UPDATE: Company present "actively investigating".

UPDATE 18/8/22: Nintendo has issued an interior effect to yesterday's study which alleged intersexual harassment wrong Nintendo of America.

The connection to employees comes from institution brag Doug Bowser, and was leaked online by Kotaku. In it, Bowser says the institution is present "actively investigating" yesterday's claims. The afloat connection follows.

"We person strict policies designed to support our employees and associates from inappropriate behaviour and expect afloat compliance with these policies by each who enactment for oregon with u," Bowser wrote. "We person and volition ever analyse immoderate allegations we go alert of, and we are actively investigating these astir caller claims."

ORIGINAL STORY 17/8/22: A study has elaborate instances of intersexual harassment astatine Nintendo of America, and a moving situation wherever immoderate women - peculiarly declaration employees without full-time employment - felt pressured into silence.

The report, published by Kotaku, builds connected allegations reported successful the past astir a disagreement betwixt Nintendo's full-time and contracted staff, the second of whom bask less perks and deficiency occupation security.

Now, women who worked arsenic declaration employees person travel guardant to sermon immoderate of the issues they faced successful particular, specified arsenic instances of intersexual harassment and unequal pay.

The study claims sexist behaviour was "commonplace", and that a civilization of favouritism meant antheral contractors were seen arsenic much apt to determination connected to "red badge" full-time roles.

At the aforesaid time, a fig of women accidental they were being subjected to sexist comments, with disapproval successful peculiar levelled astatine the caput of Nintendo's merchandise investigating department.

Several women separatedly noted instances wherever antheral unit were heard discussing the colour of pistillate worker's underwear.

Others said it was felt indispensable not to stone the vessel and kick astir inappropriate behaviour, oregon play bully with antheral colleagues making advances,

"If you were approached by a reddish badge, and they appeared to beryllium making moves connected you, [other women said that] you didn't privation to dissuade them excessively hard."

Eurogamer has contacted Nintendo for comment.

Back successful May, Nintendo of America brag Doug Bowser labelled reports into however the institution differentiated betwixt full-time and declaration unit successful presumption of benefits and inclusion arsenic "troubling".

Bowser's predecessor, Reggie Fils-Aimé, distanced himself from the matter, and claimed the issues raised did not bespeak the Nintendo which helium left.

Since then, Nintendo has been deed by a series of worker complaints, arsenic the games manufacture arsenic a full sees a question of labour activism.