Nintendo has put the Russian eShop in “upkeep mode“, this means that that purchases of latest content material can’t be made within the nation.

As mentioned at the Nintendo Russia website online, the fee provider that Nintendo makes use of for the eShop not processes Russian rubles, this means that that Nintendo can not settle for bills. The commentary ends by way of pronouncing: “We say sorry for the inconvenience led to. We can proportion updates as the placement evolves“.

Whilst many massive sport corporations, together with Xbox, have intentionally suspended gross sales in Russia, Nintendo’s wording within the commentary means that that is an unintentional byproduct of any other corporate’s choices, as an alternative of a measure of its personal designed to sign up for the video games trade’s refrain of improve for Ukraine. We’ve got contacted Nintendo for remark in this level.