I don't know about any Asian countries, but at least in Indonesia (where I live) and Singapore, local shops are forced to sell Switch with mandatory 1-2 Switch and Zelda bundled. In my experience this jacks up the price to about $480 plus a game I don't plan to buy now.
I'm still not sure if this is a distributor or Nintendo thing (some sellers are claiming this is Nintendo's orders) and I found a reddit thread claiming that Hong Kong does the same.
I really hope the region free works without hassle like PS4, but this is shitty situation and a heads up for anyone thinking to buy Switch in this region.
Link:
https://mynintendonews.com/2017/01/...ed-with-games-no-standalone-option-at-launch/
I'm still not sure if this is a distributor or Nintendo thing (some sellers are claiming this is Nintendo's orders) and I found a reddit thread claiming that Hong Kong does the same.
I really hope the region free works without hassle like PS4, but this is shitty situation and a heads up for anyone thinking to buy Switch in this region.
Link:
https://mynintendonews.com/2017/01/...ed-with-games-no-standalone-option-at-launch/