RT @koopa630kit: METROID DREAD
密特羅德 生存恐懼
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#MetroidDread
Sat Oct 02 10:16:05 +0000 2021RT @DanielOlimac: I write a lot about this: there is often a huge difference between regulations (in theory) and what is practiced/enforced…
Sat Oct 02 15:03:54 +0000 2021RT @TheRealJoshYe: China’s video game restrictions prove porous as China hits long holiday.
About a month after China restricted kids to pl…
Fri Oct 08 02:43:33 +0000 2021RT @DanielOlimac: “If the government and companies can regulate video games from their end, that sounds good to me. That spares us the trou…
Fri Oct 08 03:19:33 +0000 2021https://twitter.com/MetalMarioJSKR/status/1447388766696394752
Mon Oct 11 05:50:11 +0000 2021RT @LW201712: 到了！😋😋CHT卡带 #MetroidDread #密特罗德生存恐惧 #密特羅德生存恐懼 #Metroid #密特罗德 #密特羅德 #NintendoSwitch
Mon Oct 11 13:12:04 +0000 2021Metroid Dread
Chinese localization (iQue/NHL) credits.
Wed Oct 13 10:20:29 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Via: https://weibo.com/7607183290/KBUTO6oPu
Wed Oct 13 10:20:45 +0000 2021RT @Angle_0A7: It's very interesting, it's the same product, but it has a different cover because it was released in a different region，It…
Wed Oct 13 12:05:58 +0000 2021Replying to @superjefefinal1
This games is translated into Simplified Chinese (Mainland), but is not officially released in China. This is what Nintendo finally realized after trying and failing to officially release games in China for a decade.
Thu Oct 14 09:10:13 +0000 2021RT @nikochina: Chinese games set global records amid crackdown at home https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3151168/chinese-hit-games-reach-new-heights-amid-beijings-crackdown-industry?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=share_widget&utm_campaign=3151168 via @scmpnews
Thu Oct 14 09:59:57 +0000 2021The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild + Expansion Pass Chinese Boxart and Cartridge
(Hong Kong, Taiwan)
Thu Oct 14 13:16:37 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
The game is unable to redeem My Nintendo Gold points for accounts in the Americas, Europe, and Oceania.
Redeems to 59 Gold points in Hong Kong and 90 in Japan.
Thu Oct 14 13:18:00 +0000 2021Replying to @Zachruff
DLC is on Cartridge. There are no printed material inside the case.
Thu Oct 14 13:21:21 +0000 2021Replying to @youngquestia
https://twitter.com/Nintendeal/status/1447679652101705728?t=qyBcbmHD2q_i1L9nVTRecA&s=19
This one may work, although it's probably the Japanese boxart edition.
Thu Oct 14 16:12:29 +0000 2021Replying to @Ceresbane
No. This was a special re-release that contained both the main game and the DLC, separate from the original release. This physical edition in is currently exclusive to Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Japan.
Thu Oct 14 16:17:25 +0000 2021This was a wild time for Nintendo fans in China.
Rumors spread like wildfire, not unlike the internet before a Nintendo Direct.
The person in the screenshot, leaked the Chinese support info for two text-heavy games 2 months prior to the official announcement. https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/883143229692026880
Fri Oct 15 04:08:54 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
The person was believed to have worked for or with Nintendo HK.
He deleted this "news" account sometime around late 2017, so he was forgotten by many old fans and never acknowledged by newcomers to the Nintendo community, despite having dropped a nuclear bomb in it.
Fri Oct 15 04:11:40 +0000 2021RT @letchange: @chinesenintendo I got this from NintendoPie on the day Nintendo Switch Launches😂
Fri Oct 15 05:19:57 +0000 2021Replying to @NXSite and @Zachruff
The box comes with one cartridge and no inserts.
The dlc is part of the cartridge data.
Fri Oct 15 05:20:48 +0000 2021Replying to @Ceresbane
Yes.
https://twitter.com/chinesenintendo/status/1448640070605414404?t=Qr2wRq_FtWYda2o-s0CE6w&s=19
Fri Oct 15 05:45:45 +0000 2021Two famous used videogame stores in China--Ningbo Old Hunter and Libero Game--pulled all of their game listings off Taobao.
Ningbo Old Hunter announced on their Wechat program that their store will temporarily go offline and suspend game trade-ins. (1/2)
Fri Oct 15 08:39:48 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
The store will convert into a game trading platform charging ￥10 -15 RMB per trade.
Libero Game went offline due to unknown reasons. Rumors say their Brick and Mortar store was shut down by the Customs. (2/2)
Fri Oct 15 08:43:13 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Via: https://weibo.com/2163365571/KCPm14eiS
Fri Oct 15 08:43:23 +0000 2021A decomissioned iQue Game Boy Micro casing, sold as an artwork.
"A work of art symbolizing the dilapidated figure [of iQue] after struggling in this muddy land, and the company's present fate of becoming an empty shell."--reviewed by an iQue history expert and friend of mine.
Fri Oct 15 11:43:35 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Images of the listing:
Fri Oct 15 11:44:15 +0000 2021RT @DanielOlimac: Zelda 2 Breath Of The Wild
Fri Oct 15 14:11:38 +0000 2021RT @GREENAP61083151: 任天堂火車内廣告片
Sun Oct 17 12:51:27 +0000 2021RT @TheRealJoshYe: Spoke to Business Daily at BBC World Service on China's gaming crackdown.
Talked about how foreign games in China are un…
Mon Oct 18 02:26:15 +0000 2021RT @MetalMarioJSKR: *sigh*
Mon Oct 18 08:22:41 +0000 2021RT @yubincho2003: @GREENAP61083151 @chinesenintendo Here's the back of the HK ver. case that was on display.
Mon Oct 18 08:22:49 +0000 2021🤔
Tue Oct 19 07:34:38 +0000 2021Simplified Chinese logos of Fit Boxing 2 and Dr Kawashima's Brain Training for Nintendo Switch.
From Tencent's Press Release for its participation at the Beijing International Gaming Convention this September.
Tue Oct 19 07:41:42 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Via: https://www.sohu.com/a/492264715_161795
Tue Oct 19 07:41:56 +0000 2021RT @MetalMarioJSKR: An interesting thread from Old Bag:
Tue Oct 19 10:21:41 +0000 2021RT @koopa630kit: NINTENDO SWITCH
MARIO PARTY
SUPER STARS
瑪利歐派對:超級巨星
宣傳卡
#MarioPartySuperstars
#NintendoSwitch
Tue Oct 19 11:48:31 +0000 2021RT @MetalMarioJSKR: An image causing panic in some communities:
"Due to policy reasons, we will be unable to properly ship Pokemon Diamond…
Wed Oct 20 02:37:42 +0000 2021Comparison of two Mario Party titles on Nintendo Switch, leaflet in Traditional Chinese.
Wed Oct 20 07:59:14 +0000 2021Replying to @BelesRicardo
The iQue Player was originally marketed towards children and families in China, but mostly used by retro gamers and speedrunners in the West.
Wed Oct 20 13:13:12 +0000 2021Replying to @real_MikeBarnes
This is in Traditional Chinese, so it's for Hong Kong or Taiwan, not Mainland China.
Wed Oct 20 13:14:07 +0000 2021RT @nikochina: China state media says gaming time limit loopholes should be closed https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-state-media-says-gaming-time-limit-loopholes-should-be-closed-2021-10-11/
Wed Oct 20 14:42:11 +0000 2021RT @DanielOlimac: Very grateful to @James_Batchelor for giving me the space to write this piece.
This is a very general overview over what…
Wed Oct 20 16:25:10 +0000 2021Xu Jin, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, advocates against simple demonization and crackdowns on "Online games".
Gamers reacted to this piece of news with indifference or sarcasm, saying their words mean little, or they could be hitting harder.
Thu Oct 21 10:39:34 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
The news article: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/hLOf88gqO8z5hVQh-pm_CA
(Source: Journal of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference)
Two source of Chinese gamer reactions:
https://weibo.com/1622008051/KDLYat1NV
https://weibo.com/3288207015/KDLX8lMWJ
Thu Oct 21 10:40:57 +0000 2021RT @ninsoup: Pokemon Quest Chinese Version Receiving Unova And Galar Pokemon Soon https://nintendosoup.com/pokemon-quest-chinese-version-receiving-unova-and-galar-pokemon-soon/
Thu Oct 21 10:42:18 +0000 2021Replying to @NXSite and @Zachruff
The Splatoon 2 one is only available in Japan, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Game is only in the Japanese Language.
(Hong Kong and Taiwan official sells both the Japanese and North American version of Splatoon 2, but only the Japanese version got a on-cartridge DLC release.
Thu Oct 21 10:47:50 +0000 2021RT @GREENAP61083151: 任天堂户外廣告
Mon Oct 25 01:57:40 +0000 2021RT @ruima: Good news for Tencent $tcehy, Netease $ntes, Bilibili, Taptap etc?
CPCCC Daily 人民政协报 had a piece quoting member Xu Jin saying:…
Tue Oct 26 00:36:52 +0000 2021Simplified Chinese descriptors of Nintendo 64 titles with an iQue Player releases. (1/2)
A lot of the iQue Player era translations have been replaced by newer translations.
Tue Oct 26 03:12:51 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
(2/2)
Images courtesy of @flamebeam0131 .
https://weibo.com/3288207015/KEu0cFg9z
Tue Oct 26 03:13:45 +0000 2021Replying to @flamebeam0131
"Few people use awkward names like 'iQue Mario' to refer to the game, do they?"
"Well, that name is kinda useful to circumvent the occasional censorship or shadowbans."
Tue Oct 26 03:17:57 +0000 2021RT @MetalMarioJSKR:
Tue Oct 26 03:22:57 +0000 2021RT @MetalMarioJSKR:
Tue Oct 26 03:34:14 +0000 2021RT @GREENAP61083151: 香港境内用的300港元預付咭
Tue Oct 26 05:07:27 +0000 2021Lost in Space is a one of the first Nintendo DS homebrew games developed by Chinese devs.
The game supported integration with the (now defunct) TGBUS forum and leaderboards.
Wed Oct 27 05:23:19 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
The full version of the game has been lost for a decade due to the ROM locked behind the forum paywall, but has been recently release after contact from the developer, who compiled another copy from source code.
Wed Oct 27 05:24:24 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Game information and download: https://www.gamebrew.org/wiki/Lost_in_Space
Video about this homebrew (in Chinese):
https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV163411C7jC
Wed Oct 27 05:25:45 +0000 2021RT @PushDustIn: {Regional Differences}
Some sound effects for Pokémon were altered for the Chinese iQue release of Smash 64. For example, K…
Wed Oct 27 09:45:52 +0000 2021Replying to @MetalMarioJSKR
Thu Oct 28 06:59:31 +0000 2021RT @MetalMarioJSKR: Katakana often causes confusion for translators, especially for Chinese outsources who don't have access to any context…
Thu Oct 28 06:59:32 +0000 2021RT @MetalMarioJSKR: Most game translations today are from spreadsheets, so it is common for Katakanas to be mistranslated without proper co…
Thu Oct 28 08:56:01 +0000 2021RT @SMWikiOfficial: By IamDiego21 on reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/mapporncirclejerk/comments/oufpk7/i_spent_so_much_on_this_what/
Fri Oct 29 00:54:03 +0000 2021Tencent will be releasing the Kirby Series Amiibo in China.
This is the second set of Amiibos released in China without the an accompanying official game release, after the Breath of the Wild series Amiibos.
Fri Oct 29 02:58:26 +0000 2021Replying to @DanielOlimac
The official releases are still different from the import, two major differences are the relative cheap price （￥89 MSRP VS ￥100+ imported) and scanning without unpacking.
Fri Oct 29 03:09:47 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
https://weibo.com/5878514807/KEWqP7ACi
Fri Oct 29 03:09:50 +0000 2021Replying to @churritobro
Tencent is Nintendo Switch's official distributor, and integrates WeChat in place of the Nintendo Account system elsewhere.
Fri Oct 29 03:51:33 +0000 2021RT @MetalMarioJSKR: This could probably mean Kirby Star Allies did not make it to approval from the Chinese government.
Fri Oct 29 08:09:55 +0000 2021RT @GREENAP61083151: 任天堂萬聖節廣告
Fri Oct 29 12:01:28 +0000 2021RT @MeteorzYT: Huh, it's a shame Kirby games have Forgotten to Land over there...
Fri Oct 29 14:18:14 +0000 2021Replying to @MeteorzYT
Or in Chinese:
"非常遺憾，星之卡比的遊戲『探索』中沒有『發現』中國……"
Fri Oct 29 14:27:30 +0000 2021The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask would have been a perfect Halloween theme game for the Chinese gamers...if it were released on the iQue Player.
Perhaps the ill fate of this cursed title was already set in stone by its ID--21031.
#SpookyiQueFacts #iQue
Sun Oct 31 13:44:44 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
In fact, this game was so mysteriously creepy that there was not even one speculation to why this game was cancelled:
Some mentioned rejection from the government; others suggested technical difficulties; and one former iQue employee said the script wasn't even finished at all.
Sun Oct 31 13:47:35 +0000 2021Replying to @chinesenintendo
Source: http://www.iquebrew.org/index.php?title=The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Majora%27s_Mask
Sun Oct 31 13:47:44 +0000 2021