HONG KONG: Nintendo's hit smartphone app, Pokémon Go, and other augmented reality games are unlikely to be rolled out in China any time soon, after the state censor said it would not license them until potential security risks had been evaluated.
Although not yet available in China, the world's biggest smartphone and online gaming market, the location-based game developed by US-based Niantic took the world by storm when it was released last year.
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