Nintendo Badge Arcade

 3DS
User Score
4.0

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 27 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 27
  3. Negative: 16 out of 27

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  1. PaperboyDan
    Jan 17, 2016
    8
    Badge arcade is a free-to-play crane game in which you try to grab prices (badges you can place on your 3ds home menu). Everyday you get 5 practice plays with which you can also win free plays for the real thing. I haven't spent a single buck on this game and played it nearly everyday for more than a month now. I don't even care for the badges all too much but operating these cranes justBadge arcade is a free-to-play crane game in which you try to grab prices (badges you can place on your 3ds home menu). Everyday you get 5 practice plays with which you can also win free plays for the real thing. I haven't spent a single buck on this game and played it nearly everyday for more than a month now. I don't even care for the badges all too much but operating these cranes just gives me small thrills every time. I'll win one or two free plays on most days, but have won up to four on some days. This game is only good for about 5 minutes of fun everyday (when you don't buy extra credits), but I think it's precisely the limited nature of this game that keeps me coming back. The game takes about a minute to load on an 'old' 3ds, but even this I don't really mind because the music it plays while loading is just so amazingly cheerful and uplifting. I never would have guessed I would like this game so much but I do. It's just very well made. I doesn't feel like money grabbing to me, like some other reviewers suggest. I think it's very fair actually. You can try it for free and even enjoy it for free if you want. If you do decide to pay for it, you know what you are getting into and get exactly what you pay for. I'd recommend giving this one a try at least.… Expand

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Metascore
56

Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. CD-Action
    Mar 4, 2016
    90
    Remember to remove your credit card information before launching Nintendo Badge Arcade, because the game might be free, but it will convince you to cough up money. [02/2016, p.67]
  2. NintendoWorldReport
    Dec 29, 2015
    60
    I'd be lying if I said Nintendo Badge Arcade wasn't addictive; it was clearly designed that way. That said, this is the most disgustingly blatant, money grabbing game Nintendo has ever released.
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  3. Cubed3
    Dec 13, 2015
    20
    Nintendo Badge Arcade is the bare minimum of what could be sold as a game. It is a watered down digital crane game at the price of a full-sized one with physical prizes.
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