The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has called on 'Pokemon Go' fans to stop playing the mobile game on its grounds.
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A spokesman for the museum which provides documentation for the study and interpretation of Holocaust history has come out to state that it is "extremely inappropriate" for members of the public to try catch the digital characters from Nintendo's title at the memorial.
Nearby, The Arlington Cemetery has also expressed their concerns about 'Pokemon Go' attracting people to their site, releasing a statement that reads: "Playing games such as Pokemon Go on these hallowed grounds would not be deemed appropriate."
Both locations feature in the new Android and iOS app that has reinvigorated the Nintendo owned franchise that was so popular in the 90s.
In its original format Pokemon was a handheld game where the aim of the game was to collect virtual creatures, Pokemon.
The game spawned a number of spin-offs including 'Pokémon Snap' and 'Pokémon Pinball' in 1999, a popular TV show, movies, trading cards, and a lot of other merchandise.
The new version of the game ups the ante by using your phone's GPS and clock to detect where and when you are in the game, and make Pokemon appear around you - on your phone screen - so you can go and catch them.
Since its release as a free app the game has taken America by storm - it's not yet available in the UK - but it has been mired in controversy with reports of a one teenage girl finding a dead body while looking for Pokemon. And police in Missouri claimed that four suspected robbers lured in victims with the possibility of Pokemon.
Game developers Niantic Labs have not yet responded as to whether it could stop Pokemon creatures from appearing inside or outside the Holocaust Museum or Arlington Cemetery.
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