Holiday Create-a-Card (2021)
| Holiday Create-a-Card | |
|---|---|
 Title screen | |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Platform(s) | Browser |
| Rating(s) | N/A |
| Input | Mouse/touchscreen |
Holiday Create-a-Card, referred to as Print & Play 2021 Mario and Friends Holiday Card Creator in the title of its web page, was an activity on the Play Nintendo website.[1] It was an application that allowed users to design a custom holiday greeting card using Mario-themed decorations.
Overview
The application presents the user with an empty canvas upon which they can add decorations from a scrollable list. There are five tabs with decorations available: backgrounds, greetings, characters, items, and presets. Backgrounds automatically cover the canvas when selected, while greetings, characters, and items can be individually resized, rotated, and repositioned across the canvas. The presets tab offers predetermined designs for the canvas, which overwrite the current design when selected. The user can empty the canvas at any time by selecting the "Clear all" button beside the canvas.
Under the canvas, the user can click "Next" to advance to a screen where they can opt to download their card as a PDF file (which includes instructions for printing and folding the card) or as an image file. On the same screen, the user can also choose to return to the canvas and resume editing their current card design.
Controls
When a decoration is placed on the canvas, the user can select and move it around by way of a pointing device (mouse, touchscreen etc.) Upon selecting the decoration, it displays two adjacent buttons which perform different actions: one can simultaneously rotate and resize the sticker when dragged, and the other deletes it when tapped. Alternatively, keyboard controls may be used:
| K | Open/close controls |
| +- | Bigger/smaller |
| ←↑→↓ | Move |
| <> | Rotate |
| [] | Re-order |
| Delete | Delete |
| Shift + Any | Modify |
| W | Align top |
| A | Align left |
| S | Align bottom |
| D | Align right |
| C | Center horizontally |
| V | Center vertically |
Decorations
Backgrounds
Greetings
Characters
Mario
Princess Peach
Toad
Yoshi
Items
Gift box
Gift box
Candy cane with bow
Super Mushroom / Dash Mushroom in a gift box
Goomba / Shoe Goomba in a stocking
Mario- and Luigi-themed stockings
Yoshi's Egg with ribbon
Ornament
Ornament
Super Star ornament
Snowman with Mario's mustache and cap
Snowflakes
Sparkles
Super Star
Border with Fire Flowers, Super Bells, and Mario snowmen
Border with Fire Flowers, Super Stars, and Super Mushrooms/Dash Mushrooms
Border with golden Super Stars, snowflakes, and sparkles
Golden border with yellow dots
Border with Super Stars and multicolored circles
Presets
The application offers five predetermined card designs, shown below.
Official description
Holiday Create-a-Card
You can create your own custom holiday cards for friends and family!
Gallery
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The customization screen at the start
Review and download screen
Window displayed upon selecting "Clear all" on the customization screen
Window displayed upon selecting "Start over" on the review and download screen
See also
- Mushroom Kingdom Create-A-Card
- Mushroom Kingdom Create-A-Card (holiday version)
References
- ^ Print & Play 2021 Mario and Friends Holiday Card Creator. Play Nintendo. Archived November 28, 2021, 00:49:30 UTC from the original via Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 5, 2022.
