The First Hit Is Free. ‘Nintendo Badge Arcade’ Is Giving Two Free Plays All Week!

If you’ve never played Nintendo Badge Arcade, you’re better off for it. The free to play digital crane game gives players a chance to catch badges, icons of all of your favorite Nintendo characters that you can use to decorate your 3DS home screen. Often teasing you by dangling hard to reach badges outside of your grasp, requiring you to use multiple attempts to grab the ones you want, you’ll usually have to pay a dollar here or there to grab your favorites. Except… the game often finds new and frustrating ways to screw you over, asking you to cough up just one more dollar as that shifty pink bunny eggs you on.

With the latest update however, the game announced that it has reached one million suckers customers! To celebrate, every day until March 9th, every player who logs in will be given two free plays. On top of the bonus you may or may not get from playing the daily practice catcher, you’re likely to have a minimum of three plays every day. You might have a shot at getting something decent for free for once!

If you’ve never played, now’s the perfect chance to get addicted. I mean, the right choice is probably to say no, but c’mon! Live a little!

What are your thoughts on the Badge Arcade? Do you have any stories of how the game has screwed you over in spectacular fashion, (like the time the crane threw my Master Sword badge back onto the board after carrying it over the hatch?) Or would this be your first foray into Nintendo’s free to play effort? Let us know in the comments!