Nintendo of America confirmed today that their Redwood City, CA and Toronto, Ontario (CA) offices are closing down permanently. According to various sources, roughly 100 employees at the offices have been displaced due to the closure. Nintendo of America is moving employees from the shuttered offices to their main headquarters in Redwood, WA and Vancouver, BC. Additionally, SVP of Sales and Marketing Nick Chavez has resigned. Chavez joins KFC to help grow their Yum! branding. Executive Vice President of Business Affairs and Publisher Relations Devon Prichard is the interim SVP of Sales and Marketing following Chavez’s resignation. Here’s the official statement from Nintendo, courtesy of Kotaku:
Nintendo of America headquarters are in Redmond, WA, and Vancouver, BC. We are moving more of our employees and operations into those headquarters and will be closing small satellite offices in Toronto, ON, and Redwood City, CA, over time.
Devon Pritchard, Executive Vice President, Business Affairs and Publisher Relations for Nintendo of America (NOA), will assume interim leadership of Sales, Marketing and Communications following the departure of Nick Chavez. Ms. Pritchard will oversee strategy and execution of sales, marketing and communications across the U.S. and Canada.
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