I apologize in advance, but I’ll be off on a slight tangent the next two articles. With Dissidia: Final Fantasy hitting stores, there’s been a step up in marketing for Square Enix. Today, I’ll be taste testing the new Potions from Suntory.
DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY POTION
A new drink produced by Suntory to promote the release up Square Enix’s upcoming Playstation Portable fighter. Is it just me or has Dissidia received an inordinate amount of hype for a non-RPG Final Fantasy PSP-only title that hasn’t even been given a US release date? Rapture is still but a code-name, and it’s supposed to be their big new MMO.
Ah, well. Let’s talk about the drinks. Those have seen their fair share of hype as well. A recent issue of Famitsu ran this ad:
“A Potion named Chaos.”
“A Potion named Cosmos.”
Although 調和 chou-wa, means peace and harmony, the actual cans themselves are labeled “Chaos” and “Cosmos.” Chaos cans are black, and Cosmos cans are white.
I bought the four cans you saw pictured up at the top. I just picked out a few that I felt had nice artwork. Here are the extreme close-ups, if you want to examine the cans:
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There’s nothing remarkable about the cans besides the artwork. That’s really the selling point, which by the way, is 191 yen a pop. That’s more than you pay for any soda in a 自動販売機 ji-dou-han-bai-ki, or vending machine, and those are abnormally expensive. Square Enix is getting good at milking fanboys. Oh well, if I can spend 20 bucks on a metal Goblin that actually hinders the process of transporting and manipulating keys, I can deal with some marked up sugar water.
Now let’s crack one open and have a taste!
It smells okay. Not sure if I expected any strange funk, but so far so good. I actually poured it out into a little rice bowl so I could show you what it looks like:
Yeah. It looks like soda. Imagine that.
But how does it taste? It basically taste like Sprite. Not as sharp limey as Sprite, but a little smoother with a touch of grapefruit almost. It’s actually not bad at all. After hearing horror stories about the weird FFX potions they sold, this one is a pleasant surprise. However, what wasn’t a pleasant surprise, was discovering Caffeine in the list of ingredients. So not only am I sitting here at 1 am writing an article about nerd soda, but now I’ll have to suffer for it by having this stuff keep me awake all night.
It also contains Royal Jelly, a common ingredient in Japanese sodas.
I always like my drinks with a little secretion in there.
If you would like to see what all the cans look like, here’s a full page layout for the Dissidia mook:
According to the page, the white Cosmos cans are Grapefruit-flavored, and the black Chaos cans are Muscat.
Next time: Lady Shantotto in Dissidia!
Taken from jp button
Alex
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