The Reuters news agency and The Wallstreet Journal newspaper reported on Thursday that China’s Tencent conglomerate has earned key approval to begin selling the Nintendo Switch console in China.
Tencent released its Arena of Valor game for the Nintendo Switch outside China in September.
Market analyst Gu Tianyi said that releasing the Switch in China is a “massive opportunity” for Nintendo and Tencent.
Nintendo previously released systems such as the Nintendo 64 and Nintendo 3DS XL in China under the iQue brand.