Kick off the Holiday Season with Mario and Other Popular Nintendo Characters

Play the Hottest Nintendo Systems and Games at the Nintendo Holiday Experience

REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Visiting the mall during the holidays and trying to check off everyone on your shopping list can be stressful. But Nintendo is here to help! From Nov. 11 to Dec. 17, Nintendo is opening pop-up experiences at 17 malls across the country, allowing shoppers to try out the hit Nintendo Switch system and the portable Nintendo 3DS family of systems, along with games like The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, FIFA 18 and Pokkén Tournament DX for Nintendo Switch, and Metroid: Samus Returns and Mario Party: The Top 100 for Nintendo 3DS.

From Nov. 11 to Dec. 17, Nintendo is opening pop-up experiences at 17 malls across the country, allowing shoppers to try out the hit Nintendo Switch system and the portable Nintendo 3DS family of systems. (Graphic: Business Wire)

“We want to bring smiles to people’s faces this holiday with experiences the whole family can enjoy,” said Doug Bowser, Nintendo of America’s Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “The Nintendo Holiday Experience is a great opportunity for people to try Nintendo Switch and Nintendo 3DS, this season’s must-have holiday items.”

Celebrate the holiday season with the Nintendo Holiday Experience at the following locations:

Perimeter Mall in Atlanta
Natick Mall in Natick, Massachusetts
Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, Illinois
The Parks Mall at Arlington in Arlington, Texas
FlatIron Crossing in Broomfield, Colorado
Memorial City Mall in Houston
Del Amo Fashion Center in Torrance, California
Glendale Galleria in Glendale, California
Aventura Mall in Aventura, Florida
Mall of America® in Bloomington, Minnesota
Queens Center in Elmhurst, New York
King of Prussia Mall in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Arrowhead Towne Center in Glendale, Arizona
Washington Square in Portland, Oregon
Westfield Valley Fair in Santa Clara, California
Westfield Southcenter in Seattle
Tysons Corner Center in Tysons Corner, Virginia

This is the first holiday season for Nintendo Switch, and the lineup of available games is wildly diverse – and growing rapidly. Games like Super Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild are great for fans of all ages; Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle and the recently released Fire Emblem Warriors game are ideal for action-adventure and strategy fans; and active gamers who love sports and fighting games will appreciate exciting options like FIFA 18, NBA 2K18, Pokkén Tournament DX and ARMS. Nintendo Switch has something for everyone, and all of these games will be playable at the Nintendo Holiday Experience!

Select games from the massive Nintendo 3DS library will also be available to test drive, including sci-fi adventure game Metroid: Samus Returns, classic platformer New Super Mario Bros. 2 and party game collection Mario Party: The Top 100. The Nintendo 3DS family of systems has a library of more than 1,000 games, and with multiple hardware options like New Nintendo 3DS XL, New Nintendo 2DS XL and Nintendo 2DS, it’s a great value for families. (Games on Nintendo 2DS systems can only be played in 2D.)

In addition to all of the fun games that can be played, visitors who are My Nintendo members can check in with their My Nintendo QR Code* pattern to receive a collectible Platinum Point code card (while supplies last). Each point code can earn members 100, 300 or 500 Platinum Points. For more information about the My Nintendo rewards program and to check in, visit https://my.nintendo.com/.

For more information about the Nintendo Holiday Experience, visit https://happyholidays.nintendo.com/holiday-experience.

Remember that Nintendo Switch and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems feature parental controls that let adults manage the content their children can access. For more information about other features, visit http://www.nintendo.com/switch/ or http://www.nintendo.com/3ds.

*QR Code is a registered trademark of DENSO WAVE INCORPORATED.

Source : Nintendo Press Release