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-[[File:Play Nintendo Logo.png|frame|The logo of Play Nintendo]]
+{{about|the Nintendo website|the precursor to the ''Club Nintendo'' magazine|[[Club Nintendo (magazine)|''Club Nintendo'' (magazine)]]}}
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-'''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.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/fDFU_xSPg70DC4laXkgruUB9g-rMP93w What's New - Find fun and surprises at Play Nintendo]. ''Nintendo of America'' (October 1, 2014). Retrieved January 17, 2018.</ref> The icon used for the website appears to be a [[Super Star]] or a [[Power Star]]. Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo of Japan have similar divisions titled [[Nintendo Kids Club]] and [[Nintendo Kids Space]] respectively.
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-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 (form)|Super Mario]] walking across the webpage, or [[Coin|coin]]s 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!]]''
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+|caption2=Home page as of September 30, 2023
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+'''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.<ref>[https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/fDFU_xSPg70DC4laXkgruUB9g-rMP93w What's New - Find fun and surprises at Play Nintendo]. ''Nintendo of America'' (October 1, 2014). Retrieved January 17, 2018.</ref> 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 (form)|Super Mario]] walking across the webpage, or [[coin]]s 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!]]''
 ==Sections==
 ===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.
+"Friends" consists of profile artworks and descriptions of various main ''Super Mario'' and other Nintendo characters. The following ''Super Mario'' characters are listed on the website, along with their respective descriptions.
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-|align="center" style="border-bottom-color:transparent"|[[File:Play Nintendo Mario Profile.png|85px]]
+|align="center"style="border-bottom-color:transparent"|[[File:Play Nintendo Mario Profile.png|85px]]
 |style="border-bottom-color:transparent"|'''<small>CURRENT</small><br>''When he isn't rescuing princesses, you'll find him doing…pretty much anything you can think of.'''<br>Mario is always ready to help a friend, take on a new challenge, or [[jump]] on a [[Koopa (species)|Koopa]]'s head. He can also smoke the competition on a [[Rainbow Road|rainbow race track]] and swat a golf ball [[Cheep Cheep Lagoon (golf course)|underwater]].''
 |rowspan=2|<ref group=friends>[http://play.nintendo.com/themes/friends/mario/ Mario]. Retrieved September 21, 2021. ([http://web.archive.org/web/20141022000525mp_/http://play.nintendo.com/themes/friends/mario/ Archived] October 22, 2014, 00:05:25 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>
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 |<ref group=friends>[https://play.nintendo.com/themes/friends/bowser/ Bowser]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
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-|align="center"|[[File:Play Nintendo Daisy Profile.png|85px]]<br>[[Princess Daisy|Daisy]]
+|align="center"|[[File:Play Nintendo Daisy Profile2.png|85px]]<br>[[Princess Daisy|Daisy]]
 |'''''She's got a gown and a crown, but this friendly princess is totally down to earth.'''<br>Daisy’s always ready for a challenge, whether she's [[Mario Tennis (series)|smashing tennis balls]] or [[Mario & Sonic (series)|jumping over hurdles]]. The ruler of [[Sarasaland]] loves the thrill of the chase, too—especially when she's zooming around on a kart.''
 |<ref group=friends>[https://play.nintendo.com/themes/friends/princess-daisy/ Princess Daisy]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
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 |align="center"|[[File:Play Nintendo Donkey Profile.png|80px]]<br>[[Donkey Kong]]
-|'''''This friendly [[Kong]] goes absolutely bananas when it comes to jumping and pounding.'''<br>Donkey Kong has changed a lot since he got [[Donkey Kong (game)|a game named after him]] way back when. He has a nice [[Kong Family|family]] and wears a tie, but he still likes to crash through branches and boxes in the jungle.''
+|'''''This friendly [[Kong]] goes absolutely bananas when it comes to jumping and pounding.'''<br>Donkey Kong has changed a lot since he got [[Donkey Kong (game)|a game named after him]] way back when. He has a nice [[Kong|family]] and wears a tie, but he still likes to crash through branches and boxes in the jungle.''
 |<ref group=friends>[https://play.nintendo.com/themes/friends/donkey-kong/ Donkey Kong]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
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 |<ref group=friends>[https://play.nintendo.com/themes/friends/snowmads/ Snowmads]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
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-|align="center"|[[File:Play Nintendo Rambi Profile.png|85px]]<br>[[Rambi the Rhino|Rambi]]
+|align="center"|[[File:Play Nintendo Rambi Profile.png|85px]]<br>[[Rambi]]
 |'''''Ride in style on the back of this rambunctious rhino.'''<br>Donkey Kong can smash his way through a box or two, but he needs his horned helper to power through stone blocks…and the occasional enemy.''
 |<ref group=friends>[https://play.nintendo.com/themes/friends/rambi/ Rambi]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
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 ===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.
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-!style="background:#F1F1F1" align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Play icon.png|55px]]<br>Play
+!style="background:#F1F1F1"align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Play icon.png|55px]]<br>Play
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 {{main|List of miscellaneous Play Nintendo activities}}
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 |<ref group=activities>[https://play.nintendo.com/activities/play/ Play]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
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-!style="background:#F1F1F1" align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Skill Quizzes icon.png|55px]]<br>Skill Quizzes
+!style="background:#F1F1F1"align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Skill Quizzes icon.png|55px]]<br>Skill Quizzes
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 {{main|List of Play Nintendo skill quizzes}}
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 |<ref group=activities>[https://play.nintendo.com/activities/skill-quizzes/ Skill Quizzes]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
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-!style="background:#F1F1F1" align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Personality Quizzes icon.png|55px]]<br>Personality Quizzes
+!style="background:#F1F1F1"align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Personality Quizzes icon.png|55px]]<br>Personality Quizzes
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 {{main|List of Play Nintendo personality quizzes}}
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 |<ref group=activities>[https://play.nintendo.com/activities/personality-quizzes/ Personality Quizzes]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
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-!style="background:#F1F1F1" align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Opinion Polls icon.png|55px]]<br>Opinion Polls
+!style="background:#F1F1F1"align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Opinion Polls icon.png|55px]]<br>Opinion Polls
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 {{main|List of Play Nintendo opinion polls}}
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 |<ref group=activities>[https://play.nintendo.com/activities/opinion-polls/ Opinion Polls]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
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-!style="background:#F1F1F1" align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Puzzles icon.png|55px]]<br>Puzzles
+!style="background:#F1F1F1"align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Puzzles icon.png|55px]]<br>Puzzles
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 {{main|List of Play Nintendo puzzles}}
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 |<ref group=activities>[https://play.nintendo.com/activities/puzzles/ Puzzles]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
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-!style="background:#F1F1F1" align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Memory Match-up icon.png|55px]]<br>Memory Match-up
+!style="background:#F1F1F1"align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Memory Match-up icon.png|55px]]<br>Memory Match-up
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 {{main|List of Play Nintendo memory match-up activities}}
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 |<ref group=activities>[https://play.nintendo.com/activities/memory-match/ Memory Match-up]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
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-!style="background:#F1F1F1" align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Paint-by-number icon.png|55px]]<br>Paint-by-number
+!style="background:#F1F1F1"align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Paint-by-number icon.png|55px]]<br>Paint-by-number
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 {{main|List of Play Nintendo paint-by-number activities}}
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 ===Media===
 This section has game-relevant videos, pictures and downloadable extras, divided into separate categories shown in the following table.
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-!style="background:#F1F1F1" align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Videos icon.png|55px]]<br>Videos
+!style="background:#F1F1F1"align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Videos icon.png|55px]]<br>Videos
-|This category contains game trailers and other videos.
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+{{main|List of Play Nintendo videos}}
+This category contains game trailers and other videos.
 |<ref group=media>[https://play.nintendo.com/media/videos/ Videos]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
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-!style="background:#F1F1F1" align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Pics icon.png|55px]]<br>Pics
+!style="background:#F1F1F1"align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Pics icon.png|55px]]<br>Pics
-|This category hosts promotional pictures, such as screenshots and artwork.
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+{{main|List of Play Nintendo pics}}
+This category hosts promotional pictures, such as screenshots and artwork.
 |<ref group=media>[https://play.nintendo.com/media/pics/ Pics]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
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-!style="background:#F1F1F1" align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Wallpapers icon.png|55px]]<br>Wallpapers
+!style="background:#F1F1F1"align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Wallpapers icon.png|55px]]<br>Wallpapers
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 {{main|List of Play Nintendo wallpapers}}
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 ===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.
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-!style="background:#F1F1F1" align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Cards icon.png|55px]]<br>Cards
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 {{main|List of Play Nintendo cards}}
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 |<ref group=printables>[https://play.nintendo.com/printables/cards/ Cards]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
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-!style="background:#F1F1F1" align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Crafts icon.png|55px]]<br>Crafts
+!style="background:#F1F1F1"align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Crafts icon.png|55px]]<br>Crafts
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 {{main|List of Play Nintendo crafts}}
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 |<ref group=printables>[https://play.nintendo.com/printables/crafts/ Crafts]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.</ref>
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-!style="background:#F1F1F1" align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Print and Play icon.png|55px]]<br>Print and Play
+!style="background:#F1F1F1"align=center|[[File:Play Nintendo Print and Play icon.png|55px]]<br>Print and Play
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 {{main|List of miscellaneous Play Nintendo printables}}
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 ==''The Play Nintendo Show''==
 [[File:Play Nintendo Show Andrew and Izzy.jpg|thumb|left|Andrew and Izzy from ''The Play Nintendo Show'']]
-Play Nintendo also extends to {{wp|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 [[Coin]]s and other ''Mario''-related pictures on the walls. Andrew calls the room ''"Casa de Nintendo"'', Spanish for "House of Nintendo".
+Play Nintendo also extends to {{wp|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 ''Super Mario''-themed room with plush toys and pictures of [[Coin]]s and other ''Super Mario''-related pictures on the walls. Andrew calls the room ''"Casa de Nintendo"'', Spanish for "House of Nintendo".
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+===List of ''Super Mario'' related Play Nintendo episodes===
-===List of ''Mario'' related Play Nintendo episodes===
 *Episode 1: Coin Crazy with New Super Mario Bros. 2 &ndash; Andrew and Izzy rank the five greatest Mario [[List of power-ups|Power-Ups]]. Later, ''[[New Super Mario Bros. 2]]'' is reviewed. Andrew mentions that any coins that he collects will go towards [[Bowser]]'s birthday.
 ::<nowiki>#</nowiki> 1 [[Super Leaf]]
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 ::<nowiki>#</nowiki> 4 [[Mini Mushroom]]
 ::<nowiki>#</nowiki> 5 [[Super Star]]
 *Episode 6: Mario Kart 7 Road Hog &ndash; For this episode, the duo ranks the five ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' items that will help them get to class on time.
 ::<nowiki>#</nowiki> 1 [[Lucky Seven]]
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 ::<nowiki>#</nowiki> 4 [[Banana]]
 ::<nowiki>#</nowiki> 5 [[Lightning]]
+*Episode 9: Paper Mario: Color Splash - Paint Palooza &ndash; 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! &ndash; For this episode, the duo ranks the top five bosses to face off against in ''[[Mario Party: Star Rush]]''.
-*Episode 9: Paper Mario: Color Splash - Paint Palooza &ndash; For this episode, the duo ranks the five ways the Paint Hammer can be used to do chores in ''[[Paper Mario: Color Splash]]''.
+==Activity book==
+{{main|Play Nintendo 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.
 ==Gallery==
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 Play Nintendo Izzy.jpg|Izzy from ''The Play Nintendo Show''
 </gallery>
-==Activity book==
-{{main|Play Nintendo Activity Book}}
-An activity book was distributed by Nintnedo starting in 2015 as a tie-in to the Play Nintendo website. It features similar content to the website, including puzzles, quizzes, and a papercraft.
 ==Trivia==
-[[File:DKCR3D Screenshots icon.png|thumb]]
+*The "404" page for Play Nintendo says "The page you want is in another castle!", a reference to the [[Toad (species)|mushroom retainer]]s' famous line in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', while also fittingly accompanied by artwork of [[Toad]].
-*The thumbnail of the ''[[Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]]'' [https://play.nintendo.com/media/pics/donkey-kong-country-returns-3d/ picture gallery] erroneously shows a screenshot of ''[[Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze]]''.<ref>[https://play.nintendo.com/search/?s=Donkey+Kong+Country+Returns+3D Search results for Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D]. ''Play Nintendo''. Retrieved February 9, 2021. ([http://web.archive.org/web/20210209093332/https://play.nintendo.com/search/?s=Donkey+Kong+Country+Returns+3D Archived] February 9, 2021, 09:33:32 UTC via Wayback Machine.)</ref>
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 ==External links==
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 <references group=printables/>
 *[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/ News & Tips]. Retrieved September 21, 2021.
 ;Other links
 *[https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Misc-/Nintendo-Kids-Club/Nintendo-Kids-Club-1069380.html Nintendo Kids Club] (UK / Ireland site)