Some Nintendo fans are taking their fandom to extremes and it’s not all positive. It’s just been reported that an avid Super Smash Bros. player has just sent a bomb threat to the Nintendo World Store which is located at Rockefeller Center in New York City.
The reason for the threat revolves around the removal of playable game kiosks in the store and it looks like the individual who made the threat focused his disapproval over the disappearance of the Super Smash Bros. kiosk. The threatening message was actually sent to an email account the store hasn’t been using in a while. While the message was sent in April, it was only recently discovered because an employee was cleaning up the inbox.
Additionally, Mitsu, a Twitter user and Twitch streamer is now involved in the investigation. He recently made some Tweets about the situation and revealed that the investigation is still ongoing and the threat did not “prompt a closure of the store.” See some of his Tweets below.
The NYPD has said that it is investigating, and the site said the FBI is also looking into the threats. In lighter news, Super Smash Bros. recently announced an epic roster for its upcoming Nintendo game at E3.
BREAKING: Nintendo World NYC received a bomb threat earlier this morning from a yet unidentified person expressing displeasure over the Smash Bros. kiosks being removed from the store. The situation has been escalated by NYPD to the FBI and may be investigated as a Terrorist act.
— Mitsu (@MitsuShow) June 16, 2018
Most I can say about that for now. Honestly, probably shouldn’t have until it was picked up elsewhere, but it was I felt of interest to the public when I learned of it.
— Mitsu (@MitsuShow) June 16, 2018
Some clarification from earlier:
This threat, while considered “credible,” did not prompt a store closure or disruption of service.
The threats had been ongoing for the past few days.
And no, it’s not a joke. I’m not keen on jokes about serious threats.
— Mitsu (@MitsuShow) June 16, 2018