Tsunekazu Ishihara, CEO of Pokemon Company International.
Tsunekazu Ishihara, CEO of Pokemon Company International.
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Pokémon Company unveils a bunch of games, including Pokémon Quest China and Pokémon Sleep

Tsunekazu Ishihara, CEO of the Pokémon Company International, said the company has partnered with China’s NetEase in making the first official Pokemon game for China. That is just one of a number of games the Japanese company announced today.

In a livestreamed event, Ethan Wang, vice president and head of game publishing at China’s NetEase, said the company will release the first Pokémon game in China, Pokémon Quest China, which will add player-versus-player and social systems. NetEase has four of the top 10 games in China (as of April) and more than 550 million active users. More than million people have registered for Pokémon Quest China, which NetEase is working on with Game Freak.

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