How millennial nostalgia fueled 'Pokemon Go' successPORTLAND, Maine -- The children who once dreamed of capturing real-life Pokemon starting in the 1990s are now the nostalgic millennials helping fuel the worldwide success of "Pokemon Go." On a recent night, she was outside playing "Pokemon Go" when someone shouted that they had found Aerodactyl, a rare, pterodactyl-inspired monster. In the fall of 1998, Pokemon mania hit U.S. shores as Nintendo released its popular "Pokemon" Game Boy games and a companion television show hit the airwaves. In between glances at her smartphone to check for nearby Pokemon, Richardson reminisced about choreographing endless dance routines to the "Pokemon: The First Movie" theme soundtrack with her cousins and brother. "I think the nostalgia element makes it so easy to talk to strangers," Richardson said while exploring downtown Portland this week.

Source: The China Post July 21, 2016 18:11 UTC