These Nintendo Stocking fillers make silly but perfect gifts

A vintage Nintendo SNES controller photographed on a glass table, surrounded by bowls of snacks
(Image credit: Philip Sowels/Future Publishing)

Everybody loves Nintendo, and these low-cost gift ideas are perfect for gamers and creatives of all ages, handpicked by us as the perfect festive stocking fillers. It might be too early for most people to be getting into the holiday spirit just yet, but now that Black Friday is officially behind us, it's basically Christmas. 

Don't panic, we've aimed to do the hard work for you this year and we've already put together a separate festive gift guide for creatives to help you get the ball rolling. Start your holiday shopping early and get all of your loved ones ticked off the list so you can relax once the big day arrives, and save yourself some money in the process.  

Beth Nicholls
Ecommerce Writer

Beth is Creative Bloq’s Ecommerce Writer and has the fun job of finding you the very best prices and deals on creative tech. Beth kicked off her journalistic career writing for Digital Camera World, and has since earned bylines on TechRadar too. With a Masters degree in Photography, Beth loves getting to tinker with new cameras, especially camera phones, as the resident Samsung fan on the team. Her background working as a tester for CeX let her play around with all kinds of weird and wonderful products, including robots, and she’s recently gotten into 3D printing too. Outside of CB, you’ll find her gaming on her PS5, photographing local shows under the alias Bethshootsbands, and making TikToks of her dog, Tilly. 

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