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 appears to be a Power Star or Super Star. Nintendo of Europe has a similar division titled the Nintendo Kids Club.

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 mouse cursor.

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. Bios from the "Who's Your Mushroom Kingdom BFF" activity are also included here.

Explore
This section of the website contains Nintendo-related activities, videos, quizzes, polls, image galleries and downloadable content (such as wallpapers and printable door hangers).

Activities features interactive games and simple utilities. Mario-themed activities include:
 * Mushroom Kingdom Match-Up: Similar to Donkey Kong Match-Up, but featuring main series characters such as Yoshi and Princess Peach. The ''Super Mario Bros. overworld theme is heard while playing the game. The reverse of the cards show a picture of a ? Block.
 * Donkey Kong Match-Up: A card-matching game featuring Donkey Kong characters and items based on Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. There are three modes to play: Easy, Medium and Hard.
 * Yoshi's New Island Match-Up: A card matching game using imagery from Yoshi's New Island. The common overworld level theme is heard while playing the game.
 * Mario Stargazer: A minigame where the player has to find 10 constellations of Mario characters in the night sky.
 * Discover your amiibo inside: A game where the player has to select one of a randomly-picked set of two amiibo and continue until their favorite amiibo is decided.
 * Mario Kart 8 Party Starter
 * Super Mario Maker Wallpaper Maker: A desktop or mobile phone wallpaper creator in the style of Super Mario Maker. Many classic Mario gameplay elements, such as Goombas and ? Blocks can be arranged into a downloadable wallpaper.
 * Who's Your Mushroom Kingdom BFF?: Similar to "Discover your amiibo inside", but with Mario characters.
 * Mushroom Kingdom Create-A-Card: A tool to create a card using 2D artwork from the Mario franchise.
 * Mushroom Kingdom Chore Chart: A tool to create a chart listing the chores of the week using mainly 3D artwork from the Mario franchise.
 * Mushroom Kingdom Yourself
 * How to draw Mario: Both a video tutorial and a printable practice sheet to learn how to draw Mario.
 * A (puzzle) piece of art: A group image of several characters from the Mario franchise is split up into 8, 18 or 50 pieces (depending on the chosen difficulty), which may be solved as a jigsaw puzzle by the player.
 * Puzzle Party!: A group image from Mario Party: Star Rush is split up into 8, 18 or 50 pieces (depending on the chosen difficulty), which may be solved as a jigsaw puzzle by the player.
 * Mushroom Kingdom Create-A-Card (holiday variant) : A tool to create a Christmas card using festive decorations and artwork from the Mario franchise.
 * A holiday puzzle: A Mario holiday image is split up into 8, 18 or 50 pieces (depending on the chosen difficulty), which may be solved as a jigsaw puzzle by the player.
 * Ultimate doubles: Similar to "Discover your amiibo inside", but with playable characters from Mario Tennis Aces.

Downloads contains the following printable Mario-related content:
 * Door hangers featuring Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Daisy.
 * Mario and Luigi masks.
 * A Father's Day card featuring Bowser and Bowser Jr.
 * Two Mother's Day cards. One features Baby Mario, Baby Luigi, and Baby Peach. The other features Rosalina and a Luma.
 * To celebrate National Siblings day on April 10, four different Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS / Wii U cards are available to download.
 * A Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam-themed fortune teller featuring Mario, Luigi Princess Peach and Bowser.
 * A Nintendo printable Mood Chart to show the current mood using artwork of characters from the Mario universe.
 * A Valentines day card pouch featuring Mario and Princess Peach, with the message "Happy Valentines Day" below.
 * Jack-o'-lantern stencils featuring Bowser, King Boo, Shy Guy and Paper Mario.
 * A "How to Draw Mario" practice sheet.
 * Locker labels featuring Mario characters.
 * Party treat flags featuring artworks from Mario Party: Star Rush
 * Gift tags, featuring Mario, Princess Peach, Luigi, Toad and the Mario characters as snowmen.
 * Coupon book, featuring Mario characters such as Mario, Luigi, Peach, Bowser, Yoshi, Daisy, Donkey Kong, Rosalina, Wario and Toad.
 * Valentines Day cards:
 * A group of six Valentines Day cards, featuring Mario characters and enemies such as Shy Guy, Rosalina and Boo. A pun is written on each card.
 * A group of Valentines Day cards also feature an artwork of Yoshi and Poochy.
 * A group of six Valentines Day cards, three of the cards features Mario on a kart (promoting Mario Kart 8 Deluxe), Daisy on a horse (promoting Mario Sports Superstars) and Yarn Yoshi (promoting Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World).
 * New Year's Day cards:
 * A group of six New Year's Day cards, four of the cards features Builder Mario (promoting Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS), Waluigi (promoting Mario Party: Star Rush), Daisy (promoting Mario Kart 7) and Yoshi carrying Baby Mario (promoting Yoshi's New Island).
 * A group of six New Year's Day cards, two of the cards feature Mario and Cappy (promoting Super Mario Odyssey) and Mario wearing a tuxedo (promoting Mario Party: The Top 100).
 * Graduation Day cards:
 * A group of six Graduation Day cards, two of the cards features Mario in a kart (promoting Mario Kart 8 Deluxe) and Builder Mario (promoting Super Mario Maker for Nintendo 3DS).
 * A group of six Graduation Day cards, four of the cards features Mario throwing Cappy (promoting Super Mario Odyssey), Raccoon Mario and Raccoon Luigi (promoting New Super Mario Bros. 2), Peach waving the checkered flag (promoting Mario Kart 7) and Funky Kong (promoting Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze).

The Play Nintendo Show
Play Nintendo also extends to YouTube 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.