Nintendo admits that the coronavirus is affecting the development of its games
Nintendo does not have games with a firm release date for this year due to the coronavirus. They cannot say clear dates for changes in their development flow.
Last Friday was the launch of Paper Mario: The Origami King on Nintendo Switch. It wouldn't be a very special release if it weren't for the fact that since then, no future Nintendo games have been announced with an exact date. Nintendo has admitted this and that the coronavirus is to blame, which has affected its developments.
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Thanks to teleworkingMany economic activities that do not require presence have been able to get ahead. Video game development is one of those. But in the case of Nintendo, its Japanese nature has affected it greatly.
Weeks ago a Bloomberg report came out that, while his way of working with meetings and surveillance is ideal in person, it is not in telecommuting. This has affected the release of Nintendo games, which now only have Bayonetta 3 and Metroid Prime 4 announced, both with no fixed release date. Thanks to the Nintendo Direct they could have announced more games, but these emissions have also been affected by the lockdown and the coronavirus.
In a report for shareholders, the company has admitted the difficulties to carry out projects with teleworking. But he insists that no games planned for this fiscal year will go the next. They have been behind schedule in their internal plans, but none will seriously affect their bottom line.
Those games will most likely appear in a future Nintendo Direct. Yesterday there was one to show games of companies that make games for Nintendo with announcements of a remake of Shin Megami Tensei Lucifer's Call in high definition, and a new trailer of Shin Megami Tensei V after years of waiting. But the fans did not like that because they expected announcements of new games in a large Nintendo Direct, like the ones that usually happen every summer on the occasion of the E3.
Source: nintendo
