Hello, Flipnote fans from all of us at Hatena. This is Aaron with another edition of the Flipnote Hatena weekly news blog.
We enjoyed seeing your Flipnotes about windy winter weather last week, and thanks to all of you who took part and posted Flipnotes. This week we're happy to announce a new topic based on a simple verb that we hope will inspire you. For more details please scroll down.
Thanks for checking out the news blog, and we're looking forward to seeing your Flipnotes!
Featured Flipnotes from the "Make Your Own Mario Flipnote" special event for users in the Americas region
"Make Your Own Mario Flipnote" was held from 10/18/2010 (Monday) to 11/19/2010 (Friday) for users in the Americas region to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros.
We appreciate receiving so many submissions, all perfect for celebrating Super Mario's 25th anniversary.
We will be featuring twelve Flipnotes and plan to introduce them over the next two weeks. This week we are happy to present the second six selections.
You can see some of the favorite Flipnotes created with comments from Super Mario Bros. creators (Shigeru Miyamoto, Takashi Tezuka, and Yoshiaki Koizumi) by tapping on the "Make a Mario Flipnote" button on the top menu of Flipnote Hatena for Nintendo DSi. The Flipnotes can also be viewed online at the URL below as well as the Nintendo Channel on your Wii console (Americas region only). Thank you for your submissions!
"Make Your Own Mario Flipnote" special event for users in the Europe and Oceania region
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Super Mario Bros., we are asking Nintendo DSi and Nintendo DSi XL owners to create Flipnotes featuring characters from Super Mario Bros. The entries will be judged by well-known Nintendo names, including Shigeru Miyamoto himself! The winning animations will be revealed on the Nintendo of Europe website and on Flipnote Hatena for Nintendo DSi, so keep a look out!
The "Make Your Own Mario Flipnote" submission period for Europe and Oceania region users will end today on Friday, 10 December, 2010. If you haven't yet posted your Flipnote please do it before 23:59 (CET) today!
For more information tap on the "Make a Mario Flipnote" button on the top menu of Flipnote Hatena for Nintendo DSi, or visit Nintendo of Europe's Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary website in various languages at the links below:
- Make Your Own Mario Flipnote (English)
- Créez votre propre Mario Flipnote (French)
- Crea tu propia nota Mario Flipnote (Spanish)
- Erstellen Sie Ihr eigenes Mario-Flipnote (German)
- Crea il tuo Flipnote di Mario (Italian)
- Maak je eigen Mario Flipnote (Dutch)
- Cria a tua Flipnote de Mario (Portugeuse)
New limited edition themes: Winter Holiday Collection
During this special campaign which goes on until December 24, you will get two color stars back every time you exchange color stars for a theme.
You'll also get a chance to win a limited edition theme every time you exchange color stars for a theme!
This week's limited edition theme and limited edition simple theme feature a pink Christmas tree.
For more information about the Winter Holiday Collection tap on the "Get Special Themes!" button on the top menu of Flipnote Hatena for Nintendo DSi.
This week's new themes
The Flipnote team has created two new Creator's Room themes that are available in the Color Star Exchange this week. Below are some screenshots and details about the new themes.
★ This theme features a small kitten and a snowman in a snowy wintertime scene. The design of the top screen display will change when you use this theme. (10 color stars)
★ This theme has a cool black background and a shiny silver chain. The top screen display and the background on the lower screen will change when you use this theme. (20 color stars)
The best of last week's topic: "Winter Wind"
We've selected some of the best Flipnotes posted from around the world that we hope you'll enjoy.
You can see all of the Flipnotes posted about last week's topic at the URL below (be sure to set your content preference to Worldwide to see Flipnotes from all regions):
You can also see the Flipnotes for last week's topic by entering the command 
via "Command Search" on Flipnote Hatena for Nintendo DSi.
"Winter Wind" Flipnotes from the Americas region
★ Flipnote by Niff-mas (id:Niffian)
★ Flipnote by 
™ id:a1989artist
★ Flipnote by name nom (Mohamed)
★ Flipnote by bluketchup (Dj_Bob_BigMac)
★ Flipnote by ☆YaMiZ☆ (ztarky)
★ Flipnote by fred (blankenburg)
"Winter Wind" Flipnotes from the Europe and Oceania region
★ Flipnote by Stefano (id:Zekrom95)
★ Flipnote by MaD☆PuFFel (id:the-puffle)
★ Flipnote by Tri☆ (Gnome)
★ Flipnote by DragonChik (SemiDemiGoddess)
★ Flipnote by ☆Megz☆ (Megz)
★ Flipnote by sergio (id:pinomelean)
"Winter Wind" Flipnotes from Japan
★ Flipnote by Safinia (id:anisum)
★ Flipnote by Koaramii (id:koaramii)
★ Flipnote by Kintora☆ (id:kinkinkoo)
★ Flipnote by Pekira (id:pekira9074)
★ Flipnote by Souhei (id:s0hey)
★ Flipnote by Slimedon
This week's topic: "Spinning" (12/10/2010 - 12/17/2010)
For this week's topic we'd like you to create Flipnotes about the verb "spinning". Think about things such as washing machines, cartwheels, merry-go-rounds, flying discs, Ferris wheels, tops, electric mixers, wheels, and anything else you can think of that spins, and include them in your Flipnotes. Please be creative and have fun with this topic.
We're looking forward to seeing your Flipnotes, and will feature some of the best ones next week here in the Flipnote Hatena Weekly News. Post the Flipnotes you create to channel 7 from Flipnote Hatena on your Nintendo DSi.
Also, please do not use copyrighted music in your Flipnotes if you want them to be featured here.
You can see all of the Flipnotes currently posted about this week's topic at the URL below (be sure to set your content preference to Worldwide to see Flipnotes from all regions):
Weekly Frog Sighting
If you are interested in having your frog photo or illustration featured in the "Weekly Frog Sighting" section of the blog please post them on Hatena Haiku and we might feature it here.
Please submit only original photos/illustrations that you have created yourself.
★ id:Gabtraf posted this photo of a wooden musical instrument that makes a frog sound.
★ id:folsense posted this nice illustration of a red frog on a lilypad.
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