Nintendo's History in China - Did You Know Gaming? Feat. Dazz

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In this video, Did You Know Gaming takes a look at Nintendo's history in China, covering everything from their iQue line of hardware as well as bootleg Nintendo games.

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[TheKoopaManSho]

1:42 also how fitting is it the video about china is started with an ad about a mobile gacha game

[HipsterBlackMetalOfficial]

Shoulda gone more in depth with the bootleg scene in china and how the famiclone lasted an eternity lol.

[NitroRad]

I remember hearing about the weird NVideo shield stuff, but I had no idea they had such a long history of wiggling into Chinese markets with these iQue consoles. This was super interesting!

[nickes]

The fact that the iQue player was deliberately made cheap so that the less fortunate could still have fun is really good to know.
I know this was a business tactic, but it's also super wholesome.

[MinatoAngelo]

"But first we're going to talk about today's spon-" annnd skip 1:43

[MapleMilk]

Imagine buying a console for a grand total of 2 games
Even the Virtual Boy didn't do that bad

[ChristopherMoom]

The entire history with China is just the -Grand- bootlegs that were made

[DidYouKnowGamin]

Would you like to see more videos that focus on subjects like this, or do you prefer traditional DYKG videos that focus on a single game/series?

[martluca_]

"You endorse our product for atleast 90 seconds"

[Camad]

Mr Furukawa definitely has the right mindset. You can’t go swinging into a new market and always expect to succeed.

[wtfsamusidk]

That ad was longer than ProJareds marriage

[TheVoxxification]

"unique idle gameplay" how much did that hurt to say?

[WinderBlitz]

1:43.

if the ad is longer than 60 seconds. then it does not deserve your time or money

[Mouseplaysvidya]

Is anyone else going to talk about the Sohm Al theme from FFXIV playing during the intro ad?

[boro]

Idle RPGs, games you can barely play and then pay money to play even less.

These literally aren't games anymore.

[koalataco]

“Then president Reggie Fils-Aime” bruh :(

[TheMark]

So China got the FF7 which would have fitted on a N64 cartridge. ;)

[topSurely]

I hope the 90 second ad paid you a lot, haha

[ori.gmi]

Just here to clarify: The footage of the FFVII Demake is actually a ROM hack of the chinese bootleg that translated it in english and changed the sprites and locations to match FFVII more.
The ACTUAL bootleg game has lots of weird stuff in it, like candles chandeliers in the reactor you are supposed to bomb in the beginning, is entirely in chinese and the sprites are off (Tifa has blue hair etc)

I recommend people to check the english translation of the bootleg out. It's legitimately good, unlike the unmodified bootleg that was sold in China.

[ziqi]

Ah yes, I remember buying bootleg Game Boy games from China's street vendors when I was a kid. It was honestly a lot of fun seeing what was available, and if you knew what to look for, you could get legit fully functional games for super cheap. I managed to get Megaman Xtreme 2 for only US $5.