News:Nintendo iQue & Red GameCube
Posted 26 Sep 2003 at 18:24 by Ashley Jones
The new iQue console is set for China and will feature anti-piracy software. It is the first console to be released in China and will be called the "Nintendo Compact" elsewhere.
The console will use a special memory card that can be used to download games from terminals, at a fee. The memory card will be special for each console and games can not be traded.
The console and memory card will cost 498 Yuan (about �52/�36) and each game will be priced at 48 Yuan (�5/�3.5).
Nintendo hopes that this approach will stop piracy, which is very high in China. They hope to launch 10 games when the console launches in mid-October. These games include Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu games and Chinese version of Super Mario Bros.
Nintendo have also shown a new red GameCube which is a special edition one from Bandai. A screen can be found below.
Both of the screens in this article are thanks to Watch Impress