Recent reports state that Nintendo of Korea has laid off almost 80% of its workforce as part of a large-scale restructure. Along with parting with almost 50 employees and only keeping 10, NoK plans to relocate to outside of Seoul.
Nintendo of Korea does have plans in the works including the release of recent and upcoming titles in the Korean langauge such as Kirby: Planet Robobot, Hyrule Warriors Legends, and Pokemon Sun and Moon.
only 40 employees while they relocate? its nothing they will get them right back once they are ready where they are relocating to. Sony is in a much worst situation.
Iwata will be so dissapointed.
Stop.
I don’t see the problem? S. Korea is very PC focused and I bet Seoul is very expensive to operate in.
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i never knew there was a nintendo in korea, who knew.
Same here
yeah, but they didn’t do well… I bought the Wii when I came here in 2012, was $50 more than in the states. They still sell them for $200 here. mario kart 7 is still $50 in most stores.
There were about 20 titles for it. Also, Virtual console only had like 20 games… 4 for each past console. lol. If they actually invested, then they might’ve been sucessful. I’ve seen a Wii in a lot of homes… just there was never any software and the software stayed launchprice, to this day.
Prior to the Wii, Koreans had Nintendo products sold by Hyundai. but the Hyundai Sumper Comboy (SNES) and the original Comboy didn’t translate their games. Nor did PSX. So, games were a mix of Japanese or English. No wonder they didn’t sell, and no wonder people here turned to PC.
I don’t know about the wii though… they did translate their games, and when I came in 2012, there was a huge push, like Nintendo would be showing off Skyward Sword in malls, etc. I’m not sure if they didn’t sell to begin with (although I’ve seen a lot of wii’s in friends homes, collecting dust), or if they just had trouble localizing, or what… but it’s like they had a big push around Skyward Sword, and then.. gave up.
I hope the NX comes out, because I’d love to play the new zelda in Korean, as Twilight Princess and Skyward were great practice when I learning…