{"id":21474,"date":"2013-10-24T08:24:34","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T06:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/2013\/10\/la-super-nintendo-super-famicom-a-taiwan-2\/"},"modified":"2015-08-10T15:48:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T13:48:25","slug":"taiwanese-super-nintendo-super-famicom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/en\/2013\/10\/taiwanese-super-nintendo-super-famicom\/","title":{"rendered":"Taiwanese Super Nintendo \/ Super Famicom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s quite hard to obtain reliable informations regarding early video game&#8217;s market in asiatic countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It&#8217;s particulary true for China, because if at first one\u00a0would think that this overpopulated country would have been a prime target for the marketing department of large video games companies, the fact is it did not happened.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some reasons to that\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>a drastic product control by the government<\/li>\n<li>low tolerance for foreign companies, particularly from Japan ones, the\u00a0historical enemy<\/li>\n<li>video game&#8217;s bad reputation<\/li>\n<li>a &#8220;high cost&#8221; hobby product<\/li>\n<li>lots of cheaper counterfeits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, there were two independent provinces related to China that contradicted most of the above elements : <strong>Hong Kong<\/strong> and <strong>Taiwan<\/strong>.<br \/>\nIt was enough for\u00a0Nintendo to establish themselves in these markets, in this article\u00a0we &#8216;ll look at Taiwan and the Super Famicom .<\/p>\n<h2>Made in Japan, in Taiwan<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-super-nintendo-taiwanese-famicom.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"671\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6624\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-super-nintendo-taiwanese-famicom.jpg\" alt=\"1-super-nintendo-taiwanese-famicom\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-super-nintendo-taiwanese-famicom.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-super-nintendo-taiwanese-famicom-310x203.jpg 310w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-super-nintendo-taiwanese-famicom-214x140.jpg 214w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-super-nintendo-taiwanese-famicom-310x203@2x.jpg 620w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/1-super-nintendo-taiwanese-famicom-214x140@2x.jpg 428w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2-sfc-taiwanese.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6625\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2-sfc-taiwanese-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"2-sfc-taiwanese\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2-sfc-taiwanese-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/2-sfc-taiwanese-150x150@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3-super-famicom-taiwanaise.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6626\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3-super-famicom-taiwanaise-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"3-super-famicom-taiwanaise\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3-super-famicom-taiwanaise-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/3-super-famicom-taiwanaise-150x150@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4-super-nintendo-taiwanese.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6627\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4-super-nintendo-taiwanese-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"4-super-nintendo-taiwanese\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4-super-nintendo-taiwanese-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/4-super-nintendo-taiwanese-150x150@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5-sfc-taiwanaise.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6628\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5-sfc-taiwanaise-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"5-sfc-taiwanaise\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5-sfc-taiwanaise-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/5-sfc-taiwanaise-150x150@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6-super-famicom-taiwan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6629\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6-super-famicom-taiwan-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"6-super-famicom-taiwan\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6-super-famicom-taiwan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/6-super-famicom-taiwan-150x150@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/7-super-nintendo-taiwan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6630\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/7-super-nintendo-taiwan-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"7-super-nintendo-taiwan\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/7-super-nintendo-taiwan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/7-super-nintendo-taiwan-150x150@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/9-super-nintendo-snes-sfc-taiwanese.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6632\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/9-super-nintendo-snes-sfc-taiwanese-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"9-super-nintendo-snes-sfc-taiwanese\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/9-super-nintendo-snes-sfc-taiwanese-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/9-super-nintendo-snes-sfc-taiwanese-150x150@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10-super-famicom-chinese.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6633\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10-super-famicom-chinese-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"10-super-famicom-chinese\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10-super-famicom-chinese-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/10-super-famicom-chinese-150x150@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/11-sfc-snes-taiwan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6634\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/11-sfc-snes-taiwan-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"11-sfc-snes-taiwan\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/11-sfc-snes-taiwan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/11-sfc-snes-taiwan-150x150@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/8-snes-taiwan.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6631\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/8-snes-taiwan-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"8-snes-taiwan\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/8-snes-taiwan-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/8-snes-taiwan-150x150@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is obvious , packaging and console are taken directly from the <strong>Japanese version<\/strong>.<br \/>\nContrary to Hong-Kong\u00a0Super Nintendo (distributed by Mani Limited) or the Korean Super Comboy ( distributed by Hyundai) , in Taiwan it&#8217;s\u00a0Nintendo himself that distributed his console , so logically the design of the box of the Super Famicom was almost unchanged.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A\u00a0literal translation in Mandarin was added with\u00a0a warning &#8220;For sale and use in Taiwan only&#8221; . The country code associated to the box and booklet\u00a0is &#8221; <strong>ROC<\/strong> &#8221; (for Republic of China ) .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The console works in <strong>NTSC<\/strong> (standard used in Taiwan ), it was sold with two joypads , a video cable and a power supply. No game was included in the package presented in this post. It is dated from 1992.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Rarity level : to obtain one day this model boxed it may take a little luck or\u00a0good contacts, or both !<\/p>\n<h2>Super Famicom games in\u00a0Ta\u00efwan<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The console plays\u00a0Japanese games, and it&#8217;s mainly these games that were imported in the province.<br \/>\nDe nombreux bootlegs et cartouches pirates \u00e9taient aussi disponibles (compilation de type 4 in 1 ou plus, entre autres).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>However there is at least one official Nintendo taiwanese game<\/strong>, it&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Sengokushi III<\/strong> (Romance of the Three Kingdoms III).<br \/>\nThe fact that this popular game has a story which takes place\u00a0in China after the Han dynasty explains the translation effort\u00a0(this is a strategy game hard\u00a0to understand if you do not understand the\u00a0texts).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The box, booklet, map and even the game have been <strong>translated in chinese<\/strong>, the country code for these elements is\u00a0<strong>ROC \/ SCHN<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/12-sangokushi-III-3-taiwanese-roc-schn.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6667 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/12-sangokushi-III-3-taiwanese-roc-schn.jpg\" alt=\"12-sangokushi-III-3-taiwanese-roc-schn\" width=\"1024\" height=\"719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/12-sangokushi-III-3-taiwanese-roc-schn.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/12-sangokushi-III-3-taiwanese-roc-schn-310x218.jpg 310w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/12-sangokushi-III-3-taiwanese-roc-schn-310x218@2x.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/14-romance-three-kingdoms-taiwanese.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6679\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/14-romance-three-kingdoms-taiwanese-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"14-romance-three-kingdoms-taiwanese\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/14-romance-three-kingdoms-taiwanese-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/14-romance-three-kingdoms-taiwanese-150x150@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/15-sangokushi-taiwanais.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6680\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/15-sangokushi-taiwanais-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"15-sangokushi-taiwanais\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/15-sangokushi-taiwanais-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/15-sangokushi-taiwanais-150x150@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/16-sangokushi-roc-chn.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6681\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/16-sangokushi-roc-chn-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"16-sangokushi-roc-chn\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/16-sangokushi-roc-chn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/16-sangokushi-roc-chn-150x150@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/17-romance-three-3-kingdoms-taiwanais.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6682\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/17-romance-three-3-kingdoms-taiwanais-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"17-romance-three-3-kingdoms-taiwanais\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/17-romance-three-3-kingdoms-taiwanais-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/17-romance-three-3-kingdoms-taiwanais-150x150@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/18-sangukushi-III-3-taiwanese-roc-schn.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6683\" style=\"margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/18-sangukushi-III-3-taiwanese-roc-schn-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"18-sangukushi-III-3-taiwanese-roc-schn\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/18-sangukushi-III-3-taiwanese-roc-schn-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/18-sangukushi-III-3-taiwanese-roc-schn-150x150@2x.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 120px) 100vw, 120px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The boxe&#8217;s size is the same as the <strong>PAL \/ US<\/strong>\u00a0ones. The game is from\u00a0<strong>1995<\/strong>, 3 years after super famicom&#8217;s version and 2 years after US version.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At present time it is the only official Taiwanese Nintendo game known , but feel free to comment the article\u00a0if you know more about the subject.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quelques grammes d&#8217;exotisme dans un monde de PAL, les tribulations d&#8217;une ta\u00efwanaise en Chine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6677,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1373],"tags":[1664,1665,1666,1667,1668,1669,1670,1671,1672,1673],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/thumb.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5HE2X-5Am","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21474"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gangeekstyle.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}