Nintendo has announced that it closing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes in Belgium.
Laws
The reason for this is Belgium’s laws on loot boxes and gambling. Both games feature micro transactions to level up or buy cosmetics. The company also says that it won’t be releasing future mobile games in that country.
In a statement, Nintendo says it will be no longer be possible to play and download the games from Tuesday 27th August 2019.
Statement
Due to the current unclear situation in Belgium regarding certain in-game revenue models, we have decided to end the service for Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes in Belgium. It will therefore no longer be possible to play and download the games from Tuesday 27th August 2019.
Players who still have Orbs and / or Leaf Tickets in their account can continue to use them until the service ends. In addition, future Nintendo games with similar earnings models will no longer be released in Belgium.
We would like to thank all players in Belgium for playing Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp and Fire Emblem Heroes.
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