Nintendo has announced that it has stopped sending shipments to Russia but does not state that the ongoing invasion is to blame.
Nintendo’s eStore had previously entered a maintenance mode in Russia, which halted the use of the service to purchase software for the Switch. Nintendo has now made a statement to Eurogamer confirming that it has ceased all shipments to Russia.
“We have decided to suspend shipping all Nintendo products to Russia for the foreseeable future. This is due to considerable volatility surrounding the logistics of shipping and distributing physical goods,” a spokesperson from Nintendo said.
“In addition, Nintendo eShop in Russia is currently under maintenance following the suspension of transactions in Russian rubles by the payment provider.” Nintendo did not make any mention of the conflict in Ukraine.
Yesterday (March 9), Nintendo announced that it was delaying the release of its turn-based war game Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp “due to recent world events”. A tweet said, “we have made the decision to delay , which was originally scheduled to release on Nintendo Switch on April 8. Please stay tuned for updates on a new release date.”
