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Doritos is a brand of seasoned tortilla chips owned by the American company Frito-Lays, originating from the USA. Originally made in 1964, Doritos were sold nationwide in 1966. They were eventually sold internationally, with Japan getting their version in 1987 alongside 20 flavours, with variations such as Fish Taco by the 2000s.
Relation to the Metal Gear series[]
Doritos branded soldiers and item in Peace Walker.
The Fish Taco-flavored Doritos, alongside AXE Body Spray, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Bon Curry, and magazines from Weekly Famitsu, Dengeki PlayStation, Dengeki Games, and Weekly Shōnen Magazine were included in the Japanese version of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker as in-game items as a joke on product placement.[1] The specific flavor used was the Japan-only Fish Taco flavor, which acted as a bit of an anachronism as the flavor did not exist until the 2000s, nearly three decades after the setting of the game. In the international versions of the game, Doritos were replaced by tortilla chips. In addition, supplemental materials such as a DLC t-shirt advertising Doritos and a briefing file covering Doritos were cut from subsequent non-Japanese versions altogether, presumably for the same reason why Doritos itself was replaced. The item description mentions their national distribution release date in America, while the Model Viewer description for the item references the brand's Japanese release date.
The Doritos t-shirt is one of only two in-game passcode-unlockable DLC's where the method of unlocking them does not directly relate to the product being represented, the other being the AXE t-shirt. Its passcode is instead distributed upon completion of the Metal Gear Solid: Piece Walker online puzzle game.
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- Doritos on Wikipedia.