Play Nintendo



Play Nintendo is a division of Nintendo's official North American website. It promotes contemporary Nintendo systems and games, while maintaining a focus on appealing to a younger audience. It was established on October 1, 2014. The icon used for the website is a Super Star. Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo of Japan have similar divisions titled Nintendo Kids Club and Nintendo Kids Space respectively.

The website's content is split into five sections: Friends, Activities, Media, Printables, and News & Tips. (Formerly there were only three sections: Friends, Explore, and News & Tips.) A clickable ? Block appears throughout these sections, which causes random events to occur when clicked, such as 8-bit Super Mario walking across the webpage, or coins appearing on the screen, which can be collected with the pointer. A web-comic series surfaced on the site to promote the Wii U release of Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker called Track That Treasure, Captain Toad!

Friends
"Friends" consists of profile artworks and descriptions of various main Mario and other Nintendo characters. The following Mario characters are listed on the website, along with their respective descriptions.

Activities
The Activities section features games, quizzes, utilities and other. They are divided into seven categories: "Play" activities, Personality Quizzes, Skill Quizzes, Opinion Polls, Puzzles, Memory Match-up and Paint-by-number. The following table summarizes each category.

Media
This section has game-relevant videos, pictures and downloadable extras, divided into separate categories shown in the following table.

Printables
This section hosts a collection of printable PDF files. The printables are divided into three categories, namely "Cards", "Crafts", and "Print and Play", summarized below.

News & Tips
This section contains articles regarding new game releases, as well as tips for various games, promotional comic strips, and others.

The Play Nintendo Show
Play Nintendo also extends to audiences using an official channel containing gameplay videos of contemporary games, and other Nintendo-related videos. The Play Nintendo Show is a current series of YouTube videos featuring a Piranha Plant named Izzy as a co-host. The second host, named Andrew Trego, begins the show by exiting a Warp Pipe. The show is set in a Mario-themed room with plush toys and pictures of Coins and other Mario-related pictures on the walls. Andrew calls the room "Casa de Nintendo", Spanish for "House of Nintendo".

List of Mario related Play Nintendo episodes

 * Episode 1: Coin Crazy with New Super Mario Bros. 2 – Andrew and Izzy rank the five greatest Mario Power-Ups. Later, New Super Mario Bros. 2 is reviewed. Andrew mentions that any coins that he collects will go towards Bowser's birthday.
 * # 1 Super Leaf
 * # 2 Gold Flower
 * # 3 Mega Mushroom
 * # 4 Mini Mushroom
 * # 5 Super Star


 * Episode 6: Mario Kart 7 Road Hog – For this episode, the duo ranks the five Mario Kart 7 items that will help them get to class on time.
 * # 1 Lucky Seven
 * # 2 Super Star
 * # 3 Super Leaf
 * # 4 Banana
 * # 5 Lightning


 * Episode 9: Paper Mario: Color Splash - Paint Palooza – For this episode, the duo ranks the five ways the Paint Hammer can be used to do chores in Paper Mario: Color Splash.


 * Episode 10: Mario Party Star Rush Celebration! – For this episode, the duo ranks the top five bosses to face off against in Mario Party: Star Rush.

Activity book
An activity book was physically distributed by Nintendo starting in 2015 as a tie-in to the Play Nintendo website. It features similar content to the website, including puzzles, a quiz, and a papercraft.

Trivia

 * The thumbnail of the Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D picture gallery erroneously shows a screenshot of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.
 * The "404" page for Play Nintendo says "The page you want is in another castle!", a reference to the Mushroom Retainer's famous line in Super Mario Bros., while also fittingly accompanied by artwork of Toad.