1 Important Information
Basic Information
2 Information-Sharing Precautions
3 Internet Enhancements
4 Note to Parents and Guardians
5 Understanding Paid Play
Getting Started
6 Introduction
7 Starting the Game
8 Saving Data
How to Play
9 Purchasing Plays
10 Getting Themes
11 Adding Funds to Your Account
12 Newsletter / Info Sharing
Frequently Asked Questions
13 Badge Catchers
14 Badges
15 Miiverse
16 Miscellaneous
Troubleshooting
17 Support Information
1 Important Information
Please read this manual carefullybefore using the software. If thesoftware will be used by children,the manual should be read andexplained to them by an adult.
Also, before using this software,please sele in the HOME Menuand carefully review content in"Health and Safety Information." Itcontains important information thatwill help you enjoy this software.
You should also thoroughly readyour Operations Manual, includingthe "Health and Safety Information"section, before using this software.
Please note that except whereotherwise stated, "Nintendo 3DS™"refers to all devices in theNintendo 3DS family, including theNew Nintendo 3DS,New Nintendo 3DS XL,Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL,and Nintendo 2DS™.
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©2014-2015 Nintendo
Trademarks are property of theirrespective owners. Nintendo 3DS isa trademark of Nintendo.
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2 Information-Sharing Precautions
User-generated content, or UGC, iscontent created by users, such asmessages, Mii™ characters, images,photos, video, audio, etc.
Information-Sharing Precautions
• Nintendo bears no responsibilitywhatsoever for any problems thatresult from the use of the Internet(for example, the sending ofcontent over the Internet, or thesending or receiving of contentwith others).
The extent of UGC exchangedepends on the software.
3 Internet Enhancements
◆ Refer to your Operations Manualfor information about connectingyour system to the Internet.
◆ You must go through the initialsetup for Miiverse on your systembefore you can use Miiverse withthis game.
This software requires an Internetconnection. Please be sure you havestable Internet access when youlaunch this title.
• To protect your privacy, do notgive out personal information, suchas last name, phone number, birthdate, age, school, e-mail, or homeaddress when communicating withothers.
• Friend codes are a part of a systemthat allows you to play with peopleyou know. If you exchange friendcodes with strangers, there is a riskyou could share information withpeople you do no t know orexchange messages that containoffensive language. We thereforerecommend that you do not giveyour friend codes to people youdon't know.
Protecting Your Privacy
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4 Note to Parents and Guardians
You can restrict use of the followingfeatures by adjusting the options inParental Controls.
◆ Access to this game (as well asothe r games) can also berestricted through the SoftwareRating item in Parental Controls.
◆ Refer to your Operations Manualfor information on how to set upParental Controls.
• Nintendo 3DS Shopping ServicesRestricts the purchase of plays inNintendo Badge Arcade.
• MiiverseRestricts users from viewing orposting content on Miiverse™.When set to Restrict Posting, text,handwritten messages, and HOMEMenu screenshots cannot beposted. When set to Restr ic tViewing and Post ing, tex t ,handwritten messages, and HOMEMenu screenshots cannot beposted or viewed.
◆ You will still see posts chosen andrecommended by Nintendo even ifMiiverse is restricted.
5 Understanding Paid Play
In this game, you can spend realmoney in order to purchase plays onin-game badge-catche r c ranemachines. An Internet connection isrequired in order to purchase plays.
About Purchasing Plays
● You can check your purchasehistory in the Account Activitysection of Nintendo eShop.
● Purchases made in N intendoBadge Arcade are only usablewithin that software.
● The Nintendo 3DS End Use rLicense Agreement applies to allpurchases made in NintendoBadge Arcade. You can view thisuser agreement on your Nintendo3DS system via System Settings→ Inte rnet Set t ings → OtherInformation or at ht tp://www.nintendo.com/consumer.
● Purchases made in N intendoBadge Arcade are nonrefundableexcept where required by law andmay not be exchanged for otherproducts or services.
● Purchased plays are onlycompatible with the Nintendo 3DSsystem used to purchase them.
6 Introduction
You can use themes to customizethe look and feel of your HOMEMenu. Themes can change thingslike your HOME Menu's backgroundand the look of your folders.
You can use badges to decorateyour HOME Menu by placing themin open s lo ts a long with yoursoftware icons and folders.
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7 Starting the Game
When you launch the game, you'llarrive in the arcade's main hall.From there, select an opt ion tobegin.
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8 Saving Data
If you turn off your system or yoursystem loses power during play,you wil l lose all progress madesince your last save as well as anyremaining plays. Progress cannot berestored, and lost plays cannot berefunded, so please be careful.
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9 Purchasing Plays
Badges are saved to the SDcard.Badges collected on this systemcan be used only on this system.Inse rt ing your SD card int oanother system will not makeyour badges usable there.I f you de lete your NintendoNetwork ID, all of your badgeswill be erased. You will not beable to redownload them.
◆ Plays that you've purchasedcan be used on any badgecatcher in the arcade. Pleasenote that plays must be usedduring the visit in which theyare purchased. They can't besaved for a later visit.
1. Go to the hall, and then selectBadge Catchers.
4. Tap Purchase again.
◆ Before finalizing your purchase,please review the contents ofthe Addit ional Informat ionsect ion that appears on thescreen.
3. Tap Purchase.2. Press .
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10 Getting Themes
You can visit the Theme Shop viathe hall. Go to the Theme Shop tolearn about current specialpromotions and see which themesyou've already acquired.
To see which themes you'veacquired, ta at the HOMEMenu and then sel ecChange Theme. If you've eraseda theme, you can redownload itvi Theme Shop → ThemeCollection.
Themes are saved to the SDcard. Themes collected on this systemcan be used only on this system.Inse rt ing your SD card int oanother system will not makeyour themes usable there.
◆ Themes may no longe r beavailable for redownload if theirdistribution has been suspendedor discontinued.
Please be sure to collect themesyou have qualified for from theTheme Shop promptly. You won'tbe able to ge t a spec ia lpromotion's theme once thatspecial promotion has ended.
I f you de lete your NintendoNetwork ID, access to yourthemes will be lost. You will notbe able to redownload them.
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11 Adding Funds to Your Account
A Nintendo eShop Card or creditcard is needed to add funds to youraccount.◆ You can store your credit-card
information, which lets you addfunds to your account by simplyentering the password youestabl ished when you f irs tentered the credi t-cardinformation.
◆ You can delete the credit-cardinfo rmat ion at any t ime byaccessing Set tings / Other inNintendo eShop.
select Add Funds when promptedto add funds to your account.
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12 Newsletter / Info Sharing
You' ll be asked if you'd like tosubscribe to the newsletter andshare your gameplay info as youproceed t hrough th is game 'sintroductory sequence.◆ You can adjust your newsletter
and info-sharing settings at anytime by visiting the Help Deskand ask ing the bunny aboutother settings.
How to Sign Up
special newsletter it delivers tosubscribing customers while theirsystems are in Sleep Mode? Thearcade's newsletters contain news,information about free plays, andmore!
All you have to do to be eligible isset up your system to automaticallyconnect to the Inte rnet via anaccess point (wireless network) andthen enable SpotPass for this title.
◆ To view SpotPass notifications,pre at the HOME Menu.
Enabling SpotPass for this title alsomakes it possible for you to shareinfo about your gameplay withNintendo if you choose. Nintendouses this info to improve it sproducts and services.
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13 Badge Catchers
yellow button on the lower screento move t he crane. When yourelease the button, the crane willstop—all of its movements after thatare automated, so just sit back andwait to see if you caughtsomething!
I f you want to hone your skil ls,consider taking advantage of thearcade's practice-catcher system.Every day, one catcher wil l befeatured as a practice catcher. Youcan use a practice catcher once perday.
Absolutely! Press or to swapto different catchers between plays.
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Indeed you can! Simply tap thebunny on the bottom screen, andthen ask him to reset the badgesfor you. Please note that when abadge catcher's contents are reset,all badges still in the machine willbe re turned to the ir o rig inalpositions and new copies of anybadges you've caught will be usedto ful l y restock the machine .Resetting the contents of machinesin no way affects your collection ofcaught badges.
Once you've run out of free plays,the bunny will ask you if you wantto purchase additional plays. Followthe prompts he provides in order todo so.
At certain intervals, the bunny willoffer you the option of increasingthe number of plays you purchaseat one time. You can return to theoriginal payment structure wheneveryou want simply by tapping him onthe lower screen and selectingBundle setting.
If the badge catchers in the arcadedon't seem to be updating properly,go to System Settings, select DataManagement → Nintendo 3DS →Downloadable Content, and thenerase the data for Nintendo BadgeArcade. Once this is done, relaunchthe game. Doing so should updatethe machines.◆ Erasing the data for Nintendo
Badge Arcade v ia theDownloadable Content menu will
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14 Badges
If you tap a badge on your HOMEMenu, you can choose to move it orremove it from your HOME Menuentirely.
launch software. These badgesfunction just like regular softwareicons , for example) when theyare placed on the HOME Menu.
Nope! You can decorate your HOMEMenu outside of Nintendo BadgeArcade vi Decorate withBadges.
I t may be that your badge boxneeds to be refreshed. Visit theHelp Desk, and then select I needmore Info! → Something else. →Badge problems.
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15 Miiverse
lower screen.
Press the HOME Button to openyour HOME Menu, and then press while holding down to take apicture. Please note that you cantake a picture of only your HOMEMenu's lower screen.
Pictures are saved to the SD cardand can be viewed both in Nintendo3DS Camera and on a computer.
Pictures that have been deleted oredited in the Nintendo 3DS Cameraapplication can't be selected inNintendo Badge Arcade.
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16 Miscellaneous
Losing your Internet connectionwhile playing can cause you to loseyour remaining plays and anythingyou've caught since your last save.To prevent such losses, always playwith a stable connect ion, andreconnect as soon as possible ifyou lose your connection whileplaying.
Erasing Nintendo Badge Arcadefrom your system will prevent youfrom accessing the game but haveno effect on your badge collection.To start using the game again,redownload it from Nintendo eShop.
◆ As long as you don't close thesoftware, turn off your power, orrun out of bat tery power,temporarily disconnecting fromthe Internet should not causeyou to lose remaining plays ornew badges. I f you'vetemporarily disconnected fromthe Internet, we recommendplugging in your system's ACadapter to maintain power untilyou can reconnect.
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This varies from region to region.The arcade's hours of operation inyour region are displayed on thelower left of the lower screen onthe title screen. The first time listedin the arcade's hours of operation isthe time at which each new daystarts.
This software uses the time zoneset in System Settings to determinethe current t ime . I f the t imedisplayed in the hall doesn't matchyour local time, check your time-zone setting by selecting SystemSettings → Nintendo Network IDSettings → Profile Settings.
Play codes are single-use codesthat enable you to enjoy free plays.If you've received a play code andwant to redeem it, go to the arcade,visit the badge catchers, tap thebunny on the lower screen, andselect I have a play code!◆ Take care not to mistake the
number 0 for the letter O whenentering a play code.
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17 Support Information
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