Club Nintendo Update! Good News!

[Mayhem]

All the surveys has expiration dates in 2011 or 2012 so I'm quite safe for now heh...

[Gameguy]

The surveys themselves have expiration dates, but I don't think the coins do...
Coins have an expiration date, it's listed on the FAQ page.
http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/club/en/faq.jsp


Why are my Coins listed with an expiration date?
Unredeemed Coins will expire two (2) full Club Nintendo years (July 1 - June 30), plus whatever is left in the current Club Nintendo year, after they are earned. Example: Coins earned in March 2009 would not expire until June 30, 2011.

[Mayhem]

Yeah that's what I was trying to recall. So unless something amazing that I don't own appears in the store, I'll hold onto these surveys until July...

[joshnickerson]

Coins have an expiration date, it's listed on the FAQ page.
http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/club/en/faq.jsp

Hmmm... it appears I have been... as you kids would put it... "PWNED"... ;)

[c0ldb33r]

I've gotten a few dsiware games - is there any way to get club nintendo coins for those?

[Gameguy]

I've gotten a few dsiware games - is there any way to get club nintendo coins for those?
Yes, there is a way.


DSiWare
DSiWare is eligible for Post Play Surveys only. These surveys will appear in your To-Do List within 4-6 weeks of your download. Your Nintendo DSi Shop must be linked to your Club Nintendo account to ensure DSiWare appears in your To-Do list (wireless broadband connection required). Click here for more information on creating the link.

Nintendo DSi games
DSiWare qualifies for Coins when the system has been registered in Club Nintendo, the associated survey has been completed, and the Nintendo DSi Shop has been linked to your Club Nintendo account (wireless broadband connection required). Click here (http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/dsi/en_na/shop.jsp#link) for more information.

How many Coins will I earn for taking the different surveys?

Registration Survey*
Wii Games = 50 Coins
DS Games = 30 Coins
DSiWare = Not Eligible
Wii Shop Channel game and Wii Channels = Not Eligible

* Earn 10 bonus Coins by registering the game and taking the survey within 4 weeks of the game's release.

Post Play Survey
Wii Games = 10 Coins
DS Games = 10 Coins
DSiWare = 10 Coins
Wii Shop Channel game and Wii Channels = 10 Coins

Intend to Buy Survey (Click here for more information on Intend to Buy.)
Wii Games = 10 Coins
DS Games = 10 Coins
DSiWare = Not Eligible
Wii Shop Channel game and Wii Channels = Not Eligible

All taken from here;
http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/club/en/faq.jsp

[c0ldb33r]

Yes, there is a way.
Great. Thanks :)

I won't be able to get points for them for awhile. I'm waiting until the rollover before registering my DSi with Club Nintendo. I've already got platinum status for this year, so I'll wait to redeem this sucker.

[c0ldb33r]

I got this in an email from club nintendo today:

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s182/c0ldb33r/platinum.jpg

Anyone else get this? Any ideas as to what the prize will be?

[Misto]

No idea what the prize will be, but I found that email in my inbox this morning.

I'm interested to see what they will be giving away, but I'm not expecting much.

[namzep]

I suspect that it will be some cheap token. Maybe a little mario figure or something. Hoping for something decent, though.

[c0ldb33r]

Let's not forget that Japan got a Wii SNES controller.

I'm hoping for that.

[heybtbm]

I'll bet it's a leftover hot pink Kirby stylus.

[PapaStu]

I havn't gotten that email yet, but I did get one about 3 weeks ago reminding me to make sure to put in my points before the end of the cycle... I can't wait to cash in on all the stuff i've been stocking up since this thing launched last year and I hit Platinum status on day 2.

[Mayhem]

Got the email myself earlier. I already have quite a few of the Japanese platinum gifts, so I hope I can either get something I don't have, or it's something brand new just for the US (chance would be a fine thing though).

[Eternal Tune]

Got the email as well. Was more or less like "oh I forgot about that...."

I have a few more games I should probably register now since it reset today.

[Icarus Moonsight]

No rest for the wicked, I suppose...

http://umthumbs.gametrailers.com/moses/usermoviethumbs/um_1085511-176845-robotchickenmariobroth-1188444427_thumb09.jpg

Princess, do you accepta de coins?

[megasdkirby]

It would be really neat if it's the second Game and Watch for DS...ONLY for those who achieved Elite status!

[Cobra Commander]

Let's not forget that Japan got a Wii SNES controller.

I'm hoping for that.
This.
There has been so many amazing items from the Japanese Club. I'm really hoping for something sorta special.

[megasdkirby]

Come to think of it, I bet it's going to be a one year membership to Nintendo Power.

[JSoup]

I forget how this works, they reset the points every year, is it?

[Cobra Commander]

Your status resets every year, but your points are valid for a few years I believe.

[JSoup]

Interesting. I should actually look into joining this thing.

[megasdkirby]

Question...what if I had PLATINUM status and an extra 300 points on my account.

Why didn't it jump to GOLD after it got reset?

[c0ldb33r]

Because all the points get wiped with respect to status.

Those 300 points can't be used anymore for status.

[megasdkirby]

Ah, makes sense.

So my guess is that even though I had 300 points "in the bank", and today I placed another 140 points, then that means that it only sees 140 with regards to the status.

So that means I need to get 600 points (300 previously and 300 new) to achieve GOLD status again.

That bites. Oh well. :)

[Cobra Commander]

But at least you have the pionts to buy stuff with. The good part is that even if you spend all your coins, your status doesn't get reset. That does help.

[namzep]

Like I figured, the rewards were less than exciting.

Platinum
Choice of:
1. Mario Replica Hat
2. Doc Louis's Punch-Out (Wii download exclusive)

Gold
2010 Club Nintendo Calender

Guess I'll be getting the Mario hat.

[calthaer]

Those rewards are somewhat less-than-exciting.

I wonder if the Doc download can be moved to the SD card? If so, I predict its rarity will go down quite a bit as people figure a way to copy it and transfer it. Even so...I don't really dig that hat; I have enough schwag that it would have to be seriously cool to consider junking the house up for it. And that hat is not terribly cool, nor is it exclusive to North America / Canada, if I recall.

[maxlords]

I'm not complaining...it's free. I'll be taking the hat too. I hate DLable content.

I kinda wish I could get the calendar too....

[Lothars]

I don't know why anyone would choose the hat honestly mainly because it's not something that you couldn't get otherwise but I will be choosing the downloadable content, I just wish the gifts were better.

[megasdkirby]

I don't know why anyone would choose the hat honestly mainly because it's not something that you couldn't get otherwise but I will be choosing the downloadable content, I just wish the gifts were better.

I'm going to get the hat only because it's a physical item.

I just wish the prizes were better. :(

[Lothars]

I'm going to get the hat only because it's a physical item.

I just wish the prizes were better. :(

Yeah that's true, Hopefully next year will be better prizes.

[heybtbm]

What's this? People complaining about lackluster prizes? Someone call the Nintendo Mafia. Quick!

Where are all the people that were shaking their fingers and screeching about how this was all free and we had no right to complain?

Edit: Oh, I forgot to mention...

Free Hat!
Free Hat!
Free Hat!

...love that episode (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Hat).

[megasdkirby]

What's this? People complaining about lackluster prizes? Someone call the Nintendo Mafia. Quick!

Well, to be honest, I'm surprised Nintendo did not go the "easy rute"....a one year subscription to Nintendo Power!

[Icarus Moonsight]

What's this? People complaining about lackluster prizes? Someone call the Nintendo Mafia. Quick!

I hope Doc fights better than he looks...

Say hello to my little friend!
http://www.mp4point.com/images/thumb/robotchicken-mario-gta.jpg

[chrisbid]

im going with the download, ill take games over non-games any day of the week

[Dr. Dib]

I'm going to get the hat only because it's a physical item.

I just wish the prizes were better. :(

QFT. I wouldn't be surprised if hackers find a way to crack the code and make the prize downloadable to any Wii. Then anyone with the TP hack can get the download.

Obviously if it was a disc containing the fight with Doc Louis my feelings would change. That at least has some value to it.

Prizes do suck, but I remember reading that Club Nintendo Japan's first year of prizes were also pretty bad. Hopefully the rest of the Club Nintendos will improve as time goes on.

[chicnstu]

What's this? People complaining about lackluster prizes? Someone call the Nintendo Mafia. Quick!

Where are all the people that were shaking their fingers and screeching about how this was all free and we had no right to complain?

If you are talking about the new prizes people get for being "Gold" or "Platinum" then you haven't given it enough time.

Maybe I'll be the first...it's free so why complain? You pay $50 for Nintendo's game and you get a game to play plus a code to get coins to get something free. With Sony and Microsoft you pay $60 for their game and you get the game and nothing else.

You buy some of Nintendo's games and you get a free Game & Watch game or Hanafuda cards etc, plus you get a free Mario hat or new Punch-Out!! DLC. I think both of those are cool.

[joedick]

I hate paid DLC as much as the next nerd, but free DLC? Yeah, I'm down. I'm looking forward to the download. If that makes me part of the fabled 'Nintendo Mafia', then so be it.

[demen999]

Got the Doc Punchout! game, it's free I can't complain. I also think it is pretty cool regardless.

[Frankie_Says_Relax]

... With Sony and Microsoft you pay $60 for their game and you get the game and nothing else.

Sony and Microsoft have given away gobs of free DLC since both of their online store/marketplace services launched.

Everything as small as free wallpapers/themes/avatars/mp3s to as big as full-fledged games.

It's great that Nintendo is giving away free exclusive stuff ... but I don't think it's fair to say that they're the only people doing it.

[backguard]

What did the Japan Platinum/Gold members get for their free items?

[Sailorneorune]

I'm hoping for a Luigi hat next round. :)

[Flashback2012]

I'm leaning more towards the hat. I was thinking of the DLC at first but the more I thought about it, the more I wanted some physical for my prize. Rest assured I'm not complaining about either item, free anything is always good. :wink 2:

[PapaStu]

I got the hat because now I can be a dork and wear it around should I so choose. I was half thinking about getting the DLC for Punch-Out, but I don't even have it yet and don't know when I will be getting it, so I just went with what will have a more lasting impression.

Now its time to start to enter codes again to get back to Platinum.

[MadTitan]

If anyone has a platinum status and doesn't want either of the gifts. If it's possible I will buy the punch out code, name your price.

[Baloo]

I went with the hat because it's physical. It looks pretty cool too. I expect the Doc Lewis fight to probably be hacked onto some SD card and put onto the net for download sometime in the future, or just rereleased, rendering it a not-as-good gift.

[Mayhem]

I can get the hat from elsewhere if I wanted it. The Punchout version is exclusive. Gee, let me think which one I chose :p

Stop whinging people. The download is an excellent idea imo.

[joshnickerson]

Bah. The site went down while I was choosing my reward. Reminds me of last December...

[Baloo]

I can get the hat from elsewhere if I wanted it. The Punchout version is exclusive. Gee, let me think which one I chose :p

Stop whinging people. The download is an excellent idea imo.

But who's to say that the game won't get a rerelease? Something physical is much less likely to get a re-release than something digital.

[Cobra Commander]

I'm going for the hat. I want something physical in my hands or to put on the shelf and look at. I wish we'd get something a little better. Japan got the Wii TV remote one year and Tingle's Balloon fight another year IIRC.
But I'll not be bitching. After years and years of yelling about having no Club Nintendo, I am happy we're getting somethinig.

[Streetball 21]

Why can't we choose a Toad mushroom hat?

Anyway, I'm choosing the Mario hat. I'm am fine with either one, its not like we are paying for either one.

[GM80]

Went hat.

I actually no longer own a Wii, after racking up all those Club Nintendo points, so given the choice between DLC I can neither use nor resell (or the Gold-level calendar, I suppose) and an oversized floppy Mario hat ... well, I went with the hat.

I'm not a "Mario fan" who would enjoy this type of thing ... in fact, I'll probably hide it away in a drawer so nobody sees it. I'm a bit disappointed, really. Guess I was hoping for a physical game or hardware accessory of some sort.

[Cobra Commander]

Are you serious? You're actually embarrassed to have it?
Sad....

[kupomogli]

You pay $50 for Nintendo's game and you get a game to play plus a code to get coins to get something free. With Sony and Microsoft you pay $60 for their game and you get the game and nothing else.

You buy some of Nintendo's games and you get a free Game & Watch game or Hanafuda cards etc, plus you get a free Mario hat or new Punch-Out!! DLC. I think both of those are cool.

I think the trade off of waiting a year for a first party game to actually drop in price is better than actually earning enough points on games that are $50 and won't ever drop in price, for items you can get elsewhere that are less than $20.

Just remember. The Wii and DS has yet to have a first party title price drop from Nintendo. You can currently buy most first party Sony and Microsoft games at atleast $20-30 cheaper at a retail store. Cheaper than that if you go through places like Amazon.

[sisko]

Got the hat.

Choosing between a goofy looking hat and an intangible game that I'll never play because I have absolutely no interest in - well, it wasn't a tough decision.

I was hoping for a game too, but like Cobra Commander said, its a hell of a lot better than what we haven't been getting.

[PapaStu]

Just remember. The Wii and DS has yet to have a first party title price drop from Nintendo.

Incorrect.
Hotel Dusk, Clubhouse Games, Master of Illusion, Magical Starsign, True Swing Golf, Polarium.

[Oobgarm]

I went with the DLC. The hat is neat, but would just be a waste for me and probably end up in a box somewhere. At least I'll get a bit of enjoyment out of the quasi-game.

[chrisbid]

I got the hat because now I can be a dork and wear it around should I so choose. I was half thinking about getting the DLC for Punch-Out, but I don't even have it yet and don't know when I will be getting it, so I just went with what will have a more lasting impression.

Now its time to start to enter codes again to get back to Platinum.

the punchout download is a standalone game, the original is not required

[ubersaurus]

I went for the Punch Out, as I know I'd never wear the hat, could just buy it online if I wanted, and really loved Punch Out on Wii.

[BetaWolf47]

Incorrect.
Hotel Dusk, Clubhouse Games, Master of Illusion, Magical Starsign, True Swing Golf, Polarium.

Magical Starsign is still $29.99 everywhere unless you buy it used, in which it might not come with the code.

[Icarus Moonsight]

I know Fry's blew em out a while ago @ $5.99...

List price at Amazon: $14.99
http://www.amazon.com/Magical-Starsign-Nintendo-DS/dp/B000GHG9VG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1247678089&sr=8-1

[joshnickerson]

Just remember. The Wii and DS has yet to have a first party title price drop from Nintendo. You can currently buy most first party Sony and Microsoft games at atleast $20-30 cheaper at a retail store. Cheaper than that if you go through places like Amazon.

Not true. They aren't 'official' price drops, but if you're a savvy shopper, you can find great deals on first party Nintendo games if you have some patience and look around a little (and check out Cheapassgamer once in a while). For instance, I picked up both of the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon DS games for $10 each during an Amazon sale a few months back, and just recently I picked up a new Professor Layton at a Blockbuster Clearance event for $9.99.

[SkiDragon]

I was "gold" so I got the calendar. If I recall I stopped registering games once I reached gold level because I knew I wouldn't reach platinum level and didn't want to waste points. I am actually kind of glad. I don't know what the calendar will be like, but the DLC is ultimately worthless, and the hat looks kind of generic.

[Daria]

WTF!

I think it's really lame that I don't get coins for registering a Wii....

[importaku]

So what does that hat look like has anyone got a pic? i know last year in japan they offered a hat but it was actually a cushion.

[c0ldb33r]

I just got back from vacation today.

I had platinum status and got the email while I was away. I don't like DLC and I'm not really interested in the hat (it will just take up space)

Can I get the calendar instead? I'd actually like that more than either platinum gift.

[Cobra Commander]

So what does that hat look like has anyone got a pic? i know last year in japan they offered a hat but it was actually a cushion.
Sorry it's so big....couldn't find a smaller one.
https://club.nintendo.com/img/member/elite-rewards-desc-en.jpg

[megasdkirby]

I am actually kind of glad. I don't know what the calendar will be like, but the DLC is ultimately worthless, and the hat looks kind of generic.

I hear ya.

I chose the hat because, as mentioned previously, I want a physical item. I am glad I had another account, so I can get the calendar as well.

Perhaps in the future, the hat might be worth something. That way I can have something to be proud of. But I don't think DLC will ever have any sort of rarity whatsoever.

[dairugger]

i got the calender. if anyone wants to trade for the hat, let me know.

[MachineGex]

Anyone get those Hana* Cards? I am looking at those or the Plastic bookcase thing(holds DS games). Not sure which is more appealing, but I am leaning toward the cards.
Anyone have any thoughts?

[SamuraiSmurfette]

I'm a few games shy of Hanafuda. That's my choice for sure.

[c0ldb33r]

what are the cards and what are they for?

[Baloo]

what are the cards and what are they for?

Hanafuda cards (Flower Cards when translated into English) are basically Japan's version of playing cards. You can play a multitude of different games with them, and the ones on Club Nintendo are Mario in style. See more here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanafuda

I should have gotten the Hanafuda cards instead of the Game and Watch Collection. I've got 390 and need 410 more to get the cards.

[c0ldb33r]

cool. thanks for the info. i was checking out the nintendo club site after posting that. There still isn't anything that interests me. I got the G&W collection at EB Games some time ago and it's pretty crappy.

Right now I'm thinking that I might want the Legend of Zelda poster set, but I really just want the history of Zelda poster, not the Twilight Princess or the Wind Waker one. I wish you could buy just one of them for ~150-200 points, not all three for 350.