Nintendo and Mario have teamed up with Sonic in the past, but now it's teaming up with SONIC - the drive-in chain in North America.
Rather like with the various Happy Meal toys that we've seen in McDonald's around the world, this promotion offers a toy with 'Wacky Packs' for kids - all based on Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam. Concept art and descriptions for them are below.
Each of the five Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam toys looks and plays differently, offering kids a variety of fun options. One toy shaped like Mario races across the room on wheels, while another featuring Paper Mario and Luigi spins around like a top. Two of the toys even resemble the folded-up paper look of the outrageous papercraft battles featured in the game.
Apparently there are around 3500 SONIC drive-in outlets, so this could prove to be decent marketing for Paper Jam - the toys will be included from 19th April to 30th June.
Are you a fan of SONIC drive-ins and planning to collect these toys? Let us know.
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Huh, neat.
SONIC fast food? Never heard of them? What type of food, burgers an stuff?
I will wait for them to pop up on eBay and buy all at once.
They had to have chosen SONIC on purpose. There's no way they would do it without making the connection.
@NintyMan you can always go to another.
I like the crowned Goomba, he looks more like Mr. Reseti than the Mr. Reseti amiibo.
Have a spring break road trip coming up next week, so maybe we'll hit up a Sonic rather than a McDs 1 of those meals. I wonder if Sonic has an app?
Edit: website says - nope, not where we're going. Oh well, my kids are getting too old for Happy meals anyway.
@readyletsgo
They are just in the States as far as I know. They originally started in Oklahoma in the 50s. Its just your typical fast food, burgers, fries, milkshakes, etc. One cool thing is that you can add flavor shots to your soft drink.
I don't eat fast food often, but if I do it, its usually Sonic. It's all personal preference, but I think their food is much better than McDonalds.
This is excellent news! I love SONIC, and the pretty car hops on rollerskates. No place hops like SONIC.
I am guessing this is why they were asking about favorite fast food restaurants...
@MoonKnight7 @ReadyLetsGo They've changed a lot over the years. However the cheese conies and double bacon cheeseburgers are awesome.
"Aw man, I'm too old to get a kids meal by myself."
Le idea
"Oh this'll work nicely..."
brings random kids and pretends I'm a parent, proceeds to get toys from the bags before handing them to the kids
"Heh heh, alright."
@MoonKnight7 cool, flavored shots in like a coke or Fanta or something?
We have a fast food place here called Supermac's, it's extremely Irish, but still burgers and chips. Few opened up in Australia a couple years back, and I think one opened up in New York this past year. Their garlic cheese chips are amazing and also heart attack inducing lol.
Therr is a Sonic down the road. May have to visit it for a burger and a couple kids meals before the promotion ends.
We have three or four Sonics in my town, so I'll have to pick these up! This reminds me of the Kirby Wendy's toys they had forever ago.
Ha you got me, totally thought you meant Sonic. Still great news for marketing and stuff though.
@readyletsgo
Yup exactly. They have all kinds of flavors you can add. My wife likes to add berry flavors to her 7-Up for instance.
I've never heard of Supermac, but given that I'm pretty close to New York, I'll be on the lookout for it. Again, not a big fast food person, but sometimes you just have to go there since life never stops moving fast.
Sonic is some yummy fast food but for some reason they closed all Sonic's in my region a few years back.
Onion ring jokes incoming...
Oh wow, clicked so fast out of excitement, I didn't see the "No, Not That One". It really needs to be at some point, and not for Olympics.
Now that the weather's getting warmer, I might stop at the one down the street from one of the places I work. The idea of eating in my car over the winter with the heater blasting was not very palatable- I prefer to eat inside in that case.
A lot of their food is just meh, but they have an interesting selection including popcorn chicken and tater tots. And lemon-berry slushies- yum.
With no kids I have little use for this promotion though.
I'm going for that King Goomba.
HE WILL BE MINE
Too much work. Will get on eBay
I got so excited for a crossover for a brief, glorious second...
I didn't know Sonic was still around I haven't seen one in years.
There's a Sonic about thirty minutes away, but I've never eaten at one at all. Are they worth it?
Ew. That place is a gluten-fest with far too much heart attack food. No way.
Good thing I live close to a SONIC.
....o thaaat Sonic..thaaanks, now I'm craving a Sonic Blast...
Oh please, Mario & Luigi Paper Jam is so January 2016.
@Not_Soos it can be that no one would take the deal? Still it's promotional stuff.
I live in Oklahoma as we have more Sonic restaurants on per area than McDonald's by far! They're almost on every corner. Really good food too.
Reminds me of a Mega64 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI6Agm1-kY
LOL, I see what ya did there NL. Chances are the next M&L will have Sonic in it. Wouldn't surprise me.
SONIC is literally everywhere in Texas, pretty much as common as McDonk. They've done some Nintendo partnerships before.
Every time I see Mario and Luigi games now I get angry cause it reminds me how much they butchered Paper Mario.
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