Nintendo Museum Overseas Visitors Reportedly Breaking ‘No Photos’ Rule

Photos featuring hardware prototypes have gone viral

Image: Nintendo
According to a new story doing the rounds, overseas visitors are causing some troubles at Nintendo’s museum in Japan.

As highlighted by Twisted Voxel, a report by the Japanese site ‘Nintendo Every’ claims some tourists are sharing photos of the “no-photography area” in the museum on social media platforms. One post, in particular, featuring hardware prototypes has gone viral, receiving thousands of likes:

Image: via ‘Nintendo Every’
Although Nintendo is known to operate a bit differently at times, it’s not uncommon for museums and places like art galleries to have a “no-photo” rule in place in certain sections, and generally touching exhibits or things you shouldn’t is prohibited.

These kinds of actions follow a story last week about a museum visitor unplugging the cord of a Super Nintendo controller:

What’s concerning is the possibility this sort of behaviour could result in Nintendo implementing new rules for certain visitors.

As much as Japan welcomes tourists, there’s been a sharp rise in travellers in recent years – with the country implementing new restrictions and fees in response to this. There have also been some cases where tourists are not respecting the local rules, culture and laws.

Of course, this isn’t the first time something like this has happened and it’s only become harder for companies to police in the age of social media.

Nintendo’s new Switch Online playtest launched this week and it asked participants to not to “discuss or disclose content”. Unsurprisingly, as soon as it went live, players were streaming and uploading footage of the playtest on social media and other parts of the internet.

If we hear any other stories like this, we’ll let you know. And if you are visiting Nintendo’s museum, maybe check the museum rules or with a staff member before you take any photos.

[source nintendoevery.com, via twistedvoxel.com]

Liam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief.

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