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[Update] Pokemon X / Y toys finally available in US McDonald's Happy Meals

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[Update] Pokemon X / Y toys finally available in US McDonald's Happy Meals
By Matthew Diener
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Just when it looked like The Amazing Spider-Man 2 would never leave the hallowed halls of McDonald's, we're happy to report a changing of the guard.

Starting this weekend, McDonald's locations in North America have finally swapped in the Pokemon X / Y toys that we first told you about almost a month ago.

The word "toys" is a bit of a misnomer here as, from what we can tell, these collectibles inspired by the Platinum Award-winning Pokemon X / Y don't really don't do much of anything.

In the name or journalistic integrity - and, well, because we were hungry - we stopped by a McDonald's at lunchtime and found out the toys actually do do something.

Namely, they're meant to play out a silly little Rock, Paper, Scissors competitive game against another player.

You select a shape (Circle, X, or Square) with a dial, slide the pokemon into the pokeball launcher, the shoot it out against a friend to see who wins.

They're made of a nice, firm plastic, too, and look way better than we initially thought. Also, each toy comes with a Pokemon trading card because... well, why not?

We don't know how long the Pokemon X / Y promo will stay at McDonald's for, but you can head over to happymeal.com for more information.

Although, what more you could possibly need past "Pikachu Happy Meal" is beyond us.

Matthew Diener
Matthew Diener
Representing the former colonies, Matt keeps the Pocket Gamer news feed updated when sleepy Europeans are sleeping. As a frustrated journalist, diehard gamer and recovering MMO addict, this is pretty much his dream job.