Nintendo's Animal Crossing changes game of politics in US and Asia

Hit Switch title and apps like TikTok become spaces for virtual politicking and protest

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U.S. presidential candidate Joe Biden has found a new campaign platform -- Nintendo's latest Animal Crossing game. (Source photos by AP and Kyodo) 

JADA NAGUMO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- Nintendo's "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" game has gone from being a surprise hit, to a forum for Hong Kong pro-democracy protests and most lately a place for U.S. political messages, highlighting the potential for games to become a new political platform.

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