There will be no Nintendo Direct in June. The middle VentureBeat ensures that the Japanese company is ccommunicating to studios and publishers whose games were going to appear on the show that not be ready on time. The reason is due to the complications that the company is suffering, derived from the I work from home imposed in Japan by the coronavirus pandemic.
It is the first time since June 2013 that Nintendo does not broadcast its traditional Direct during the Los Angeles fair; In previous years, he held traditional conferences. While the Convention Center face-to-face event has been canceled, as well as the suggested online alternative, western companies such as Microsoft and Ubisoft will make digital presentations.
In the Direct planned for June they were going to show their games first-party for the rest of 2020, included Super Mario 3D World for Switch, a new Paper Mario and Super Mario All-Stars 2, according to different sources. Since VentureBeat claim that the next Nintendo Direct "It might not come until the end of the summer".
Why Nintendo's situation is different from other video game companies
The transition from face-to-face work to work from home is affecting Japan differently than the West, even to tech companies like Nintendo. As they point from The Washington Post and Associated Press, Japanese corporations continue to operate the same as in 1990, using an tools like fax and unaware of video conferencing applications or data storage in the cloud.
The work in Japan, they point out from those media, is eminently face-to-face: The culture of the country establishes as a disrespectful act to make important business decisions without communicating them face to face. Another problem cited has to do with the equipment in the workers' home: Some do not have suitable computers for their work or Wi-Fi.
At Last Nintendo Direct, published by surprise on March 26 with the title Nintendo Direct Mini the release date of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition, a demo of Bravely Default II and the launch of 2K Games games for Nintendo sWitch was announced.
