Ice Is Nice with Pokémon

Ice and Pokémon go hand in hand. There's a whole type of Pokémon that are related to ice, and like in our world, they live in places with a wintry and cold (micro-)climate. Some of these Pokémon are even not to be underestimated, as with Abomasnow and Glalie, both of which can Mega Evolve into stronger and scarier forms. While you can't really count on them to produce ice for purposes related to eating, they can do other things related to "cold" and "freezing". Even so, ice is much a part of the Pokémon world as it is a part of ours.

We don't have the fantastic icy creatures of the Pokémon world, but we do have everything else, including ice for eating purposes. But if you're an intense Pokémon fan like me, it's hard not to be reminded of Pokémon when faced with ice for that reason. This is especially more so when icy things and Pokémon things congregate, as I discovered, again in that event of last Sunday. As I was browsing through the bazaar side of the event, I came across a refreshment stand that offered many kinds of drinks and treats, one of them being shaved ice (kakigori in Japanese parlance). I was offered the shaved ice, and I took the offer. Why? Because the container it came in was decorated with a Pokémon motif. It's that simple.

In truth, the shaved ice is nothing too special as it was just ice, fruit syrup, chocolate syrup, and chocolate wafers; further, there were other containers than the Pokémon one. However, admittedly having the Pokémon container made it even more tasty. Such was the case that I decided to keep the container - or at least the Pokémon portion - in similar fashion as the snack wrapping from earlier. The container was actually composed of two parts: a plastic bowl to hold the shaved ice, and a paper cone wrapped around the side of the bowl to support it, which actually has the Pokémon portion. I've discarded the bowl after I've finished eating the ice and just kept the paper cone, the only part I was interested in.

The cone folded...

...and unfolded.

The design of the cone graphics is eclectic and striking, which tells me that it was likely custom. Pikachu is holding the badge from the Mystery Dungeon series of games and Fennekin is illustrated similarly to Pokémon from those games. There is also Piplup and Pachirisu, for which the latter I only saw when I opened up the fold of the cone. The only unfortunate part is that a small part of Fennekin and the Pokémon logo were cropped in order to form the design into the cone shape. But that's a small price to pay for an icy delight with a little Pokémon thrown in.

We practically don't have anything of the likes of the Pokémon world in regard to ice, except for the environment, but we can still speculate about and enjoy Pokémon with the icy things we already do have, like the shaved ice I had at the event. It just makes everything all that more amusing - and not too cold. 😁