Japanese beverage company DyDo has teamed up with Nintendo to make canned coffee even more appealing. Starting on 17th February the drinks manufacturer will be putting a range of 8-bit Super Mario themed collectables on top of their cups.
It appears that lucky Japanese customers will be able to collect 8-bit style Mario, Luigi, Bowser, Princess Peach, Goomba, Koopa Troopa, Toad and cloud riding Lakitu. Frankly, we'd buy these in the West just because they look cool, but the odds on that are nil unless a similar product in the West has the same idea.
These should prove to be very collectable and even if canned coffee isn't to everyone's taste; it's got to taste better than Pepsi Ice Cucumber right?
[source dydo.co.jp, via twitter.com]
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Why doesn't this kind of stuff ever come to america. My daughters are in love with Mario and Peach and I can barely find anything to decorate their rooms with unless I get through amazon or eBay at high expensive prices or make it all myself. I'd love to have these to put my coffee in!!!!
No Piranha Plant = Missed opportunity
No thanks. I will stick to drinking my Suntory Boss.
Coffee + Nintendo Characters = AWESOME!
Coffee and Nintendo are two things I very much enjoy. No love for the U.S. for this it seems though. I don't think I could decide on who I wanted anyway.
@TwilightV Agreed.
I really do like these, though.
Being a Nintendo fan is tough sometimes. We dressed up my son for Halloween as Wind Waker Link and he loved it. Most people thought he was Peter Pan or something, though. :/ Fortunately, he never cared. We made an awesome Skyward Sword Zelda costume for my daughter, too, but I think maybe one person recognized her. She was okay with it, but this last year it was Steve? from Minecraft and Rainbow Cat (an original).
Nintendo needs to embrace mass media again. It needs to leverage its own legacy like other companies have done and back it up with solid products. Nintendo used to mean video game console to many.
Personally, I think they have the solid products and now they need the mindshare again. I really think Nintendo missed an opportunity to reintroduce Mario and other characters into the Mii centered Wii sports games. Well, let's face it Nintendo has missed tons of opportunities.
I actually think the Zelda TV series is a good idea, for instance, but execution is obviously key. Even better, a first class Mario show would be a good idea. It could include shorts from other games, too, like Pikmin. I've said it before but the format of the old Super Mario show, with live actors might even work for this, but you'd only want top talent to be working on it.
Anyway, I guess I had too much time to comment on this. lol.
I'm amazed that Nintendo didn't make these into Amiibo figures. They'll be selling canned ice coffee by the pallet-load doing that!
@DarthNocturnal
Though Tim Hortan's is no longer owned by a Canadian company anymore since we sold it to Burger King though the head quarters are still in Canada.
@aaronsullivan I totally agree. And thumbs up to your kids for wearing Zelda costumes in spite of the ignorant masses. You obviously raised them well
oh google gods help get these out of my dreams and into my mailbox...
i love canned coffee, i buy that and canned thai iced tea at my local asian grocery store all the time, also the thai non-carbonated little 4 or 5 oz. red bull. it would be awesome if they got these in, i would collect them all for sure. maybe if i ask them they can get them.
These are pretty funny, but importing them would be a pain, so I guess I'll miss out.
@TwilightV Hey, you're right! Didn't even notice until you pointed it out!
"it's got to taste better than Pepsi Ice Cucumber right" From everything I've heard, Pepsi Ice Cucumber is actually delicious, and I can see how it could be. Don't knock it before you try it.
Does anyone remember when Pepsi did a similar thing with bottle caps a while ago? Damn I'd love to have that here.
Oh no no no, I would never buy canned coffee. I only buy it fair trade, fresh in a pouch, and hopefully full bean so I can manually grind it later into a pot to brew "cowboy style." (The longer the time has passed since a coffee bean has been ground, the more their flavor and nutrients will have deteriorated.) That is (IMO) the best way to experience coffee- Fresh is good, fresh with good conscience and superb natural sweetness without artificial flavoring or overheating is even better!
Isn't the princess one Daisy and not Peach?
@Neoncp20 Nope, that's Peach. Daisy debuted in Super Mario Land, which was released about 4 years after Super Mario Bros.
@plywoodstick If I had the lifestyle (time set aside for such things) to do that with my coffee regularly I really would. It's so much better freshly ground. Can taste it right now.
@Mk_II Thanks! But, seriously, you agree with everything I said in that post? 0_o
@aaronsullivan yep, in particular the part about leveraging their own legacy. Nintendo is sitting on a goldmine of Disney-esque proportions.
Those are friggin' sweet. I wonder if we could import or would customs have a problem with it? (foreign food items)
Pepsi Ice Cucumber sounds awesome.
Cool!
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