +0000 2021On January 13, 2020, CCTV Finance posted a news piece on the previous game approval freeze. The amount of approvals shrunk by 80%, and almost 20,000 game companies went bankrupt in one year. The Chinese State Media acclaimed it as "Stricter regulation forcing out better quality".
Thu Sep 09 10:11:46 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
This conclusion, however, was strongly rejected by gamers, who believe the lack of approval ID meant that companies with more resources continued to dish out mediocre content, while indie groups with ingenuity were the first in line for bankruptcy.
Thu Sep 09 10:14:03 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Source: https://weibo.com/2258727970/Ipk2Z53L4
Thu Sep 09 10:16:10 +0000 2021RT @koopa630kit: NINTENDO SWITCH中文版
分享同樂！瓦利歐製造
連特典磁石貼，扑克牌
#NintendoSwitch
Thu Sep 09 10:16:16 +0000 2021Replying to @Stutsies
A bingo grid usually consists of 25 items (or 24 + one free space)
Might be a bit hard to pick 25 from hundreds of games stuck in limbo...
Thu Sep 09 10:27:11 +0000 2021RT @TheRealJoshYe: Update: A change of wording has been applied to the story. A 3rd source added to the story said that that there were no…
Thu Sep 09 13:49:37 +0000 2021RT @DanielOlimac: There are two kinds of long-term-staying foreigners in China: those who become shills and spend most of their time online…
Fri Sep 10 02:15:56 +0000 2021In June 2020, the Chinese voice director for Clubhouse Games: 51 Worldwide Classics commented on the game's VA credits, saying that Nintendo originally "wanted Taiwanese Mandarin voice acting" for the game but they negotiated it into the Mainland variant.
Fri Sep 10 02:47:46 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
His story was soon reported onto game media across the strait, sparking controversies among both Chinese and Taiwanese gamers, the former seeing it as an attempt to harvest off nationalism, and the latter complaining about the VA pronunciations for being "too Mainland-ish".
Fri Sep 10 02:51:29 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Recently, a screenshot surfaced, quoting an Weibo the Voice Director posted last September, saying that "a certain foreign company" ended the contract with him because of "A few Taiwan Separatists" being petty and that action was done "in total disrespect to Chinese History."
Fri Sep 10 02:59:11 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Sources: https://gnn.gamer.com.tw/detail.php?sn=198079
https://weibo.com/6132597268/KxdsDse69
Fri Sep 10 03:00:07 +0000 2021Replying to @Masterge77
Most people from China who saw his comments don't agree with him either, thinking that he was just making a fuss and adding nationalism on everything, and he deserved losing that contract.
Fri Sep 10 03:07:47 +0000 2021RT @GREENAP61083151: 分享同樂瓦利歐製造 連
官方特典：磁石貼 及
店舖特典：撲克牌
Fri Sep 10 07:04:53 +0000 2021RT @GREENAP61083151: 店舖特典 瓦利歐製造：撲克牌
Fri Sep 10 07:04:58 +0000 2021RT @chinesenintendo: Recently, a screenshot surfaced, quoting an Weibo the Voice Director posted last September, saying that "a certain for…
Fri Sep 10 08:23:08 +0000 2021RT @koopa630kit: 各版本MADE IN WARIO
#瓦利歐製造
Sat Sep 11 11:17:55 +0000 2021Replying to @LunaValoaa
Yes. However, it was only a kiosk/store demo, and the retail version was exclusive to the iQue DSi.
Sun Sep 12 02:48:51 +0000 2021"If Splatoon has a China edition Map"
Mon Sep 13 02:46:33 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Via: https://weibo.com/2393483172/KxPVfkchn
Mon Sep 13 02:46:57 +0000 2021Replying to @Zachruff
It used to be typical in China where (mostly) illegitimate businesses would spray ads like this on walls since they could not pay for ad spaces. This one was a "Professional Sewage Plumbing and Hole Drilling" ad.
Mon Sep 13 02:52:09 +0000 2021WarioWare: Get it Together
Chinese Localization and Voice Credits.
Mon Sep 13 03:14:30 +0000 2021RT @DaveFlynn: Just seen what the box looks like in a recent Facebook marketplace post: https://t.co/LDjzvCIyTa
Mon Sep 13 05:32:34 +0000 2021Replying to @SilvioEduardo19
There are only 5 Nintendo games, and they are no longer for sale since the shop has shut down (like the Wii Shop Channel)
Tue Sep 14 07:17:05 +0000 2021Chinese State Media "Beijing Evening News" posted an article on how minors circumvent the restrictions by playing "unregulated" consoles and single player games.
Again, this article struck fear among console and PC gamers in China.
Wed Sep 15 02:46:49 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Source: https://wap.bjd.com.cn/news/deep/2021/09/14/173804t276.html
Via:
https://weibo.com/5762457113/KyfGPshs6
Wed Sep 15 02:47:25 +0000 2021RT @TheRealJoshYe: Shanghai summons video gaming companies for a lecture as city follows up on government drive to protect minors
Major Sha…
Wed Sep 15 02:48:21 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
After some research, it was found that the correspondent for the article, Zhang Qunchen, is currently working without a valid licence. Zhang has written multiple articles that are biased against the game industry, and was said to have harassed a game store at X1/PS4 China debuts.
Wed Sep 15 05:15:09 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Source of the research: https://weibo.com/1685797265/KygCYd3vw
"If someone tries to attack you using the state apparatus. The best course of action is to counterattack with it."
Wed Sep 15 05:16:36 +0000 2021RT @DanielOlimac: Also, this means there's a growing segment of gaming consumers in China to whom official Chinese gaming regulations do no…
Wed Sep 15 05:37:43 +0000 2021Replying to @DanielOlimac
Or iQue's monthly sales meeting when it comes to game software. Very few copies of iQue published titles were sold.
Wed Sep 15 08:45:35 +0000 2021RT @nikochina: China gaming regulation poses long-term threat to e-sports competition, says analyst https://cnb.cx/3lhPcgm
Wed Sep 15 09:15:00 +0000 2021Multiple gaming news media accounts on Chinese social media "Weibo" are redirecting their viewers to their own websites or other social media.
Non fact-checked screenshots from an Weibo mod says Weibo now prohibits game media from posting news on any game not approved in China.
Wed Sep 15 11:50:10 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Two Weibo accounts, including that of IGN China's, has already been banned from posting.
The moderator says these two accounts "cannot be salvaged".
Wed Sep 15 11:51:38 +0000 2021Replying to @gamer62428105
Some Weibo accounts are telling their users to follow their WeChat accounts, however nobody is certain that it will be safe.
Wed Sep 15 11:56:11 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
@ZhugeEX
Wed Sep 15 11:58:40 +0000 2021Update: Sina's own gaming news account refuted the policy on "disallowing news on unapproved games" as false rumor.
Gaming accounts that were temporarily muted or suspended were also put back into working order. https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1438107874966716419
Thu Sep 16 02:41:40 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
https://weibo.com/1255795640/KypbE0cq7
Thu Sep 16 02:42:57 +0000 2021Doraemon: Story of Seasons releases digitally on the Tencent Nintendo Switch on Sept 30, 2021.
The MSRP is ¥249, which is only slightly more expensive than the ¥228 MSRP for the game on Steam Global's China region.
Thu Sep 16 05:32:43 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/2wdM-ljsDvXOB7W4b_GIhg
Thu Sep 16 05:32:58 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
A physical release is scheduled at a later time, with no exact date provided.
Thu Sep 16 05:34:46 +0000 2021RT @TheRealJoshYe: JUST IN: The Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong, a pro-Beijing party, is calling on the HK…
Thu Sep 16 15:14:49 +0000 2021RT @TheRealJoshYe: China’s gaming industry regulator has created a special website that encourages the public to report companies for any v…
Fri Sep 17 04:57:58 +0000 2021RT @stephentotilo: "Content value orientation was a key concern raised, with money worship, effeminate men, obscene content and tanbi (boy…
Fri Sep 17 05:00:22 +0000 2021RT @TheRealJoshYe: It's finally up
Hong Kong’s largest political party suggests that the city heed recent developments in mainland China an…
Fri Sep 17 10:57:33 +0000 2021Replying to @BelesRicardo
It's just the Pokémon games. Other HK region games with no SC support will simply not show up, like any other out of region game.
Sat Sep 18 00:19:19 +0000 2021RT @DanielOlimac: Bought a game and they gave me this bag. Not going to explain why this is funny. Either you know and you get it, or you d…
Sun Sep 19 12:08:13 +0000 2021RT @GREENAP61083151: Switch遊戲推薦小册
Sun Sep 19 16:00:25 +0000 2021Replying to @zsidane and @GREENAP61083151
They cannot be listed on online vendors. However, one could buy the game under the counter via direct messaging.
Mon Sep 20 01:30:56 +0000 2021A game store in China received a advertising sheet on how to set up the Tencent Nintendo Switch Parental Controls WeChat app.
The WeChat app is the China equivalent of the Nintendo Switch Parental Controls.
Tue Sep 21 11:24:40 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
The text at the bottom of the sheet reads:
"The WeChat Program is only one tool to help caring the child. (A child's) healthy growth ultimately does not exist without mindful parental education and care."
Tue Sep 21 11:32:59 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
https://weibo.com/2842102902/KzdJEgJZ0
Tue Sep 21 11:33:17 +0000 2021RT @Angle_0A7: Draw a Luigi ☺️
Wed Sep 22 03:06:04 +0000 2021RT @TheRealJoshYe: CSRC vice-chairman Fang Xinghai defended the moves, such as those aimed at the off-campus education and video gaming ind…
Wed Sep 22 05:21:18 +0000 2021RT @MetalMarioJSKR: Chinese State Media continue to correlate any social or personal issue onto videogames when possible.
On those media, a…
Wed Sep 22 05:34:13 +0000 2021Chinese business data search company "Tianyancha" posted an overview of Nintendo today.
Yet, out of all the achievements (or failures) Nintendo encountered in its 132 years history, the data search corp decided to highlight SSB Ultimate's Indigenous people portrayal controversy.
Thu Sep 23 02:47:05 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
https://weibo.com/5690608944/Kzt0odqFw
Thu Sep 23 02:48:18 +0000 2021RT @DanielOlimac: A @Lenovo store selling the Chinese Nintendo Switch in a Shenzhen location. Selling for 2099 Yuan btw (US$324). https://t…
Thu Sep 23 02:54:48 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
The full overview is as follows:
Nintendo, founded on Sept 23, 1889, is a Japanese company focusing on videogame hardware and software development. The company developed famous game franchises like Mario, Pokemon, and Zelda, and is the leader of portable gaming platforms. (1/2)
Thu Sep 23 02:58:05 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
In 2020, Nintendo ranked 87 in Frobes' top 100 most valuable brands. However, the company was also suspected of racism towards Native Americans in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate's advertising, causing controversy, and Nintendo later apologized and altered in-game designs.
(2/2)
Thu Sep 23 03:02:45 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Obviously this sparked strong disapproval among readers who believe the data search corp deliberately spreading prejudice against the company. Replies mockingly suggested adding Steve's suggestive steak position controversy to the overview as well.
Thu Sep 23 03:06:28 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Almost 2 hours after the original post, Tianyancha posted a reply on Nintendo's history, saying that it's a company that "brought a lot of joy to your childhoods" and "will write more positive sides of the company".
Unsurprisingly, the half-hearted respond was called out as BS.
Thu Sep 23 05:52:23 +0000 2021China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association (CADPA) issused a Self-regulatory Convention for the "Online Game Industry"
The Convention calls for corporations' political standpoint and social responsibility to regulate content, enforce ID verification, and curb addiction.
Fri Sep 24 03:37:27 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Companies are also required to strictly forbid illegal contents such as those "politically harmful" and "historically nihilist", as well as "bad culture" including money-worshipping, "Sissies" and "Boy-Love".
Fri Sep 24 03:41:42 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
While this may be crying wolves again, the Convention strictly prohibits circumventing gov regulation by offering gaming content to Chinese users from platforms outside of Mainland China.
Fewer gamers in China still seeing this as a false alarm considering the recent news.
Fri Sep 24 03:45:50 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
The Convention was co-launched by 213 game companies, publishing houses, and government organizations, including iQue Ltd.
This again shows the definition of "Online Games" extends to all gaming content distributed via the internet in the context of policies of the Chinese gov.
Fri Sep 24 03:49:19 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Source: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/GMaQqg7F82zbutPzXOP8zw
Fri Sep 24 03:49:35 +0000 2021Replying to @mudkip_me
🥲
Fri Sep 24 04:54:23 +0000 2021Pokémon Unite shortly removed its login IP restriction after the release of the Mobile version.
However, the lift was only temporary as the restriction was put back into place a few days later.
Fri Sep 24 05:21:06 +0000 2021Replying to @plmsdbo
The full list is as follows:
Fri Sep 24 06:48:07 +0000 2021Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong, Taiwan) boxart for BOTW + Expansion Pass bundle.
Might be the only way for Tencent Nintendo Switch users to fully enjoy all of BOTW content, considering BOTW's approval in China is essentially a lost cause after stuck in limbo since July 2019.
Fri Sep 24 06:53:05 +0000 2021Replying to @DanielOlimac
Not sure which data is used for China --if it's Google then it's missing a huge chunk of opinions of those who don't regularly search it.
Fri Sep 24 07:03:12 +0000 2021Replying to @PaulFelixKelly
On cartridge. Tencent Nintendo Switch cannot access eShop regions outside of China and this is their only way to experience expansion pass content.
Fri Sep 24 07:12:29 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
https://www.nintendo.com.hk/topics/article/a_210924_08.html
Fri Sep 24 07:12:37 +0000 2021Replying to @PaulFelixKelly
No. The China version has not released yet, and may very well never. This cartridge is simply playable on the Tencent Model, and the lack of eShop requirement makes a difference for their users.
Fri Sep 24 10:16:13 +0000 2021Replying to @zogzhu
Reminds me of some Nintendo Switch releases which have proper Japanese font with Kanji, but the Chinese font choice was terrible.
Sat Sep 25 13:18:01 +0000 2021Replying to @Paulgriffin5178
Thanks for the advice. The problem here is not exactly collecting the game, but recording the credits, which would also required tools as well as time dedicated to play the game until the credits are reachable.
Mon Sep 27 06:24:08 +0000 2021RT @nikochina: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1008587/chinas-gaming-body-to-bar-local-games-on-foreign-platforms#;text=China’s Gaming Body to Bar Local Games on Foreign Platforms @SixthTone
Tue Sep 28 15:01:57 +0000 2021The "Cut" move in Simplified Chinese Pokémon Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl was censored from "居合斩" to "居合劈". The T. Chinese script is unaffected.
Similarly, the SC script for Pokemon Unite had Air Cutter censored from "空气斩" to "空气之刃".
Wed Sep 29 02:20:40 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Source: https://weibo.com/3926533029/KAk3Xhg0b
Screenshots sourced from YouTube Trailers:
S. Chinese: https://youtu.be/nu5h0REVN_E?t=36
T. Chinese: https://youtu.be/-Kdy4ilqiFs?t=36
Wed Sep 29 02:22:12 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
"斩" means to cut or slash, but it also has the connotation of "to kill".
Neither games are officially released in China, yet self-censored. Speculations include paving a way for less work to release a China version when possible.
Wed Sep 29 02:25:26 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
This is also not the first time Pokemon games had their Simplified Chinese script censored despite not having a China release in the foreseeable future:
https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1319461801235337216?s=20
Wed Sep 29 02:26:49 +0000 2021RT @MetalMarioJSKR: Interestingly, both Pokémon Ga-Olé and Quest did not censor these moves, despite having official China releases.
These…
Wed Sep 29 02:34:35 +0000 2021RT @MetalMarioJSKR: Instead of the "Games" where the spiritual world are still imprisoned, we shall play "Illegal Import Publications" wher…
Wed Sep 29 05:37:37 +0000 2021RT @koopa630kit: 中國內地版
N64 寶典
#N64
#Nintendo64
Wed Sep 29 10:25:54 +0000 2021RT @Angle_0A7: I really don't know what storage medium this is,I haven't seen a disc of this size since I was born.
Wed Sep 29 14:14:29 +0000 2021RT @paulmozur: There's going to be a lot more censorship on games going forward. Imagine life will be very hard for Chinese gaming firms tr…
Thu Sep 30 12:25:14 +0000 2021RT @TheRealJoshYe: China has not announced any new licensed video games for Aug and Sept, breaking a tradition of monthly approvals. Accord…
Thu Sep 30 14:17:09 +0000 2021