{"id":14503,"date":"2016-01-01T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T00:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=14503"},"modified":"2015-12-27T19:05:11","modified_gmt":"2015-12-27T19:05:11","slug":"animal-crossing-2016-calendar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/01\/animal-crossing-2016-calendar\/","title":{"rendered":"Animal Crossing 2016 Calendar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AC2016_1\"<\/a>Happy New Year! Usually every year for Christmas, I get a new calendar for the coming year.\u00a0 For the past few years, it\u2019s been a video game related calendar and I\u2019ve usually written about it here.\u00a0 Well this year it\u2019s the same way as I got an Animal Crossing calendar!\u00a0 So I thought I\u2019d share some pictures of it along with a few other things I got for Christmas.<\/p>\n

Here is a closer view of the front of the calendar. It\u2019s based on the artwork from New Leaf.\u00a0 Notice that at the top, it says it comes with bonus stickers!\u00a0 We\u2019ll get to that in a bit.<\/p>\n

\"AC2016_1\"<\/a><\/p>\n

On the back you can see which characters are on which month. I\u2019m a little disappointed that my birthday month, September, has Lyle on it.\u00a0 I was hoping it would have my favorite character, Blathers the Owl, instead.\u00a0 I think that would make more sense for September, but at least he\u2019s in November.\u00a0 Also, wouldn\u2019t it have been cool if the calendar also had the birthdays and holidays and events in the games as well?\u00a0 Although if it did, the calendar would be so full you wouldn\u2019t be able to put anything in yourself, so I guess that\u2019s why they didn\u2019t do that!<\/p>\n

\"AC2016_2\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Remember when I said the calendar included bonus stickers, too! Well here they are.\u00a0 It\u2019s a pretty big sheet of them, almost as big as the calendar itself, as you can see in the picture.\u00a0 So all in all it\u2019s a pretty good calendar for Animal Crossing fans.\u00a0 I guess it\u2019s a good indication on how popular the series is if they were willing to make a calendar out of it!<\/p>\n

\"ACSTICKERS\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here are some pictures of some other Christmas presents that I got that are video game related. I got more things than this, and I\u2019m very thankful for all the things I got, even if they aren\u2019t pictured here.\u00a0 But I just thought these in particular would make interesting pictures to show.<\/p>\n

First is some Christmas ornaments based on Super Mario Maker, a new Wii U game. Each ornament has a picture of Mario on them from the styles of graphics you can make in the game.\u00a0 Super Mario Maker is a pretty recent game, and so these ornaments must\u2019ve been pretty new, too.\u00a0 I\u2019ve never seen them before!<\/p>\n

\"MARIO\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2016 I\u2019ll have been reviewing games for 20 years, and in that time I\u2019ve made some pretty good long-term relationships with video game companies and the PR firms that work with them. Sometimes they\u2019ve even sent me Christmas cards, which I\u2019ve always loved.\u00a0 Nowadays, most of them just email their Christmas cards, so it\u2019s always nice to get one in the post mail.\u00a0 This year, Ubisoft sent me a Christmas card in the mail, and it had a little gift with it: socks that have the Ubisoft logo on them!\u00a0 So are they called Ubi-socks?\u00a0 What fabric are they made of?\u00a0 Assassin\u2019s Tweed?\u00a0 Rayman Rayon?\u00a0 (sorry, bad joke)\u00a0 Anyway, here\u2019s what the socks look like.<\/p>\n

\"SOCKS\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And finally, I got a Mario Kart slot car racing set. They make a ton of Mario Kart themed toys, so I guess it\u2019s pretty popular!\u00a0 I like the fact that one of the slot cars in this set is Toad, my favorite Mario character.\u00a0 When I was little I would usually get a cheapy slot car set for Christmas every year, so it was kind of funny to get one as an adult.\u00a0 One time I asked for a Dukes of Hazzard slot car set for my birthday when I was little, and it was really disappointing when I got it because it had a ramp for the cars to jump over, like in the TV show.\u00a0 Well how many times do you think the cars landed right back on the slots and kept going?\u00a0 Never!\u00a0 Maybe I\u2019ll set up the Mario Kart one someday and review it.\u00a0 Here\u2019s the box.<\/p>\n

\"KART\"<\/a><\/p>\n

And that\u2019s all for now! One of the other things I got was a PS Vita.\u00a0 Now I have to figure out what games to get for it.\u00a0 Anyone have any suggestions?\u00a0 Anyway, I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!\u00a0 –Cary<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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