The Chinese publisher NetEase has entered into a partnership with Pokémon and Marvel. Now the first mobile Pokemon game will appear in China, as well as new titles with Marvel comics characters.
The publisher spoke about his future plans at the annual NetEase Games Annual Product Launch event.
So, thanks to the NetEase and Pokémon deal, a localized version of Pokémon Quest for smartphones will be released in the country as well. There are no details about the game, its release date has not yet been announced. The original action-adventure game was released last year.
According to Reuters, NetEase and the Japanese Game Freak studio will participate in this project. The latter has created not only Pokémon Quest for Switch and mobile devices, but also Pokémon Let’s Go, Picachu! And Let’s Go, Eevee! and other games in the series.
The release of Pokémon Quest in China can be considered an important event for the gaming industry of this country. Pokémon is a franchise known all over the world. But in China, mobile games from the cult series did not come out. Even the super-successful Pokémon GO from Niantic never reached the Chinese audience.
As for the agreement between NetEase and Marvel, the former is ready to create several games with the characters of the latter. Five or six new games based on famous comics will be released this year, according to NetEase.
At least one project of the two companies will enter the global market, and not only in China. Thus, NetEase hopes to raise its revenue from foreign markets. Now the share of the company’s foreign revenue from its total income is 10%. She hopes to increase the figure to 30% in three years. It should be noted that the company has previously expressed a desire to develop its business outside of China.
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