History VideoGame / NintendoBadgeArcade

* TooLongDidntDub: The occasional badge set is specifically Japanese with no attempt to translate for foreign equivalents. For starters:
** A set of retro 8-bit badges features the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Famicom and not the NES]].
** Badges for the original ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' include text of the Japanese equivalents for "It's dangerous to go alone" and "It's a secret to everybody", but in North America and Europe they remain in Japanese kana and weren't translated into English or other languages.
** The New Year's badges were specifically based on how ''Japan'' celebrates the New Year and not changed to other cultural equivalents.

** For December 2015 the [[NoExportForYou Japanese version's]] Home Menu splash title and central catch machine hub were updated with special "Merry X'mas" signs, and sleigh bells were added to the background music of the catch machines.

* TooLongDidntDub: The occasional badge set is specifically Japanese with no attempt to translate for foreign equivalents: For starters, a set of retro 8-bit badges features the Famicom and not the NES. Badges for the original ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' include text of the Japanese equivalents for "It's dangerous to go alone" and "It's a secret to everybody", but in North America and Europe they remain in Japanese kanji and weren't translated into English or other languages. Similarly, the New Year's badges were specifically based on how ''Japan'' celebrates the New Year and not changed to other cultural equivalents.

** Disputed with the rabbit. He suggests that his name could possibly be [[http://a67.tinypic.com/1z65wdl.jpg "Badgegrab"]] during a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' promotion[[note]]"Hedge" in Europe, keeping with the FloralThemeNaming of Pokémon professors while also rhyming with "badge"[[/note]], but official sources, such as [=3DS=] system notifications and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'', refer to him as [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep "Arcade bunny"]].

* ShoutOut: When talking about "care instructions" for [[VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld Yarn Yoshi]] Toys/{{amiibo}}, the bunny first says to not get them wet and not expose them to bright sunlight, then the player can guess [[Film/{{Gremlins}} "don't feed it after midnight"]] as the third instruction. Another option was "[[{{Film/Beetlejuice}} don't say its name three times]]".

* TooLongDidntDub: Badges for the original ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'' include text of the Japanese equivalents for "It's dangerous to go alone" and "It's a secret to everybody", but in North America and Europe they remain in Japanese kanji and weren't translated into English or other languages. Similarly, the New Year's badges were specifically based on how ''Japan'' celebrates the New Year and not changed to other cultural equivalents.

* 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.

* AllegedlyFreeGame: The game is obviously meant for you to pay out loads of cash to try and get the most badges as possible. While you '''can''' try and get a boatload of badges by not spending a single buck, it requires a ton of luck and takes days, maybe even months to do so. Some days you could get 3+ tries, some days you could get absolutely nothing at all. Lady Luck just has to be on your side. Notably, Nintendo is completely honest about this and advertises it as "free-to-'''start'''", not "free-to-play".

* ChristmasMode: For December 2015 the [[NoExportForYou Japanese version's]] Home Menu splash title and central catch machine hub were updated with special "Merry X'mas" signs, and sleigh bells were added to the background music of the catch machines.

* ConsolationPrize: If you purchase a set of plays and [[EpicFail somehow don't get a single badge from any of them]], Badgegrab will get sincerely upset and give you a random badge from the catcher you're currently on.

** Disputed with the rabbit. He suggests that [[http://a67.tinypic.com/1z65wdl.jpg his name could possibly be "Badgegrab"]] during a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' promotion, but official sources, such as [=3DS=] system notifications and ''VideoGame/SuperMarioMaker'', [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep refer to him as "Arcade bunny"]].
*** The Badgegrab name is probably a joke. In the European version of the Pokémon promotion, he calls himself Professor [[FloralThemeNaming Hedge]]. [[StealthPun Which incidentally rhymes on "badge"]].

* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Downplayed with Badgegrab. See NoNameGiven as to how.

* MemeAcknowledgment
** The "[[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]] Confirmed" quote used by ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' players who speculate Ridley would be playable has been referenced at one point when badges for the original ''Metroid'' were available.
-->''Ridley badge confirmed!''
** When {{VideoGame/Splatoon}} badges were first made available, Badgegrab asked the player if he or she was a squid or a kid.

** ''Narrowly'' averted with the rabbit, Badgegrab, who says his name [[http://a67.tinypic.com/1z65wdl.jpg exactly once]] during a ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' promotion.
** Though it may possibly just be a name he came up with for the promotion; his Mystery Mushroom Costume in Super Mario Maker simply refers to him as "Arcade bunny."

* ShoutOut: When talking about "care instructions" for [[VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld Yarn Yoshi]] Toys/{{amiibo}}, the bunny first says to not get them wet and not expose them to bright sunlight, then the player can guess [[Film/{{Gremlins}} "don't feed it after midnight"]] as the third instruction. Another option was [[{{Film/Beetlejuice}} don't say its name three times]].

* ShoutOut: When talking about "care instructions" for [[VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld Yarn Yoshi]] Toys/{{amiibo}}, the bunny first says to not get them wet and not expose them to bright sunlight, then the player can guess [[Film/{{Gremlins}} "don't feed it after midnight"]] as the third instruction.

* AscendedMeme: The "[[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]] Confirmed" quote used by ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' players who speculate Ridley would be playable has been referenced at one point when badges for the original ''Metroid'' were available.
-->''Ridley badge confirmed!''

* ChristmasMode: For December 2015 the [[NoExortForYou Japanese version's]] Home Menu splash title and central catch machine hub were updated with special "Merry X'mas" signs, and sleigh bells were added to the background music of the catch machines.

* ChristmasMode: For December 2015 the Japanese version's Home Menu splash title and central catch machine hub were updated with special "Merry X'mas" signs, and sleigh bells were added to the background music of the catch machines.

* ShoutOut: When talking about "care instructions" for [[VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld Yarn Yoshi]] Toys/{{amiibo}}, he first says to not get them wet and not expose them to bright sunlight, then the player can guess [[Film/{{Gremlins}} "don't feed it after midnight"]] as the third instruction.

* ShoutOut: When talking about "care instructions" for [[VideoGame/YoshisWoollyWorld Yarn Yoshi]] Toys/{{amiibo}}, he first says to not get them wet and not expose them to bright sunlight, then the player can guess [[Film {{Gremlins}} "don't feed it after midnight"]] as the third instruction.

** The Practice Catcher, a somewhat reliable way of earning free plays on a near-daily basis, is a fair compromise because a free-to-start app is by its very nature [[BrokenBase divisive]].
*** If you completely whiff the Practice Catcher, Badgegrab will allow you to try again.

''Nintendo Badge Arcade'' is a free-to-download game on the UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS [=eShop=]. It takes place in an arcade where players can spend real money to play a crane game to obtain badges based on Nintendo franchises that can be used to decorate the Nintendo 3DS's home menu.

** The Practice Catcher, a somewhat reliable way of earning free plays on a near-daily basis.

* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Downplayed. The rabbit has mentioned his name, Badgegrab, exactly once.

* NoNameGiven: The owner of the arcade. The rabbit just refers to them as his boss.

* AllegedlyFreeGame: The game is obviously meant for you to pay out loads of cash to try and get the most badges as possible. While you '''can''' try and get a boatload of badges by not spending a single buck, it requires a ton of luck and takes days, maybe even months to do so. Some days you could get 3+ tries, some days you could get absolutely nothing at all. Lady Luck just has to be on your side.

* ProductPlacement: Each time the arcade stocks up on new badges, the rabbit will talk about the game the badges come from and quiz players about it.