The History of Video Game Cereal Promotions

[@BadnikMechanic]

I think my favourite part is The Honey Monster & when the UK fans tried their toaster...

[@BadnikMechanic]

@Nicholas Gaming I know, I realised that when I was watching the premier of it... Meh it happens.

[@jakenater4682]

My favorite part is the money shaped toast

[@8BitGabe]

Late 2008? What?

[@Cieje3]

Nicely done. My favorite was definitely Pac-Man cereal. How I wish General Mills would re-use that recipe again.

[@skootergirl22]

I had Pokemon cereal

[@BadnikMechanic]

Oh yeah. Some people have pointed out that I said 2008 instead of 2018 for Overwatch cereal. My excuse for that is... My time machines dial is wrong.

[@thefoster55555]

When you said 2008 i thought it has really lasted that long

[@dawsonmoniz2714]

Badnik Mechanic I love ur videos

[@Wild48]

You contaminated the past with Lucio-Oh's you mad man

[@louiepikmin3184]

I had lucio - ohs and they aren't terrible.

[@PurpMerk]

Luchios? Lmfao theyre Lucio-O's.

[@eggheadthedoctor7489]

I'm surprised there isn't a Kirby cereal! I could picture is kind of like a mish-mash of Lucky Charms and Cheerios, with Pink Os being Kirby and the marshmallows being based off of Kirby characters!

[@Quartzer.]

Or maybe marshmallow shapes based on Kirby Warp Stars M Tomato Waddle Dee Dedede

[@vappy6949]

The real question is, would they DeDeDelicious?

[@noodledoodle0710]

Instead of marx eating kirby's soul, i can eat his

[@eggheadthedoctor7489]

Maybe they could come with those Kirby keychains in each box?

[@eggheadthedoctor7489]

@Komrade Kermit that's a good one!

[@callumsparrow4379]

I’m surprised Banjo-Kazooie didn’t receive its own cereal. I’d imagine it mainly comprising of honeycomb-flavoured hexagonal pieces, cinnamon-flavoured Jiggies & Music Notes and mixed fruit Jinjos corresponding to their colours: Blue = Blueberry Green = Apple Orange = Orange Purple = Grape Yellow = Banana

[@vinyboiler]

I'm surprised you didn't mention Chex Quest , the DOOM mod made for children between 6-9 that was included as a CD as part of a Chex cereal promotion.

[@BadnikMechanic]

I actually did see this during my research but... I just completely forgot about it! Ah well...

[@dawsonmoniz2714]

Badnik Mechanic I’m powerful snow Ur awesome 😎

[@ytgc-royalewarex5190]

I never knew Chex Quest were sold with the Cereal Box !!

[@jibronyasein947]

it was revived

[@Sonictheoofhog4]

@@jibronyasein947 who asked

[@seanmyster6]

11:13 I dunno, that Ditto one looks pretty spot-on to me!

[@jasonmnosaj]

Gross.

[@furbymations1159]

Which one?

[@knowun8855]

Jason Allcreator What’s gross?

[@anahernandez567]

@@furbymations1159 Ditto, the pink one

[@furbymations1159]

@@anahernandez567 you sure?

[@NathanSpies]

The background for The Pokémon cereal from 2000 looks like green hill zone

[@mihneabac]

Nathan Spies I thought that too

[@nintenmother6375]

Ya I noticed that too

[@jibronyasein947]

Yes

[@jibronyasein947]

The green hill zone dirt

[@sonicfan6539]

Yeah the walls look like the dirt from green hill zone!

[@TheRealLumpySpirit]

That Sonic toaster was giving me anxiety. And I’m a person who very rarely gets anxiety.

[@8BitGabe]

Actually, the Angry Birds cereal was made in the mid-2010s.

[@therealgdawg7348]

Pokemon Trainer Gabe Official early 2010s

[@8BitGabe]

@@SailorMaxie a Watch the video

[@Notelu]

The Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Jr. Cereal seems to be closer related to the Saturday Supercade show based on the game, rather than the game itself. The animation style and DK Jr's design seems to be the same.

[@beauwalker9820]

This came out before that, and actually in the first DK cereal commercial the characters look a bit more like the arcade and Atari boxart.

[@willyabz1]

When I was four I had one of those sonic cereals from Saudi Arabia

[@toonlink5108]

SAUDI ARABIA?! THATS WERE I WANT TO GO!

[@MajesticSan.]

Is it good?

[@kangaroofuno]

Saudi Arabia have cold breakfast cereal beside granola and muesli?

[@Lucafio]

20:00 you know what they say: *"All toasters toast toast"*

[@thefoster55555]

The 1993 frosted flakes sonic one had sonic playing hydrocity from sonic 3 but sonic 3 came out in 1994

[@GUS7767]

Soniception

[@kennylauderdale_en]

The amount of research and dedication you put into your videos is respectable. I Hope this blows up, it's certainly long enough.

[@munchjrgames942]

I really love how you say "Buzz the Bee" *_"BOZZZZ THE BEEEE'_*

[@gavinwilson5895]

*BAWWWWWZZZZ THE BEEEEEEEEEEEE*

[@Moxy_1984]

Just saying, Lucio-Ohs are actually pretty good! Not my favorite, but not disgusting either! Plus the box is neat to keep! The art on it is pretty sweet.

[@Quartzer.]

There is a rumor that Kellogg's was/is making Splatoon cereal I'm not sure if it is true since it started this year so yeah.

[@luci-kw9bf]

Quartzer y e s

[@Quartzer.]

@@luci-kw9bf ?

[@luci-kw9bf]

Quartzer I love splatoon

[@jibronyasein947]

n o p e

[@tamaroanimations5758]

Actually bananas and fruits mae perfect sense for Donkey Kong Jr, because you have to drop the fruit on the enemies

[@DOCTOR.DEADHEAD]

"Lucio-ohs look disgusting" > looks just like Apple Jacks

[@justinflores6693]

Those lucio-ohs were fire tbh

[@jibronyasein947]

*.*

[@WitheredFreddo]

*Never Knew Lucio-o's Came out in 2008* 17:53

[@dylanlandon8027]

2008? Overwatch came out in 2016.

[@esacrewol]

I have this memory that's always stuck with me of a cereal box with Link from The Minish Cap on the back of it. I was obsessed with Zelda as a child so I was absolutely mystified when I saw it. I've been searching for the design for so long now and I have never been able to find it. Can anyone confirm it's existence?

[@giveroflemons537]

In late 2008 Lucio Oh's was my favorite cereal. I couldn't get enough of it and Overwatch. Sadly they discontinued it. I miss it so much.

[@jasonmnosaj]

It's still for sale in America and yeah it still tastes amazing. This guys video wont age well.

[@FroopyLoops]

I remember getting the sky landers cereal and I got the cinnamon toast version and the cards are actually based on a virtual card game in one of the skylander games sky landers giants

[@wowzerz497]

Hey Badnik Mechanic, I dont think the Overwatch cereal came out in 2008 XD, my lil sista loves the game n bought a box n says it didnt taste so good because It doesnt have much of a flavor.

[@NopalManX]

I still have a box of Mario cereal, I'm pretty sure is going to become sought after in the future.

[@wordedpuppet6278]

You mean the super Mario Odyssey one? I'd hate to break it to you but they were scalped to hell and back and will barely hold any value in the future.

[@CounteredSnow]

@@wordedpuppet6278 the Odyssey cereal box is still a really cool thing to have, even if it's basically worthless

[@wordedpuppet6278]

@@CounteredSnow I didn't meam it wasn't cool to own, I have an unopened box on display actually. I was just trying to point out the fact that it won't likely hold any value. Sorry if I misled you.

[@Combatarms423]

The idea of cereals coming with cd-rom games started way earlier than 2010. General Mills had a massive promotion where there was a pc game with every box (Monopoly, battleship, operation, aladdin, potato head activity center, game of life, candyland, Jeopardy, Sorry!, Rollercoaster tycoon, Monopoly tycoon, stuart little 2, wheel of fortune, operation krabby patty etc. its goes on). A lot of these were full versions of retail games and they were a lot of fun (but slowed your computer down). I remember spending $60 at walmart on RCT2 when it first came out, only a short while later to have the game come free in a cereal box lol. I remember when those came out in 01/02. The Nostalgia. I wish it was mentioned here!

[@kingoftheheartless502]

i really want those pac man and donkey kong cereal box's but without the cereal of course XD

[@DragonTamerWes]

I ate the NES cereal when it was made. There was fruit snacks, where you had to find a blue Princess Toadstool (Peach), and send that in for a prize. There was 4 sodas with different flavors with Mario, Luigi, Princess Toadstool, and Yoshi on the cans.

[@lightninstriker10]

Kellogg's was a friggin' monster when it came to Pokemon stuff back in the day. I specifically remember having Pokemon-themed Chocolate Chip Eggo Waffles that had Gengar and Clefairy shaped into them, and Pokemon Pop-tarts that were... wait for it... Berry flavored.

[@theobscurestash6537]

Oh yeah they did! There was also that Pokemon Kraft Mac'N'Cheese, and Welches even had jelly that came in special Pokemon glass collectors jars. I do remember the waffles too though!

[@CulturePhilter]

I had one of those Sonic spinners when I was a kid 😀 That Sonic Golden Rings photo looks like it was taken in the Cereal Killer cafe on Brock Lane, London. A cafe decimated to cereal. I went there a couple of years ago, they have loads of old cereals and old merchandise that came from cereals.

[@ALFClub]

We're sorry, but we only eat ALF cereal. Epic gamer cereal is just too epic for us.

[@professoralitamcfly1451]

Your channel is one of the most specific I have ever seen.

[@FRAPPEFIZZYY]

Lucioohs is still at Target. It was there today. The only other gaming cereal was the Pokémon Card ones. I’m going to get the sonic Funko one the day it comes out

[@jasonmnosaj]

Still at Walmart also. It's been around awhile actually. Despite the fact that we sell out.

[@eastbeast1379]

Wait? So the Nintendo Cereal System predicted Super Mario Sunshine by making Super Mario characters fruity?

[@jesspace4069]

lol

[@Maniac4Bricks]

I really enjoyed this well encompassed history of video game cereal promotions. I only have the Super Mario cereal but I have heard about some of the early ones. I didn't realize though that there was a donkey Kong or donkey Kong jr. Or Pac-Man cereal.

[@apollojustice3319]

Oh my god, I remember that angry birds promotion! I actually still have it on my old hard drive, there were 2 cd games they were part 1 and part 2 and they were some pretty crappy flash games. The plot was pretty much this "ThE pIgS sToLe tHe cErEaL yOu gOtTa gEt iT bAcK" and it had 7 or 8 short levels.

[@TwesomE]

Ιts all psychology accompanied with the colored boxes,the music they play,the promotional stuff as well included in each box & stuff.There is a whole philosophy regarding the sells & such in the product championships to sell more than the usual,healthy or not they don't care of course not surpassing specific standards naturally.For instance even the music that they playing when you ender in a mall plays a really important role for your psychology to make you go in there and want to buy something.Its all psychology when it comes to commercialising even the smallest and simplest thingy to make it looks huge in your tv set & stuff.Oh and the stuff they usually give inside those boxes are make kinder eggs toys look like shiny trophy gallery of the rarest blind bag variants!

[@JT_Toons]

golden os are the new sonic cereal that is honey flavored and its good

[@Shadamyfan-rs8xc]

It's not at my store 😭

[@mightyfilm]

The lack of plastic "toys" in cereal boxes is actually more recent than you think. I can't remember if the last one I saw was Secret Life of Pets, Star Wars episode 7, or Minions. I swear there was something even more recent, but I can't name it off the top of my head. Now, you're lucky to see stickers, and even then you need to buy the biggest box they make. Talk about cheap.

[@memememe7081]

I was born in 2006 and I feel so fckin old watching these commercials.

[@Nic_2751]

I always wanted Pac-Man cereal but I have tried Super Mario Cereal!

[@scruffydog2]

Nic 2751 Buy some Lucky Charms tasted the same.

[@Nic_2751]

Andy I know but it was nice

[@AwesomeAceZ]

Sonic the Hedgehog and Tony the Tiger. A furry's wet dream.

[@Emu-]

Guilty

[@nostalgianotes138]

Wow... did not expect that.

[@cherryred6804]

R/cursedcoments

[@teentraveler1790]

That's messed up. Not just you pointing that out. That there are actually gross people out there that do.

[@comfortzone2282]

This video was extremely fun, old video game tie ins are always a sweet spot for me thanks for making a compilation of all this! I do wanna say tho I think the video could benefit from some more thought out orginization and editing. The phrase "This game was big like guitar hero" was uttered so many times it got very repetitive and became a little deteriorating. I think it would have been better if you bunched them all together into one group of products that faded away instead of repeating yourself over and over like that. You dwelled on each individual one to repeat mostly the same points and phrases. Id also work on making your videos just a little shorter. A good way through the video I had to stop and check how long it could carry on for, id recommend taking time to figure out how best to pace your work, it sort of feels like a bunch of individual segments that were all put in together with no rhyme to it (ie all the sonic promotions are completely spread throughout the video, the mario cereal being in the middle of the 'like guitar hero' products) I think figuring out a certain flow and organization to your videos would help the pacing a lot! Regardless this was a good video on a really niche fun topic, I look forward to more videos in the future!

[@Kittenfox_55]

I remember something about there being a free game that came with purchase of Dog food of all things during the Atari 2600 era

[@ritaandrunt5767]

Wow that's awsome how you went through the entire history behind video games and thier tie in cereals props to you my freind great job on this video

[@DigiSasha]

There was also Five Nights at Freddy's cereal and it's just chocolate balls. Still cool, tho! And, yes, I am an obsessed FNaF fanboy who needs to get some help.

[@Quartzer.]

There was also a Freddy Fazbear FunkO's

[@DigiSasha]

@@Quartzer.Yeah, but these ones are completely dedicated to Fnaf.

[@UltimateTS64]

I've actually wanted to see someone talk about this, I'm glad its you. I've tried to collect modern video game cereals. I have the Super Mario Cereal and Lucio-o's (Mario and Overwatch). I've never actually eaten the Overwatch cereal, but you get to download Lucio's album for free off of it, so I did that. I really like the Mario Cereal though, it's basic but good. I really would like to own and try the Nintendo Cereal System, but that's not happening.

[@rwdplz1]

We got the Nintendo Cereal System for Christmas when I was a kid (my parents were cheap), it was a unique experience.

[@RedDragonM1]

21:53 MARKET BASKET!!! BOSTON, REPRESENT!!!! Did they shoot the commercial there!? Coooool!

[@funkybones]

Woah That Super Pacman commercial has an amazing style!

[@scruffydog2]

Donkey Kong tasted like Captain crunch, Pac Man tasted like Lucky Charms, and Donkey Kong Jr. tasted like Trix.

[@mysticmeowstic5524]

heck. I'm gonna need a time machine to try all these cereals! although considering I do like captain crunch... I've got a good feeling that the Donkey Kong cereal would be pretty good!

[@theobscurestash6537]

Wow man this was such a well researched video, and right up my alley! Video game themed food stuffs is a bizarre part of commercialism that has always fascinated me. Great video man! If this kind of stuff interests you, please check out my Playlist "Video Game Food/Fast Food Commercials, Restaurants"...there's a lot of strange and cool shit from all over in there : kzbin.info/aero/PLK6fU8APmgqCtO2fqLct-dTWJ0QGCnFb3

[@ultramaster2o1studios53]

I think the cereal bits in the DK JR cereal is based on the fruits JR would drop onto enemies.

[@tyshco2969]

What’s funny about Sonic’s tan legs in the Frosties commercial is that’s actually what I always thought Classic Sonic looked like. Tan eyelids, tan arms, and tan legs. I could’ve sworn that the original Classic Sonic sprites had tan legs.

[@AngieMarioFreak2001]

I've only had the Mario Odyssey themed cereal, and I thought it was pretty good. And being the Mario nerd I am I would *love* to try out the Donkey Kong and NES cereals.

[@nicholasgawler-collins5754]

Whenever I eat a bowl of cereal, I don't hear a crunch. I hear boss music!

[@fgrhq]

so, so Surprised you didn't mention when general mills had full version hasbro video games in their boxes. I remember getting clue, operation, yatzee, and a few more this way.

[@GMDTheOnyxGuyEizzX]

About Sonic's colors of limbs... Funny or not, If you'll complete the game on good ending and look at his legs... well, it's pretty much same, but weirder, since Sonic Team themselves messed up his legs when releasing Knuckles' Chaotix.

[@Trance88]

I really wish there was more of a history of real Sonic themed food. The only mass market Sonic food I can remember is Sonic Spaghetti-O's. Those were awesome!

[@BadnikMechanic]

Lol if you wanna commission me to make it I will do. Contact details are via my Twitter.

[@beauwalker9820]

Surprised he didn't promote chili dogs at Sonic Drive-Ins.

[@auxometer]

If only we had cereal **boxes** here

[@visualgagging]

Hey, some of these game series were so big that everyone jumped onto them and it seemed like they wouldn’t die out, but suddenly they vanished out of popularity!

[@SuperDavidBrothers]

I've tried the Super Mario Odyssey cereal before with the Odyssey packaging and it was pretty delicious! I really wish that the Super Mario cereal would stay forever and ever! I also wish that they would release cereals for the upcoming movies such as Detective Pikachu 2, Sonic 2, Tomb Raider 2, and the Super Mario animated movie by Illumination.

[@Mungusdofu]

Badnik Mechanic: "When you take a crunch of the cereal it sends you to the Jungle" Me:... Drugs

[@GamingChiliHedgehog]

I remember that Pokemon one. Good lord I feel old! Guess I'll be waiting on the history of video game candies or fast food promos.

[@BadnikMechanic]

That could be fun.

[@massproducedeva_]

...hey, is darth vader making cereal commercials? Because the voice in the Donkey Kong one sounds like Darth freaking Vader.

[@venicialopez5619]

No he isn't.

[@SOSTeraDrive]

Oh yeah, the sweetoons sonic cereal, I had it when I was 7, the gift inside was not a toy, it’s just a coloring book.

[@krealyesitisbeta5642]

Don’t forget the skylanders promotion also has a physical version of the sky stones Mini game.

[@jonmcintyre1144]

18:02 when adults look back at lunchables now.

[@nintenmother6375]

I remember when I was a toddler begging my mom to buy and angry birds cereal at that time I thought it was a movie but when I got home it turns out it was a game

[@fa535bi8]

Did anyone saw the sonic toaster in the team sonic racing trailer

[@venicialopez5619]

I did see it!

[@chucke.cheesesmichiganprod1254]

I’m getting a couple boxes of the new SpongeBob SquarePants cereal and eat some squares for *BEKFAST* I mean Breakfast with three of the same flavors from the 2004 version of the the same cereal, and the only differences on the boxes is the changes on the complete SpongeBob character got a format from cartoon animated to CG claymation style to match the Sponge On the Run movie trailer style in the first Sponge On The Run movie trailer for the third film in 2021

[@BradRLee]

4:31 Is this man having a stroke? That’s just normal-ass toast, dude.

[@roykoopa7023]

Woah there, King Koopa looks like a dinosaur

[@flashrocket9158]

I remember Pokemon Cereal, and me and my sister would always snack on the stuff.

[@jaybeematthewbacarro9001]

Ok. First, I missed this video and that sucks because I love eating cereals for breakfast. Second, my favourite cereal is Cookie Crisp and it deserves to be the number one choice for promotions. Third, I lived in Saudi Arabia and I have barely seen the Sonic Cereal in any Supermarket so what gives. Also the company who did that cereal made a lot of promotional cereals and they contain some random freebies in them. I remember my sister getting a Fulla (Saudi Arabian Barbie) themed cereal and she managed to get a poster in it.

[@jordanvaldez7262]

At least this vid will go down in history of me actually being mentioned by a youtuber

[@uhmeow9169]

I've tried the Mario cereal! Both the original box and the redesigned one

[@nesswithpolygonz83]

Is the orginal that bad? I heard people saying the 80's one tasted funky.

[@kev4claire]

Dunno if it’s been mentioned already but in the UK Nintendo and Frosties had a collaboration to provide Gameboy Cards and stickers they included game hints and what the games looked like along with a description and the chance to win prizes and send off fir the collector album too

[@BadnikMechanic]

...Damn... I forgot about those... And I actually used to own some!

[@kev4claire]

What really sucks is I had almost a full set with the album, but when my dad passed away it went missing when we moved, I’ve made it a challenge to either find it or buy another

[@segahead660]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who couldn't get that poxy toaster working

[@CMRetroGaming]

OMG, LOL. Some of those boxes take me back..hehehehe

[@skootergirl22]

I remember getting Pokemon cereal, it was limited edition so I got it a lot before it stopped selling.

[@59rlmccormack]

Will you try making a video about the history of promotional material for Sonic cartoons?

[@chriswinspear7965]

The sonic yoyo's 😎 Had the sonic one.....at that time my life was complete.

[@lb_vault5669]

My brother got the Mario cereal from 2018 and wouldn't let me get any He is 18

[@jasonmnosaj]

Lucky for you. It tasted like shit.

[@jasonmnosaj]

Meh, the Mario cereal from 2017 tasted like shit and stopped selling within a month. It also had no prizes and the amiibo thing sucked. It was all around a waste of money, wanna know how I know? I work in a grocery store. At the time we had the cereal you couldn't give that stuff away. They ended up letting employees take free boxes home, and even then the boxes sat around the braek room for 2 years completely full. One day they just threw them all out with a bunch of old deli meat. Now the Overwatch cereal, that stuff tastes fucking great and has a way better digital offer. Getting a boost to your online ranking is the best idea ever. Not to mention it tastes like rice crispies treats and lucky charms had a sugar baby. It's the best video game cereal on market, wanna know how I know? It's still selling in stores and we keep running out. It's been around since 2018 THAT'S how you know a product is good. Edit: yeah I realize you said 2008, we all heard. It's not a big deal.

[@MechaTengu21]

There used to be a Frosty Flakes Kelloggs line with Digimon in Brazil.

[@JordiiiPop]

The Mario Odyssey cereal basically tastes like Lucky Charms but with a "berry" flavor.

[@kjiwi_8580]

So in ROMANIA there is a lion cereal ad where the main guy eats the cereal and screams like a lion AND since I was an absolute moron I thought that if you eat the cereal you will scream like a damn lion

[@sonic6054]

Segs talked about the new sonic cereal in the sonic live stream some hours ago

[@XSlimSxadyX]

9:57 nice Larry Bundy Jr. Impression

[@eggsallent_boi]

the cards In the cereals come with a holo of a common pokemon and some good cards in the line.

[@wolfyplayz123_]

I got the last oddeysey version in my Walmart.THE AMIIBO WORKS STILL!

[@TwesomE]

You ask what is the thing that draws all to the breakfast cereals simple commercials & sugar!

[@PupRiku]

The Pokémon cereal is flooding me with nostalgia.

[@IntelligenceCorn]

Remember Sonic? He's back! In Pog form!

[@silliness500]

15:21 When Angry Birds: The Movie 2 comes out, maybe it will be everywhere again.

[@fyrbornxtg5000]

I remember that DK jr cereal pretty vividly

[@maskedbear1012]

I know this video is a year old but did you know that Captain Crunch partnered with Pokemon around the same time that the Pokemon cereal was released and did a promotional tie-in with them. In specially marked boxes you could find a 35 mil Pokemon film camera. I actually have one with the original box. I hardly found any information on it when I got it this year other than a commercial for it. Once again I know this video is old and the comment is probably going to get buried.

[@kingboostudios]

A Five Nights At Freddy's cereal exist as well called Nightmare Puffs I believe haha