Tag: 12 Days of Nintendo Christmas

  • Feature 12 Days of Nintendo Christmas - Day Twelve

    On the twelfth day

    In this completely silly run of bite-sized features, we've written a new version of '12 Days of Christmas' with a Nintendo twist that will, hopefully, be good enough to sing. Twelve Wiimotes Waggling: While this writer hates the word Wiimote with a passion — it's Wii Remote — it's a term used by many that also fits the song...

  • Feature 12 Days of Nintendo Christmas - Day Eleven

    On the eleventh day

    In this completely silly run of bite-sized features, we're going to write a new version of '12 Days of Christmas' with a Nintendo twist that will, hopefully, be good enough to sing. Eleven Warp Pipes Warping: After our day ten entry was about as popular as a Falcon Punch to the face, we're going with a rather safe choice this...

  • Feature 12 Days of Nintendo Christmas - Day Ten

    On the tenth day

    In this completely silly run of bite-sized features, we're going to write a new version of '12 Days of Christmas' with a Nintendo twist that will, hopefully, be good enough to sing. Ten Falcons Punching: Sometimes we stick to the conventions of the original lyrics, sometimes we don't — that's how we roll. On this occasion we...

  • Feature 12 Days of Nintendo Christmas - Day Nine

    On the ninth day...

    In this completely silly run of bite-sized features, we're going to write a new version of '12 Days of Christmas' with a Nintendo twist that will, hopefully, be good enough to sing. Nine Shantaes Dancing: We were thinking of ditching the practice of matching up with the original song's 'activities', in this case dancing. Yet a...

  • Feature 12 Days of Nintendo Christmas - Day Eight

    On the eighth day...

    In this completely silly run of bite-sized features, we're going to write a new version of '12 Days of Christmas' with a Nintendo twist that will, hopefully, be good enough to sing. Eight Malons Milking: The original line is "eight maids-a-milking", so our minds immediately turned to Lon Lon Milk and Malon, who plays a...

  • Feature 12 Days of Nintendo Christmas - Day Seven

    On the seventh day...

    In this completely silly run of bite-sized features, we're going to write a new version of '12 Days of Christmas' with a Nintendo twist that will, hopefully, be good enough to sing. Seven Cheep Cheeps Swimming: The original line is "seven swans-a-swimming", so the villainous fish from the Super Mario series seemed like a...

  • Feature 12 Days of Nintendo Christmas - Day Six

    On the sixth day...

    In this completely silly run of bite-sized features, we're going to write a new version of '12 Days of Christmas' with a Nintendo twist that will, hopefully, be good enough to sing. Six Yoshis Laying: With the original line being 'six Geese-a-Laying', we thought that Mario's favourite side-kick — apart from Luigi — was the...

  • Feature 12 Days of Nintendo Christmas - Day Five

    On the fifth day...

    In this completely silly run of bite-sized features, we're going to write a new version of '12 Days of Christmas' with a Nintendo twist that will, hopefully, be good enough to sing. FIVE SONIC RINGS: The easiest line to shortlist, though there was tough competition from the rather obvious but equally worthy Five Golden Coins...

  • Feature 12 Days of Nintendo Christmas - Day Four

    On the fourth day...

    In this completely silly run of bite-sized features, we're going to write a new version of '12 Days of Christmas' with a Nintendo twist that will, hopefully, be good enough to sing. Four Calling Chatots: There were a few candidates for an equivalent to "four calling birds", and this was suggested by Samuel-Flutter in the...

  • Feature 12 Days of Nintendo Christmas - Day Three

    On the third day...

    In this completely silly run of bite-sized features, we're going to write a new version of '12 Days of Christmas' with a Nintendo twist that will, hopefully, be good enough to sing. Three Angry Cuccos: The original line is "three French hens", so we went for an equivalent that was snappy and brought to mind one of the weirdest...

  • Feature 12 Days of Nintendo Christmas - Day Two

    On the second day...

    In this completely silly run of bite-sized features, we're going to write a new version of '12 Days of Christmas' with a Nintendo twist that will, hopefully, be good enough to sing. Two Koopa Troopas: The original line is "two turtle doves", so we've made liberal use of the fact that Koopa Troopa is clearly based on a turtle...

  • Feature 12 Days of Nintendo Christmas - Day One

    On the first day...

    In this completely silly run of bite-sized features, we're going to write a new version of '12 Days of Christmas' with a Nintendo twist that will, hopefully, be good enough to sing. A big chair in a Pear Tree: When there's a line with 'tree' in it, Animal Crossing is the only way to go. In the bizarre AC economy your daily...