McDonald’s nuggets turn into a mini-game and turn into a ‘fever’

A small nuggets-shaped toy has been put up for sale by McDonald’s in China and is making the internet talk about it. The game in the form of Chicken McNugget quickly sold out across the country. It was part of a campaign celebrating the 40th anniversary of this series menu item.

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Minigame wins customers over

Inspired by Tetris, the mini-game retails for 30 yuan (about R$20) with the purchase of any meal at the restaurant. In addition to being shaped like a McNugget, the Game It even comes in a kind of gift item case.

As a result, despite having around 40,000 units available at select locations across the continent, all of the minigames sold out almost instantly. Due to the success of the campaign, it is still unknown if McDonald’s will work on creating new units and making the game available in other parts of the world as well.

History of Chicken McNugget

It all started when Rene Arend, the company’s first executive chef, came up with the idea to make Chicken McNuggets in 1979. After the first units were produced, they were made available in Restaurants It is selected by the network so that it can be tested. Unfortunately, McDonald’s soon realized that there weren’t enough chickens to produce the new item. The problem was solved only in 1983.

This made Chicken McNuggets available across the country, but anyone who thinks that McNuggets can only be found in one “format” worldwide is wrong. In fact, food is available in four different types: bell, bone, shoe, and ball.

In Brazil, McNuggets can be found in portions of fours or 40 units. since your launchThe restaurant’s chicken nuggets recipe has hardly undergone any formula change. Thus, the chain only launched a spicy version of the item in the United States, Spicy Chicken McNuggets.