Yesterday, The Pokemon Company officially revealed Pokemon Scarlet/Violet through its latest Pokemon Presents broadcast. Some folks may have noticed that this announcement was relatively low-key however, and now The Pokemon Company has shared why this was the case.

In a press statement today, The Pokemon Company shared that it had decided to “reduce the promotion” of yesterday’s Pokemon Presents broadcast and new game reveal in light of “major world events happening at this time” and out of respect for “those impacted”. This decision was also taken as the event could not be postponed, said the company.

Here is the full statement below:

We wish to be sensitive to major world events happening at this time and those impacted. A pre-scheduled Pokémon Presents was unable to be postponed. Out of respect to our global audiences, we decided to significantly reduce the promotion of the event while giving fans the option to tune [in] if they chose to do so.

While not pointing specifically to any particular event, it’s pretty clear that The Pokemon Company is referring to the current conflict occurring between Ukraine and Russia in the past week.

We’ll report back if we hear more in the future. Stay tuned.