Nintendo Halts All Sales And Shipments In Russia

In the midst of Ukraine’s ongoing invasion, Nintendo has been forced to stop sales to Russia and shipment of products to Russia. 

Joining the likes of Microsoft and PlayStation and dozens of other game studios, Nintendo has suspended all shipments to Russia for the “foreseeable future.” Still, the company did not say this was in support of Ukraine like most publishers and studios have, as reported by IGN. The publication reached out to Nintendo to ask if it’d be providing a message of support for Ukraine, and a Nintendo spokesperson said, “We would like to express our concern for all those affected by the conflict.” 

“We have decided to suspend shipping all Nintendo products to Russia for the foreseeable future,” Nintendo told IGN. “This is due to considerable volatility surrounding the logistics of shipping and distributing physical goods.” 

The news is coming days after Nintendo put the Russian eShop in maintenance mode. This prevents users to buy digital games and effectively suspends all downloads. It is as follows: IGN points out, this wasn’t necessarily done in support of Ukraine either, at least not directly and publicly. Nintendo announced that it no longer process Russian Rubles through its payment service, causing the eShop temporarily to be closed. 

On top of all of this, Nintendo delayed Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp yesterday due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The game’s new release date was not announced by Nintendo. 

Read on for more Game Informer’s story about all of the studios and publishers that have come out with messages and actions of support for Ukraine amidst Russia’s ongoing invasion of the country.

[Source: IGN]