The students and staff of the California State University In Fullerton will see a heavy police presence on campus today after an overzealous gamer emailed his teacher a ‘vague threat’ in an attempt to get classes canceled ahead of today’s Nintendo Direct.
One of the biggest events of the year on many gamers’ calendars, traditionally the consumer-focused Nintendo Direct, is when the company reveals upcoming games for Nintendo Switch, as well as makes other major announcements. brand related.
Nintendo will have plenty to celebrate in this new Nintendo Direct after having a great 2022. After kicking off 2022 with the launch of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, which managed to hold its own against even sales giants like FromSoftware’s Elden Ring, the iconic company He continued to see success with the release of Bayonetta 3 and the success of Kirby and the Forgotten Land.
Ending the year with more Pokémon, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet became the best-selling games in Nintendo’s history in November. Software sales weren’t the only area where Nintendo excelled, as the company recently announced that Switch lifetime sales have surpassed those of the PS4.
Now, in a statement shared on Twitter by the California State University Fullerton Police Department on Tuesday evening, Acting Police Chief Scot Willey has informed the community of a “vague threat to the campus” that a teacher received from a student.
The email mentioned a ‘once in a lifetime event’ taking place the next day and urged the professor to cancel classes ‘for the good of humanity’. The statement goes on to explain how detectives eventually learned that the final Nintendo Direct would take place at the time indicated in the email, before the student contacted his teacher again, admitting that the threat had been a “heavy prank” gone wrong.