Nintendo Badge Arcade

Nintendo Badge Arcade
Developer(s) Nintendo
Publisher(s) Nintendo
Platform(s) Nintendo 3DS
Release date(s)
  • JP: December 17, 2014
  • NA: November 10, 2015
  • EU: November 13, 2015

Nintendo Badge Arcade, known in Japan as Badge Torēru Center (バッジとれ〜るセンター Bajji Torēru Sentā, lit. "Collectible Badge Center"), is a free-to-play application for Nintendo 3DS, allowing players to customize the 3DS Home Menu with badges.[1] The game launched in Japan on December 17, 2014[2] November 10, 2015 in North America[3][4] and in Europe on November 13, 2015.[5]

Gameplay

Nintendo Badge Arcade takes place in an arcade filled with machines known as Badge Catchers, each containing badges based on various Nintendo franchises such as Super Mario, Animal Crossing, and Splatoon, which are reorganised regularly. The arcade is hosted by a pink, anthropomorphic rabbit character called Arcade Bunny, who always greets the player, and often introduces promotional events. The Badge Catchers are viewed from a 2d side-on perspective. Similar to real-life UFO catchers, players must move the catcher's claw side to side, pick up badges, and try and drop them off the bottom-left of the screen. They can accomplish this by simply picking them up, or use other techniques such as pushing them or causing land-slides (this only works if there is a big pile of badges). Some Badge Catchers use alternate means of obtaining badges. The Hammer Arm knocks badges sideways towards the hole, the Bomb Arm blasts badges away in all directions, and the Stick Arm (which originally went unused, but was first revealed on April 28, 2016 in Japan) sticks badges onto the arm. Any badges that the player obtains can be placed on the Nintendo 3DS' HOME Menu, with certain badges able to launch some of the 3DS' built-in applications.

Players begin the game with five free plays, after which they must purchase additional plays via the Nintendo eShop. Special themes for the HOME Menu can also be unlocked by purchasing enough plays during certain periods. Once per day, players can use the Practice Catcher to practice catching dummy badges. Players earn a free bonus play for every ten dummy badges they collect, plus additional plays should they uncover a bonus badge. Additional plays may also be offered to the player through occasional events. All activities require a constant online connection.

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