DoctorGallifrey
The Raggedy Man
Yea I do Club Nintendo. Granted the prizes aren't that great, but a chance to get a free game is great
Do you do club nintendo?
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I still regularly check the North American Club Nintendo, and I'm still disappointed on what they're currently offering.
The problem is that there's so many Club Nintendo members that they couldn't afford on yielding out much better prizes than paper-based rewards and smaller-scope digital titles. It's so easy to join there and register games that they should have planned in advance what kind of rewards should be beforehand. A good number of prizes tended to run out very quickly (in some instances, it took less than a day to be sold out). Adding rewards takes forever and there's never an announcement done prior to a new reward popping up. At this point, I don't think the staff actually expected having such a large amount of users in first place.
Another issue I had with Club Nintendo is its tendency to glitch up, especially during its peak activity times. It seems that either their dedicated server is very cheap or that the netcode used to run Club Nintendo isn't coded in a smart way.
The best part of this region's Club Nintendo are the promotions. One example I have in mind is purchasing both Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS before January. Doing so will net you 2 CDs containing a lot of musics from both of the games.
Clearly, Nintendo of America needs to revise on how to properly operate the Club Nintendo system. In its current state, the service isn't attractive at all for newcomers.
The problem is that there's so many Club Nintendo members that they couldn't afford on yielding out much better prizes than paper-based rewards and smaller-scope digital titles. It's so easy to join there and register games that they should have planned in advance what kind of rewards should be beforehand. A good number of prizes tended to run out very quickly (in some instances, it took less than a day to be sold out). Adding rewards takes forever and there's never an announcement done prior to a new reward popping up. At this point, I don't think the staff actually expected having such a large amount of users in first place.
Another issue I had with Club Nintendo is its tendency to glitch up, especially during its peak activity times. It seems that either their dedicated server is very cheap or that the netcode used to run Club Nintendo isn't coded in a smart way.
The best part of this region's Club Nintendo are the promotions. One example I have in mind is purchasing both Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and 3DS before January. Doing so will net you 2 CDs containing a lot of musics from both of the games.
Clearly, Nintendo of America needs to revise on how to properly operate the Club Nintendo system. In its current state, the service isn't attractive at all for newcomers.
I do the club Nintendo stuff. It's actually got me into a habit of prioritizing brand new games since it's always a gamble to whether you get them with preowned games...Though with all my preowned games, only two that should have had codes didn't have them, probably since nobody else really uses them...
The Europe Club Nintendo shop kinda sucks though. There's really never anything on it. It usually has some PC wallpapers (which I think is pretty silly to charge for), themed random items like 'Peach sleep mask', and a bunch of Wii straps.
It had one item on that I really wanted though, so I saved up my stars and ordered myself a Yoshi plush doll the other day. I can't wait for that thing to arrive
As for download games? I've never seen/noticed any on offer...I think I would rather pay for it if a physical copy is available though. I tend to stay away from digital titles entirely, they for some reason hold less value to me than a physical copy.
The Europe Club Nintendo shop kinda sucks though. There's really never anything on it. It usually has some PC wallpapers (which I think is pretty silly to charge for), themed random items like 'Peach sleep mask', and a bunch of Wii straps.
It had one item on that I really wanted though, so I saved up my stars and ordered myself a Yoshi plush doll the other day. I can't wait for that thing to arrive
As for download games? I've never seen/noticed any on offer...I think I would rather pay for it if a physical copy is available though. I tend to stay away from digital titles entirely, they for some reason hold less value to me than a physical copy.
I can get the Kirby soundtrack CD but the only soundtrack I REALLY want would be either Link between worlds, fantasy life or AC... :/
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I really like the Pikmin keyrings! I have the strawberry one w/ the yellow pikmin on it. Debating whether to get the orange
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I do the club Nintendo stuff. It's actually got me into a habit of prioritizing brand new games since it's always a gamble to whether you get them with preowned games...Though with all my preowned games, only two that should have had codes didn't have them, probably since nobody else really uses them...
The Europe Club Nintendo shop kinda sucks though. There's really never anything on it. It usually has some PC wallpapers (which I think is pretty silly to charge for), themed random items like 'Peach sleep mask', and a bunch of Wii straps.
It had one item on that I really wanted though, so I saved up my stars and ordered myself a Yoshi plush doll the other day. I can't wait for that thing to arrive
As for download games? I've never seen/noticed any on offer...I think I would rather pay for it if a physical copy is available though. I tend to stay away from digital titles entirely, they for some reason hold less value to me than a physical copy.
I really like the Pikmin keyrings! I have the strawberry one w/ the yellow pikmin on it. Debating whether to get the orange
Yes I do. I honestly don't mind the way the prizes are. I would like more physical stuff but I do really enjoy that they offer 8 games per month now. I've gotten 1-3 games almost every month now, and if the game I got for free is on the WiiU it adds to the DDP which so far as given me $65 free credit. It all comes together if you utilize it. It's nice that I've not paid for a virtual console game in a while aside from GBA things.
Used to, but what little quality NA had for our rewards has gone down the drain and now I have over 1000 coins sitting there unused because all that's available are the lame game offers and even lamer physical rewards.
I'm glad I signed up in time to register everything and grab last year's platinum award, that Wind Waker HD poster is looking pretty nice on my wall right now, but I still have all the coins left over, hoping for something amazing to make the wait worthwhile...
I'm glad I signed up in time to register everything and grab last year's platinum award, that Wind Waker HD poster is looking pretty nice on my wall right now, but I still have all the coins left over, hoping for something amazing to make the wait worthwhile...
Mega_Cabbage
Meh
I used to. One of the prizes was a calendar with various nintendo DS characters. I thought I was getting a full size calendar, but what they sent me was about the size of an index card. Now I stopped checking. I did grab some LoZ posters though.
I liked the look of the Pikmin keyrings but from memory, they cost too many points for what I thought they were worth, especially when compared to other prizes available. Personal opinion on the value though I guess
I may end up getting one the next time I have enough points though since I've got the Yoshi doll now.
ElysiaCrossing
Festive Flower
I just joined and I'm just kinda waiting to see if anything good will pop up in their rewards. So far all the NA stuff really sucks.
spCrossing
80s anime is cool
Japan gets better rewards than we do, but its decent I suppose.
Yes, I use it. Quite enjoy seeing people complaining about it when it's free stuff with free shipping.
I don't buy a huge amount of new games so I rarely get codes, but when I first found out about CN I had just bought my 3DS with some games, which all had unredeemed codes even though I bought it used. c:
I've gotten two poster sets out of it which I love (especially the older Zelda one with the timeline), so I can't complain! Since then I've barely redeemed anything, I think I have like 150 coins or so?
I don't buy a huge amount of new games so I rarely get codes, but when I first found out about CN I had just bought my 3DS with some games, which all had unredeemed codes even though I bought it used. c:
I've gotten two poster sets out of it which I love (especially the older Zelda one with the timeline), so I can't complain! Since then I've barely redeemed anything, I think I have like 150 coins or so?
SteveyTaco
Human Robot
I have one, but I don't but anything because now all they have is like 4 or 5 s**tty items at a time. I just do it for platinum member rewards.
Luna_Solara
Lost in LalaLand...
I do Club Nintendo for all my new stuff. Speaking of which, I need to redeem my Pokemon OR code later tonight before I totally forget. I haven't redeemed any points yet though (Imo Gamestop Powerup has much better rewards).
True. I think the problem comes when you start comparing items and giving them values.
I mean, once I saw the plush Yoshi for 5,000 stars on the EU store, the Pikmin keychain for like 2,100 seemed like a total waste of points in comparison.
Whilst it's free...You're also spending like ?120 (or US equivalent...I dunno...$240?) to earn 1,000 stars (or whatever coins). You're spending a lot of money for these free gifts, so it's kind of disheartening when the gifts are a bit s***ty, especially when you find out that another region is getting cooler stuff.
MatchaMoonlight
We All Scream
My siblings and I all have accounts (or I think my brother might have merged our accounts or something), and we always enter our codes in. We've received some pretty cool prizes in the past, the coolest being some small statue thingies.
