Universities are on high alert after receiving a threatening email saying ``Cancel classes so humans can watch Nintendo Direct''

At Nintendo's ' Nintendo Direct 2023.2.9 ,' which was distributed from 7:00 on February 9, 2023, the latest information about Nintendo, including new titles in the Legend of Zelda series, was announced one after another. Due to the time difference, an incident occurred at California State University in which a student sent a threatening email to the university to force the university to cancel classes in order to watch the Nintendo Direct, which was held during the day in the United States, forcing the university and police to be on high alert. did.

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The Fullerton Police Department, which covers California State University, issued a statement on February 8th saying, ``This evening we received a call regarding a vague threat that a university professor received via email. 'It was a reference to the incident and urged professors to cancel classes for the sake of humanity.'

Message from Acting Chief Scot Willey regarding perceived threat to @csuf . pic.twitter.com/RyDbTqfxt9

— CSUF Police Department (@csufpd) February 8, 2023

After hours of investigation by police detectives, it was discovered that the Nintendo Direct was scheduled to take place exactly on the date and time specified by the blackmailer. Also, after that, a person who appeared to be a student at California State University contacted the professor and admitted that ``the threatening email was a bad joke about the Nintendo Direct event.''

As a result, it became clear that the threatening email was just a sick joke, but the police decided to dispatch a K-9 team of police officers and a police dog unit to the campus to patrol the campus. did.

Acting Chief Scott Willey said, ``We understand that threats of any kind, whether serious or not, can make many people feel unsafe. We will do everything we can to ensure the safety of everyone.'

In addition, the new information announced at Nintendo Direct, which the blackmailer wanted to see even by canceling the university lecture, is summarized in the following article.

Summary of the contents of ``Nintendo Direct 2023.2.9'', which is full of information on new titles such as ``The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom'' and ``Pikmin 4'' - GIGAZINE