12-25-2019, 06:31 PM
Nintendo And Your Favourite Game Developers Share ‘Happy Holiday’ Messages
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<figure class="picture strip"><a title="Merry Squidmas!" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/9789699bbdbe7/merry-squidmas.original.jpg"><img src="http://images.nintendolife.com/9789699bbdbe7/merry-squidmas.900x.jpg" alt="Merry Squidmas!"></a><figcaption class="caption">Merry Squidmas!</figcaption></figure>
<p>The holidays are well and truly upon us and the developers behind all of our favourite games have been sharing festive messages for fans, friends, and everyone in between.</p>
<p>We’ve gathered a handful of these for you to check out below, hopefully getting you into the festive spirit ahead of the big day, and also reminding us just how wonderful this little hobby of ours really is.</p>
<p>We’ll kick things off with some official Nintendo messages, of course:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">As 2019 comes to a close, we’d like to thank you all for helping us make some wonderful new Nintendo memories! Happy Holidays! <a href="https://t.co/4t5xvkeUyU">pic.twitter.com/4t5xvkeUyU</a></span>— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) <a href="https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1208794329965322240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">Season’s Greetings! <a href="https://t.co/qyos6kRvmR">pic.twitter.com/qyos6kRvmR</a></span>— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) <a href="https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1208806418884767744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">Don’t forget to wrap all your presents. ? <a href="https://t.co/Ff3DssmS0w">pic.twitter.com/Ff3DssmS0w</a></span>— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) <a href="https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1209051103968530438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="ja" dir="ltr">今日はクリスマス・イブ。<br />シオカラーズとテンタクルズの4人も、久々のオフタイムを楽しんでいるようだ。<br />みなさんの元にも、静かで安らかな夜が訪れますように。<a href="https://t.co/tNi9sRf72e">https://t.co/tNi9sRf72e</a> <a href="https://t.co/rfUWPxLNrR">pic.twitter.com/rfUWPxLNrR</a></span>— Splatoon（スプラトゥーン） (@SplatoonJP) <a href="https://twitter.com/SplatoonJP/status/1209398557314342912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy holidays from the Mario Kart Tour team! We hope this year’s festivities are everything you could wish for, and more! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarioKartTour?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MarioKartTour</a> <a href="https://t.co/gccDq68UFl">pic.twitter.com/gccDq68UFl</a></span>— Mario Kart Tour (@mariokarttourEN) <a href="https://twitter.com/mariokarttourEN/status/1208160148960825344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="ja" dir="ltr">今日はクリスマス・イブですね！<br />お部屋をみんなでキレイにかざりつけて、今夜はたのしいパーティです！<br />なんと！コックカワサキさんがスペシャルなケーキを作ってくれましたよっ！おいしそうです～っ！</p>
<p>カービィさん……？まだすいこまないでくださいね？ <a href="https://t.co/79mGv6IAZq">pic.twitter.com/79mGv6IAZq</a></p>
<p></span>— 星のカービィ (@Kirby_JP) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kirby_JP/status/1209398344499380225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The lovely folks over at Image & Form have joined in the fun, too:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">From all of us, to all of you: Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! ???</p>
<p>How are you spending the end of the year? <a href="https://t.co/lRcf64nKod">pic.twitter.com/lRcf64nKod</a></p>
<p></span>— Image & Form is feelin’ Antsy! ?? (@ImageForm) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImageForm/status/1209146164060266496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The official Sonic account shared a new animated short this year:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">Brace for impact as forces collide in “Chao In Space”! Don’t worry – you’re (probably) not dreaming.</p>
<p>It’s our little gift to you, and we hope you like it. Happy Holidays! <a href="https://t.co/bcgRrwJr9J">pic.twitter.com/bcgRrwJr9J</a></p>
<p></span>— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) <a href="https://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/1205170479855616000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic Games has even shared a poem:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">ICYMI: Merry Christmas!</p>
<p>Here’s a rubbish poem:</p>
<p>Presents over here, presents over there,<br />We sure hope one of them<br />is Impossible Lair</p>
<p>If it isn’t don’t you fret,<br />Our game is on sale<br />There’s still time yet!</p>
<p>Buy our game<br />Rhymes with buy our game<br />buy our game <a href="https://t.co/JA7xXhOlcr">pic.twitter.com/JA7xXhOlcr</a></p>
<p></span>— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) <a href="https://twitter.com/PlaytonicGames/status/1208032821274693632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>And now for some postcards, starting with Team17, Psyonix, Blizzard and EA Sports:</p>
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<div class="col"><a title="Ps Team17" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/517a840664ade/ps-team17.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/517a840664ade/ps-team17.original.jpg" alt="Ps Team17"></a><a title="Ps Psyonix" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/c220ce739b05f/ps-psyonix.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/c220ce739b05f/ps-psyonix.original.jpg" alt="Ps Psyonix"></a></div>
<div class="col"><a title="Ps Overwatch" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/a9ce209639842/ps-overwatch.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/a9ce209639842/ps-overwatch.original.jpg" alt="Ps Overwatch"></a><a title="Ps FIFA20" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/6c1ea8ab61c4b/ps-fifa20.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/6c1ea8ab61c4b/ps-fifa20.original.jpg" alt="Ps FIFA20"></a></div>
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<p>From Konami, Koei Tecmo and Neatherrealm Studios:</p>
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<div class="col"><a title="Ps Konami" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/1d7a5d1d858b6/ps-konami.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/1d7a5d1d858b6/ps-konami.original.jpg" alt="Ps Konami"></a></div>
<div class="col"><a title="Ps KoeiTecmo" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/eb56eac685c45/ps-koeitecmo.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/eb56eac685c45/ps-koeitecmo.original.jpg" alt="Ps KoeiTecmo"></a><a title="Ps NeatherrealmStudios" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/03d3b2777b802/ps-neatherrealmstudios.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/03d3b2777b802/ps-neatherrealmstudios.original.png" alt="Ps NeatherrealmStudios"></a></div>
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<p>From XSEED Games, Evil Mojo Games and Epic Games:</p>
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<div class="col"><a title="XSEED Games" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/89b82cdbf6f26/xseed-games.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/89b82cdbf6f26/xseed-games.original.png" alt="XSEED Games"></a><a title="Ps EvilMojoGames Paladins" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/ad4ee64e4c5e1/ps-evilmojogames-paladins.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/ad4ee64e4c5e1/ps-evilmojogames-paladins.original.jpg" alt="Ps EvilMojoGames Paladins"></a></div>
<div class="col"><a title="Ps Fortnite" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/7d00b9c62bffa/ps-fortnite.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/7d00b9c62bffa/ps-fortnite.original.jpg" alt="Ps Fortnite"></a></div>
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<p><em>Happy holidays, folks!</em></p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2019/12/...-messages/
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<figure class="picture strip"><a title="Merry Squidmas!" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/9789699bbdbe7/merry-squidmas.original.jpg"><img src="http://images.nintendolife.com/9789699bbdbe7/merry-squidmas.900x.jpg" alt="Merry Squidmas!"></a><figcaption class="caption">Merry Squidmas!</figcaption></figure>
<p>The holidays are well and truly upon us and the developers behind all of our favourite games have been sharing festive messages for fans, friends, and everyone in between.</p>
<p>We’ve gathered a handful of these for you to check out below, hopefully getting you into the festive spirit ahead of the big day, and also reminding us just how wonderful this little hobby of ours really is.</p>
<p>We’ll kick things off with some official Nintendo messages, of course:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">As 2019 comes to a close, we’d like to thank you all for helping us make some wonderful new Nintendo memories! Happy Holidays! <a href="https://t.co/4t5xvkeUyU">pic.twitter.com/4t5xvkeUyU</a></span>— Nintendo of America (@NintendoAmerica) <a href="https://twitter.com/NintendoAmerica/status/1208794329965322240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">Season’s Greetings! <a href="https://t.co/qyos6kRvmR">pic.twitter.com/qyos6kRvmR</a></span>— Nintendo UK (@NintendoUK) <a href="https://twitter.com/NintendoUK/status/1208806418884767744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 22, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">Don’t forget to wrap all your presents. ? <a href="https://t.co/Ff3DssmS0w">pic.twitter.com/Ff3DssmS0w</a></span>— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) <a href="https://twitter.com/NintendoEurope/status/1209051103968530438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="ja" dir="ltr">今日はクリスマス・イブ。<br />シオカラーズとテンタクルズの4人も、久々のオフタイムを楽しんでいるようだ。<br />みなさんの元にも、静かで安らかな夜が訪れますように。<a href="https://t.co/tNi9sRf72e">https://t.co/tNi9sRf72e</a> <a href="https://t.co/rfUWPxLNrR">pic.twitter.com/rfUWPxLNrR</a></span>— Splatoon（スプラトゥーン） (@SplatoonJP) <a href="https://twitter.com/SplatoonJP/status/1209398557314342912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy holidays from the Mario Kart Tour team! We hope this year’s festivities are everything you could wish for, and more! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MarioKartTour?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MarioKartTour</a> <a href="https://t.co/gccDq68UFl">pic.twitter.com/gccDq68UFl</a></span>— Mario Kart Tour (@mariokarttourEN) <a href="https://twitter.com/mariokarttourEN/status/1208160148960825344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="ja" dir="ltr">今日はクリスマス・イブですね！<br />お部屋をみんなでキレイにかざりつけて、今夜はたのしいパーティです！<br />なんと！コックカワサキさんがスペシャルなケーキを作ってくれましたよっ！おいしそうです～っ！</p>
<p>カービィさん……？まだすいこまないでくださいね？ <a href="https://t.co/79mGv6IAZq">pic.twitter.com/79mGv6IAZq</a></p>
<p></span>— 星のカービィ (@Kirby_JP) <a href="https://twitter.com/Kirby_JP/status/1209398344499380225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 24, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The lovely folks over at Image & Form have joined in the fun, too:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">From all of us, to all of you: Happy Holidays and Happy New Year! ???</p>
<p>How are you spending the end of the year? <a href="https://t.co/lRcf64nKod">pic.twitter.com/lRcf64nKod</a></p>
<p></span>— Image & Form is feelin’ Antsy! ?? (@ImageForm) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImageForm/status/1209146164060266496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 23, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>The official Sonic account shared a new animated short this year:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">Brace for impact as forces collide in “Chao In Space”! Don’t worry – you’re (probably) not dreaming.</p>
<p>It’s our little gift to you, and we hope you like it. Happy Holidays! <a href="https://t.co/bcgRrwJr9J">pic.twitter.com/bcgRrwJr9J</a></p>
<p></span>— Sonic the Hedgehog (@sonic_hedgehog) <a href="https://twitter.com/sonic_hedgehog/status/1205170479855616000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Yooka-Laylee developer Playtonic Games has even shared a poem:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><span lang="en" dir="ltr">ICYMI: Merry Christmas!</p>
<p>Here’s a rubbish poem:</p>
<p>Presents over here, presents over there,<br />We sure hope one of them<br />is Impossible Lair</p>
<p>If it isn’t don’t you fret,<br />Our game is on sale<br />There’s still time yet!</p>
<p>Buy our game<br />Rhymes with buy our game<br />buy our game <a href="https://t.co/JA7xXhOlcr">pic.twitter.com/JA7xXhOlcr</a></p>
<p></span>— Playtonic (@PlaytonicGames) <a href="https://twitter.com/PlaytonicGames/status/1208032821274693632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 20, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>And now for some postcards, starting with Team17, Psyonix, Blizzard and EA Sports:</p>
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<div class="col"><a title="Ps Team17" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/517a840664ade/ps-team17.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/517a840664ade/ps-team17.original.jpg" alt="Ps Team17"></a><a title="Ps Psyonix" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/c220ce739b05f/ps-psyonix.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/c220ce739b05f/ps-psyonix.original.jpg" alt="Ps Psyonix"></a></div>
<div class="col"><a title="Ps Overwatch" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/a9ce209639842/ps-overwatch.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/a9ce209639842/ps-overwatch.original.jpg" alt="Ps Overwatch"></a><a title="Ps FIFA20" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/6c1ea8ab61c4b/ps-fifa20.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/6c1ea8ab61c4b/ps-fifa20.original.jpg" alt="Ps FIFA20"></a></div>
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<p>From Konami, Koei Tecmo and Neatherrealm Studios:</p>
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<div class="col"><a title="Ps Konami" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/1d7a5d1d858b6/ps-konami.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/1d7a5d1d858b6/ps-konami.original.jpg" alt="Ps Konami"></a></div>
<div class="col"><a title="Ps KoeiTecmo" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/eb56eac685c45/ps-koeitecmo.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/eb56eac685c45/ps-koeitecmo.original.jpg" alt="Ps KoeiTecmo"></a><a title="Ps NeatherrealmStudios" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/03d3b2777b802/ps-neatherrealmstudios.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/03d3b2777b802/ps-neatherrealmstudios.original.png" alt="Ps NeatherrealmStudios"></a></div>
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<p>From XSEED Games, Evil Mojo Games and Epic Games:</p>
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<div class="col"><a title="XSEED Games" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/89b82cdbf6f26/xseed-games.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/89b82cdbf6f26/xseed-games.original.png" alt="XSEED Games"></a><a title="Ps EvilMojoGames Paladins" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/ad4ee64e4c5e1/ps-evilmojogames-paladins.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/ad4ee64e4c5e1/ps-evilmojogames-paladins.original.jpg" alt="Ps EvilMojoGames Paladins"></a></div>
<div class="col"><a title="Ps Fortnite" href="http://images.nintendolife.com/7d00b9c62bffa/ps-fortnite.original.jpg"><img class="lazy" src="http://static.nintendolife.com/blank.gif" data-original="http://images.nintendolife.com/7d00b9c62bffa/ps-fortnite.original.jpg" alt="Ps Fortnite"></a></div>
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<p><em>Happy holidays, folks!</em></p>
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https://www.sickgaming.net/blog/2019/12/...-messages/