Is the Nintendo Switch finally coming to China?

The Nintendo Switch is one of the world’s most popular consoles -- but it’s missing in the world’s largest gaming market, China. But over the past few months there have been signs that this might be about to change.

The latest comes from a public document released by the country’s trademark office, showing that Nintendo has applied to trademark a bunch of Nintendo Switch logos.

This came after another round of speculation in March when Nintendo gave the website of its Chinese subsidiary iQue a facelift after six years of inactivity.

iQue was originally founded as a joint venture between Chinese company Wei Yen and Nintendo. While China’s 15-year console ban thwarted foreign companies such as Microsoft and Sony from distributing consoles in China, the quasi-homegrown iQue managed to sell Nintendo devices by branding them as handheld or plug-and-play systems, under the name of iQue.