Nintendo Badge Arcade

Nintendo Badge Arcade is a application for the Nintendo 3DS. It involves the player playing a selection of games that can be used to decorate the HOME Menu of the Nintendo 3DS. More badges were occasionally released through weekly updates, until new badge additions were discontinued on May 26th, 2017 in Japan, on June 22nd, 2017 in North America, and on June 23rd, 2017 in Europe.
Corresponding to the closure of the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShops on March 27th, 2023, the selection of badge catchers no longer rotates daily, and the ability to purchase plays was deactivated. Free plays can still be won through the daily practice catcher, and all previously-collected badges can still be accessed.
==Relevance to The Legend of Zelda==
The following games have had sets of badges based on sprites and artwork:
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* (As part of the NES Remix set)
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* (Some characters' artwork is from )
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* (Some characters' and items' artwork is from )
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The now-permanent selection of badge catchers includes three catchers from the set and two from the set. Several other sets contained -related badges. A set titled " - 30th Anniversary" contained artwork of Link from nearly every game in the series, while badges with pixelated sprites of various characters were available in the set. Several badges of game cartridges could be found in the "Pixel Collection" set, and several badges from the "amiibo" set featured characters. Five badges from the set and two badges of FDS Disk Cards from the "Pixel Collection" set are unavailable outside of Japan.
Some "collaboration" badges were also available, featuring characters from Animal Crossing, Swapdoodle, the WarioWare series, and Nintendo Badge Arcade itself dressed as characters from . Link also appeared riding the Master Cycle in the set, as a puppet in the Cat Mario set, and as badges within badges in the Nintendo Badge Arcade set. Several sets of Zelda game badges also included "launcher" badges, which resemble the icons of various built-in Nintendo 3DS apps, remade in the style of those games.
Link also appears on the application's title screen in his appearance as part of the Badge Arcade's marquee, and on the loading screen in his appearance. Once loaded, the application is hosted by an anthropomorphic pink rabbit named Arcade Bunny, who would often make spoken references to when introducing new sets of badges or showcasing the customized HOME Menus that users had shared on Miiverse. Arcade Bunny has made use of quotes such as "I am Error" in his greeting monologues, and would frequently comment on his favorite characters and other aspects of the series.
Several of the badge catchers included gimmicks which recreate or allude to gameplay elements from the original games. For instance, in a catcher set inside a Dungeon from , the badge of Aquamentus could only be collected by knocking the badge of Link's Sword Beam into it from the opposite side of the screen. A few other catchers mimicked the layout of the Shops found inside caves. Another catcher based on features several Mask badges along the floor and a badge of the Moon suspended higher up; moving the claw too far will cause the Moon badge to fall onto the Masks, making them more difficult to collect.
An exclusive HOME Menu Theme, featuring a brick wall suitable for Painting-style badges, could only be purchased through the application.
==Gallery==
File:NBA ALBW Badge Catcher 1.png|Badge catcher featuring character and badges
File:NBA ALBW Badge Catcher 2.png|Badge catcher featuring badges
File:NBA MM3D Badge Catcher 1.png|Badge catcher featuring badges
File:NBA MM3D Badge Catcher 2.png|Badge catcher featuring launcher badges
File:NBA MM3D Badge Catcher 3.png|Badge catcher featuring and badges
File:NBA Arcade Bunny Statue Model.png|Arcade Bunny statue featuring badges of , the , and three 
File:NBA Menu Showcase.png|The Arcade Bunny says an iconic quote, "It's a secret to everyone!"
===Launcher Badges===
File:NBA Launcher Badges TLoZ.png| set #1
File:NBA Launcher Badges TLoZ 2.png| set #2
File:NBA Launcher Badges TWWHD.png| set
File:NBA Launcher Badges MM3D.png| set
File:NBA Launcher Badges ALBW.png| set #1
File:NBA Launcher Badges ALBW 2.png| set #2
===Collaboration Badges===
File:NBA Isabelle Link Icon.png|Isabelle dressed as 
File:NBA Animal Crossing Master Sword Badge.png|The in its Animal Crossing appearance
File:NBA Nikki Princess Zelda Icon.png|Nikki dressed as 
File:NBA Nikki Link's Cap Badge.png|Nikki wearing 's cap
File:NBA Cat Toon Link Badge.png|Cat dressed as 
File:NBA Panda Tingle Icon.png|Panda dressed as 
File:NBA Bomb Potion Swapdoodle Badge.png|Swapdoodle-styled and 
File:NBA Rupee Heart Swapdoodle Badge.png|Swapdoodle-styled and 
File:NBA Ashley Link Icon.png| dressed as 
File:NBA Red Tingle Icon.png| dressed as 
File:NBA Wario Moon Icon.png| as the 
File:NBA Jimmy T. Skull Kid Icon.png| dressed as 
File:NBA Penny Happy Mask Salesman Icon.png| dressed as the 
File:NBA Arcade Bunny Link Icon.png|Arcade Bunny as 
File:NBA MK8 Link & Master Cycle Badge.png|Badge of riding the Master Cycle from 
File:NBA Puppet Link Badge.png|Badge of as a puppet from 
===Pixel Collection badges===
File:NBA Pixel Collection TLoZ FDS.png| (Famicom Disk System)
File:NBA Pixel Collection TAoL.png| (Famicom Disk System)
File:NBA Pixel Collection TLoZ.png|
File:NBA Pixel Collection ALttP.png|
File:NBA Pixel Collection LA.png|
File:NBA Pixel Collection LADX.png|
File:NBA Pixel Collection OoT.png|
File:NBA Pixel Collection MM.png|
File:NBA Pixel Collection ALttP&FS.png|
File:NBA Pixel Collection TLoZ GBA.png| (Classic NES Series)
File:NBA Pixel Collection TMC.png|
File:NBA Pixel Collection FPTRR.png|
File:NBA Pixel Collection PH.png|
File:NBA Pixel Collection ST.png|
===amiibo badges===
File:NBA amiibo TLoZ Link.png|Link ()
File:NBA amiibo OoT Link.png|Link ()
File:NBA amiibo Toon Link.png|Toon Link ()
File:NBA amiibo Zelda.png|Zelda ()
File:NBA amiibo Wolf Link.png|Wolf Link
File:NBA amiibo TLoZ Link Package.png|Link () boxed
File:NBA amiibo OoT Link Package.png|Link () boxed
File:NBA amiibo Toon Link Package.png|Toon Link () boxed
File:NBA amiibo Zelda Package.png|Zelda () boxed
File:NBA amiibo Wolf Link Package.png|Wolf Link boxed
==References==
Category:Other Games