Nintendo Can Use Nostalgia to Compete With Grand Theft Auto VI

In early March, Nintendo Co. released Pokémon Pokopia, the latest instalment in one of the world’s most prolific video-game franchises. I’d pre-ordered the game to arrive on launch day, eager to play something that promised to combine the cosy, world-building mechanics of its Animal Crossing: New Horizons with the pocket-sized monsters I’d grown up with. Pokopia almost immediately became a global success, surprising industry forecasters who hadn’t expected much from the title. To me, though, it