Hiroshima asks memorial Pokémon are removed – TVI24

The Japanese town of Hiroshima asked the company responsible for the Pokémon Go game to withdraw targets creatures Peace Park game in town, which honors the victims of the atomic bomb 1945.

the authorities asked the Niantic company, a partner of Nintendo and the Pokémon company in the creation of the game, to eliminate ‘pokeparadas’ and ‘gyms’ existing in augmented reality game, the area that suffered the first nuclear attack in history, advances the Japanese media.

Hiroshima wants to eliminate the virtual beings until August 6, day 71 anniversary of the explosion of the atomic bomb and the occasion for a tribute ceremony, that authorities fear could be affected because of the game.

In the Peace Park have been placed posters to appeal to players who are responsible and careful. Other Japanese localities have also called for the withdrawal of the game from other areas such as, Nagasaki. – Which was also the target of an atomic bomb on August 9, 1945

The Holocaust Museum in the United States asked also users to stop ‘hunting’ Pokémon in the building. According to the director of the Museum, “the game is not suitable for a space that serves as a memory of the victims of the Nazi regime.”

According to the The Washington Post on the basis of the defense of the direction of the memorial is the fact that circulated on social networks the image of a Pokemon identified as “Koffin” which releases a venous gas to ward off enemies.

The pokémon is located in the lobby of the museum, where there are testimonies of Jews who survived the gas chambers. The museum’s director considers it “strange and offensive find this game a site dedicated to making the world never forget that thousands of people were killed in gas chambers in Nazi extermination camps.”