Interestingly, the prototype power and effects of the starter-exclusive moves matches those of the ones in Sword and Shield's coding, suggesting that that they were changed to their final versions very late in development, sometime after they were partially coded into Sword and Shield.
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Pokémon Let's Go! - Pikachu and Eevee
- Thread starter Codraroll
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Let's Go Eevee was approved in China earlier this month, but not Let's Go Pikachu.
The superior game, W
For context, this is the first main series game ever approved in China.
I wonder if there's a trivial explanation where only a certain number of games are allowed to be approved per [time period] or something. Obviously I have no evidence of this.
What does approved in China mean?
China strictly regulates what non-Chinese games are allowed to be publishes in China. Foreign game consoles were basically banned too.
Back in the day, Nintendo used to get around that by partnering with iQue, basically making official Nintendo systems but for the Chinese audience
The Switch is the first time Nintendo has been able to straight up make the system in China, but the games still need to be approved of