The gashapon concept is taken to the next level in SD Gundam Gashapon Wars, a game based on the SD Gundam television series, in which a gamer can activate extra characters from the game by buying certain series of SD Gundam gashapon toys in real life, namely SD Full Color STAGE:61, then use the password bundled with the toy to unlock the corresponding character in the video game.
These include an adaptation of the television series Mobile Suit Gundam 00, the latest chapter of SD Gundam and GPEX Gunpla Extreme, in which humans use special gadgets to shrink down and turn Gundam models into working miniature mecha.
Along with Virtual Bowling this game was the last video game officially released for the Virtual Boy in Japan.
The super deformed style is part of Japanese culture and is seen everywhere from advertising and subway signs to anime and manga; it has existed at least since SD Gundam in the 1980s.
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