Pokémon Oreos & Other Weird Pocket Monster Food Crossovers
The Pokémon franchise is the biggest multimedia entity on the planet. A big part of its financial success is tied to its merchandise, with The Pokémon Company making a lot of money from plushies, clothes, and toys. This has extended to Pokémon foods, some of which are just Pokémon branding on regular food boxes, while others are snacks that are made to look like Pokémon, so customers can pretend that they're eating their favorite Pokémon.
There is a lot of weird Pokémon merchandise on the market, a lot of which is only available in Japan. It was only recently that Pokémon-themed nail polish was announced, for those who want a shade that matches their favorite portable anime monster. In recent years, there was the Metapod sleeping bag, the Snorlax and Ditto bean bag chairs, and Pokémon wedding rings. The fact that these kinds of items are released isn't too surprising, considering that the Pokémon franchise has seen incredible new levels of success since the launch of Pokémon Go. The Pokémon games on Nintendo Switch might not have been critical darlings, but they have shipped a ton of copies, to the point where they're catching up to the Gen 1 games, which means there's a huge market for Pokémon around the world.
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The lore of the Pokémon franchise confirms that Pokémon are eaten by humans, though this is almost never referenced. The same isn't true of real life, as there have been plenty of Pokémon foods released over the years for fans to chew on, and some of these Pokémon foods released over the years are particularly weird, especially in Japan.
In 2021, the official Oreo social media accounts started to hint at
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