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We have sour patch kids cereal. We went too far

Hasn't that been the case for ages? Look at the sheer amount of weird branded cornflakes that were only available for one or two years. Hell, Smurf Berry Crunch was a thing in 1983. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_breakfast_cereals

Next thing you know, they'll manage to throw in microtransactions. $2 for added sugar. $5 for milk. $10 for a spoon.

Here it only started, noticed recently since I eat Quakers VERY often and the boxes are all tiny 375g ones which hardly last any (I literally have to eat like two boxes for breakfast), then there was a "limited edition" of them with a 450g pack for just 10 cents more, it's ridiculous! I get "family pack" or something, but seeing limited or special editions just feels weird AF!

As for microtransactions, they already did it of sorts, some time back in the US I heard about cereal with a video game attached and depending on which pack you got (increasingly expensive) you got more bonuses when playing the game...

But why? For the kids, I know. But even kids today know how Cheat Engine works. Assuming these games are for PC.

I think either Japan or the US had cereal boxes that functioned as Amiibos.