No Nintendo Direct Planned for June Due To Work-From-Home Hurdles

Nintendo is telling partner developers it's not going to hold one of its Nintendo Direct video events in June. From a report: The publisher has had a June Direct to correspond with E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) every year since 2013. And before that, it held annual stage presentations. But complications brought about from Japan's work-from-home order as part of its attempts to mitigate COVID-19 are forcing Nintendo to push back its schedule. Nintendo was putting together a June event. The company was lining up partners and was planning to unveil its first-party schedule for the rest of 2020. That included highlighting the Mario franchise's 35th anniversary, which it's going to celebrate with the release of some classic 3D Mario games on Switch, according to various reports. But now, the company is far less certain. If it holds another Direct, it may not come until the very end of summer.

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[satanicat]

You ruined it by mentioning Zoom in the comments dummy! =)

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[pl5]

New user here. I noticed the same thing as OP. What is going on with like half the stories being against Zoom? Does one of its competitors own Slashdot?

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[satanicat]

Well, I'm not sure what forces cause most things on Slashdot, but the stories are supposed to be submitted and then voted up. The popular ones are supposed to hit the front page if they get approved. You can see the potential stories by clicking "Firehose" at the top. (you can also submit your own)

I guess that suggests the blame lies with all the users who keep submitting zoom things, people who up-vote it, and the editors who approve them.

So I guess some people find it interesting...

It took Covid-19 to convince.

[jellomizer]

I travel 45 minutes to an hour a day to get to work.
So I can sit at my desk and interact with computers that are about a thousand miles away (remote hosted).

It seems other companies seem to be having more problems. Now I actually prefer to be at the office vs home. However working from home is doable, and productive. It also has changed management to be a little more careful when having to plan meetings, so I am actually spending more time working, then finding the conference room for a meeting.

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[Darinbob]

I think I'm in more meetings now, more skype calls etc, and less productive.

NOO!!

[Merk42]

Idk about some stupid flu! I need muh gamez!!1
I'm entitled to a Direct!

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