Ann: Leads investment into Sky Mavis, maker of Axie Infinity, page-29

Pokemon is a phenomenon for Decades.
When the Game came out there was nothing comparable to it in the Gaming World.
They had a monopoly. The mechanics of the Game hit the nerves of the Gamers on point and because there was no other Game like this,
their Userbase exploded. Success provided more success and additionally with the help of Television Shows in Japan etc.
The Graphics and Music in this Game were up to date at that Time in 1996.

Unlike Pokemon at that time, the Graphics and the Music of Axie Infinity is not even comparable to the Standards of today.
This new Game Axie Infinity is one of thousands of Pokemon Clones.
Today there are like a Million Games like Pokemon. Everybody wants to jump on the success train with a simple copy.
The Game Axie Infitiy looks and feels like a so called "Indie-Game".
Indie-Games are produced in masses on a Daily Basis and beeing sold for only a few Dollars in Online Stores.

Pokemon was distributed by Nintendo. THE Nintendo.
They company had decades of experience and already a Userbase of Hundreds of Millions Gamers worldwide.
And the Nintendo was the only Console to play besides some exotic, expensive or not so popular Consoles.
Sega was the only competitor. Sega was solid with their numbers but beyond under Nintendo with quality and success and not comparable to them.

When Pokemon came out there was not even a Playstation on the market.
The X-Box of Microsoft was not even intended and planned.

Nintendo produced for Pokemon a TV Show, Trading Cards and Tons of Merchandising Products.
Which helped to become the success which they are today to become a cult phenomenon.

Do you really insist to compare this Game with Nintendos ?