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''Nintendo Badge Arcade'' (''Collectible Badge Center'' in Japan) is an app for the Nintendo 3DS. It is a crane game in which players must use the crane to grab or knock the badges into the bottom of the screen, awarding the player with said badges to decorate their 3DS Home Menu.
''Nintendo Badge Arcade'' (''Collectible Badge Center'' in Japan) is an app for the Nintendo 3DS. It is a crane game in which players must use the crane to grab or knock the badges into the bottom of the screen, awarding the player with said badges to decorate their 3DS Home Menu.


In order to play, players must purchase plays on the Nintendo e-Shop. In the US, 5 plays cost $1.00, and the player is able to purchase bundles of 10, 15, and 20 plays for $2.00, $3.00, and $4.00 respectively. Another method of getting plays is by playing the Practice Catcher. Once the player accumulate 10 practice badges, they get a free play. Some practice badges have blue or red targets on the back of them, giving players 1 or 3 free plays respectively. Occasionally, Nintendo will do Free Play giveaways, giving one free play on certain days.
In order to play, players must purchase plays on the Nintendo e-Shop. In the US, 5 plays cost $1.00, and the player is able to purchase bundles of 10, 15, and 20 plays for $2.00, $3.00, and $4.00 respectively. Occasionally, Nintendo would do Free Play giveaways, giving one free play on certain days. Once new badge additions were discontinued on {{date|22|June|2017}} in the US,{{cite web|https://nintendowire.com/news/2017/06/16/north-american-badge-arcade-end-new-badge-releases/|North American Badge Arcade to end new badge releases|Nintendo Wire|quote=The North American Badge Arcade will end updates on Thursday, June 22nd.|author=Daniel Dell-Cornejo|published={{date|16|June|2017}}|retrieved={{date|16|December|2017}}}} the game began to offer two free plays on every day. Another method of getting plays is by playing the daily Practice Catcher. Once the player accumulates 10 practice badges, they get a free play. Some practice badges have blue or red targets on the back of them, giving players 1 or 3 additional free plays respectively.


On {{date|1|May|2015}}, Nintendo released a batch of ''Pikmin'' badges for the game.{{cite web|https://twitter.com/Nintendo/status/594056658440966144|Nintendo of Japan's tweet announcing the release of ''Pikmin'' content for ''Collectible Badge Center''|Twitter}} The badges include [[Captain Olimar]], [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]], and [[pellet]]s, amongst others.{{cite youtube|54-cW41_dXY|showcasing the ''Pikmin'' content in ''Collectible Badge Center''}}
On {{date|1|May|2015}}, Nintendo released a batch of ''Pikmin'' badges for the game.{{cite web|https://twitter.com/Nintendo/status/594056658440966144|Nintendo of Japan's tweet announcing the release of ''Pikmin'' content for ''Collectible Badge Center''|Twitter}} The badges include [[Captain Olimar]], [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]], and [[pellet]]s, amongst others.{{cite youtube|54-cW41_dXY|showcasing the ''Pikmin'' content in ''Collectible Badge Center''}} 56 ''Pikmin'' badges are available across nine separate sets, including eight "launcher badges", which can be used to launch the various pre-installed apps on the 3DS. The ''[[Super Mario Maker]]'' category also includes badges of the Captain Olimar and Pikmin sprites from that game.


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