I remember eating that stuff. It tasted just like any other generic fruity sugar cereal. I'm sure it tastes a lot worse after sitting on a shelf for a few decades. | |
If i wasn't worries about the health hazards over eating a 22 year old box of cereal i'd pop open the box and chow down | |
The number of times I thought to myself: "Hey! Why not buy that special limited-edition stupid thing and store it in my attic for a few decades? It could be worth something!" | |
I bet that wasn't much of a line change for Ralston, slap in a new play-doh style extractor and off to the races. | |
...and thus, a lucky bastard is made. | |
Wow. That's big money for a big cereal. I thought I was crazy for spending £7 on a box of Lucky Charms (you can't really get them in England any more), but this takes the prize. | |
"Hey, want to see my collection of cereal?" Is a great ice-breaker for the ladies. | |
...It seems like the pokemon cereal, it looked good, but tasted rank. Ahh... the follies of youth, not even Nintendo can make good cereals. | |
I swear, everytime I think people can't get anymore insane, then something like this happens.
Bitches love breakfast cereal ;) | |
I remember having this in my youth. I don't remember it being very tasty, like it was less sweet than most sugar-cereals of the day. Certainly not as bland as the damned Kix my mom would consistently buy. Stupid Kix adverts! Corn is most definitely NOT enough! Put some damned sugar in there!!! | |
I just dont want to think about what the contents looks like... | |
I knew I should've bid higher. | |
Meh. Wouldn't stop me from eating it anyway. | |
If it's dehydrated and sealed well, the only thing to worry about is it being tasteless. | |
That stuff tasted like poop. | |
I love me some serial. So does that guy too, apparently. | |
not sure i would eat that when it was new. I'm a student who will eat almost anything but that looks bad. never trust food made by a gaming company. | |
It's things like this that make me want a time machine. | |
Christ, Nintendo had it's gready little finger in everything. | |
It's just Trix with a different shape... | |
Holy shit, I remember that stuff. Never actually got to try any, don't think it was available in Canada; but I remember the commercial for it. | |
You bid too? Damn you. | |
10:1 says the guy ate it when it arrived. All things considered we bought a box of that when it made it's incredibly brief run. It was highly forgettable, since I can't even remember what it tastes like. Sorry Nintendo, you're no Cap'n Crunch. Edit: They have TVs on their heads, how dorky. | |
Hell, I'd try it. I might die from it, but I'd try it. | |
id eat it | |
The disclaimer on the description is enough to make me want to buy it. But why don't more developers do stupid stuff like this? I mean, I would drink Nuka Cola and... eat Valve Flakes. Gamers pay top dollar for cheap plastic crap, why don't they go into the food industry? | |
I wonder what that tasted like, as I've never tasted this Nintendo cereal before. Well, now I'd rather not taste it, probably extremely stale. | |
That ad was horrible... and now it'll be stuck in my head for days >:O | |
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Nintendo Cereal Sells for Big Money
Slap the name Nintendo on anything, even cereal, and someone will want to pay hundreds of dollars for it.
A collector, or someone very hungry for Nintendo, has purchased a box of classic Nintendo cereal for $207.50 through eBay. Despite being 22 years old, the box is unopened, increasing its value. The product was the result of a team-up between Nintendo and Ralston Cereals, also the creator of Cookie Crisp, the most healthy breakfast you could eat that was really just a bowl of cookies.
Nintendo's foray into breakfast food was marketed almost as a videogame system itself, dubbed the Nintendo Cereal System. The box was divided between two different kinds of cereal, one called the Super Mario Bros Action Series and the other The Legend of Zelda Adventure Series. The Super Mario Bros side was "fruity" flavored and included Marios, Goombas, Koopa Troopas, Bowsers, and mushrooms. The Legend of Zelda Adventure Series was "berry" flavored and made up of Links, hearts, keys, boomerangs, and shields. None of the crunchy cereal pieces actually looked much like their videogame counterparts, but I guess it didn't really matter to kids that loved Nintendo so much they wanted to ingest it.
The seller made sure to put a disclaimer in his auction stating: "ONLY ONE DISCLAIMER IT WOULD NOT BE WISE TO EAT THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOX EVEN THOUGH I NO YOU WILL WANT TO. I THOUGHT ABOUT IT MENY TIMES MY SELF." From this statement, we can only assume he/she knows from experience.
The Nintendo Cereal System is an entertaining blip in videogame history, though its true claim to fame comes from the associated advertising campaign. The song developed for its television ad is easily one of the catchiest in history, where kids exclaim: "Nintendo, it's for breakfast now! Nintendo, it's a cereal wow!" Just watch for yourself:
(Via: Kotaku)
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