The Nintendo Store is now offering up real-life versions of Super Smash Bros’ iconic invitations for a limited time, allowing players with a My Nintendo account to ask their friends over for a quick round of Ultimate in style. Fans of Nintendo’s long-running mascot crossover fighting franchise will recognize these classy white envelopes as the ones given out to guest combatants in reveal trailers, with the most recent recipient being Final Fantasy VII’s archvillain Sephiroth at December’s Game Awards.
Indeed, fans go wild every time they see one of these envelopes pop up in a trailer or social media post about Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, firing off a wave of theories regarding which popular gaming icon the invite is for. Nintendo and Smash developer Masahiro Sakurai even like to troll these players with the occasional fake-out, like when Fatal Fury’s Terry Bogard snatched up a letter that changed hands multiple times between various SNK fighting game characters back in 2019. Now, players can get their hands on these iconic envelopes for real - provided they have a My Nintendo account.
Earlier today, The Gamer reported that one of My Nintendo’s newest online rewards is the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Invitation Greeting Card Set, which consists of three 5" x 6.5" envelopes in the style of Super Smash Bros Ultimate’s famous invites. Also included are cards in three different colors (green, blue, and white), as well as stickers that emulate the famous red Smash Bros wax seal. The Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Invitation Greeting Card Set will only be available to players with a My Nintendo account and 400 Platinum Points saved up, though customers will still have to pay for shipping. Also, the set will only be available until March 8, and supplies are expected to go quickly.
This isn’t the first time the Nintendo Store has offered up physical rewards to My Nintendo members. Last fall, the store has allowed fans with Platinum Points to score free merch based on games like Pikmin 3, Xenoblade Chronicles, and Super Mario 3D All-Stars. My Nintendo most recently offered fans a special Nintendo-themed calendar to welcome 2021 in style alongside icons like Mario and The Legend Of Zelda’s Link.
My Nintendo’s physical Super Smash Bros invitation cards might not be the most exciting or elaborate membership reward, but they could be a fun novelty for fans of the series. Who knows, one could even use them to challenge a friend or colleague to an online round of Super Smash Bros Ultimate after school or work. In any case, the Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Invitation Greeting Card Set is now available on the Nintendo Store for My Nintendo members.
Source: The Gamer