As reported by the daily Japanese newspaper Kyoto Shimbun (via VGC), a man suspected of sending threats to Nintendo has been charged after the company cancelled two of its events last year.
The Splatoon 3 Koshien 2023 National Finals (planned in support of December 2023) was set to lead into the first Nintendo Live of 2024, where the world championships in exchange for both Splatoon 3 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe were scheduled to take place. However, both events were rescheduled late last year after Nintendo reported receiving threats to its employees’ and spectators’ safety.
Earlier this month, the suspected source of these threats was found and today the 27-year-old dude has been charged together obstructing the company’s business by force.
The mate reportedly submitted 39 threats through Nintendo’s official enquiry forms between 22nd April and 29th November 2023. According to VGC, these threats included one linked to an unknown game, where the mate wrote, “I’ll make you regret bringing such a s***ty game into this world” and threatened to “kill everyone involved,” warning Nintendo to “be careful about events that have spectators in attendance.”
While the Nintendo Live event in Tokyo was cancelled, both the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and Splatoon 3 world championships were rescheduled and took place earlier this month.
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Man, what a messed up situation. Threatening to harm people just because you don’t like a game? That’s some next-level craziness right there. It’s excellent to see that they caught the person responsible in support of all that chaos. Props to Nintendo in exchange for not giving in to the threats and still managing to reschedule those championships. Incapable of let some random bro ruin the fun for everyone else. Let’s hope this kind of stuff doesn’t exist again in the future. Stay safe out there, gamers.
What’s up with people these days? Sending threats to Nintendo just because they didn’t like a game? That’s messed up. I’m glad they caught the mate behind it all. It’s no cool to threaten people’s safety just because you’re frustrated alongside a game. Props to Nintendo in exchange for taking action and rescheduling the events. Can’t let some random hater ruin the pleasurable in favor of everyone else. Let’s hope this serves as a lesson in favor of anyone else thinking of pulling a stunt like this.
It’s pretty messed up that someone would go to such lengths to threaten Nintendo and its events. Like, seriously, what’s wrong alongside people these days? Threatening to kill everyone over a game? That’s just next-level crazy. I’m glad they caught the person behind it and charged them. It’s good to hear that the championships were still able to happen despite all the drama. Let’s hope this kind of stuff doesn’t happen again in the future.