So today, Chad "Amazing" Concelmo was debating out loud: which was his favorite cereal of all time, Fruity Pebbles or Cookie Crisp? This, like most things, sparked a 60-email thread about cereal.
Topher and Samit, on one hand, prefer Cookie Crisp because of how it keeps in milk. They hated how quickly the "Pebbles" line of cereals would get soggy when sitting in a bowl.
"Once the milk hits the cereal, you've got a window of optimum milk soakage in which to enjoy your cereal. Cap'n Crunch stays within those parameters for a good 15 minutes or so," said Topher, bringing the good Cap'n into the discussion, "while Fruity Pebbles is ruined by the time you can go sit down to eat it."
Then there's the other guys who don't like sweet cereals, and prefer the more adult brans and such. Yes, they're all receiving written warnings.
So what does this have to do with videogames? The Nintendo Cereal System -- a breakfast cereal distributed by Ralston in the late '90s -- was crap, through and through. One side of the box was Mario-themed cereal -- the other, Zelda -- and both were awful. Like Wii Play with the Wii Remote, the cereal came with Nintendo stickers and trading cards, so we bought it anyway. Nintendo's always been sneaky.
Hit the jump for another gut-wrenching videogame cereal commercial, along with various Destructoid writers' cereal-related comments. Because you care.
"It was a summer day like any other. I rode there on the children's bus, soaked in leavings of playground sweat, while the only ventilation streamed through the child-safe windows. As I turned to wipe my face I noticed that this fat bitch Barbara was sitting next to me was eating Corn Pops like it was the last food on earth. Her sweaty fingers dug furiously into the single serving box and quickly returned to her face with the vigor of a sledgehammer, smashing them into her pig-like face. In fact she was so hypnotized by the autonamy of her feeding fist that she could not have noticed that a Corn Pop was stuck to the side of her sweaty cheek like a suckling maggot. Sweat. Barbara. Corn pops. Maggots. I could not look at Corn Pops the same way again and switched to Rice Crispies shortly after." -Niero
"I once ate an entire box of Fruity Pebbles in one sitting. The sugar rush was so extreme, that the rate my body was shaking allowed me to see into the future. I wouldn't recommend it." -Dyson
(Pictured: Conrad Zimmerman, Count Chocula)
"Fruity Pebbles are the reason why I eat everything quickly now." -Ashley Davis
"My name is Chad Concelmo and I'm here to say I love Fruity Pebbles in a major way The Bedrock yellow, orange, purple, lime, and red But to get that fruity taste I gotta' trick Fred
Also, Crunch Berries. SHIT! Now I have to choose between three." -Chad Concelmo
Captain Crunch Berries is the epitome of breakfast, I don't care what anybody else says. I honesty don't know why the cereal companies keep trying, cpt crunch berries were invented in 1963.
I love how they messed with the sprites in Mario and Zelda to make them more recognizable. If that commercial were released today, they'd be facing tons of emails from obsessive fans about how inaccurate they were.
Also, I gotta say Lucky Charms is the best cereal out there. They're just too magically delicious.
See, why haven't they ever made a Pac-Man cereal? Seems logical. Round white sweet cereal balls, and blue ghost marshmallows (cuz you can't eat the colored ones). Make it a joing op between Capn Peanut Butter Crunch and Lucky Charms.
"My name is Chad Concelmo and I'm here to say
I love Fruity Pebbles in a major way
The Bedrock yellow, orange, purple, lime, and red
But to get that fruity taste I gotta' trick Fred"
cap'n crunch is the best u got to eat fruity pebbles in small increments I also like special k but I feel weird buying it I feel like its a women's cereal oh yeah rasin bran is the shit too
When I was little, I would get the biggest bowl I could find, and pour five different cereals into it. I know there is someone else out there who grew up eating Lucky Charms, Cap'n Crunch, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and Cheerios at the same time, and I intend to marry this person.
omg see this is the kind of stuff Dtoid was always known for, I love it you guys! Who knew there were actually words to the Underground level of Super Mario Bros?! (NIN-TEN-DO, NIN-TEN-DO!)
Childhood wise, I always loved Honeycomb or Corn Pops...and when they were around the TMNT cereal, it was green, totally awesome (to the max)
Whaaaaaat??? Donkey Kong Cereal was the GREATEST! I loved that stuff! I was so bummed when I noticed they weren't making it anymore.
Tho I suspect it was just repackaged Cap'n Crunch or a very close facsimile. The DK "barrels" even wreaked havoc with the roof of your mouth, just like the Cap'n
@ Bigby
What they really should do is take makes the ghosts those marshmallows that change color when they hit milk. So it'd look like the red ghost in the box, but when it hits the milk it a blue ghost that you can eat.
I liked the Pokemon cereal. It was just Lucky Charms with different marshmallows. No way to mess that up.
And I agree, I'd love to see more dumb stuff like this. It really sets DToid apart.
Sure, Nintendo cereal had a weird plasticky taste, but that doesn't mean it was awful. It's hard to describe it's flavor, though, I've never had anything else quite like it.
favorite of all time would have to be lucky charms. I like fruity pebbles but if you eat to much at one time you get this strange film on the roof of your mouth.
You do realize Trix was originally round balls for over 30 years until 1992 when they changed to the fruit shapes. They just went back to balls in 2005.
Dude, regular Capn' Crunch was a man's cereal. That shit would cut your mouth up when you ate it. I'm also partial to Cinnamon Toast Crunch except that it got soggy pretty fast.
Cinnamon Toast crunch was my favorite cereal as a kid (and it's still awesome). Many a Saturday morning was spent between a bowl of that and an episode of TMNT. Now though I am partial to Special K Fruit and Yogurt.
@drocinktown Yeah, Trix is pretty terrible now.
@Evil Cheese Hell yeah it was. Fresh Cap'n Crunch is awesome if dangerous. For a cereal to be that damn tasty that you'll slice your mouth like you were eating knives is special.
But were they actually proper Oreo biscuits? I don't think they ever had Oreo cereal in Britain, so I had to improvise. We had Lucky Charms when I was a kid, but now they stopped selling them over here. :(
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Also, I gotta say Lucky Charms is the best cereal out there. They're just too magically delicious.
But mainstream? Cookie crisp ties with frankenberry but frankenberry is avialable like one time a year ;_;
That said, I do remember the Mario/Zelda cereal, but the Donkey Kong one is new to me.
I love Fruity Pebbles in a major way
The Bedrock yellow, orange, purple, lime, and red
But to get that fruity taste I gotta' trick Fred"
That. Is. Amazing.
Childhood wise, I always loved Honeycomb or Corn Pops...and when they were around the TMNT cereal, it was green, totally awesome (to the max)
Ewww...
Tho I suspect it was just repackaged Cap'n Crunch or a very close facsimile. The DK "barrels" even wreaked havoc with the roof of your mouth, just like the Cap'n
Also, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, ftw.
What they really should do is take makes the ghosts those marshmallows that change color when they hit milk. So it'd look like the red ghost in the box, but when it hits the milk it a blue ghost that you can eat.
Also fruity pebble are the best.
eschatos I love soggy cereal...infact I make a point of just letting it sit for a few moments to become that way before I consume it lol.
And I agree, I'd love to see more dumb stuff like this. It really sets DToid apart.
Or not.
Umm Oreo cereal has been around for like 10 years...
They even sell another kind with marshmallows.
And btw they are fucking awesome if a little hard to find.
Also I never had the Nintendo cereal. which one was better Mario or Zelda?
Try and get the reference.
Nuff said.
You do realize Trix was originally round balls for over 30 years until 1992 when they changed to the fruit shapes. They just went back to balls in 2005.
@drocinktown Yeah, Trix is pretty terrible now.
@Evil Cheese Hell yeah it was. Fresh Cap'n Crunch is awesome if dangerous. For a cereal to be that damn tasty that you'll slice your mouth like you were eating knives is special.
Also lucky charms "marshmallows" suck
But were they actually proper Oreo biscuits? I don't think they ever had Oreo cereal in Britain, so I had to improvise. We had Lucky Charms when I was a kid, but now they stopped selling them over here. :(
This is such an important issue. I ask about it in the question threads for every podcast, and it's never addressed.