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AGenshin Impactfan is showing off a unique batch of merchandise from the popular RPG’s recent McDonald’s collaboration, showing off exclusive apparel and special items. The beloved HoYoverse RPG has featured a wide variety of unique crossovers with different brands, owing in part to its massive worldwide success following the game’s 2020 launch. HoYoverse has partnered with everything from fast food chains like KFC and Pizza Hut to even featuring afully playable character inHorizon: Zero Dawn’s Aloy.Genshin Impact’s newest collaboration, however, boasted a much wider reach than past events.
HoYoverse launched the highly-anticipated collaboration betweenGenshin Impactand McDonald’s last month, featuring exclusive items both in the real world and in-game. Fans ordering theGenshin Impactmeal from McDonald’s were treated to special packaging for the chain’s Apple Pies, featuring Beidou and Kazuha on the box. Both the meal and the individual Apple Pie also came with redeemable codes forGenshin Impact, with one granting an exclusive in-game glider. Now, one fan has picked up some particularly exclusive merchandise from the collaboration.
A post shared to theGenshin Impactleaks subreddit by Reddit user brontebrontebronte shows off their uniqueGenshin Impactmerchandise. The user shares that a friend had worked at McDonald’s during the collaboration, giving them a batch of goodies from the event that includes an “NPC” crew shirt and a tote bag. The merchandise set also includes standees ofNatlan’s first trio of characters, a special notebook, and multiple collectible postcards fromGenshin Impact. More users in the reply shared that some of theGenshin Impactmerchandise may have been exclusive to specific local events.
Genshin Impact Fan Shows Off Exclusive McDonald’s Merch
The special set ofGenshin Impactmerchandise comes as HoYoverse has often given fans the chance to pick up unique collectibles from the game. HoYoverse announced a partnership with smartphone developer OnePlus earlier this year to release aGenshin Impact-themed version of the OnePlus 12R, designed around five-star character Keqing. The previously mentioned collaborations with brands like KFC and Pizza Hut have also often included merchandise as a bonus, with last year’s Pizza Hut crossover offering a multipurpose file in Japan.
Genshin Impact’s McDonald’s collaboration coincided with an exciting time for the RPG as the game welcomed its sixth playable region. Natlan’s debut offered plenty of new terrain for players to explore, alongside the next expansion of the game’s Archon Quest delving into Natlan’s ongoing conflict with the Abyss. HoYoverse has also teased plenty more to come from the region, including rumored new map expansions anda plethora of upcoming Natlan characters. HoYoverse looks to give fans more unique ways to experience the smash-hit RPG, both within the world of Teyvat and through real-world events.
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Step into Teyvat, a vast world teeming with life and flowing with elemental energy.You and your sibling arrived here from another world. Separated by an unknown god, stripped of your powers, and cast into a deep slumber, you now awake to a world very different from when you first arrived.Thus begins your journey across Teyvat to seek answers from The Seven — the gods of each element. Along the way, prepare to explore every inch of this wondrous world, join forces with a diverse range of characters, and unravel the countless mysteries that Teyvat holds…
