In April we wrote about the phasing out Nintendo in Russia due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But a man entered the events Yashi Haddaji. Founded the company as CEO of Nintendo Russia. Achiva, which was supposed to resell physical copies of games from Nintendo, which banned the sale in the process. The company is based at the same address as Nintendo of Russia and features another head of the Japanese publisher’s branch, Ksenia Kachalova.
According to Nintendo’s statement to Eurogamer magazine, Haddaji doesn’t work for Nintendo. His profile on professional social networking site LinkedIn says he quit in May. In the same place, he states that since June he has been the general director of Achivka, which, of course, is not true. He already ran the company as a Nintendo employee.
Nintendo has previously stated that it is considering partnering with Achivka to provide services to Russian customers. The company has now confirmed to Eurogamer that the deal is official: “In order to fulfill our previous commitments to customers and ensure continuity of service, Nintendo has entered into a temporary partnership with Achivka LLC as the official provider of repair and warranty services for Nintendo products. sold on the Russian market.
Nintendo is still working with Haddai. In addition to the current game resale controversy, he has previously been criticized for verbally abusing fans on live television, as well as being accused of workplace harassment. This led to an investigation by Nintendo, but ultimately the manager stayed in place.
The change in relationship with Haddai and his company goes hand in hand with closure of Nintendo eShop in Russia. Last spring, Nintendo officially stopped physical sales, from May 31 of this year, Russian players will no longer buy digital copies of games or activate them using codes. They will have access to already purchased games.
Source :Indian TV
