Nintendo's Twelve Days of Christmas was a series of Twitter posts on the Nintendo Australian and New Zealand Twitter account occurring from December 13 to December 23 2017. As implied by the title, each post is a take on the classic Christmas Carol "The Twelve Days of Christmas" dealing with Nintendo properties.
Events[]
"A Link in an apple tree..." (referring to both the lyric "[And] A Partridge in a Pear Tree" and the food and resources collection mechanic in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
"Two ARMS a-flailing..." (referring to both the lyric "Two turtle doves" and the game ARMS).
"Four Kirbys clashing..." (referring to both the lyric "Four Calling Birds" and Kirby Battle Royale)
"Five Golden Eggs..." (referring to both the lyric "Five Golden Rings" and the gold egg-collecting mechanic in Splatoon 2)
"Six Poké Balls..." (referring to both the lyric "Six Geese-a-laying" and the Pokémon limit per party in the Pokémon franchise)
"Seven Titans Sinking..." (referring to both the lyric "Seven Swans-a-swimming" and the titan bosses in Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
"Eight Metroids growing..." (referring to both the lyric "Eight Maids-a-milking" and the various Metroid life stages (including the Baby) in the game Metroid: Samus Returns, and to a lesser extent, Metroid II: Return of Samus.)
"Nine Goombas stacking..." (referring to both the lyric "Nine Ladies Dancing" and the concept of stacked Goomba enemies and taking control of such a stack via the Capture mechanic in Super Mario Odyssey.)
"Ten Power Moons!" (referring to the lyric "Ten Lords-a-leaping" and procuring various Power Moons in Super Mario Odyssey.)
"Eleven Monstrosities hatching..." (referring to the lyric "Eleven Pipers Piping" and the breeding mechanic in Monster Hunter Stories.)
"Twelve Karts a racing..." (referring to the lyric "Twelve Drummers Drumming" and the core mechanic of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, as well as the Mario Kart series as a whole.).