Cold Stone Nintendo with Heather Anne Campbell and Matt Apodaca

"Cold Stone Nintendo with Heather Anne Campbell and Matt Apodaca" is Episode 365 of *Doughboys*, hosted by Nick Wiger and Mike Mitchell. "Cold Stone Nintendo with Heather Anne Campbell and Matt Apodaca" was released on September 1, 2022.

## Synopsis

Heather Anne Campbell and Matt Apodaca (*Get Played*/*Get Anime'd*) join the 'boys to discuss their favorite Nintendo franchises and Lunchables before a review of Cold Stone's new Nintendo flavors. Plus, a special edition of Slop Quiz.

## Nick's intro

*Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd.*: Litigated in 1984, the case centered over an allegation that Nintendo’s breakout character Donkey Kong was an infringement on the existing character of King Kong, the blonde-napping, skyscraper-summiting enormous ape purportedly owned by the movie studio. After a protracted battle in and out of court, judgment was rendered in Nintendo’s favor, as it was found that not only was Donkey Kong an original creation, but Universal didn’t even own the rights to King Kong, already established in the public domain.

And the man who maneuvered this judicial triumph to ensure the survival of DK and perhaps Nintendo itself was a corporate lawyer named John Kirby. So grateful was Nintendo at Kirby, Esquire's service to their cause that when Masahiro Sakurai — later a game-design celebrity as the director of the *Smash Bros* series — needed a name for the pink puffball protagonist of a new Game Boy franchise, the team chose “Kirby” in his honor. Thirty years and thirty plus games later, Kirby has become a digital hero perhaps on equal footing with Donkey Kong himself, and has outlived its namesake John Kirby, who passed away in 2019.

As part of the reporting surrounding his death, the *Washington Post*’s Gene Park noted that John Kirby’s achievements in the legal field went beyond protecting video-game IP: during the Civil Rights movement, he worked at the Justice Department and was tasked with helping to ensure voting rights for Black citizens and to enforce accountability for police brutality. But Kirby found immortality via his association with a video-game mascot, a cherubic cloud who can seemingly suck any object into his gaping cosmic maw.

And now… consumers can follow his lead and go mouthful mode on Nintendo-themed ice cream. In the summer of 2022, an Arizona-founded made-to-order mix-in creamery launched a triforce of Nintendo-themed creations: one for Kirby, as well as for Mario, and for *Animal Crossing*.

But will these sweet treats be at the top of your taste buds’ leaderboard?

Or will you be left asking, how did this get creamed?

This week on *Doughboys*… we return to Cold Stone Creamery for the Nintendo Ice Cream Dream Team.

## Spoon rating 🥄

The first time the Doughboys visited Cold Stone Creamery was back in 2016, when Nick gave it 4 forks and Mitch 2.

They also tried a Cold Stone drink product in Drank or Stank in this episode, it lost to Baskin-Robbins in the semi-finals of the Evan Susser Summer Ice Cream Invitational, and they stopped in to try Cold Stone's *Aquaman* promotional flavor once (and didn't like it).

Today, they return to try the three Nintendo-themed flavors.

* Island Getaway
* Superstar Sprinkle Blast
 Mike Mitchell
 Heather Anne Campbell
 Matt Apodaca

Everyone's favorite of the three flavors was Superstar Sprinkle Blast, though Mitch and Heather truly did not like any of them. They also all seemed to like the Island Getaway the least.

With these scores, Cold Stone Creamery is now in the Broken Plate Club.

## Slop Quiz: Chower Up edition

In Slop Quiz, Nick presents a food-related exam (pop quiz) and Mitch and the guest compete for superiority.

This week's topic is called Chower Up, and is based around video-game foods.

Heather Anne Campbell wins!

## Favorite Nintendo Franchises 🎮

Nick grants that *Mario* and *Zelda* are clearly first and second, so he asks what is everyone's third favorite Nintendo franchise.

## The Feedbag

 Mike Mitchell
 Heather Anne Campbell
 Matt Apodaca

## Photos

Superstar Sprinkle BlastIsland GetawayREESE'S Peanut Butter Ice Cream CupIsland Getaway, Superstar Sprinkle Blast, and Mighty Pink PuffSuperstar Sprinkle Blast in a Sprinkled Waffle BowlSome things are MINT to be!