Get ready to start snacking on some Japanese treats, as there is going to some exclusive AR cards packaged in boxes of Kid Icarus: Uprising Choco Snacks. There are 20 different cards to collect, with one included in each pack. The candy itself looks like some type of chocolate puffed wheat thing, and I imagine the whole experience is pretty similar to some intense Cocoa Puffs.
Pit will make his triumphant return on March 23rd in the US and Europe to the Nintendo 3DS, and the game will include six AR cards. This is the first I've heard of an alternate way to get more cards, and I'm not sure if they include the ones that ship with the release. I'm excited to see Nintendo expand use of the AR card technology, as it was one of the main things to grab my attention on the handheld. At ¥100 per box, I might have to get some of these imported over here. Crunching on some chocolatey goodness has beat eating these Taco Bell boxes I've been suffering through in my quest for a Vita.
Kid Icarus Chocolate Snacks Include Uprising AR Cards [Andriasang]
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what the hell is this crap
Because US audiences aren't as wildly accepting of random video game branded foods. Sure, Mnt Dew obviously found a way to do it with Gamer Fuel every year, but we still see it as Mnt Dew in another one of their whacked out flavors -this snack is a completely different bag of tricks because its literally asking you to take a risk on not knowing what the hell this treat takes like at a chance at a random card. Unless its a well known boxed cereal, your not going to get that kind of commitment, even from kids.
Overall, I blame the late 80's, early 90's, when Nintendo had out their awesome Mario/Zelda cereal that pretty much disappeared in as quickly as it came. Or their variety of fruit snacks. Or even those Tetris Crackers that I think Tony posted on here over the last 6 months. The companies involved didn't see a market here and have rarely come back.
Should NOA team up with an a trusted American/western company? Sure, of course they should, but thats probably taking on a lot more hoops then they're willing to jump through here just to promote a game with a character that hasn't been seen in all his glory since the 80's (seriously can't count Smash Bros for much), what with contracts and whatever fees they need to pay for such a thing. It's probably a lot easier for us to find a semi-realistically-cheap importer and just cut out the need to buy 40 boxes of overpriced western whatever just to get a shot at some of these cards, cause you know whatever company they'd go with would just end up being $4-$6 a box.