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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.

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  • "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).
  • "Three Rabbids blasting..." (referring to both the lyric "Three French Hens" and the game Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle)
  • "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.).

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