Nintendo fans might want to take note of some new Christmas ornaments from Hallmark. First, there's the Celeste ornament from Animal Crossing, available for preorder on Amazon for $18.99, with a release date of October 21. There's also a complete set of Red, Yellow, and Blue Pikmin ornaments for $24.99, releasing the same day.
Hallmark's gaming collection also includes the wildly popular Halo Master Chief ornament, alongside Mario in a propeller helmet, Boo, Toad in his kart from Mario Kart, and Sonic collecting rings. All of these new ornaments look incredible, and would be well suited to any gamer's festive displays or Christmas tree.
This isn't the only thing worth checking out right now, either. In our roundup of the best Nintendo Switch deals, you can see even more games discounted in Woot's sale at the moment, including Luigi's Mansion 3 and Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
One of the best games ever made, Resident Evil 4, is also on sale right now. It's down to $21.99, its lowest price ever at Amazon. If you'd like to see what's happening on other platforms, check out our roundups of the best PlayStation deals and the best Xbox deals.
In other Nintendo news, the company behind Mario has once again surprised its fans with the announcement of a completely unexpected piece of hardware: an interactive alarm clock, Alarmo. You can pick from 35 scenes inspired by five Nintendo titles – Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Splatoon 3, Pikmin 4, and Ring Fit Adventure – then set a time and let Alarmo do its work.
Nintendo published a deep-dive into the making of its shock new hardware and explained why it avoided adding game-like elements to the device. It turns out Nintendo considered adding game-like elements but ultimately decided against it because the company didn’t want to encourage users to, for example, wake up early or just not wake up at all. IGN also has a story on Alarmo’s fascinating connection to late Nintendo President Satoru Iwata.
Robert Anderson is a deals expert and Commerce Editor for IGN. You can follow him @robertliam21 on Twitter.
