Holocaust Museum to 'Pokemon Go' Users: 'Don't Play Here'

WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork) -- Nintendo's new game, 'Pokémon Go' is an augmented reality game that allows users to travel between virtual reality and the real world. To play the game, users have to physically walk around the real world to capture, battle and train virtual Pokémon.

Less than a week from launch, the smartphone game has gained so much popularity, that it has surpassed any other social application followings. This new game has become such a cultural phenomenon, that you cannot go anywhere without seeing people walking around with their eyes glued to their smartphones.

On Monday, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum released a statement demanding that visitors take a break from catching Pokémon while exploring the museum.

Andrew Hollinger, the museum's communications director explained, "We feel playing 'Pokémon Go' in a memorial dedicated to the victims of Nazism is inappropriate."

People have also been spotted playing the game at the September 11 memorial, according to the New York Times.

Chris Desciora, a security guard at the memorial added his opinion, "But you know, maybe the game's services could consider where they are placing the Pokémon or whatever," he added. "You should come here to see everything and to respect the memorial not just to catch a Pokémon."