Photo: Kelly Knox
My six-year-old and I recently attended an event at Nintendo to get a firsthand look at some of their best offerings for the holiday season. Not only did my daughter make her own Nintendo-themed holiday wish list, we are ecstatic to share an incredible prize back with Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival and her other top picks with one lucky reader!
Nintendo invited a small group of kids from across the country to their Redmond office for a tour, meet and greet with staff and famous faces, and hands-on time with their products coming out this holiday season.
After we walked through the halls and tried to peek into the Treehouse, a door opened to a winter wonderland of Nintendo’s latest games. The delighted kids ran inside to get their hands on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS consoles arranged around the wonderfully decorated room.
My daughter made an immediate beeline to amiibo Festival, the latest Animal Crossing game.
Animal Crossing meets Mario Party in this Wii U title, packed with a board game and mini-games that can be played with amiibo figures and the amiibo cards you picked up for Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer. Isabelle and Digby are included with the game along with three cards, and both cards and figures are used to play and collect Happy Points.
Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival is the cutest game you can pick up for your next family game night. (Now available, $59.99)
Yo-kai Watch seems destined to be the next big hit for the gotta-catch-em-all crowd. Players use a special watch to find Yo-kai, spirits responsible for causing mischief and silliness, hidden around town. Along the way you’ll collect your own team of Yo-kai, including the adorable Jibanyan, who was greeted by squeals at the holiday event. (Now available, $39.99)
Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash is a game that’s easy to pick up and play with friends. Up to four kids can grab a controller and mash the X button to start swinging the racket wildly (which is how I play tennis in real life). Online matches and amiibo support update the Nintendo franchise for this generation of games. (November 20, 2015, $49.99)
At the end of the day, my daughter chose her top items to be on her holiday wish list: Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, The Legend of Zelda: Tri Force Heroes, the pink yarn Yoshi amiibo, Super Mario Maker, and Mario Tennis: Ultra Smash.
This is your chance to win her top holiday picks, thanks to the generosity of Nintendo! Enter the contest below to win the games and amiibo figure in the picture above.
Entry is open to U.S. residents 18 or older only. To enter our giveaway, just log into Rafflecopter with your Facebook account or email address (please use a valid email, so we can let you know if you win) by November 18, 2015.
Winners will be chosen randomly using Rafflecopter and notified by email. If there is no response in two days, then a new winner will be chosen. Good luck!
Travel expenses, promotional items, and prizes were provided by Nintendo for this post.
This post was last modified on December 15, 2017 10:36 pm
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