Ring Fit Adventure gets an official release for the Chinese Nintendo Switch courtesy of Tencent
- Ring Fit Adventure officially goes on sale in China early September, more than 10 months after Nintendo first launched the game globally
- After months of having just a few games available, the Chinese Switch could get a sales boost from the hit exercise game
Ring Fit Adventure is finally arriving on the Nintendo Switch in China 10 months after its initial release elsewhere.
The exercise game became a breakout hit during the Covid-19 pandemic in China. Even though the coronavirus is now largely under control in the country, Tencent is still betting on the popularity of Ring Fit Adventure with an official release.
In a brief live-streamed event on Wednesday night, Tencent announced that Ring Fit Adventure would be available for the Switch in China starting September 3 for 499 yuan (US$72). Pre-orders for the game started on Thursday at midnight exclusively on JD.com, the e-commerce platform backed by Tencent, which is also Nintendo’s official partner in China.
Next month, the game will also be available from electronics store Suning and Alibaba’s Tmall. Buyers get a Ring-Con controller with a leg strap and a download code to redeem the game on the Nintendo eShop.
(South China Morning Post is owned by Alibaba.)
On social media, many people expressed interest in the official version of the game. Previously, gamers in China had to get physical grey-market copies imported from abroad unless they had an international Switch with access to the Nintendo eShop in another region.
Right Fit Adventure was originally released last October, but this year’s pandemic made it one of the go-to games on the Switch as people looked for ways to stay active while also staying indoors. The increase in popularity sent prices soaring.
