Cup Noodle shared an image of a game controller with a “shrimp” button instead of the A and B buttons. Although it is not a real controller that you can pick up and use, this controller is simulated by Super Nintendo or Super Famicom controller.
The controller features the Cup Noodle logo between the D-pad and the Shrimp button, and the letters A and B can be seen above the shrimp. The pun behind this absurd controller lies in the Japanese pronunciation of the letters A and B together and “ebi,” the Japanese word for shrimp, which is very similar.
You can check out the Cup Noodle controller with shrimp buttons here:
Cup Noodle has recently shared a lot of video game-related jokes through the company’s X (formerly Twitter). official account. The most recent product involves the new flavor of Tonkotsu Genova basil ramen. refer to a line of words FFVII Advent Children movie due to the similarity between the noodle dish and the name Jenova.
The reason there are so many video game jokes appearing on Cup Noodle social media accounts is because of the recent “Cup Noodle Quest 2” campaign the company is running to offer a variety of Cup-related merchandise Noodle. The campaign starts in October 2024 and will last until the end of January 2025.
