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Chinese fans excited as Tencent and Pokemon team up to develop new game
- TiMi Studio and Nintendo-backed Japanese company have agreed to collaborate, but no further details are given
- Gamers welcome the news on mainland, where wildly popular monster-hunting mobile game is banned
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Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent has announced that its TiMi Studio Group is teaming up with The Pokemon Company, backed by Nintendo, to develop a new game – much to the excitement of mainland fans.
Tencent said the two companies had agreed to work together to develop the game, but it did not give further details or a timeline in a statement on its Weibo microblog account on Monday.
Gamers welcomed the news on the Chinese mainland, where the wildly popular monster-hunting mobile game Pokemon Go has been banned since 2017, with the government claiming it posed a threat to information security.
Many Chinese gamers took to Weibo to express their delight.
“Oh my god, is Pokemon! TiMi is the best!” read one comment.
Another said: “I have waited for this for a long time! My wallet is ready.”
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