The reasons Covid mentions got purged was for two reasons:
1) Since the pandemic is still going on, Covid pages and mentions have been considered as breaking ROCEJ rules
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2) An app has to be a killer app on its own merits. Old Ask the Tropers thread that discussed this. If a game/app only became popular due to external influences, then that game/app didn't become a killer app on its own merits.
Does the "Genre" section really belong here? Can a genre really have a killer app? The examples listed in that section seem like they fit Gateway Series more than this trope.
Simple, Oni
Although yes, 'Killer' is a fandom term for good and the like, 'Killer App' sounds like a virus. If you mean to derive the title using the Rule of Cool, then that's okay, but think of something other than something that reminds people of a killing application like Epic App or Must Have App.
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I see your point, but it's not a fandom term. It's an industry term, and it's been used for a long time, so I think it's the better title. Here's the Wikipedia page on the term; the first reference is from 1989.
It said not to mention COVID-19 without a discussion, so I'm wondering why it's not mentioned alongside the Animal Crossing: New Horizons example? Almost every outlet discussing the boom of the game and the Switch itself during spring 2020 mentions the appeal of a relaxing life simulator with Play Every Day rewards, which made ACNH more appealing under quarantine. The game itself was hyped for years and probably would have sold like mad either way, but the social climate is definitely a factor and I don't know why mentions were removed.
Even the thread that led to this notice is more about not mentioning apps that blew up because of COVID-19
, which is misuse as it states that COVID-19 is somehow a Killer App itself, but in the case of AC:NH, the entry is about how the game boosted the Switch's popularity. Years of hype plus quarantine boosts AC, the Killer App in question, which boosts the Switch.
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