French Education minister: Get rare Pokémons out of our schools

Enlarge / French Education minister Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, leaving the Elysee Presidential Palace last week in Paris. (credit: Frederic Stevens/Getty Images)

France’s education minister has asked the company that makes Pokemon Go to keep its most valuable creatures out of French schools.

At a press conference earlier today, Najat Vallaud-Belkacem said she will soon meet with California-based Niantic to ask them to tweak their game. According to statements reported by the Associated Press, Vallaud-Belkacem wants to keep some creatures out of French schools, since she’s worried they would tempt non-students to enter.

Principals can already apply online for a school to be wholly removed from the game’s map, but Vallaud-Belkacem wants the company to take some steps without being asked. The minister says that her main concern is the placement of extremely rare or “legendary” Pokemon creatures in schools, which would prove too tempting to strangers who shouldn’t be around the school.

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Source: Ars Technica – French Education minister: Get rare Pokémons out of our schools