Nintendo Switch is the ultimate family gaming console. It has the flexibility to take anywhere your family goes, and the versatility to go from individual play to interactive or competitive play. Also, the selection of games continues to excite us with each new release. Their newest game, Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet comes out this month and Best Buy is giving away a copy of the double pack version of the game, a Nintendo prize pack, and a Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Edition Switch OLED, for one amazing ultimate Nintendo prize.

Do you have a favourite Nintendo memory?

Families have been enjoying Nintendo gaming for decades. My favourite Nintendo memory is from when my children were young playing Mario Kart with my father-in-law Dan. The fun started with selecting a driver, “Granpa, I want to be Bowser; you got to be him last time!” which to an outsider may have seemed confrontational but the atmosphere was total fun and laughs.

Pokemon too has been thrilling adults and children since 1996. What started as a very successful video game for the Game Boy quickly evolved into anime, trading cards, manga, and tons of related toys and other merchandise. Few on this planet have not experience Pokemon in one way or another. This contest will certainly create lasting memories for someone in Canada. The prize includes a Nintendo Switch console on which they will play countless games at home, at friends’ homes, and on road trips. One of those games will be the new Pokemon Scarlet / Pokemon Violet that’s also included in this prize. And the winner will also enjoy a collection of Nintendo Pokemon merchandise. It’s pretty much a perfect Pokemon prize!

Many people will be gifting Nintendo this season

You may be wondering what are the best games to give Nintendo Switch gamers this season. You might already have an opinion about it, or you may be interested in what games other players are recommending. We sent our writers to a Nintendo holiday showcase event to get some insights and you can read about their experiences on the blog. Also, scroll through the comments under that article. For the next two weeks, Canadians will be leaving their Nintendo Switch game recommendations under that article as one of the methods of entering this contest. Here are all of the ways you can enter this contest:

How to enter

Entering this contest is easy and you can enter in three different ways:

  1. In a comment below, tell us what your favourite Nintendo memory is, what game, was involved, and why this memory stands out for you.
  2. In a comment beneath the “Nintendo Holiday Showcase” article, tell us which Nintendo Switch game sold at Best Buy (include the model number) is your gift recommendation for Canadians this season.
  3. For up to two (2) additional entries, create a public post on a social media channel (one entry per channel!) telling your friends and followers which version “Pokemon Scarlet” or “Pokemon Violet” you’ll play first if you win this Nintendo Switch prize pack; include the hashtag #BestBuyNintendoSwitchContest, so we can find your post, and include one of the pictures showing on this article.
    Then return here and tell us in a comment below on which channel you posted it and the name of your channel (since many people use pseudonyms) so that we can check and verify your entry. You can use any social media channel (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn, etc.), but the post must be public so we can verify it is there.

What you can win

At the end of this contest, we will randomly select one (1) winner to receive the Nintendo Switch Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Prize pack that includes the double game and the Nintendo Switch OLED Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Edition.

This contest runs from Nov 17th until Dec 5th.

Remember you can enter in three different way as discussed above. Nintendo is best played with friends and our contests are best enjoyed with you share with family and friends to increase that chances that either you or someone close to you wins a great prize.

Win a Nintendo Switch OLED with Pokemon Scarlet & Violet Rules and Regulations

Good Luck.

Martin Renaud
Martin Renaud
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Martin loves working with the talented editors and writers on the Best Buy Blog as Editor-in-Chief. During his spare time he is either working on his next novel, cooking up a masterpiece in the kitchen, or adding some smart tech to his new home on Mayne Island in British Columbia.
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  3. I remember playing Super Mario 3 and being able to finish the game dozens of times in about an hour using the little “secret warps”. It was crazy fun.

  4. My favorite Nintendo memory is playing Mario Cart 7 on my 3ds xl; this memory stands out for me because I used to spend many hours playing this game especially on road trips/

  5. my favourite nintendo memory is buying a Nintendo 64 for my dad for Christmas. As soon as my Dad came home from work that day my two year old brother told my dad he was going to love his christmas present and made video games motions with his hands.

  6. My favourite Nintendo memory is when my grandmother bought my sister and I a Nintendo 64! This was in 1997 and my family had immigrated from Korea so my parents didn’t have a lot of money. Our grandmother came to visit and spoiled the two of us! My first game was Mario 64 which came with the console and I’ll never forget that feeling when I turned on the console for the first time.

  7. Best Nintendo memory was getting the Nintendo 64. I was young and delivered thousands of flyers to be able to buy one

  10. My favourite Nintendo memory was when I bought our very first Nintendo because my husband had ankle surgery and was off work for six weeks . He and I played Super Mario Bros after the kids went to bed , every night until 2-3am . Yes we became addicted
    Still our favourite game .

  12. Favourite Nintendo memory is being surprised with a gold cartridge Majoras Mask for my 13th birthday. Did not think I was getting it because I thought I had already got all my presents

  14. YES! I loved Nintendo Jeopardy. I memorized every answer so people thought I was a kid genius with all the trivia smarts ha ha!

  16. My favourite Nintendo memory was opening up the original Nintendo console and then immediately hooking it up to our tv to play Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt all day. It may be the best Christmas memory I have. I’d like to make my daughters Christmas morning the same this year. They really want a Nintendo Switch and are already Pokémon obsessed. This would be a magical gift for them to remember when they are my age.

  20. When I was a kid, we had an NES! Some of my favorite memories are playing punch out or mario bros with my brothers and cousins. I can remember sitting on our shag carpet, playing on our floor tv (I’m getting old haha) on a Saturday night. My cousins would come over with their games and we’d take turns trying eachothers games out. Thinking back on it, I’d like to do that again someday. 🙂

  21. Super Mario was my favourite Nintendo game and memory.It was one of the few happy times in my life as a child

  22. My favourite Nintendo memories involve playing The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess with my brother back in the GameCube days. We didn’t have a Wii yet but were excited that this game was releasing on GC. It just looked so good. We stayed up late and both got freaked out a bit by the dark atmosphere. I remember jumping when a hand would follow us and then try to fall on us. We took turns playing. He would do one dungeon and I would do the next. We’d fight different bosses too. We both love that game and even played through the WiiU remastered version together.

  23. Super Mario Brothers on the NES after receiving the bundle pack for Christmas. Many hours were spent waking up early just to beat the next level.

  25. My favorite Nintendo memory has to be waking up Saturday morning and playing Super Mario Bros. 3 with my brothers as a kid. Not being able to save, we had to play all at once to beat the game and it was so much fun to pull it off.

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  29. There are so many! One of my best memories, though, has to be the excitement of trading Pokemon from Pokemon Blue, to your buddy who has Pokemon Red. Good times!

  31. Honestly, it’s the Nintendo Gamecube days. It was my 10th birthday and I got a gamecube, with the choice of ONE game. I chose SSX3 and still remember so many details of that game today.

  32. My favorite Nintendo memory is playing Super Mario Bros. with my cousins. I can vividly recall the excitement each time we reached a new level.

  33. Receiving Pokemon red and a game boy colour for getting a good report card it was the start of a love of Pokémon and Nintendo

  34. i was the youngest of 5 kids so i had to wait till all the older ones were finished playing Super Mario Brothers before i could finally play it !

  36. Super Mario Brothers on the NES after receiving the bundle pack for Christmas. Many hours were spent waking up early just to beat the next level.

  42. My favorite Nintendo memory is playing super smash Brothers with my brothers. It was one of the only games I was ae to beat them in

  44. My favorite Nintendo memory is when me and my brothers received the Super Nintendo at Christmas. It literally changed our lives and helped us build so many great memories.

  48. Best Nintendo memory was playing super mario world on the SNES with my siblings every saturday morning. Looking back it was so much fun and we shared so many great memories together.

  50. Best Nintendo memory I had was when my father and I played super mario 3 on the NES to completion, he never really played games so it was special!

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