Club Nintendo Update! Good News!

[JSoup]

Cry me a river. They implement a program that gives you FREE shit and you complain?

It's free if you spent the initial $50+ per game to get the points for the $15 deck of cards.

Oh, wait, that's not free at all.....

/devils advocate

Give it some time, if they are serious about running this club thing, we'll get better prizes in a few months. That SNES Wii controller sounds rather nice...

[neuropolitique]

It's free if you spent the initial $50+ per game to get the points for the $15 deck of cards.

Oh, wait, that's not free at all.....

/devils advocate

Give it some time, if they are serious about running this club thing, we'll get better prizes in a few months. That SNES Wii controller sounds rather nice...

It is indeed free. You didn't just hand over $50 for nothing. Now you can enter a code from that game and get something entirely new. That is FREE.

[JSoup]

It is indeed free. You didn't just hand over $50 for nothing. Now you can enter a code from that game and get something entirely new. That is FREE.

Someone doesn't know how to add.

Wii games = 50 coins
Wii games = $50+
Cards = 800 coins

That's 16 Wii games worth of points, at $50+ a pop, your FREE gift (a pack of $15 cards) cost you $800+. And that's not even figuring in each $50+ game has a lot more + in it, not including tax.

EDIT: And for the record, I think the hanafuda cards a great prize, just not for what they want for it. I'll wait until I can get a set on eBay and save my coins for the OSTs.

[koster]

I think the DS Game & Watch Collection looks nice - but only three games? Why not the whole Game & Watch library?!?

Buying $50 Wii games just to get coins for the rewards isn't cost effective. I fully expect to see people offering PIN codes for sale/trade.

Anyone up for a little Blockbuster dumpster diving?

[scooterb23]

Someone doesn't know how to add.

Wii games = 50 coins
Wii games = $50+
Cards = 800 coins

That's 16 Wii games worth of points, at $50+ a pop, your FREE gift (a pack of $15 cards) cost you $800+. And that's not even figuring in each $50+ game has a lot more + in it, not including tax.

EDIT: And for the record, I think the hanafuda cards a great prize, just not for what they want for it. I'll wait until I can get a set on eBay and save my coins for the OSTs.

Games cost the same whether they have codes or not. So the codes are included free. 16 free Wii codes = free stuff

[boatofcar]

The amount of nerd rage in this thread is epic.

[Daria]

Considering that the site isn't even functioning properly yet, and that it's in Beta I would assume that not only are more surveys on the way but more prizes as well. Way too soon to get antsy.

[joshnickerson]

The amount of nerd rage in this thread is epic.

[JSoup]

Games cost the same whether they have codes or not. So the codes are included free. 16 free Wii codes = free stuff

You realize that to get the free code, you have to buy the not free game, right? You're blowing the money either way, regardless of what semantics you want to throw at me.

Now that I think about it, Game & Watch Collection would be the best deal if it came with a code itself.

[dao2]

You realize that to get the free code, you have to buy the not free game, right? You're blowing the money either way, regardless of what semantics you want to throw at me.

Now that I think about it, Game & Watch Collection would be the best deal if it came with a code itself.

You kinda implying that people are buying the game just for the code, when he says "free" he's implying that they're gonna buy the damn game anyway. Which is the real scenario, so the club nintendo stuff really is just like a free bonus.

[joshnickerson]

The site seems to log me in just fine, then booting me back out five minutes later. Still enough time for me to get most of my games registered. I would like to get the Game and Watch, but that SMB themed game card case looks MIGHTY tempting...

[JSoup]

You kinda implying that people are buying the game just for the code, when he says "free" he's implying that they're gonna buy the damn game anyway. Which is the real scenario, so the club nintendo stuff really is just like a free bonus.

Again,

You're blowing the money either way, regardless of what semantics you want to throw at me.

[nationgamesdepot]

I registered all my stuff earlier tonight...I am sitting on 730 points right now. I love that they finally offered this here in the US though I do wish that system would give you some points, and that any game you register would at least give you like 10 points just for the trouble of doing it. I understand the survey part of it being worth more, but why not give you something for logging in and typing out the codes? Big thumbs up to finally have this since Japan has had it for years.
~~NGD

[megasdkirby]

Just got an email from Nintendo offering new items in ther "Club Nintendo" store. These are:

-Game & Watch 2 (YES!!!) (800 coins)
-Grill-Off with Ultra Hand (downloadable game, only 80 coins)
-Club Nintendo Mario 3-Poster Series (350 coins)

https://club.nintendo.com/rewards.do...9CE4ED8C626B9B

Already ordered the Game & Watch 2 game.

[BetaWolf47]

Wait, so they took Game & Watch Collection 1 off? Lame, didn't even get a chance for it.

[deltoidsteep]

Awesome, too bad i just got the hanafuda cards, i would definitely get more use out of the game. I love game and watch collection 1.

[Rickstilwell1]

You should realize not a lot of people care about / use the codes on their Wii, DS and 3DS games or want to waste time joining club nintendo. A lot of used games are out there with their codes unused. Yeah it's a gamble but more often than not the codes probably arent used because the casual gamers don't bother with them.

[Lady Jaye]

Yeah, so? People who do use their codes on Club Nintendo usually like to be informed of new rewards, be it downloadable games or physical products. Besides, the downloadable game deals are available only for a short time, so people who may not visit their Club Nintendo home page often may miss out on them. And if you have spare unused codes that you don't want, feel free to send them my way.

[dgdgagdae]

You should realize not a lot of people care about / use the codes on their Wii, DS and 3DS games or want to waste time joining club nintendo. A lot of used games are out there with their codes unused. Yeah it's a gamble but more often than not the codes probably arent used because the casual gamers don't bother with them.

I'm glad, too. I've bought a couple of used games that still had the code in the box, and they worked.

[Cornelius]

It is down to the wire, and I'd really like another 50 coins so I don't have to open my CE Zelda (I know, boo hoo). Donation would be awesome, but I do have a Wii Fit code to trade. Worth 80 coins today and tomorrow, or 100 after that!