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I'm not sure in the states, I think they did? But I could be wrong. While I'm sure such events aren't rare from McDonald's in Japan, Pokemon players over here often brag them (over the net) that's why I'm sure of it. XD |
If I had any doubts about the start date, I did not before, but I do now. I am not sure it is a good idea having the event start on Black Friday. This is due to how busy that day is, so there would probably be a lot of people attempting to get Hoopa that day.
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Speaking from experience here, since my mother is currently working as a third-shift manager at a McDonalds near my home, I can attest that they typically don't mind people just coming in and using the free wi-fi, and they don't force you to buy anything. Nobody at the McDonalds knows who I am, let alone my mother's relation to me, and they don't bat an eyelash at people just sitting at a table in the lobby and getting on their wifi for whatever reason, be it netflix watching or the vidya gaems, so long as you're no disturbance to the other patrons.
And it's not like McDonalds food is -entirely- terrible. A plain hamburger is a dollar, nothing but bun and patty. It's thirty cents more to add cheese for a cheeseburger. Two bacon-egg-and-cheese biscuits, thanks to McDonalds' recent decision to start selling breakfast all day, are $3.33. Hell, just buy a dollar sweet tea or an ice-cream cone off the dollar menu, or like Astinus noted, you can buy the Happy Meal toys, if you really need to justify a visit to McDonalds. |
You think only McDonald's in Japan would do this.
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They've had events at McDonald's before. Long ago. I remember trying to get one in the parking lot once so I wouldn't have to go in lmao.
I can't wait to get Hoopa. I've always wanted him. Although I wish they gave him on Halloween since he is ghost :3 |
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I have skimmed through and read it was going to be released and then serebii updated and it was wrong, I was reading on pokemon.com and it says still that it will be released on the 27th, which is correct? Serebii or pokemon.com?
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Sorry just found the blue part a bit confusing. |
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sucks that its just in US
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I don't even like McDonalds, prefer other better hamburger places.
I will go on my birthday to grab 2 Hoopa for my Pokedex. As long as I'm there, I'll probably just grab a diet coke. Since my birthday will be on Dec 13, so halfway through the event. |
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My favorite McDonald's item was taken away, the Chicken Select - I loved it with blue cheese salad dressing. Still, just going for the event |
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Pretty excited for this. This must mean we get the Hoopa movie this month.
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McDonalds may not be the best place to host it, I agree. But you know corporate, they'll do it for the money. I hear it's to promote the new ΩRαS toys. And as usual, cheap and plastic. I'd rather somewhere like Shake Shack. :| Also so many new yorkers :) |
Again, it's difficult to think of any other restaurant for the Pokemon Company to run this promotion at. Like with the Shake Shack, as Tkain suggested, the closest one to me is an hour away. Compare that to my closest McDonald's, which I can pop into after a short walk. I'm sure it's like that for other people all over the country. "Better" restaurants or more appropriate stores like GameStop aren't as common as McDonald's.
Even other fast food restaurants aren't as plentiful as McD's. Nor are any other fast food restaurants' kids meals as popular as a Happy Meal, and since TPC wants the best advertising, go with the most-known restaurant for the most exposure. Still, as YellowTemperance and I have said, you don't need to give McD's a single penny of your money to download Hoopa. Just pop in, connect to the Mystery Gift, get Hoopa, and then leave. I'm just happy my birthday falls in the middle of the promotion. I'll get myself the Lugia toy, a Hoopa, and a Fillet O' Fish. http://i.somethingawful.com/forumsystem/emoticons/emot-toot.gif |
Astinus has a logical explanation on why McDonald's was the best place to host this event. As we know, McDonald's has a huge business and is pretty much the giant of the fast food industry, plus we know that kids often come for Happy Meals and there have been several times Pokemon toys have been in the Happy Meals (although where I am, Happy Meals tend to have separate sets of toys, one for males and one for females, and Pokemon tends to be the male toys) and to have an event Pokemon distributed at the wi-fi spots in the restaurant, it would serve as a new incentive for kids to want to come.
And as Yellow said, you don't have to get any food if you want the Hoopa. Just connect to the wi-fi and download it, simple as that. |
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