Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is now affecting recreation launches. Nintendo has delayed the debut of Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp past its authentic April eighth goal in mild of “recent world events” — that’s, the struggle. The firm did not but have a brand new launch date and requested would-be gamers to “stay tuned.”

We’ve requested Nintendo if it could elaborate on the choice, but it surely’s not troublesome to see potential causes. The Advance Wars remake, like its predecessors, is a turn-based army technique recreation the place you seize cities and in any other case interact in all-out (if kid-friendly) warfare. Nintendo won’t wish to be seen as glamorizing struggle for youths at a time when the invasion of Ukraine has led to very actual struggling.

The transfer follows Nintendo’s choice to halt digital gross sales in Russia. Game publishers like Ubisoft and Take-Two have additionally backed out of the Russian market.

The delay seemingly will not ship a big blow to the Switch. Nintendo nonetheless has a wholesome roster of video games lined up for 2022, together with Kirby and the Forgotten Land (March twenty fifth) in addition to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet later within the 12 months. It does, nonetheless, trace at the opportunity of extra builders re-timing the launches of military-themed video games out of sensitivity to the Ukraine battle and its victims.