China’s iQue, which officially handles Nintendo releases in the territory, will be launching the DSi (iQue DSi) in China on December 15.
The handheld will come pre-loaded with Nintendogs. There will be a line-up of DSiWare titles localised into Chinese, which should correspond with the DSiWare launch line-up in Japan. Players get a 1000 DSiWare point gift card that must be used by March 2011.
To promote the hardware launch, DSi demos have been popping up in cities like Shanghai.
神遊科技、DSiを12月15日に中国で発売―『Nintendogs』を内蔵 | インサイド [Inside Games]
Ollycity
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 7:41 PMDoes it come in Red?
plmko
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 8:30 PMFunny how ever since the Chinese riots over the school textbook censorship in Japan, all these Japanese brands are operating under different names.
Still ignoring Shanghai would be a wasted opportunity.
DansDans
Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 1:19 PMI always thought iQue was some kind of pirate rip off – I didnt realise it was a legit label!! haha
El Phantasmogoro
Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 4:48 PMThe iQue has been operating as the Nintendo distributor for longer than the Japanese textbook saga. As far as I know, there was little word of it from China. In Japan, there was a shit storm over it. Government offices were threatened with “consequences”.