Nintendo Japan kickar i stort sett hela personalstyrkan som sedan 2006 jobbat på Nintendo Korea, detta rapporterar koreanska spelsidan GameMeca. Detta kan enligt samma site ha att göra med att Nintendo Korea medvetet valt att aldrig släppa Wii U i Korea utan har istället satsat enbart på 3DS. Såhär skriver siten i sin rapport:
"This decision was apparently made in January, when the employee count was around sixty people. Staff count reportedly peaked in 2011, when around 100 people worked at Nintendo South Korea. Since January, GameMeca adds, Nintendo of Korea apparently began offering an early retirement program and is now down to ten employees." Länk