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I don’t frequent McDonalds, but I have noticed groups of PSP owners huddled into a booth when I stopped in once for a late night snack. I wasn’t aware that this was common in Hong Kong. According to weekly game magazine, Gamestation it is and the house of Ronald is also a house for Monster Hunter. Let’s forget that their last two covers featured Monster Hunter Portable 2G and look at an article from their latest issue.
This is a list of 24 hour McDonalds featured in Gamestaton as a suggestion of where to meet up for Monster Hunter. While this may sound strange, McDonalds isn’t that bad a meeting place. Cheap food, free use of Wi-Fi (time limited, but it’s free) and some locations open all night. It’s like a bring your own internet café with fries.
I remember Nintendo had a promotion with McDonalds to equip their restaurants with Wi-Fi in the USA, but after the announcement not much was said about it. Has anyone taken advantage of it? Happy meals and Pokemon trading sound like a good mix for McDonalds, but it’s far from the phenomenon it could be.
Images courtesy of Gamestation.
@Archer - I’m familiar with “McRefugees” I didn’t know of the McGamers subcategory. Thanks for the enlightenment. Maybe Circle K and 7-11 haven’t been as big because they don’t have seats? Snack choice is much better there though.
True, better snacks and no seats, although if you think about it they are not in the best location to become a “famouse” or “good” hotspot, since circleK and 7-11 stores are not in malls or near a well known area, people would rather choose a place like MCdnlds to meet up since everybody knows where its at. + snacks are good in those places, but if your in the mood for something less light like a hot dog or a cheese burger, fries even, some of the AM-PM style food out there tastes like newspaper. MCdnlds isnt that good either, but its better.
There used to be Hardee’s in HK… It was just as sad as being in a Hardee’s in the States.
Lol MH2G is pretty famous heh? even my own school have its own “gaming zone” just for MH…
April 14th, 2008 at 7:52 am
There’s a name for these kids too, McGamers, a sub-category of McRefugees. As coined by the local news.
I just wonder why Circle K and 7-11 hasn’t became a MH hotspot yet…