History Trivia / NintendoBadgeArcade

* NoExportForYou: There are badge sets that were released in the Japanese version but never introduced in the North American and European versions. Notable examples are ''VideoGame/RustysRealDealBaseball'' badges, ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' badges promoting of the Sanrio collaboration for ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf'', ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' badges promoting ''Monster Hunter XX'', ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'' badges promoting ''Yo-kai Watch 3'', ''Daigasso! Band Brothers P'' badges, ''Megami Meguri''[[note]]A 3DS game published by Capcom[[/note]] badges, . The latter four games that were promoted were released only in Japan when they decided to stop releasing new badges outside Japan. Others are specifically centred on Japanese culture, such badges for the different regions of Japan and tileable pixel zen garden badges. The badges for ''Crazy Galaxy'' (a 2017 April Fool's joke describing a fake game starring Ashley from ''VideoGame/WarioWare'') were also not released outside Japan for unstated reasons.

* FanNickname: The Arcade Bunny, having no official name (outside of Japan), has garnered a couple. American fans tend to call him "Badgegrab", after [[http://a67.tinypic.com/1z65wdl.jpg a possibly throwaway line in which he referred to himself as such]] during a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' promotion. In the British version later on, the same line was changed to call him "Professor Hedge" to keep with the ''Pokémon'' professors' ThemeNaming. That hasn't caught on as much, however. Some fans prefer to call him "Badge Bunny".

* FanNickname: The Arcade bunny, having no official name, has garnered a couple.
** Japanese fans call him "Baito-kun"; roughly "Mr. Part-Timer". This comes from the German loanword "arbeit", used in Japan to refer to a temporary job.
** American fans and websites have been seen calling him "Badgegrab", after [[http://a67.tinypic.com/1z65wdl.jpg a possibly throwaway line in which he referred to himself as such]] during a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' promotion.[[note]]In the British version later on, the same line was changed to call him "Professor Hedge" to keep with the Pokémon professors' ThemeNaming. That hasn't caught on as much, however.[[/note]]
** English fans sometimes call him "Badge Bunny".

** Western fans and websites have been seen calling him "Badgegrab", after [[http://a67.tinypic.com/1z65wdl.jpg a possibly throwaway line in which he referred to himself as such]] during a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' promotion.[[note]]In the European version later on, the same line was changed to call him "Professor Hedge" to keep with the Pokémon professors' ThemeNaming. That hasn't caught on as much, however.[[/note]]
** Western fans sometimes call him "Badge Bunny".

* NoExportForYou: There are badge sets that were released in the Japanese version but never introduced in the North American and European versions. Notable examples are ''VideoGame/RustysRealDealBaseball'' badges, ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' badges promoting of the Sanrio collaboration for ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf'', ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' badges promoting ''Monster Hunter XX'', ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'' badges promoting ''Yo-kai Watch 3'', ''Daigasso! Band Brothers P'' badges, ''Megami Meguri''[[note]]A 3DS game published by Capcom[[/note]] badges, . The latter four games that were promoted were released only in Japan when they decided to stop releasing new badges outside Japan. Others are specifically centred on Japanese culture, such badges for the different regions of Japan and tileable pixel zen garden badges.

* FanNickname: Arcade bunny, having no official name, has garnered a couple.

* NoExportForYou: There are badge sets that were released in the Japanese version but never introduced in the North American and European versions. Notable examples are the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' badges promoting of the Sanrio collaboration for ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf'', the ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' badges promoting ''Monster Hunter XX'', and the ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'' badges promoting ''Yo-kai Watch 3''. The two latter games that were promoted were released only in Japan when they decided to stop releasing new badges outside Japan. Others are specifically centred on Japanese culture, such badges for the different regions of Japan and tileable pixel zen garden badges.

* NoExportForYou: There are badge sets that were released in the Japanese version but never introduced in the North American and European versions. Notable examples are the ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' badges promoting of the Sanrio collaboration for ''Animal Crossing: New Leaf'', the ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' badges promoting ''Monster Hunter XX'', and the ''VideoGame/YokaiWatch'' badges promoting ''Yo-kai Watch 3''. The two latter games that were promoted are currently released only in Japan.

* MilestoneCelebration: When the arcade's final badges were released in Japan and North America, the 9999th in May 2017 and 8800th in June 2017 respectively, they went out with a bang, with the bunny going through the game's credits in the opening chatter and then offering two free plays every day starting a week after.

* MilestoneCelebration: When the arcade's final badges were released in Japan and North America, the 9999th in May 2017 and 8800th in June 2017 respectively, they went out with a bang, with the bunny going through the game's credits in the opening chatter and then offering a week of two free plays every day.

* ViralMarketing: If the badge collection you're looking at isn't sourced from [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros one]] [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda of]] [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Nintendo's]] [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} flagship]] [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing franchises]] (or even if it is), odds are very good that it is promoting a just-released or upcoming game.

* NoExportForYou: The Japanese version of the game has a total of 9999 unique badges to collect, while the North American version has 8800, leaving 1199 exclusive to Japan. Some of these badges would have little interest to people outside Japan (such as the tileable pixel zen garden or the map of Japan) or are cross promotions that Nintendo of America did not obtain licenses for (like the Creator/{{Sanrio}} badges or the badges with Japanese convenience store chain Lawson).

** Western fans and websites have been seen calling him "Badgegrab", after [[http://a67.tinypic.com/1z65wdl.jpg a possibly throwaway line in which he referred to himself as such]] during a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' promotion.[[note]]In the European version later on, the same line was changed to call him "Professor Hedge" to keep with the pokémon professors' ThemeNaming. That hasn't caught on as much, however.[[/note]]

** Japanese fans call him "Baito-kun"; roughly "Mr. Part-Timer".

* Western fans sometimes call him "Badge Bunny".

** Western fans and websites have been seen calling him "Badgegrab", after [[http://a67.tinypic.com/1z65wdl.jpg a possibly throwaway line in which he referred to himself as such]] during a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' promotion.[[note]]In the European version later on, the same line was changed to call him "Professor Hedge" to keep with the pokémon professors' ThemeNaming. That hasn't caught on as much, however.[[/note]]

** Western fans and websites have been seen calling him "Badgegrab", after [[http://a67.tinypic.com/1z65wdl.jpg a possibly throwaway line in which he referred to himself as such]] during a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' promotion.

* FanNickname: Arcade rabbit, having no official name, has garnered a couple.

** Western fans and websites have been seen calling him "Badgegrab", after a possibly throwaway line in which he referred to himself as such during a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' promotion.