iQue
Template:Company-infobox iQue Ltd. (神游科技 Shényóu Kējì) is a Chinese video game company founded in 2002 as a joint venture between Nintendo and Chinese–American scientist and entrepreneur Wei Yen.[1] It became a 100% Nintendo-owned subsidiary after Wei Yen left the company.[2] It localizes and distributes Nintendo consoles and games for the mainland Chinese market, under the iQue brand.
History
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iQue Ltd. was founded with a registered capital of $30m in December 2002 and established its headquarter in Suzhou, China in May 2003. Investment from both parties include capital, technology, patents, software copyright and other intellectual properties.[1] According to a former employee, iQue stayed independent in its financial and marketing in the first few years.[3] It replaced Mani (万信)[4] in the official distribution of Nintendo games for the mainland Chinese market.[5]
On November 17, 2003, the highly-localized iQue Player, based on Nintendo 64, was released. The iQue Player was unique that all the components were inside the controller and that it loaded games from a single, 64MB flash memory card. iQue distributed the games for the console digitally with more centralized control than Nintendo 64, at first through "iQue Depots" (神游加油站) – interactive kiosks in big cities where the player could download, buy, store, retrieve games and write them to their memory cards. In October 2004, a service called iQue@Home (神游在线) was launched, which provided the same services to players at home via cilent software and the Internet.
Consoles
- iQue Player – Nintendo 64
- iQue Game Boy Advance – Game Boy Advance
- iQue Game Boy Advance SP – Game Boy Advance SP
- iQue Game Boy Micro – Game Boy Micro
- iQue DS – Nintendo DS
- iQue DS Lite – Nintendo DS Lite
- iQue DSi – Nintendo DSi
- iQue 3DS XL – Nintendo 3DS XL
Localized Mario games
| Console | Game | Chinese title | Release date | Official website |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| iQue GBA | Super Mario World: Super Mario Advance 2 | 超级马力欧世界 Chāojí Mǎlìōu Shìjiè Literally "Super Mario World" |
March 15, 2006 | in Chinese |
| iQue GBA | Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 | 耀西岛 Yàoxī Dǎo Literally "Yoshi Island" |
March 2, 2006 | in Chinese |
| iQue GBA | WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$! | 瓦力欧制造 Wǎlìōu Zhìzào Literally "Made by Wario" |
July 4, 2005 | in Chinese |
| iQue GBA | Super Mario Advance | 超级马力欧２ Chāojí Mǎlìōu 2 Literally "Super Mario 2" |
June 30, 2004[6] | in Chinese |
| iQue GBA | Wario Land 4 | 瓦力欧寻宝记 Wǎlìōu Xúnbǎo Jì Literally "Wario's Treasure-seeking Journey" |
June 30, 2004[7] | in Chinese |
| iQue Player | Super Smash Bros. | 任天堂明星大乱斗 Rèntiāntáng Míngxīng Dàluàndòu Literally "Nintendo' Stars: Great Melee" |
November 15, 2005 | in Chinese |
| iQue Player | Paper Mario | 纸片马力欧 Zhǐpiàn Mǎlìōu Literally "Paper Mario" |
June 8, 2004 | in Chinese |
| iQue Player | Yoshi's Story | 耀西故事 Yàoxī Gùshì Literally "Yoshi Story" |
March 25, 2004 | in Chinese |
| iQue Player | Mario Kart 64 | 马力欧卡丁车 Mǎlìōu Kǎdīngchē Literally "Mario Karting Car" |
December 25, 2003 | in Chinese |
| iQue Player | Super Mario 64 | 神游马力欧 Shényóu Mǎlìōu Literally "iQue Mario" |
November 17, 2003 | in Chinese |
| iQue Player | Dr. Mario 64 | 马力欧医生 Mǎlìōu Yīshēng Literally "Dr. Mario" |
November 17, 2003 | in Chinese |
| iQue DS | New Super Mario Bros. | New 超级马力欧兄弟 New Chāojí Mǎlìōu Xiōngdì Literally "New Super Mario Bros." |
July 2, 2009 | in Chinese |
| iQue DS | Super Mario 64 DS | 神游马力欧DS Shényóu Mǎlìōu DS Literally "iQue Mario DS" |
June 21, 2007 | in Chinese |
| iQue DS | Yoshi Touch & Go | 摸摸耀西-云中漫步 Mōmō Yàoxī: Yúnzhōng Mànbù Literally "Touch Yoshi: Strolling in Clouds" |
February 14, 2006 | in Chinese |
| iQue DS | WarioWare: Touched! | 摸摸瓦力欧制造 Mōmō Wǎlìōu Zhìzào Literally "Touch Wario Made" |
July 23, 2005 | in Chinese |
| iQue 3DS XL | Super Mario 3D Land | 超级马力欧 3D乐园 Chāojí Mǎlìōu 3D Lèyuán Literally "Super Mario 3D Wonderland" |
December 7, 2012 | in Chinese |
| iQue 3DS XL | Mario Kart 7 | 马力欧卡丁车7 Mǎlìōu Kǎdīngchē 7 Literally "Mario Karting Car 7" |
December 7, 2012 | in Chinese |
Names in other languages
References
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedabout - ^ Nintendo (June 28, 2013). "関係会社の状況" (PDF). Retrieved 2014-07-20.
- ^ “‘颜老板在的时候，神游的财务、销售都是独立的，可以自己作主，不用管任天堂的规定。’神游前员工说。当时的神游，与任天堂只是商业合作伙伴的关系，不存在任何行政上的从属关系。” 大狗 (June 22, 2016). 《记录》第17期：神游中国（上）. 触乐. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
- ^ Aquariuslegend (January 23, 2017). 万信国行初代GB 任天堂 GAME BOY 开箱. Chiphell. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
- ^ Mani remained Nintendo's agency in Hong Kong and Taiwan until the DS era. 我是金属狂人 (June 24, 2013). 任天堂在中国摸爬滚打20年的光辉岁月. Baidu Tieba. Retrieved February 6, 2017.
- ^ Sina Games. 超级马力欧2_电视游戏_新浪游戏_新浪网. Sina Corp. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
- ^ Sina Games. 瓦力欧寻宝记_电视游戏_新浪游戏_新浪网. Sina Corp. Retrieved January 24, 2017.
External links
- Official Chinese website
- File:Wikipedia-logo-en.png iQue on Wikipedia
- File:Wikipedia-logo-en.png iQue Player on Wikipedia
