Nintendo has announced plans to build new offices in Austria, formally ending its partnership with the country’s distributor Stadlbauer. Opening in Vienna, the new office will market and distribute Nintendo products across the country, possibly as a subsidiary to Nintendo Germany.

The move was revealed by Nintendo Germany’s general manager Bernd Fakesch who said engaging in the Austrian market was a core strategy for the growth of the business, and that the new team will be “dedicated to 100 per cent of this task”. With the new offices, Fakesch hopes to show how serious the corporation is by expanding into new markets and the growth of such in the future.