The “Nintendo did COVID-19” conspiracy theory has made it to the big time after The comedic anchor of the HBO news show made a quick reference to the tongue in cheek 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Animal Crossing: New Horizons theory in his latest episode.
For some, the nearly identical timelines of the lockdown caused by the pandemic and Nintendo’s wild success with 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Animal Crossing: New Horizons is cause for speculation. And not just casual speculation, but some straight-up conspiracy talk. There are several out there, but one theory suggests that Nintendo formulated and released COVID-19 to ensure that New Horizons was a smash by keeping everyone and their mother ꦺinside playing.
Of course, these conspiracies are widely reಌgarded as jokes, which is where John Oliver comes in. In a recent episode, he trots out the conspiracy jokes to say that just because everyone assumes and agrees that Nint๊endo did COVID-19 doesn’t make it fact… yet.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons rise follows just about the same trajectory as the pandemic, an unfortunate thing to be linked to but Nintendo has made it work. Cartoons and video games have been fostering weird conspiracy theories since the very beginning, maybe next week he’ll mention the Ed, Edd ‘n’ Eddy purgatory theory!
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