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.
