A sports drink for hard-working robots

Posted Aug 15th 2008 4:35PM by JC Fletcher
Filed under: Imports, WiiWare

This month, Japanese gamers will be able to refresh their energy just like Mega Man does: with a cool, refreshing E-Tank from the item shop. To celebrate the upcoming Mega Man 9, Capcom announced the release of a "sports drink" (with royal jelly!) in special E-tank cans today, for 137 yen ($1.26) a can. It'll be sold at Animate and Kotobukiya stores, but apparently not on their websites (it didn't come up in searches, at least).

Has any WiiWare title gotten its own promotional merchandise before? Probably not. But then, no WiiWare title has been a sequel that people have been waiting ten years for, either.

We may not be able to buy this and ... contemplate drinking it here in the US, but at least we now have a working yen-to-bolts exchange rate: 4.567 yen/bolt.

[Via Siliconera]

Tags: capcom, e-tank, energy-drink, japan, mega-man-9

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

8-15-2008 @ 4:39PM

SoshiKitai said...

Is it blueberry-fizz flavored?
...if so, I'm all for it if and when it comes. (I doubt it though)

8-15-2008 @ 5:20PM

Blue Bomber said...

O.o

Must.... have.....

8-15-2008 @ 6:26PM

Max Headroom said...

I hope someone imports a few thousand cans to sell here in the US. And sign me up for a six pack.

8-15-2008 @ 8:23PM

Garst said...

I would imagine it would taste like battery acid.

8-16-2008 @ 12:40AM

mike said...

Must Go! Must BUY!

8-16-2008 @ 11:01AM

RupeeClock said...

DO WANT.

8-16-2008 @ 7:57PM

gus said...

It's sad that this is the most anticipated game for the Wii

8-16-2008 @ 11:46PM

Mrblonde said...

Why is it sad?

8-17-2008 @ 4:00AM

BPM [MSN: BPMdotEXE @ hotmail.com] said...

CAPCOM!!

MARKET THIS OVER HERE!

I DON'T CARE IF IT'LL JUST BE A REBRANDED VERSION OF THOSE OTHER GAME-THEMED ENERGY DRINKS (i.e. Resident Evil T-Virus Antidote, Mario Power Up, DK Jungle Juice, etc.), BUT WE NEED MORE E-TANKS HERE.

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