The man arrested for sending death threats to Nintendo – which resulted in the cancellation of Nintendo Live Tokyo earlier this year – has reportedly been charged by Japanese police.
As reported by Japanese newspaper Kyoto Shimbun (thanks VGC), the 27-year-old man, a resident of Hitachi city in Japan’s Ibaraki Prefecture, has been charged with the forcible obstruction of business after sending 39 threats using the inquiry form on Nintendo’s website.
After receiving the messages – which, as Kyoto Shimbun previously reported, included a direct threat to “kill the people at the venue” if Nintendo held its Splatoon Koshien 2023 National Finals in December – the company made the decision to cancel both the Splatoon event and Nintendo Live Tokyo, which had been scheduled to run 20th-21st January this year.
As such, it would cancel the events to “ensure the safety of our customers.”