Paint the town purple with these squid-friendly soda machines from Splatoon 2. Thanks for the screenshot, Zi!
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Chobits: Atashi Dake no Hito
The opening cinematic from Chobits: Atashi Dake no Hito for the Game Boy Advance features the protagonist walking by a pair of soda machines as he exits a konbini. In the next scene, he finds an abandoned persocom — a personal computer in human form — in a pile of garbage. As one does.
Ikatan: Ikamono Tantei
Ikatan: Ikamono Tantei for the Nintendo DS is further proof that while it’s difficult to solve mysteries in a Japanese visual novel when you don’t speak Japanese, it’s not that hard to find soda machines.
Virtual Novel
Enroll at Takayama High School in Virtual Novel, an upcoming adventure game that combines the storytelling potential of a visual novel with the immersion of virtual reality and the refreshment of an ice-cold soda to craft an exhilarating gameplay experience.
Durarara!! 3way standoff -alley-
Feeling standoffish? Maybe a refreshing soda will improve your mood in Durarara!! 3way standoff -alley- for the PlayStation Portable.
Photographs
Photographs, an upcoming narrative puzzle-’em-up, welcomes us to the 1985 International Qualifiers! Once you’ve qualified, head downstairs, dive into a tray of cafeteria food, and treat yourself to an ice-cold, refreshing drink from the soda machine in the stairwell.
Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego?
Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego? launched earlier today, and I tracked the criminal mastermind to Tokyo, Japan. Since the game is built around Google Earth’s satellite imagery and Street View tech, you know what that means…
Every outdoor soda machine in Tokyo is now fair game for The Video Game Soda Machine Project! I’m going to do my best to limit myself to just a few.
Fuuraiki 2
My Japanese is rusty (i.e. nonexistent), so I’m just going to assume this row of soda machines from Fuuraiki 2 for the PlayStation 2 is blocking the player’s entrance to a mystical forest populated by, I don’t know, cyclopses.
Fuuraiki
Take on the role of a photographer searching for romance as you travel through Hokkaido, Japan, in Fuuraiki for the PlayStation. What’s more romantic than soda machines? [Source]
Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden
In a post-nuclear future where anthropomorphic ducks roam the Earth, it’s reassuring to know these soda machines from Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden have endured. Thanks for the screenshot, Chris!
Standby Say You!
I feel like this dude from Standby Say You! for the Sega Saturn is judging me for taking a screenshot of the soda machine from his game.
Dunk Lords
Dunk Lords is an upcoming two-on-two basketball beat-’em-up, and the developer was kind enough to send me this screenshot of the Mega Quaff Power Drink machine featured on one of the courts. “Quaff” is one of my absolute favorite words in the English language, so this scores big with me. Thanks, Dunk Lords!
Doki Doki Vacation: Kirameku Kisetsu no Naka de
Why join some boring literature club when you can go on a soda machine-filled vacation instead in Doki Doki Vacation: Kirameku Kisetsu no Naka de for the PC-98?
Ne no Kami: The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto
If you look very closely, you’ll notice a trio of soda machines in the background of this screenshot from Ne no Kami: The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto. [Source]
Epic Skater 2
Drop in on the shop in Epic Skater 2, Kickflip McTwist over to the Epic Energy Beverage machine, and 360 Varial Nosegrind an invigorating drink right into your Skate Hole!