GasProblem
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And this Mario Christmas spritework
I kinda want to Christmas-ify my 3DS for December. These badges would go along really well with the Mario Christmas theme.
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Nintendo Badge Arcade |OT| Gotta Grab 'em All
- Thread starter JoeM86
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I kinda want to Christmas-ify my 3DS for December. These badges would go along really well with the Mario Christmas theme.
Hours Left
Member
When you're in the hub watch the bottom screen scroll through all the news. They'll show the current bonus theme eventually. (It's LoZ: A Link Between Worlds currently.)
They should show it on the Theme Elevator screen too though, and I'm not sure why they don't.
After them doing the Pokémon Halloween ones (along with Ashley from WarioWare and Nikki), I'm excited to see what they'll do for this Christmas
woopWOOP
Member
Turns out NA got if before the EU afterall!
Seeing the Japan release list I kind of expected more NES sprite badges to tie in with NES Remix or something. I'm the kind of sucker who'd go in hardcore over some Excitebike sprites.
Isabelle in the Power Suit looks so weird...
e: Also I guess we missed out on the Halloween badges this year then? Better luck in '16 :[
Seeing the Japan release list I kind of expected more NES sprite badges to tie in with NES Remix or something. I'm the kind of sucker who'd go in hardcore over some Excitebike sprites.
Isabelle in the Power Suit looks so weird...
e: Also I guess we missed out on the Halloween badges this year then? Better luck in '16 :[
OrbitalBeard
Member
Oh cool, I just saw it now. Thanks!
chrisPjelly
Member
Holy shit what's up with Nintendo and slimy rabbits? Addicting game though
Hours Left
Member
No problem.
I don't mind the rabbits, what I do mind is that there's inexplicably two of them now. Why make a new salesman rabbit when you already have one?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
One looks like a mii, this one looks like he is filled with personality and expression. And don't forget Peppy Hare!
I blew 4 bucks last night, wanted to only do 2 (for the theme), but I couldn't get all the ones I wanted with 2 because I missed a bunch (not knowing you could RESET the level to make it easier for some badges!). Just wanted to get enough ALBW stuff. From now on, i'll do 2 per theme and then the free play every day to hopefully get the ones I want.
I mean, I'm basically paying 2 bucks per theme WITHOUT badges, so 2 bucks with 10 badge chances is worth it to me, I think. Sneaky Sneaky nintendo.
Here's my bottom screen after last night. I might like zelda, guys (and gals!). I own Majora and triforce retail, but I'd like to download them also, just so I have 2 other permanent zelda icons on my home screen.
e = eshop
R = Retail
C = Console
G (the gameboy now) = gameboy (incl advance)
D = Demos - which I might hide off the main screen once I get more console-related badges.
I mean, I'm basically paying 2 bucks per theme WITHOUT badges, so 2 bucks with 10 badge chances is worth it to me, I think. Sneaky Sneaky nintendo.
Here's my bottom screen after last night. I might like zelda, guys (and gals!). I own Majora and triforce retail, but I'd like to download them also, just so I have 2 other permanent zelda icons on my home screen.
e = eshop
R = Retail
C = Console
G (the gameboy now) = gameboy (incl advance)
D = Demos - which I might hide off the main screen once I get more console-related badges.
Hours Left
Member
The new rabbit is fairly amusing, so I don't really mind, it's just an odd decision. (And why don't they have names? Unless this guy is actually named Bunny...)
I don't know Peppy was a pusher too. How the mightly have fallen.
He literally TELLS YOU WHAT TO DO all the freaking time.
DO A BARREL ROLL
Never give up! Trust your instincts.
Be careful, it's a trap!
Fox, Take it easy!
Ugh, so bossy. Get over yourselves, bunny rabbits.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
He is the guy who sells you submarines in Steel Diver f2p.
Baito actually predates the StreetPass one if memory serves.
Gosh.
Thats the first time in my 30 years old that I will pay for microtransitions.
I'm so embarassed, but that REAL rabbit was so funny that they got me. I spend so much monney with stupid things that I think, man.... I need to improve my DS menu appearence.
Shame on me.... = (
PS.: the craddle game is really fun. I'm amazed...
Thats the first time in my 30 years old that I will pay for microtransitions.
I'm so embarassed, but that REAL rabbit was so funny that they got me. I spend so much monney with stupid things that I think, man.... I need to improve my DS menu appearence.
Shame on me.... = (
PS.: the craddle game is really fun. I'm amazed...
Hours Left
Member
We should probably be doing barrel rolls right now.
Heh, I didn't know that. I guess he had nothing else to do. What for Slippy in the next stability update.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Thanks guys.
Indeed. There's some art that has never existed before like this Isabelle art
And this Mario Christmas spritework
In fact, there's a crapload of alternate Isabelle and Nikki artwork that didn't exist before this
Only if you want to get them all. But no, there's free play chances every day
OMG Samus Isabelle lol
Only one theme a week if it's like Japan. This week it's the Zelda A Link Between Worlds wall
Ah, so the Mario, Animal Crossing, retro etc. badges don't rotate at all. Good to know.
All badges rotate. It's just with a low amount of available badges in the US, you won't see much of a rotation for a while
I see. I feel kinda hypocritical though given that I got the eShop version of Majora's Mask for the theme :lol. I'll try this out for sure.
Flintty
Member
Thanks! I like collecting for the sake of collecting lol. Having rarity usually makes it more interesting/fun but is not a necessity!
ebongrey23
Member
Couldn't get the Luigi badge at first but I got it today. Cute game. 
Finished off the Gameboy/Super Famicom that were rotating out, as well as the LBW one with the hooks (want a complete LBW set eventually). The Super Famicom was goddamn slippery! Took way more tries than it should've, and if not for that I would've likely gotten more badges with my tries, but oh well. And now to sink back into non-paying town, at least until another "free" theme pops up...
(BTW, in case anyone was curious, "leveling up" just
(BTW, in case anyone was curious, "leveling up" just
seems to upgrade the icon with the book. IE now a bunny statue is holding my book.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
My god, the rabbit character is so fluidly animated.
Dandy Crocodile
Member
Thanks for the OT, Joe!
This game...
This game...
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Managed to get over 30 badges in practice this morning, which nabbed me 4 free plays altogether. Not bad.
Edit: After which I managed to get every badge except for Link himself...urg.
Edit: After which I managed to get every badge except for Link himself...urg.
Thanks for the OT, Joe!
This game...
If you didn't deflate his ego, you're doing it wrong.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Wait, he's older?
Double checked as I remember both things coming out, but this is wrong assuming I'm not misunderstanding the claim. This game came out last year in Japan, whereas the first round of purchasable StreetPass games was summer of 2013.
I thought the games came Spring this year. My apologies if I was wrong.
That was round 2 of the purchasable games (Ultimate Angler and Battleground Z), but 4 came out before those.
Ah of course.
It does. Whenever it boots up, it goes to connect to the eShop server and downloads the daily changes each time.
It was getting long in Japan until the version 1.3.0 update where it sped up a bit.
It's the best theme. We use it all year. 😁
Practice Mode can give you some more free plays if you haven't done it already.
That, and also it has to phone home so you don't try to fast forward your calendar to get free tries again. Also, any game with microtransactions usually connects to a server to make sure you're not manipulating save data/etc to bypass microtransactions.
TheSuperSakura
Member
Same for me too. I was pretty mad haha.
The boot up time seems longer than it should be though. Pokemon Shuffle takes significantly less time to check in and download updates. I guess it has to download more stuff in this game.
Typically not, no.
Randomly Nameless
Member
I just got 31 practice badges with the Hammer machine. Not a single one had free plays on the other side, but I got 3 free plays for getting 30 badges so whatever.
I managed to nab 4 badges with my 3 plays so I'm pretty happy. I got an old school Game Boy to complement my Game Boy Color from yesterday. I got pixel Luigi and Toad as part of a single grab and I took Goomba to complete my starter Mario set from yesterday. I don't think I'll complete too many sets, but I wanted to complete the very first one because I was only missing the Goomba.
I agree that the boot up time is long. It's kind of unnerving, as every time I'm scared my SD card is going to get corrupted or something.
I managed to nab 4 badges with my 3 plays so I'm pretty happy. I got an old school Game Boy to complement my Game Boy Color from yesterday. I got pixel Luigi and Toad as part of a single grab and I took Goomba to complete my starter Mario set from yesterday. I don't think I'll complete too many sets, but I wanted to complete the very first one because I was only missing the Goomba.
I agree that the boot up time is long. It's kind of unnerving, as every time I'm scared my SD card is going to get corrupted or something.
