It’s no secret that Pokemon GO has caused previously peaceful areas to become bustling hubs of activity.
One such area, the Kijkduin beaches south of the Hague, are spawning hundreds of Pokemon GO’s most popular creatures each day resulting in thousands of visitors, reports The Guardian.
There’s only one problem – the sand dunes are a protected wilderness area.
In order to combat this onslaught, authorities in The Netherlands are now suing Niantic, developers of Pokemon GO in order to have the location and other like it removed from the game.
They don’t want to stop foot traffic completely, but rather “want to ban these small virtual animals in protected areas and in the streets from 11:00 pm to 7:00 am.”
“Kijkduin will remain an attractive place for Pokémon hunters, but there will be less trouble for the residents and the damage to protected areas will be limited,” the municipality said.
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I’d like to sue Niantic for blocking access to the game from rooted phones. Got my step-daughter an Xperia Aqua M4, rooted it to increase internal storage (only comes with 4gb), installed the latest update for Pokemon Go, and now she can’t play cos it think’s she’s cheating.
Thanks Niantic.