An image from the official Japanese Twitter account for the Zelda series shows off what looks like a giant capsule toy machine.
Wondering what the heck a “gashapon” is? Allow us to explain. Remember those little mechanical vending machines where you’d put in a quarter and get some trinket or cheap toy in a plastic capsule? It’s that. They’re still common and popular in Japan, where the prizes are often treated like precious collectibles; the name “gashapon” is an onomatopoeia from the noise the capsule makes while bouncing down (“ga-sha-pon”) to the output slot.So what’s that doing in Zelda? Is it some kind of horrible microtransaction gambit? Has Nintendo finally fallen to the dark side of modern gaming? Fret not; there’s no real-money transfers here.
