Idea Factory International has announced that the Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth series and Death end re;Quest: Code Z will no longer be released on Nintendo Switch.
In explaining the reasoning behind such a decision, the publisher stated that the contents of each game did not comply with Nintendo’s guidelines but chose not to expand on this any further.
“Idea Factory International was originally set to release the following Neptunia titles on the Nintendo eShop on May 21: Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 1, Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2 Sisters Generation, and Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3 V Generation. It was also announced that Death end re;Quest: Code Z was set to launch physically and digitally for Nintendo Switch in 2025,” Idea Factory International’s statement began.
“The three Neptunia titles and Death end re;Quest: Code Z for North America and Europe will no longer launch on the Nintendo Switch/Nintendo eShop due to the contents of the Re;Birth series and Death end re;Quest: Code Z not complying with the Nintendo Guidelines.
“Please note that Death end re;Quest: Code Z will still launch physically and digitally for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 in 2025.”
I seriously don’t understand this at all. Why would Nintendo screw over a small company that’s at least bringing real games over that isn’t AI generated. They need to face some serious backlash over the way they screwed over IFI.