Nintendo to launch new console in China

Nintendo is set to become the first of the current platform holders to launch a games system in China, with a new console sporting strong anti-piracy systems.

The new platform, called the iQue Player (and dubbed the “Nintendo Compact” elsewhere, although we’re not sure where that title came from), will come with a memory card which gamers can use to download games from terminals in specific shops for a fee.

The memory card will be tied to a single console, and games cannot be copied between cards, while the terminals themselves are expected to be closed systems provided by Nintendo. The console, supplied with a memory card, will cost 498 Yuan (about