
Is the Nintendo Switch finally coming to China?
Trademark registration and website revamp fuel speculation
While the application was apparently filed last April, the document was only disclosed this week by the authority, which has moved the application to the stage of public review.
Although iQue has sold devices such as iQue GBA, iQue DSi and iQue 3DS XL, the company has yet to say anything about the Nintendo Switch.

In response, a Weibo user wrote, “[This could be] iQue Switch!”
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While some gamers are hopeful, others say it may not be what it looks like.
Some pointed out that Nintendo’s trademarking of Nintendo Switch logos could just be a move to protect its copyright and brand.
While not officially released in the country, the Nintendo Switch is widely available in China thanks to grey market imports from Hong Kong and other places.

But such grey market activity is not without risk. Recently, smugglers were caught trying to bring 65 Poké Ball Plus and 51 Nintendo Switch games across the border from Hong Kong to Shenzhen.
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