If you like Street Fighter, trading cards, and energy drinks, then boy, do I have the crossover for you. You can now buy Street Fighter trading cards with energy drinks inside them. Just snap them open and pour it in your mouth.
No, unfortunately, I'm not making any of this up. Capcom has teamed up with Japanese food and snack brand UHA Mikakuto to create drinkable Street Fighter energy drink trading cards. There are 24 of them to collect, each starring iconic characters from the series like Chun-Li and Ryu, except that if you want the energy drink inside, you can't collect them, as you need to ruin them to get at it.
The cards are described as "single use", although I guess if you don't want the drink inside, you can keep them intact.
Why do Street Fighter-branded trading card energy drinks need to exist at all? Well, even after reading UHA Mikakuto's press release (thanks, Dexerto) attempting to explain that, I'm still not sure. The company says that its drinkable cards pack the satisfaction of a 250ml can into a 12ml trading card. So far, that sounds a lot like a 24-hour energy shot to me, which...
