To celebrate Pac-Man's 30th anniversary, Namco Bandai teamed up with Japanese sweets company Meiji to make some sweets that will be branded with the little yellow puck himself. A variety of milks, coffee and puddings will feature Pac-Man and his ghost buddies on the packaging. I love how Pac-Man is going after the food he's promoting on each packaging.
Akihabara News says that each package will come with a QR code to access one dedicated Pac-Man character to keep on your mobile phone. Some will give you access to play Pac-Man Reborn on your mobile phone, iPhones included.
Of course, this is a Japan-only thing.
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12:00 PM on 09.24.2010 | 
Anyone know a good import site for this type of stuff?
Jlist.com might have it, I've bought some Japanese candy from there before and it was pretty reasonably priced, a Sakura Blossom Kit Kat (really good, btw) cost about the same as buying a Kit Kat at the Circle K.
Or just find one of the many Asian grocer websites on the net, I bought a case of Ramune off one for 15 bucks with shipping. I think it was just called Asian Grocer.
Nate, some of their stuff is good.
RenegadePanda, I'm all about Glico. I always bring a ton of their stuff home from Japan, just as I did this week after TGS.
That's what I call a very, VERY clever marketing detail. It wouldn't seem like much but if you get behind the psychology of it... hell yes.
<3
And while I'm here anyway: Any news on the PS3 port of Tales of Vesperia? I thought they were making one and I was holding out on the 360 version because of the extra content.