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Nintendo Cereal System Sells For $200

Posted Mon, 22 Feb 2010 by Jonathan Wahlgren

Nintendo: It's what's for breakfast

Nintendo: It's what's for breakfast

Indigestion medication not included

Do you remember the Nintendo Cereal System from 1988? It let people who just couldn't get enough of Mario and Zelda to pour them into a bowl and eat them, keeping their spirits (but, sadly, not powers) with you all throughout the day by way of two different types of cereal: fruit-flavored for Mario, berry for Zelda. It came with some neat collectible cards, and you could even get a PowerPad or a sweet Mario cereal bowl through offers on the box.

In yet another example of video game collector's having no limits, an unopened box of the NCS was bid on 22 times and eventually sold on eBay for $207.50 USD.

To whoever bought it: please don't eat this cereal. If you do, please post a video online for the world to watch in morbid fascination, or at the very least live-tweet your taste bud sensations. And try sending in for that Mario cereal bowl.

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Source: kotaku.com.

Tags: Retro, Mario, Zelda, eBay.

User Comments

spaghettitoastbook

1. SpaghettiToastDinner United States 22 Feb 2010, 17:40 GMT

My mind is blown.

zezhyrule96

2. zezhyrule United States 22 Feb 2010, 17:40 GMT

Wow.

corbie_dillard

3. Corbie United States 22 Feb 2010, 17:43 GMT

I always forget that in the 80's you had to have the prerequisite Saturday morning cartoon and breakfast cereal in order to be the "in" thing. :D

aronos

4. Aronos United States 22 Feb 2010, 17:43 GMT

I think if somebody actually ate that now, we wouldn't see them for a long while lol.

retrobuttons

5. retrobuttons United Kingdom 22 Feb 2010, 17:45 GMT

WOW this is awesome. Looks so cool.

california_jake

6. California Jake United States 22 Feb 2010, 17:55 GMT

Ewwwww. I think it's way past its expiration date by now...

As for the commercial, that's one of the most annoying songs ever. "Nin-ten-do. It's for breakfast now!"

redbluespot

7. RedBlueSpot Sweden 22 Feb 2010, 17:55 GMT

Two cereals in one, WOW!!

twilightv

8. TwilightV United States 22 Feb 2010, 17:59 GMT

That's crazy... D:

retrobuttons

9. retrobuttons United Kingdom 22 Feb 2010, 18:00 GMT

Haha the Mario in the cereal is just an unrecognizable orange character. And Zelda a pink/purpe one.

vilicobra

10. VilicoBRA Brazil 22 Feb 2010, 18:02 GMT

"If you can't beat'em, eat'em!" They should have done a Kirby version.

Buyer, open it and post the pictures! Argh!!!

popereal

11. PopeReal United States 22 Feb 2010, 18:16 GMT

I actually had a few boxes back in the day.

xd375

12. XD375 Canada 22 Feb 2010, 18:42 GMT

I know of this but I don't remember actually eating any.

Pokémon cereal, though, I remember eating that. It was a Cheerios ripoff with Pokémon-shaped marshmallows, similar to Lucky Charms but nowhere near as good.

jakobg

13. JakobG Austria 22 Feb 2010, 19:05 GMT

I'm not sure if they still taste Super, Mario.

pixelman

14. pixelman United States 22 Feb 2010, 19:09 GMT

My palm, buried in my face it is.

objection_blaster

15. Objection_Blaster United States 22 Feb 2010, 19:11 GMT

I'm also curious as to the state of the inner contents.

chunky_droid

16. Chunky Droid Australia 22 Feb 2010, 19:25 GMT

I remember we had some Mario style cereal in the early 90's in Australia, I sent my coupons in and got a Mario hat and a subscription to the ONM at the time. (yeah, I ate a lot of cereal)

markyvigoroth

17. MarkyVigoroth Puerto Rico 22 Feb 2010, 19:28 GMT

Me, I know that this obviously had collector's value, and I do not mean to belittle this event, but I would much rather make my own Nintendo-based eats (especially since I do not trust breakfast cereal anymore).

georgethecow

18. Georgethecow United States 22 Feb 2010, 19:29 GMT

<i>I'm not sure if they still taste Super, Mario.</i>

I DONT GET IT

cheezy

19. Cheezy United States 22 Feb 2010, 19:43 GMT

I would actually eat it, it looks yummy!

shimmy_zmizz

20. Shimmy Zmizz United States 22 Feb 2010, 20:05 GMT

I remember eating it as a kid a couple of times, they weren't as good as Crunch Berries.

william90

21. William90 United Kingdom 22 Feb 2010, 20:11 GMT

I've seen this advert before, it's hilarious. Link looks like a teddy bear. So dated, the outfits and the special effects. I love the cheesy American voice "There's Zel-Duh Too!".

I remember in the UK a Pokemon cereal, about 9(!) years ago, around the same time Ant & Dec rapped about it on Saturday mornings. I thought it tasted rank, but tried to convince myself anyway because "It's Pokemon!"

starboy91

22. StarBoy91 United States 22 Feb 2010, 20:58 GMT

Wow, a Nintendo Cereal System (NCS)? Sounds awesome. :) Never heard of it prior to today (I wasn't born until 1991).

kevohki

23. kevohki United States 22 Feb 2010, 21:02 GMT

I remember the cereal. I also remember it tasting terrible and never buying another box.

rodoubleb

24. rodoubleb United States 22 Feb 2010, 21:21 GMT

I bet it's chalk full of preservatives and artificial flavors. It should be safe to eat for another 25 years at least.

zimm

25. ZIMM United States 22 Feb 2010, 21:25 GMT

with this and that $13,000 nes ebay auction recently, I just wonder where these people are getting the money from? I need to do what they are doing. lol

phoenixsage

26. PhoenixFarron United States 22 Feb 2010, 21:42 GMT

The Legend of Zelda: The Savior of Breakfast

Anyone else want that game now? :P

zweck36

27. Zweck36 United States 22 Feb 2010, 21:44 GMT

My cousins and I ate about 20 boxes of these during there limited run in the late eighties. Fabulous.

starboy91

28. StarBoy91 United States 22 Feb 2010, 21:44 GMT

Good one, Feenie. :)

chadthegamer

29. chadthegamer United States 22 Feb 2010, 22:17 GMT

Super Mario breakfast cereal, now with real mushrooms, just imagine :P
Seriously, my mind is blown by how much awesomeness is in that commercial.

wolframheart

30. WolfRamHeart United States 22 Feb 2010, 22:46 GMT

I remember this cereal. The Legend of Zelda berry flavor tasted like Berry Berry Kix.:D

ryanknight717

31. Dragoon United States 22 Feb 2010, 23:04 GMT

Nin-ten-do
Super Mary-o JUMPS!

ryanknight717

32. Dragoon United States 22 Feb 2010, 23:05 GMT

Wait a sec, the slogan on the ad is "If you cant beat 'em, eat 'em."
Possible foreshadowing to a beloved Nintendo Franchise?

william90

33. William90 United Kingdom 22 Feb 2010, 23:06 GMT

I wonder if there is still a market for a Nintendo cereal nowadays, what with gamings supposed popularity- can you imagine the little gifts!
Let's dream up some potential names!
-Bowser's Thwomps?
-Coins and Stars?

starboy91

34. StarBoy91 United States 22 Feb 2010, 23:10 GMT

@ryan - like, say: Kirby? :3 :)

ravage

35. Ravage Canada 22 Feb 2010, 23:45 GMT

I miss those old commercials :(

touffeboy

36. touffeboy Canada 23 Feb 2010, 00:12 GMT

Wow Nice news ^^ 207 USD for Cereal box omg ^^

oldgamesonly

37. oldgamesonly United States 23 Feb 2010, 02:00 GMT

this cereal was fantastic

mike10

38. Mike United States 23 Feb 2010, 05:29 GMT

I remember that cereal. It actually tasted pretty good. Ahh, the memories.

rhythmheavenfan

39. rhythmheavenfan United States 23 Feb 2010, 07:34 GMT

Well, that's certainly gross. 22 year old cereal. :(

raylax

40. Raylax United Kingdom 23 Feb 2010, 12:30 GMT

We rescued breakfast!
Hurrah for 80's advertising. I'm glad Nintendo's adverts have improved since th-- oh.

starboy91

41. StarBoy91 United States 23 Feb 2010, 20:24 GMT

"We rescued Breakfast!"
LOL, best advertising line ever. :D

jave

42. Jave Chile 23 Feb 2010, 20:29 GMT

Ten bucks that the guy's mom or someone is going to find that box and pour it for breakfast the morning after.

rensch

43. Rensch Netherlands 24 Feb 2010, 21:30 GMT

Well, that's just wrong...

namo

44. Namo United States 27 Feb 2010, 11:57 GMT

For the love of...

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