KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 ― The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak has led to multiple cities in China being put in lockdown, while companies like Apple and Google have closed offices and stores in China. But it appears that those affected have found some respite from the bleak...
, has been popular in certain parts of China due to the fact that it has an exercise element to it — just likeWhile the game hasn’t actually been launched in China yet, residents of cities in lockdown have been buying the game from resellers — commonly called “scalpers” in these situations — at some pretty steep prices. The game retails in the US for US$79.99 , but prices on Chinese e-commerce sites like Taobao and JD have been seen to go up to CNY1,200 .
Purchasers of the game have also been sharing videos of gameplay and of them playing the game on Chinese social media site, Weibo, and it appears that Nintendo could be seeing a rise in popularity of the game due to the coronavirus outbreak. However, Nintendo isNintendo has already issued a
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