Play Nintendo Activity Book
The Play Nintendo Activity Book is a booklet with interactive content themed specifically around the Mario franchise. It was released by Nintendo in 2015 as a print extension to the Play Nintendo website. The book has content ranging from coloring pages to puzzles and questions, as well as featuring advertisements for various Nintendo products. Every second page in the book contains a footer that encourages readers to visit the official Play Nintendo website for more activities.
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Two coloring pages featuring Mario (left page) and his friends Luigi, Princess Peach, and Yoshi (right page), as well as blurbs about each character | ||
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Left page: An advertisement for the Wii U Super Mario 3D World Deluxe Set as well as several Wii U games:
Right page: An advertisement for amiibo, showing figures from the Super Mario line: Mario, Luigi, Yoshi, Princess Peach, Toad, and Bowser | ||
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Left page: An activity in which readers are prompted to find as many cat transformations as they can in a derivative of key art used for Super Mario 3D World. There are a total of 7 cat transformations in the image: Cat Mario, Cat Luigi, Cat Peach, Cat Toad, Cat Goomba, Cat Bullet Bill, and Cat Banzai Bill. Right page: A 16×10 word search in which readers are prompted to find the following words and phrases:
This activity is also available on the Play Nintendo website as a printable. | ||
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Left page: An activity in which readers have to identify the names of several playable characters from Mario Kart 8. The names are as follows:
Right page: An activity in which readers are asked to draw a racetrack (with "lots of obstacles") using several pre-drawn areas. | ||
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Left page: An advertisement for several Nintendo 3DS games:
Right page: An advertisement for the New Nintendo 3DS XL and Nintendo 2DS systems | ||
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Left page: A papercraft ? Block, which is also available on the Play Nintendo website as a printable. Right page: A "Spot the difference" game featuring key art for Super Mario 3D Land | ||
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Left page: A Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon activity in which the reader has to trace a path for Luigi out of a maze while avoiding ghosts Right page: A Yoshi's New Island activity in which the reader is prompted to match several Yoshi transformations (each assigned a letter of the alphabet) with their names. The answers are as follows:
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Left page: A trivia quiz related to Mario Golf: World Tour. The following are the questions and answers in this quiz, with correct answers emboldened:
Right page: An activity in which several characters from Mario Golf: World Tour have to be matched with their corresponding golf club, each of which is assigned a letter of the alphabet. The answers are as follows:
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Left page: Answers to the puzzle activities in the book Right page: Group artwork of several Mario characters |
