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HEARTBEAT

July 5, 2019 decafjedi HEARTBEAT

There’s a drink machine conveniently located outside the Smallmart in monster-battler HEARTBEAT!

Sure, Yo-kai Watch 4 for the Switch has the run-of-the mill soda machines you’d expect from any decent video game, but the real star here is Jihanki, a beefy-armed soda machine monster (and also my beautiful son).

Here’s a better look at Jihanki. His Japanese name, ジハン鬼, is a play on “vending machine demon.”

As you can see, Jihanki evolves from a Lightside soda can Yo-kai named Kantaro (缶太郎, or “can boy”) into his glorious drink-dispensing final form.

Thanks to AceRene, admiralblowhard, and Swordmaster543 on Reddit for helping me track down these images!

Supermarket Shriek

July 3, 2019 decafjedi Supermarket Shriek

If you buy just one goat-themed racing game where you scream into your microphone to steer a careening shopping card through treacherous obstacles this year, make it Supermarket Shriek. It even has soda machines!

Thanks to the fine folks over at Billy Goat Entertainment for the screenshots!

Micro Vendor Adventures

July 3, 2019 decafjedi Micro Vendor Adventures

Micro Vendor Adventures is a puzzle platformer where you play as a tiny robot who lives inside a vending machine. Your job is to deliver cans of ice-cold soda past a series of obstacles and safely into the hands of thirsty customers.

Metro Exodus

June 29, 2019 decafjedi Metro 2033

Metro Exodus takes us back to the subway tunnels of post-apocalyptic Russia, where our protagonist Artyom stumbles across this Soviet-era soda machine. Thanks for the screenshot, Dan!

Judgment

June 27, 2019 decafjedi Judgment, Yakuza Series

Before you head over to that sushi place on Taihei Boulevard, grab a refreshing pre-dinner drink from this vending machine in attorney brawler Judgment (a.k.a. Judge Eyes: Shinigami no Yuigon).

Meanwhile, the Lucky Soda machines from the game previously appeared in Yakuza 6…