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Nintendo subsidiary Mario Club Co., Ltd. isn't laying off employees.

Earlier this week, a report from Japanese outlet Leakpress claimed Mario Club Co., Ltd. was letting go of approximately 150 of its 400 employees. It was said the layoffs were happening across various groups within the company.

However, in the time since this initial report, Nintendo has debunked these claims. In a statement provided to Eurogamer, a Nintendo spokesperson said:

"We have confirmed with Mario Club Co., Ltd. that the rumoured information in the report is untrue."

Mario Club Co., Ltd. is a game-testing and debugging team for many of Nintendo's games. Its credits include Luigi's Mansion 2 HD, Princess Peach: Showtime! and Super Mario Bros. Wonder, to name just a few.

The initial report claiming layoffs at Mario Club Co., Ltd. said the condition was a little different from so-called 'eviction rooms', which is something Bandai Namco was recently accused of.

Earlier this month, it was reported Bandai Namco staff were not being laid off directly, but were rather being sent to rooms with nothing to do. Essentially, the company was said to be putting pressure on staff to resign voluntarily, to avoid having to formally lay them off.

Nintendo subsidiary isn't laying off employees, despite rumours to the contrary

Nintendo subsidiary Mario Club Co., Ltd. isn't laying off employees.

www.eurogamer.net

 

[NeverYouMind]

I still hate Nintendo as a company.

 

[lh032]

they just move their "employees" to another room i guess

 

[tkscz]

Good to know people are keeping their jobs

 

[JimboJones]

They where afraid of a cease and desist from Sony and Microsoft for emulating their practices.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

It’s technically not layoffs if any of these Japanese companies do these weird isolation room tactics and people quit on their own.

 

[tkscz]

It’s technically not layoffs if any of these Japanese companies do these weird isolation room tactics and people quit on their own.

And that's what the rumor was claiming, that they were being put into those rooms. They are debunking the rumor that they were being put into those "please quit" rooms.

 

[Musashipan]

Meanwhile, on the darkside, sonhy is closing studios