Since "Pokemon Go" was released on July 6, it quickly made noise and became sought-after. A lot of game aficionados are instantly glued to this augmented reality mobile game, but it is also raising a lot of issues making it controversial.
The Controversial Gameplay
As the players of "Pokemon Go" have to look for the characters of the game on the outside world, some places become instantly a PokeStop.
In "Pokemon Go," the Pokemons need to be hunted through the smartphone's GPS location using augmented reality, as per CBC News.
The users of "Pokemon Go" will stay at the PokeStops to catch Pokemon easier and go to the gym to train their catch by letting them fight with other monsters of different players.
Unusual PokeStops
However, these PokeStops are now raising issues as it mostly located in unexpected and popular places, like Westboro Baptist Church, White House, Pentagon, Police Station in Australia and Holocaust Museum.
But, it looks like Holocaust Museum is not a fan of "Pokemon Go" as it wants the gamers out of their place, The Washington Post reported.
The Holocaust Museum works as "Pokemon Go" PokeStop, where players can get a lot of free in-game stuff. In fact, it has three PokeStops inside its premises.
Holocaust Museum Complains
"Playing the game is not appropriate in the museum, which is a memorial to the victims of Nazism," the museum's communications director Andrew Hollinger told the publication. "We are trying to find out if we can get the museum excluded from the game."
There is a snap surfacing online showing a player's screen cap of "Pokemon Go" monster, named Coffing, which is resting in front of Holocaust Museum's Helena Rubinstein Auditorium.
The photo has a strong caption that goes like, the player is not sure if he will be amazed or disappointed with "Pokemon Go" creator for using Holocaust Museum as a PokeStop.
Although Niantic has yet to comment, Andrew Hollinger stressed out that they are, indeed, pro-technology with the use of social media, but using Holocaust Museum as "Pokemon Go" PokeStop is a different story.
