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1	''Play Nintendo Comics'' are promotional gag webcomics by Creator/{{Nintendo}} for their games and published on their children's site Play Nintendo. More recent comics can be viewed [[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/ here]], while older comics have been removed and are archived on the [[http://web.archive.org/web/20230000000000*/http://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/ Wayback Machine]].
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3	!! Games featured:
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5	* ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossing'' series:
6	** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingHappyHomeDesigner'', in addition to its Toys/{{amiibo}} cards
7	** ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons''
8	* ''[=BoxBoy!=]'' series:
9	** ''VideoGame/BoxBoy''
10	** ''VideoGame/BoxBoxBoy''
11	** ''VideoGame/ByeByeBoxBoy''
12	* ''VideoGame/CaptainToadTreasureTracker''
13	* ''[[VideoGame/DillonsRollingWestern Dillon's Dead Heat Breakers]]''
14	* ''VideoGame/EverOasis''
15	* ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheRainbowCurse Presents''
16	* ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask 3D''
17	* ''VideoGame/PokemonUnite'' (also available on the ''Pokémon Unite'' [[https://unite.pokemon.com website]])
18	* ''VideoGame/RhythmHeavenMegamix''
19	* ''VideoGame/StarFoxZero''
20	* ''VideoGame/SushiStrikerTheWayOfSushido''
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23	!!''Play Nintendo Comics'' provides examples of:
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25	* AllJustADream: At the end of "[[http://web.archive.org/web/20230320090617/https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/captain-toad-comic-5/ Wingo Showdown]]", it's revealed Captain Toad was sleeping.
26	* ArtShift: In "[[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/kirby-and-rainbow-curse-presents-so-pretty/ So Pretty]]", the Grab Hand has an {{instant\|CosplaySurprise}} {{Animesque}} makeover done by Elline.
27	* BlackComedy: In "[[http://web.archive.org/web/20230321002730/https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/rhythm-heaven-megamix-comic-strip-give-it-to-me/ Give It to Me]]", Shep tries to persuade Eglantine to give her egg away for cooking. Eglantine ominously warns Shep if he tries to take the egg, his "screams shall heard in kitchens across the worlds".
28	* BlankWhiteEyes:
29	** When Elline's trail is mistaken for poop, she has these.
30	** This happens when Qbby [[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/boxboy-comic-strip-1/ freaks somebody out]].
31	* BlueWithShock: An unfortunate customer has one of these when she finds a hair in her food.
32	* BreakingTheFourthWall: The second part of [[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/legend-zelda-links-hijinks-comic-part-2/ Link's Hijinks]] has Tatl tell the reader that [[spoiler:only you can save the world because Link's too lazy to]].
33	* CatchingSomeZs: When Captain Toad sleeps, he has Z's come from him.
34	* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: When humans speculate what Martians look like, one person suggests that they look like jellyfish before being shrugged off. He was right.
35	* CrossoverPunchline: Being a Creator/{{Nintendo}} comic featuring multiple different franchises, this naturally happens.
36	** "[[http://web.archive.org/web/20160119104247/http://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/kirby-and-rainbow-curse-presents-saved-rainbow/ Saved by the Rainbow]]" starts with Elline saving Kirby, before revealing she was saving him from a RingOut in a match of ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros''.
37	** In "[[http://web.archive.org/web/20160119073316/http://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/kirby-and-rainbow-curse-presents-evening-out/ Evening Out]]", Kirby dresses and speaks like an Italian chef, which Bandanna Waddle Dee mistakes for [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]].
38	* CrossPoppingVeins:
39	** Elline has one of these when her rainbow trail is mistaken for poop.
40	** A goat [[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/animal-crossing-comic-strip-part-4/ has one]] when she finds hair in her food.
41	** A [[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/captain-toads-comic-strip-escapades-continue/ Shy Guy]] makes one after being accidentally hit by Captain Toad.
42	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The ''Captain Toad'' comics are made from [[SpriteComic screenshots of the game]], though all future comics are drawn. When they made more ''Captain Toad'' comics to tie in with the Nintendo Switch / 3DS rerelease, they went back to this format.
43	* FireballEyeballs: This happens in "Give it to me!" when a character wants to cook.
44	* IdeaBulb: An enemy has one in "[[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/boxboxboy-comic-strip-quick-thinking/ Quick Thinking]]".
45	* InstantCosplaySurprise: Elline gives the Grab Hand an instant fabulous makeover.
46	* ItAmusedMe: Claycia apparently ripped a hole in space and time "just because".
47	* LazyBum: Link. [[SkewedPriorities Playing video games]] is more important to him than SavingTheWorld.
48	* LiteralCliffHanger: Elline saves Kirby just in time with her rainbow trail as he's falling.
49	* MoodWhiplash: [[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/rhythm-heaven-megamix-comic-strip-give-it-to-me/ This comic]] goes from lightheartedness to disturbing threats.
50	* {{Pun}}: Captain Toad says he "makes a splash" after falling into some water.
51	* RealityIsUnrealistic: Humans predict that Martians will look like typical aliens, but the one person that thinks they look like jellyfish gets shrugged off and turns out to be right.
52	* RebusBubble: Link, when he has the bright idea to use the Ocarina of Time to play his games forever.
53	* SkewedPriorities: Link is more focused on video games than being hero.
54	* SpriteComic: The {{early\|InstallmentWeirdness}} ''Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker'' comics were mostly screenshots of the game with dialogue added.
55	* StraightMan: Tatl is this to Link, trying to get him to actually do what he's supposed to be doing.
56	* StripArchive: There's one [[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/ here]].
57	* SuddenlySpeaking: Link. He doesn't have dialogue in [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda his home series]], but he does here.
58	* SweatDrop:
59	** [[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/kirby-and-rainbow-curse-presents-star-dash/ Elline has one of these]] when she tries to get Kirby to not be lazy.
60	** [[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/kirby-and-rainbow-curse-presents-claycias-change/ Elline has one]] when Claycia tries on sunglasses.
61	** [[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/legend-zelda-links-hijinks-comic-part-1/ Tatl]], when Link is distracted from doing his heroic duties. She has [[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/legend-zelda-links-hijinks-comic-part-2/ even more]]
62	** [[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/legend-zelda-links-hijinks-comic-part-2/ Link has one]] when he realizes that his mask lets him hold a boulder with one hand.
63	* ToBeContinued: In the first part of "The Legend of Zelda: Link's Hijinks".
64	* ToiletHumor: A Cappy and a Waddle Doo mistake Elline's trail for rainbow poop; cue her BlankWhiteEyes and CrossPoppingVeins.
65	* TooDumbToLive: Toadette happily decides to bring a large group of dangerous Mud Troopers to Toad.
66	* VisibleSilence: When Slippy's child photo is shown, this "..." is the only reaction.
67	* VSign: Elline does this when introducing herself.
68	* {{Wingdinglish}}: According to "[[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/comics/rhythm-heaven-megamix-comic-language/ Language]]", this is how aliens speak.

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