If the ban is lift, console companies might have a bit of a tough time tearing video game players away from League of Legends and other DOTA clones. Then again, maybe a new blue ocean has opened.


This does make me wonder what became of the iQue. I do recall seeing some iQue branding for the Wii during a recent visit to Hong Kong this year.


EDIT:
In the mean time, check out the Hong Kong Super Mario 3D Land promotional videos if you're curious.
http://www.nintendo.com.hk/3dland/movie/cm.html


They're pretty much the same vibe as Japanese promotional videos.

I know Hong Kong has different rules from the rest of China, so I'm assuming HK is mostly likely exempt from that. But I'm still confused how this could be since I'm fairly certain that iQue Player was released in mainland China AFTER 2000 (after the ban), and it seems to me to be a pretty big stretch not for that to be considered a "console".

It's a ban on CONSOLES. The iQue is like those Plug and Play devices that are controller which plug directly into the TV. So the iQue is not banned (neither are PCs) since it's not a console.

China don't care.

Seriously though, this will be a good test of the security of Nintendo's platforms.

THey'll just send them Canadian models without Internet and a hip new paint job.