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'''''Nintendo Badge Arcade''''' was a free-to-start application available from the [[Nintendo eShop]] for the [[Nintendo 3DS]]. The game | '''''Nintendo Badge Arcade''''' was a free-to-start application available from the [[Nintendo eShop]] for the [[Nintendo 3DS]]. The game involed collecting badges in various [[Nintendo]]-themed crane-game [[minigame]]s, which can be used to customize the 3DS HOME Menu. It was first released in December 2014 in Japan, and later in November of 2015 in Western regions. Though players can earn badges without paying any real money, money could be used to earn more plays and therefore more badges. Players could also obtain exclusive 3DS HOME Menu themes with this application, when available at certain times in the arcade, by buying at least ten plays. The application required an internet connection and an SD card to play: all badges are stored in the SD card where the game is also stored in. The badge sets and other features in the arcade rotated, which changed after 2:00 AM PST on Nintendo's server passes. | ||
As of June 22, 2017, ''Nintendo Badge Arcade'' had over 8,800 badges overall (over 9,999 badges in the Japanese version). Due to internal memory constraints, no more badges were added as they then rotated old badges every day and gave the player two free plays per day each time the game launched.<ref>https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/22/15853474/nintendo-badge-arcade-final-update</ref> As of March 27, 2023, paid plays on badge catchers were no longer possible; only free plays and the practice catcher were available. Whilst the game was still technically playable at the time, the daily rotations of arcades had ceased. On April 8, 2024, the game shut down along with the closure of the [[Nintendo Network]] service, preventing players from being able to access the game at all past the title screen as they are met with a service discontinuation error.<ref>@NintendoAmerica (October 4, 2023). [https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1709418623566020975 "''As of early April 2024, online play and other functionality that uses online communication will end service for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Thank you very much for your continued support of our products.''"] ''Twitter''. Retrieved October 4, 2023.</ref> | As of June 22, 2017, ''Nintendo Badge Arcade'' had over 8,800 badges overall (over 9,999 badges in the Japanese version). Due to internal memory constraints, no more badges were added as they then rotated old badges every day and gave the player two free plays per day each time the game launched.<ref>https://www.polygon.com/2017/6/22/15853474/nintendo-badge-arcade-final-update</ref> As of March 27, 2023, paid plays on badge catchers were no longer possible; only free plays and the practice catcher were available. Whilst the game was still technically playable at the time, the daily rotations of arcades had ceased. On April 8, 2024, the game shut down along with the closure of the [[Nintendo Network]] service, preventing players from being able to access the game at all past the title screen as they are met with a service discontinuation error.<ref>@NintendoAmerica (October 4, 2023). [https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1709418623566020975 "''As of early April 2024, online play and other functionality that uses online communication will end service for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software. Thank you very much for your continued support of our products.''"] ''Twitter''. Retrieved October 4, 2023.</ref> | ||
