{"id":16074,"date":"2018-03-28T13:40:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T13:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/03\/the_nintendo_switch_eshop_prepares_to_launch_in_hong_kong"},"modified":"2018-03-28T13:40:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T13:40:00","slug":"the-nintendo-switch-eshop-prepares-to-launch-in-hong-kong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/03\/28\/the-nintendo-switch-eshop-prepares-to-launch-in-hong-kong\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nintendo Switch eShop Prepares To Launch In Hong Kong"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"picture embed centered picture-900x img-900x\">\n<div class=\"img\"><a title=\"hongkongeshop\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/03\/the_nintendo_switch_eshop_prepares_to_launch_in_hong_kong\/attachment\/0\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/news\/2018\/03\/the_nintendo_switch_eshop_prepares_to_launch_in_hong_kong\/attachment\/0\/900x.jpg\" alt=\"hongkongeshop\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Nintendo is no doubt really keen to sell Switch in China, which could be potentially very lucrative indeed. Until then, Nintendo will have to make do with launching the handheld console in Hong Kong, which is an\u00a0autonomous territory of China.<\/p>\n<p>The Switch eShop for the Hong Kong region <a class=\"external\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendo.com.hk\/pressrelease\/switch_eshop_lineup_20180328.htm\">will launch on 3rd April<\/a> and here&#8217;s what games will be on offer:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 HKD560 \u2013 Chinese support yes<br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/1-2-switch\">1-2-Switch<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 HKD400 \u2013 Chinese support no<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_kart_8_deluxe\"><strong>Mario Kart 8 Deluxe<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 HKD480 \u2013 Chinese support yes<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/arms\"><strong>ARMS<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 HKD480 \u2013 Chinese support yes<br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\">Splatoon 2<\/a><\/strong> (Japanese) \u2013 HKD480 \u2013 Chinese support no<br \/>Splatoon 2 (English) \u2013 HKD480 \u2013 Chinese support no<br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokken_tournament_dx\">Pokk\u00e9n Tournament DX<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 HKD480 \u2013 Chinese support no<br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/super_mario_odyssey\">Super Mario Odyssey<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 HKD480 \u2013 Chinese support yes<br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/snipperclips_plus_cut_it_out_together\">Snipperclips Plus: Cut it Out, Together!<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 HKD260 \u2013 Chinese support yes<br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/xenoblade_chronicles_2\">Xenoblade Chronicles 2<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 HKD640 \u2013 Chinese support yes<br \/><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/mario_plus_rabbids_kingdom_battle\">Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 HKD480 \u2013 Chinese support yes<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/kirby_star_allies\"><strong>Kirby Star Allies<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 HKD480 \u2013 Chinese support yes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"insert-label centered insert lazyload for-mobile lazyload\"> <\/div>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the DLC:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Season Pass \u2013 HKD180 \u2013 Chinese support yes<br \/>Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Season Pass \u2013 HKD230 \u2013 Chinese support yes<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s good to see lots of these games such as\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/legend_of_zelda_breath_of_the_wild\">The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/xenoblade_chronicles_2\">Xenoblade Chronicles 2<\/a><\/strong> arriving with Chinese language support. It&#8217;s a bit strange that <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/splatoon_2\">Splatoon 2<\/a><\/strong> hasn&#8217;t been translated, but residents of Hong Kong will be able to choose from the Japanese and English versions of the games, it seems.<\/p>\n<p><em>Let us know your thoughts on Nintendo&#8217;s expansion into Hong Kong with a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nintendo is no doubt really keen to sell Switch in China, which could be potentially very lucrative indeed. Until then, Nintendo will have to make do with launching the handheld console in Hong Kong, which is an\u00a0autonomous territory of China. The Switch eShop for the Hong Kong region will launch on 3rd April and here&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16074\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}