https://www.scmp.com/rss/502874/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Consider the case of veteran British actor Bill Nighy, who played Clifford Enterprises founder Howard Clifford in the film Detective Pikachu (2019). When speaking about his time on set, Nighy remarked that he had been “generationally disqualified” from Pokémon in the franchise’s early days, but had since found joy in discovering the wonders of the encyclopaedic Pokedex book. This affection, fostered at the age of 69, is a sign of a broader trend: it is simply impossible to escape Pokémon in... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3038744/how-pokemon-fever-has-gripped-world-connecting?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3038744/how-pokemon-fever-has-gripped-world-connecting?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 24 Nov 2019 21:00:14 +0000