25 Year-Old Japanese Man Arrested For Allegedly Threatening To Blow Up Nintendo's HQ

When the console war just goes too far.

Sounds like the same level of logic as those that think Nintendo should only make games not systems.

Some people just get too invested into these things.

Of all the companys sigh

Option 1: he is really insane.
Option 2: he is the most stupid troll in the world.

Oh, those crazy Sony fanboys!

I knew Sony fanboys were bad, but this is a whole new low.

I just can't comprehend the stupidity here. Have we really reached a point in this whole "console war" fanboyism where we think we need to pysically harm those who make rival consoles to prove our choice of console is best?

What in the world did Nintendo do to this guy? Like somehow ruin his family or something?

Why can´t these people accept nintendo´s success???

@andreoni79 trolls aren't adhoc terrorists... Just annoyingly lame.

and yet all I can think about is how lame the building looks

Oh Microsoft...microsoft...nothing will save X1....not even this....

In this thread: 150+ people making the same "Microsoft/Sony fanboys have gone to far!" jokes....

I bet the reason for the hate were disagreements with nintendogs strategy of late. Some people take it way too serious and way too far. This is why console wars are some of the most shameful and pathetic thing us gamers can involve ourselves in. Hating someone (or in this case a company) simply for their actions that do not affect you in any meaningful or physical way is wrong.
Im exagerating here but hating others preferences is much the same as racism sexism or homophobia and it MUST STOP

@Sparx I'm glad I'm not the only one thinking this!

A part of me thinks he was just a really dumb troll who didn't think about what he was really saying.... either way WHAT AN IDIOT!

@MrWalkieTalkie ive just posted pretty much the same thing. And people wonder why the rest of the world consider gaming a childish or evil thing...

has it even been confirmed that a Sony/Microsoft fan did this?

It's good to know that the Japanese have their fair share of crazy fanboy gamers.

Microsoft hired him.

@Phantom_R so funny lol

@Nintendo6400 I think "Nintendo go bankrupt." says it all...

Nintendo what have u done to this man ho u did,nt make star fox u when u should have done lol

This is what I was afraid of.

... "Bomberman" fan? I'm upset as the next guy that Hudson got swallowed up, but why blow up Nintendo who brings so much joy to the world?

it just shows how good .( NINTENDO) is to its rivals to have something like this done keep going Nintendo show them what u can do ...AND YES IAM A FAN OF NINTENDO AND PROUND OF IT

Just another XBOX PR stunt. The police should be asking old Bill Gates a few questions about this!

This guy is a tool.

@Marshi completely agree with you i mean... i cant stand MS but i dont go at ppl who like it as i dont like it when thay do it to me ppl need to lern to accsept difrnt ppl have difrnt taste in thing in life and if you dont like it leav them be as long as there not actualy herting you or eniybody elce in the process.

@Platypus101 I meant, if its not mental illness, than it's exaggerate stupidity, which is scarier...
All other people talking about fanboism are surely joking, glad that no one got hurt.

Keep him locked up!

@DestinyMan You pretty much summed up what I was just typing.

On a serious note, this guy is from HUDSON?

You know you're on top when they are others wanting to bring you down.

If this was by M Night Shyamalan, then the suspect would be a longtime Nintendo fan. The Internet is turning into a dark and scary place each day.

Those mad Nintendo U fans, but this is going to far take notice Nintendo fanboys lessons can be learned.

@MrWalkieTalkie Why would you assume that's what happened? He could have been a Nintendo fan who wasn't happy with something that happened, an ex employee or even a complete non gamer.

I'm no FBI profile specialist, but this guy strikes me as someone wanting attention (& medical help) in his vain attempt to be an Anonymous-esque revolt leader. Hoping the news and threats have not caused too much disruption and stress at Nintendo HQ and for their families and friends. Always reassuring to know that the Authorities act quickly and decisively.

Perhaps he wanted to bomb Nintendo's HQ to see if there were any secret rooms on the other side of the walls... should've poked them with his sword first.

Serious now, if he was bored out of his mind, he had a lot of options to have some harmless fun instead of threatening anyone.

Personally, I would've suggested a psychiatrist.

Whenever somebody leaves bombs at Nintendo Life HQ, Dazza just gives them to me to review.

@Philip_J_Reed
Good stuff. You win this mass of comments by far.

My God! What was going on in that guy's head!? Did he lose his mind? Is he jealous of Nintendo's success? Is he an insane fanboy who would do ANYTHING to defend his company?

But thank God Nintendo's executives are Ok!

God bless them!

Man sony fan boys really are psychotic aren't they?

@ultraraichu This is one of the incidents that led to the Dark of the Internet... In the internet we trust!
Sorry for my stupid joke, just had to do it XD

There are a lot of nuts out there, unfortunately.

Good Lord...

This isn't funny :S Why are people making tasteless fanboy jokes?

They should put a giant statue of Bowser outiside the building to intimidate fools and remind them who they're messing with.

If this guy was threatening Microsoft Studios for what they did to Rare Ware, I'd support him.

A burned WiiU owner, most likely...lol

I can't even...

Why???

Yeah, this is way more than a simple act of "trolling". The guy "accessed the online inquiry form on Nintendo's homepage" to submit his kill list, then later admitted to his deeds. A bit more extreme than a kid on a forum saying "Sony rules! Nintendo should die!"

Even if it was some crazy guy wanting attention, his threats were too grave to take lightly.

This goes to show that even if you're trying to improve yourself to help your company and grow your business, there's still an idiot out there who would want you dead. Knowing Nintendo had exist since 1889, they have had these kind of threats all the time. They're not gonna submit in fear, they will improve and move on.

Because death threats are hilarious, am I right?........Anyone?

You're wasting your time people, you can't win against Nintendo. lol

So upsetting
Some people just haven't left their caves yet..

I don't think that guy is an Sony or Microsoft fanboy. Something pissed him off or he just want attention. I know a couple of people are pissed off by any companies when their family or friends lost their jobs to oversea, budget cut, and some other reasons as well.

To be fair, we don't know much about this guy.

must be a f-zero fan.

Moment they cornered the perp:

Lmfao Sony fanboys you no the usual they mad in screaming Sony what did they do to you ahh!!!!! lmao

@Philip_J_Reed I see you got a few early Christmas presents

Diabolical criminals like him is what makes me think this world has gone mad.
Despicable. Just despicable.

My GOD

After sending the Sankei page through a couple website translators (not vouching for their accuracy at all), the term "bankruptcy margin" comes up a lot. I wonder if this alleged death threat sender was just an angry investor or even a hardcore Nintendo fan that is just incredibly upset at devoting his life to something he sees as faltering. It's an interesting thought.

One thing is for sure....

He's no Nintendo fanboy.

What bothers me most about this, is the fact that it wasn't really addressed. So, a guy threatens to blow up Nintendo... Did anybody really care to ask why?

Some people....T_T

I'm sure there are plenty crazies out there who want Nintendo out of commission just so their favorite non-Nintendo franchise can win.

@Marshi @Volmun I agree! People's (including my own) lives can be really negatively affected by the abuse about Nintendo. Is it really ok that we grow up in an environment where liking something that's not over Americanized and 'the most popular one' is seen as straight up wrong?

I know a lot of people hate Nintendo, but to threaten them is going at a whole new level.

@Sparx The EU HQ that is just a few miles away where I live, doesn't look much better. lol Nobody expects a building like Google or EA have.

On Topic:
I really want to know why, or what was going on in his head.. =/

This is going to be so bad if the HQ blowed up.........THEY WILL BE DEAD!!!!!!

@MrWalkieTalkie

Was thinking the same thing...the constant Neogaf trolling of Nintendo fan boards seems welcomed compared to this.

Well, if there were actually bombs planted, I'm glad they caught this guy. It's sad when people have such a problem with something, or want attention so badly, that they're willing to murder people.

I'm unappy with the wii u too dude, but blowing up nintendo's hq isn't gonna solve anything. I hate to break it to you, it's not like Team Rocket headquarters, most people there are really cool.

Did the man at least say why he wanted to kill their staff members? Any reason(s) given?

Idiots, idiots everywhere.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?

How does... I... Why..

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?

Someone has a personal grudge against Nintendo.

@Doma.
DOMA. A SONY FANBOY!
Today: A burned Sony troll offended of his plans failing.
Tomorrow: Causing the 11/21 by blowing up Microsoft.
Then: Sony and Microsoft Fanboys Bomb themselves to the battle of the GODS! and Nintendo is the Only Video game company!
That's all i have to say..Nice job Fanboyism!

Nintendo does more than just video games in Japan so chances are its not even game related. They make pachinko machines if I remember right, it could easily be an angry gambler. If I lost everything at the casino I'd probably be just as angery at the machines' manufacturer as the casino itself too.

This is just too much of a far cry from the usual internet threats to seriously write it off as an angery fanboy, its just too extreme for no actual gain, monetary or otherwise.

@HaNks Or a [insert any Nintendo IP other than Mario/Zelda] Fan.

Complete idiot that deserves to be locked up for good and watched at all times. What a stupid fool who brought this upon himself for no good reason.

@Mikky gotta copy that, thank you ^^ lol

Seems mental instability crossed with the incessant immaturity of the gaming industry (media and makers alike) trolling how Nintendo sucks, needs to go away and die finally bubbled over into this almost climax if all this crazy came to pass instead of being arrested over it. Sick.

I'm glad this crisis has been averted.

This guy need the death penalty. I wonder if they have it in Japan

@MkTony7

I don't think it needs to quite go that far as he never cause any real harm to anyone. I few year in jail will probably do him good.

Oh crap! Good thing the barsteward was arrested.

@Mikky I take offense to that. In my experiences (I have played across all platforms, mind you) the gamers who play on Microsoft's system are usually a lot more violent. Love getting death threats for winning an online game~

if you bored buy a wii u not a bomb!

Wait he said Executives ? Sounds more like an ex employee or someone with a grudge against the staff.

ooooh man im totally reading comments

don't arrest him KILL HIM!!!! DX

This man needs to be punished.

BTW are Nintendo fans out of their mind? Must be a Sony fan?! You guys are the extremists of the gaming world ! Narrow minded i guess.

Just pose as a fire-breathing dragon and make death threats to mustached plumbers wearing red hats, and you'll be fine; it's called cosplay!

For a company based on innovation, they certainly have a dull building as Nintendo HQ.

It's kinda sad to go to this site and see comments of immature as usual Nintendo fanboys blaming Sony/Microsoft fans for a 25 yrs old Japanese man threatening to blow up the Nintendo HQ without the proper information to understand why this guy wanted to do this but as usual Nintendo chumps use this travesty (which innocent people could been killed if true) as one of they immature selfish console war jokes that's low even for y'all and pathetic but this is Nintendo Life so why complain..........- _ -

sony fanboys raging again? taking it to step 3 or something jeez calm down xD

haters going to hate right?

@DarkNinja9 Raging? Most of NL users point to sony Fans. I admit i am a Sony fan but that doesn't mean i hate Nintendo. My Nintendo Wii U and 3DS XL are the proof of that. Furthermore, i think i played more hours on my DS than any of you ^^ 5 playthroughs Dragonquest alone Grind Grind

@Sanquine I think he ment thst to the comment above his

@Tobias95 Than i would understand a bit. The guy above him has a major rant

Woooow. There are always enough people in the world willing enough to make fools of themselves at others' expenses. Except this one, it got him locked up. Good riddance.

I have a theory:
Maybe he recently moved to another country, requested that Nintendo change the country on his NNID, and had all his purchased eShop games removed.
Maybe he also lost 9000 Club Nintendo points, which he had been diligently inputting the codes for and saving up for years to spend on something really good, because of a random and arbitrary policy change at Nintendo which caused him to lose them.
Maybe he tried to complain through the proper channels and was ignored.

I highly doubt that though - sounds like he has mental health issues, sadly.