{"id":15234,"date":"2016-07-27T00:01:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-27T00:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=15234"},"modified":"2016-07-10T14:15:39","modified_gmt":"2016-07-10T14:15:39","slug":"summer-fun-with-nintendo-and-yogurtland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/27\/summer-fun-with-nintendo-and-yogurtland\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Fun With Nintendo and Yogurtland!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"YOGURT_BOX\"<\/a>Yogurtland is a chain of frozen yogurt stores, and now they\u2019ve partnered with Nintendo for some summer fun.\u00a0 From now until the end of August, you can go to participating Yogurtland locations to get flavors based on popular Mario characters!\u00a0 They decorated their stores and everything, so I took some pictures so you all can see what they did!<\/span><\/p>\n

I think last summer Yogurtland did a promotion with Nintendo for a couple of flavors to endorse the new-at-the-time game Splatoon.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t check that out last year and I don\u2019t really remember why I missed out.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if the stores around me just weren\u2019t doing it or maybe the flavors didn\u2019t entice me enough to go or what.\u00a0 But it must\u2019ve been a successful promotion since Nintendo is doing it again this summer with Mario characters in a bigger way!<\/span><\/p>\n

First, here is the outside of the closest Yogurtland store I went to.\u00a0 It\u2019s in a shopping center about six miles away from where I live, so it\u2019s local, but not that close.\u00a0 It\u2019s actually in a big strip mall that has been around for a long time.\u00a0 I used to go there a lot as a kid because it was the only nearby place to see movies.\u00a0 They also had a bookstore I went to a lot and later an arcade.\u00a0 I also got a majority of my clothes there as a kid.\u00a0 The shopping area has changed a bunch since then, but I\u2019m glad they\u2019re still around doing business at least.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"YOGURT1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

They had a big poster out front advertising the promotion.\u00a0 Sorry it\u2019s not such a clear picture, the window was rather reflective.\u00a0 But you can still tell what it is.\u00a0 It looks like Luigi is saying, \u201cHey, where\u2019s the yogurt?\u201d\u00a0 And Mario says, \u201cIt\u2019s-a right behind you, Luigi!\u00a0 See?\u00a0 I\u2019m-a pointing at it with-a my finger!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\"YOGURT2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

They also decorated the door.\u00a0 Here\u2019s a picture of that.\u00a0 The employees on the inside were wearing Yogurtland shirts with Mario & Luigi on them as well.\u00a0 But I didn\u2019t take a picture of them because it was probably already weird enough that I was taking pictures of a yogurt place.\u00a0 But they were pretty cool shirts.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"YOGURT3\"<\/a><\/p>\n

They also had a sign listing all the flavors.\u00a0 They\u2019re not doing them all at once, but releasing one new flavor each week until the beginning of September.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if they\u2019ll replace flavors with other ones as time goes on, or if they\u2019ll have all the kinds at the end.\u00a0 The picture I took of the sign may be hard to read, so I\u2019ll list the flavors and the release dates here as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mario\u2019s Chocolate Gelato (July 1)<\/span><\/p>\n

Bowser\u2019s Dragon Berry Tart (July 1)<\/span><\/p>\n

Toad\u2019s Rocky Road (July 8)<\/span><\/p>\n

Yoshi\u2019s Honeydew (July 15)<\/span><\/p>\n

Goomba\u2019s Iced Coffee (July 22)<\/span><\/p>\n

Princess Peach Tart (July 29)<\/span><\/p>\n

Donkey Kong Banana Cream (August 5)<\/span><\/p>\n

Shy Guy\u2019s Pineapple Lime Coconut Sorbet (August 12)<\/span><\/p>\n

Koopa Troopa\u2019s Lemon Cupcake (August 19)<\/span><\/p>\n

Luigi\u2019s White Chocolate Pistachio (August 26)<\/span><\/p>\n

Poor Luigi, he has to be last!\u00a0 When I went, they only had the first two flavors.\u00a0 Mario\u2019s was a strong chocolate, and I\u2019m not sure if Bowser\u2019s flavor had real dragon fruit in it, but it did taste pretty fruity.\u00a0 I\u2019d like to go back and try some of the other flavors sometime, especially Toad\u2019s since he\u2019s my favorite Mario character.\u00a0 Anyway, here\u2019s the sign:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"YOGURT6\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The cups even have Nintendo characters on them!\u00a0 I couldn\u2019t keep the cups since they were made out of paper and were not salvageable after eating yogurt out of them.\u00a0 But I took pictures of them anyway.\u00a0 Here\u2019s the front:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"YOGURT4\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The back had other Nintendo characters running around it.\u00a0 Not shown here is Mario, but we see enough of him on a regular basis anyway.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"YOGURT5\"<\/a><\/p>\n

But the neatest thing is they also came with Nintendo themed spoons!\u00a0 The press release I got says they\u2019re biodegradable so it\u2019s OK if you throw them away, but I\u2019m keeping mine!\u00a0 They had one with Mario (red) and one with Bowser (yellow).\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if they\u2019ll have other character spoons later on as they add flavors, so I guess I\u2019ll have to go back and find out!\u00a0 Here is a picture of the spoons I got.\u00a0 Sorry they\u2019re not as easy to see in the picture, but you can get an idea at least.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"YOGURT7\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all I did!\u00a0 Pretty nifty promotion, I\u2019d say.\u00a0 Too bad Wario didn\u2019t get his own flavor.\u00a0 I wonder what kind of frozen yogurt he\u2019d be.\u00a0 And what about other non-Mario Nintendo characters?\u00a0 Kirby would be perfect for yogurt.\u00a0 Heck, the name \u201cYogurtland\u201d even sounds like a Kirby stage!\u00a0 And what about other characters like Samus or Link?\u00a0 What kind of flavors do you think they\u2019d be?\u00a0 What Nintendo characters do you think would make good yogurt flavors, and what kind?\u00a0 Let me know in the comments section!\u00a0 Later!\u00a0 –Cary<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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