Nintendo Arcade (partially lost Nintendo online Flash games; 2006-2007)
A screenshot of the Nintendo Arcade website, archived via the Wayback Machine.
Status: Partially Lost
Nintendo Arcade was a website developed and published by Nintendo, which hosted online Adobe Flash games made to promote various Nintendo games and franchises.[1] In total, 38 games were published on the website between 2006 and 2007, before the website was taken down in late 2007.
Availability
From a period of time from 2006 to 2007, all of the games were available to be played online via the Nintendo Arcade website. Ever since the website was taken down, attempting to access it via its original URL leads to a 404 error page.[2]
Many of the games which were once available on the website have been saved to the Wayback Machine. These games were subsequently archived via the web game preservation project BlueMaxima's Flashpoint and can be played using the Flashpoint software. However, several of the games have not been saved, and currently remain lost.
Nintendo Arcade Games
| # | Game Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Animal Crossing: Wild World Trivia | Found |
| 2 | Children of Mana -- Gem Challenge | Lost |
| 3 | Diddy Kong Racing DS -- Timber's Balloon Pop | Found |
| 4 | DK: Jungle Climber -- Banana Grab | Found |
| 5 | DK: King of Swing -- Hurling for Distance | Found |
| 6 | DKC 3 -- Barrel Blastapalooza | Found |
| 7 | Do YOU Need a Chibi-Robo? | Found |
| 8 | Dr. Mario Vitamin Toss | Found |
| 9 | Drill Dozer -- Shifting 101 | Found |
| 10 | Kirby Squeak Squad -- Speedy Tea Time | Lost |
| 11 | Magical Starsign Trivia | Lost |
| 12 | Mario Hoops 3-on-3 -- Dribble Skillz | Found |
| 13 | Mario Party 7 - Bowser's Lair Hockey | Found |
| 14 | Mario Tennis: Power Tour -- Bicep Pump | Found |
| 15 | Mario Tennis: Power Tour -- Reflex Rally | Found |
| 16 | Mario vs. DK 2: Cannon Kaos | Found |
| 17 | Metroid Prime Hunters -- Know Your Enemy | Found |
| 18 | Metroid Prime Trivia | Found |
| 19 | New Super Mario Bros. 1-Up Hunt! | Lost |
| 20 | Nintendo Fusion Tour Trivia | Lost |
| 21 | Nintendogs Dalmatian & Friends Trivia | Lost |
| 22 | Nintendogs Puppy Quiz | Found |
| 23 | Odama -- Crush and Conquer | Found |
| 24 | Pokémon Diamond and Pokémon Pearl | Lost |
| 25 | Pokémon Mystery Dungeon | Lost |
| 26 | Pokémon Ranger -- Learn to Use the Capture Styler | Lost |
| 27 | Pokémon Trozei -- Learn to Play! | Found |
| 28 | Polarium Puzzle Challenge | Found |
| 29 | Star Fox Command | Lost |
| 30 | Super Mario Strikers -- Heads Up | Found |
| 31 | Super Paper Mario Memory Match | Lost |
| 32 | Super Princess Peach -- Parasol Fall | Found |
| 33 | Tales of Phantasia Archery | Found |
| 34 | Tetris DS | Found |
| 35 | Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam | Lost |
| 36 | True Swing Golf | Found |
| 37 | Wario: Master of Disguise Trivia | Lost |
| 38 | Yoshi's Island DS -- Yoshi's Egg Toss | Lost |
Yoshi's Egg Toss
Yoshi's Egg Toss was playable on at least two microsites advertising the Nintendo DS game Yoshi's Island DS, both of which have since been taken down.
On May 30th, 2021, YouTube user WaltVS. uploaded the video "Yoshi's Egg Toss - Nintendo's Official Flash Game" to their channel.[3] One of their comments on the video provides the link to the European microsite for Yoshi's Island DS, where they recorded footage of Yoshi's Egg Toss. However, the microsite has since been taken down,[4] and the URL has been excluded from the Wayback Machine.[5]
The game was also playable on the North American microsite for Yoshi's Island DS, yoshisisland.nintendods.com.[6] In order to load properly, the microsite requires the files splash.swf and splash_config.xml; however, the splash_config.xml file has not been saved to the Wayback Machine.[7]
Videos
External Links
References
- ↑ Link to a Wayback Machine capture of the Nintendo Arcade website. Retrieved 18 Feb '23
- ↑ The nintendo.com 404 error page, which appears as a redirect from the Nintendo Arcade website link. Retrieved 18 Feb '23
- ↑ "Yoshi's Egg Toss - Nintendo's Official Flash Game" YouTube video. Retrieved 18 Feb '23
- ↑ Link to the European microsite for Yoshi's Island DS, which currently leads to a 404 error page. Retrieved 18 Feb '23
- ↑ Exclusion notification upon attempting to access the link to the European microsite for Yoshi's Island DS via the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 18 Feb '23
- ↑ Wayback Machine capture of the North American Yoshi's Island DS microsite. Retrieved 18 Feb '23
- ↑ Wayback Machine list of captures of the splash_config.xml file, which all redirect to http://nintendo.com/ds. Retrieved 18 Feb '23