A well-known Nintendo subsidiary is the latest in the games industry to be hit with layoffs. According to Japanese outlet Leakpress, Mario Club Co., Ltd. is letting go over 100 employees.
The report claims that roughly 150 of the 400 employees at the company are being laid off. They also say that the layoffs are happening to various groups within the company, and it’s not targeting a single set of people. The conditions for the layoffs are also listed via the outlet, and include “employees who cause trouble” as well as those who “drag their colleagues down”.
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Mario Club Co., Ltd. is a debugging subsidiary in Japan. The company is known for providing quality control for Nintendo while also testing and debugging Nintendo first-party software.
Insider Gaming has reached out to Nintendo for comment on the claims. As of publishing, no response has been received nor has there been any official confirmation of the layoffs.
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Will we have a Direct tomorrow? I hope the Switch 2 finally gets revealed and games first and third party we’ve had too much of a drought.
Nintendo should buy Square Enix
They sometimes weirdly announce at like 8PM or 11PM EST it’s weird they wait last minute like that. I would hope if it happens it’s a big show because so many things look dry right now. Kingdom Hearts 4 no update, no Jump Force follow up, Arc System’s new project, a ton of stuff.
When will they reveal the Nintendo Switch 2? It’s almost November. Also no release date on Metroid Prime 4.
Still no update on a Nintendo reveal for tomorrow….what’s going on?
Can we at least know the source of the report?
Cause I can also spread rumors of Naughty Dog being permanently closed.
But none of them would be a credible source, would it?