China-based media company Tencent recently gained the Chinese government’s approval to sell the Nintendo Switch in the country. The company hosted a joint conference with Nintendo on August 2 in Shanghai. Read on below for some of the highlights:
- Tencent is launching the Switch in China
- Tencent will be localizing Switch games into simplified Chinese; Breath of the Wild and Super Mario Odyssey have been confirmed
- Tencent will be hosting the platform’s online services in China (Google hosts them in the rest of the world, but Google is blocked in China)
- The eShop will accept payments over WeChat Pay in China (WeChat being Tencent’s platform)
- Costs and release date have not yet been announced
Source: ResetEra.com
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