Is Club Nintendo good?
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The Hidden Owl
hm?
Definitely not as good as other regions... NA is pretty sucky when it comes to rewards, but they do have ok stuff sometimes.
If you are EU idk what it is like, but I know JPN is amazing.
If you are EU idk what it is like, but I know JPN is amazing.
Locket
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I heard that Japans were pretty cool. I actually live in the NA, so that's helpful
Mega_Cabbage
Meh
I agree with this. Free merchandise!
The Hidden Owl
hm?
The past few years, it has been disappointing... while Japan got VERY nice real life items, we got a few options for game codes.
spCrossing
80s anime is cool
Yeah, the Japanese got the best items.
We get the cruddy ones.
But I did get Super Metroid off there for little coins, so that's all good.
We get the cruddy ones.
But I did get Super Metroid off there for little coins, so that's all good.
You're disappointed because stuff you've gotten for free isn't good enough? soz princess
But...It's still free. What are the other consoles giving you for simply buying their games and consoles? Nothing.
And Japan probably get better 'rewards' because Japan as a whole is Nintendo's better 'territory'. I assume other countries get better 'rewards' from how well Nintendo does there as well.
Honestly people slam the North America shop so hard and it is terrible, but I still do it because of the free Virtual Console games, it's worth it. Wii/WiiU + 3DS downloadable games (i believe the DS games have officially stopped?) for free, and the WiiU was especially worth it this year because of the Deluxe Digital Promotion. Free games that generated free $5 eShop codes. If you buy a lot of games through Nintendo or for your Nintendo stuff then it's worth it no matter where you live. You just may end up working harder for your rewards.
It's probably pretty easy to figure out SOME ways why they do it this way;
Japan = the homeland and all the reasons that come with, also easy to supply because it's a smaller market to make things for.
North America = terrible because it's their biggest(?) market and too many people here to supply to, which is also why we don't get so many preorder bundles and goodies because they'd have to make so many. Anytime they give out anything here it's gone in 15 seconds and the items are scattered to the winds, where as other places keep it a bit more localized.
Europe = failing Nintendo territory, they need to keep them on board so bad right now that they're giving them all the goodies. Less people buying their stuff which makes it easier to get things to.
I'm not sure what the NA vs EU comparison is but it seems like only perhaps UK, France and Germany give two craps about Nintendo then distantly Italy & Spain. But NA it seems the US, Canada and Mexico all play a large part in Nintendo sales. I can't imagine how many of those Hyrule Warriors or Bayonetta bundles they would have had to make if they wanted to supply this continent the way people ask for it...
Plus Nintendo doesn't do those $175 bundles like those Assassins Creed or GTAV bundles that appear here. No idea if Europe gets them, I can't imagine Japan gives a crap about the ones we get.
It's probably pretty easy to figure out SOME ways why they do it this way;
Japan = the homeland and all the reasons that come with, also easy to supply because it's a smaller market to make things for.
North America = terrible because it's their biggest(?) market and too many people here to supply to, which is also why we don't get so many preorder bundles and goodies because they'd have to make so many. Anytime they give out anything here it's gone in 15 seconds and the items are scattered to the winds, where as other places keep it a bit more localized.
Europe = failing Nintendo territory, they need to keep them on board so bad right now that they're giving them all the goodies. Less people buying their stuff which makes it easier to get things to.
I'm not sure what the NA vs EU comparison is but it seems like only perhaps UK, France and Germany give two craps about Nintendo then distantly Italy & Spain. But NA it seems the US, Canada and Mexico all play a large part in Nintendo sales. I can't imagine how many of those Hyrule Warriors or Bayonetta bundles they would have had to make if they wanted to supply this continent the way people ask for it...
Plus Nintendo doesn't do those $175 bundles like those Assassins Creed or GTAV bundles that appear here. No idea if Europe gets them, I can't imagine Japan gives a crap about the ones we get.
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For sure this. At the least you're getting free games back for doing nothing. Even if you ignore it and barely make Gold or Platinum or whatever you still can get free things.
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for EU? the DS was still more popular than the 3DS there up until more recently. They were the last ones to actually get on board with the 3DS and they're barely getting on the WiiU right now. Slow continent dragging the show down!
Coach
mr struggle
You know you love your postcards!
Honestly, I really like the rewards and I don't really mind if the old ones are kept, I like them all! But then again, I live in the EU region so I'm quite well off.
Does anybody have a link to the Japanese rewards? I can't seem to find one.
The rewards aren't always the greatest (NA is currently experiencing that), but when something cool does come out, I'd say it's worth it. They also have promotions for free games(Like they had one for a free Pokemon X/Y, and had quite a selection if you registered MK8 (Wind Waker, Wii Party U, Pikmin 3, and Mario Bros U)). So I'd say yes.
I still don't get why anyone would shoo away free games, you don't have to do anything to get the free games on Club Nintendo. It's not as though they want you to run an errand and pay into it unnaturally. You buy a WiiU/3DS game and it pays into it on it's own. At least the bare minimum of it all is you connect your system, buy your games, enter your codes, get a free $5-10 Nintendo game every so often. How is a free NES or whatever game a moldy piece of bread? Obviously the physical items are crap. No doubting that. But no free game for doing nothing ever?
If you're just saying it doesn't compare in anyway whatsoever to PS+ or XB giveaways then I totally agree and you can disregard this lol.
unintentional
Sukuna my beloved
I do.
Who wants to play DS games on a 3DS where no matter what trick you do, the quality is god awful?
On the topic, it's free. No one is making you buy the free stuff. Just sale the codes if you feel so sour about the stuff
The conundrum I suppose. lol
Although I'm pleased with my free games, so I guess that's all that matters to me.
What? lol That's just being plain ungrateful.
You do realise that people work hard to bring us all of these free club nintendo gifts? Saying that the free games/items you can receive from club nintendo are like mouldy slices of bread is just ignorant.
Do everybody a favour and just give your club nintendo points away if you think this.
