Here I am in Beijing for now 2 days, I have not yet moved too, time to get over the jet lag put me in the bath and celebrate family reunions around a few Tsing Tao, my favorite Chinese beer.
But we never change… soon happened that I came across the official GBA games sold in China under the brand IQUE and sold in boxes of NDS. Exotic versions still uncommon to be added to my collection.
For a little history, and just as Korea, the video games are “officially” banned from sale in China. Officially is in quotes because of course, Chinese divert rule by importing products from the USA or Japan (and I'm not talking about the so-cons, on which everyone turns a blind eye).
- The accommodation is comfortable and well equipped ^ - ^
IQUE is a Chinese company Deal with Nintendo responsible for manufacture and distribute officially Products of the Japanese brand in the Chinese territory since 2002 (a sense of deja-vu with South Korea). Their first product was the iQue Player, a sort of handle Nintendo64 that plugged directly into the TV with several built-in games (Mario64 etc… ). A well vain attempt if you ask me, in a country where you are out of against-ways at any street corner (Blu-ray, games, brands of clothes or watches celèbres etc.… ) and where the official versions, more expensive, can finally be purchased by a minority of the population. I feel, however, (it remains to be confirmed) that the association between Ique and Nintendo ended because the Wii is now sold here by Nintendo and the Chinese have their own Club Nintendo-Wii-Shop.
However, iQue to be released in time beautiful Limited Editions Gameboy Advance SP and Nintendo DS Lite now highly sought by collectors.
Wow ! At all levels !
Decidedly, I go from discovery to reading your blog. It makes you want to dig the HK track to improve the Retro Collection. Enjoy your stay.
Another surprising note. I understand that you like the pictures taken “fish eye”.
@ Neocalimero> oui en effet, this is not a fish eye but a very wide angle lens that I used in these photos (but I also have a Fish Eye with vignetting in the corners). I think the effect is interesting for urban landscapes with long vistas
@ Jack'o'Lantern & gt; China careful not HK and vice versa,fr, the 2 are separated by a border and are not managed at all like
PS: As well as youtube, facebook, twitter, dailymotion &co, many of your blogs are not accessible from China (probably related to hosting), So I could not go there during my stay.
Together, You have so many beautiful things to do that it would be hard to blame you for not reading a particular blog
We count on you to bring us more pictures, your suitcase full of treasures
It changes the game, China is a wonderful country
I see that you lose no time
Although I am most culpable with my stay in Japan , I'm really glad to see the related video game content that stands out particularly well geographically especially as I am in favor of consoles IQUE.
It looks really cozy at home
These beautiful Chinese versions. And plastic boxes, a lot better than our rotten boxes in cartons
We must also think about the ecology. Fortunately, in the years 80 / 90 people threw cardboard, otherwise it would be thousands of tons of plastic inrecyclable increasingly discharged into the oceans.
I prone returning cardboard boxes of games.
The plastic also recycles huh