Monster Zombie Spider to Crush Super Mario’s China Dreams: Tech
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He’s pudgy, middle aged and wears dungarees. So what makes investors believe Nintendo Co.’s Super Mario can take on Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s giant, undead spider Vilemaw in its Chinese lair?
Nintendo shares have risen 33 percent since state-run China Daily on Jan. 28 said the country was ready to end a 13-year ban on consoles. Meant to shelter China’s youth from the violence and perceived corrupting influence of video games, the ban instead spawned a generation of gamers grown used to a free online model and increasingly migrating to mobile devices.