Nintendo Restructures Testing Department, Lays Off Contractors Amid Gaming Industry Cuts
• Nintendo acknowledges internal testing department restructuring, involving some contractor layoffs and new full-time roles
• Contractors claim Nintendo faces a "lull" with few major first-party games on horizon and no Switch 2 testing
• Number affected unclear but could impact over 100 testers, with full-timers moving out of testing
• Comes amid industry-wide layoffs at Sony, Microsoft; Kotick departs Activision with $15M payout
• Recent titles include Princess Peach Showtime; Paper Mario TTYD remaster planned