Nintendo’s “free” crane game for the 3DS requires a dollar for every five tries with the crane. Some companies would just tell you to pay and leave it at that. Not Nintendo. They’ve got a cartoon rabbit ready to explain to you why Nintendo needs to do this.
It was known for quite a while, but it looks like the North American arm of the Nintendo Badge Arcade is no more -- sort of, at least.
On June 22 the service will get its last batch of badges, and beyond that there will be no more updates.
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For an end of the year gift, Nintendo has announced that they are adding The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask themed badges to Nintendo Badge Arcade and are letting everyone get a free play in the free-to-download, microtransaction-based crane game. Badges earned in Nintendo Badge Arcade can be used to customize your Nintendo 3DS home screen (see gallery below).
I gave it a shot and its an interactive micro transaction shop. With some misses and some double drops your looking at $.25 per icon on average if you have any basic timing skills. I'll just wait for some free days but people have spent more on lamer cosmetic items.
Play it everyday without paying a cent is easy.
Just go to the practice mode and grab all of the badges to find the one that give you extra play.
It the same with Pokemon Shuffle. I haven't spent a cent since it launched.