So my nintendo has just recently launched in the US (not sure if it did else where) and it seems pretty cool! I signed in and I like how it looks so far!. Just as a little bouns today only if you log in you can get Flipnote 3d for free! I can't wait to finally get back and see all those wonderfully edgey flipnotes again! So what are your thoughts on the new service?
It seems all right so far, I hope it turns out well. The only thing I kind of dislike is that I'll have to think about doing some mission each day/week in order to get coins for rewards, if any good ones are available at least.
The fact that Miitomo and Platinum coins can be used together is pretty neat. The only rewards available now that I'd really want are Twilight Princess Picross and possibly WarioWare Touched. The ability to combine these coins will make saving up for each easier.
Also, I'm not affected by it, but I know a few people who'll probably be missing out on the Miitomo mission rewards because it doesn't release in their country today. I hope that's fixed for them soon.
I'm a bit bummed that the gold coins are for downloadable games only. I prefer physical copies of things. I guess this is where virtual console purchases will be coming in handy.
I've been using My Nintendo for quite a while with my Japanese account and has recently started my North American one.
Not having to answer those time-consuming surveys anymore to claim the points is such a boon for me. Not only that makes My Nintendo a bit easier to use than the North American Club Nintendo, but it also does help to alleviate the potential server crash that would often occur on the latter almost as soon as the list of rewards update. Speaking for server hiccups, I haven't experienced any of those while I used the service, which bodes very well for its reliability.
I love on how I can get Platinum points without even spending a penny. There are even daily and weekly missions that gives you these points. If you regularly fulfill all of the daily/weekly missions from Miitomo, eShop and Miiverse, you would receive up to 305 Platinum points per week. My Nintendo's home page also has a few more methods of obtaining Platinum points as well. Every week, click on the stray coin that appears on the ground to add 30 more coins. Also...
On the page's footer, click on the brick block to trigger a brief mini-game that has you click on your Mii 10 times to receive 10 extra coins. I'm not sure if that can be triggered daily or weekly, but that's a cool Easter Egg!
Most of the rewards are pertaining to Miitomo and low-scale coupons on games that are generally well-received. 4 of those are exclusive to My Nintendo. One of which is a 3DS picross game based on Twilight Princess, another is a DSiWare port of the 2005 DS game called WarioWare: Touched!. And the rest of the exclusive rewards are 3DS themes, which looks a bit bland to me.
Gold points worked in a similar fashion to how Club Nintendo's coin system used to, although with a few notable differences worth mentioning.
In Club Nintendo, you could register both select physical and downloadable games to cause Register Surveys to appear, along with Post-Play Surveys a week after said games were registered. Doing a survey about an upcoming game will add you 10 extra coins whenever you fill the Register Survey once you've gotten that game.
In My Nintendo, gaining Gold points is exclusively done by downloading a game with a RRP of $5 USD and above, taxes included. No physical copy of a 3DS/Wii U game is eligible for obtaining those points. I'm mostly downloading retail games anyway, so I guess I could reap some of the Gold rewards.
The pricing of Gold rewards seems to be far more reasonable than how Club Nintendo used to price their rewards. Let's see, the latter had Super Mario 64 priced for 250 Coins ($250 worth of purchases), and My Nintendo's offering is set at 90 Gold points ($90 worth of purchases). Clearly, the new loyalty program is the winner.
If the current reward lineup is any indication to what sort of things we could get in the near future, then I would often say that the selection mostly consists of titles that I already own and/or aren't even interesting to me to begin with. Otherwise, it's pretty good. There's still a good amount of variety of genres and most of the proposed games are fairly well-received. However, it lacks third-party offerings. I know it's called My Nintendo for a reason, but including third-party games alongside with the first-party offerings would greatly expand the reward catalog and eliminates the feel of being cheated for those who buys mostly Nintendo-published titles.
I can still share download codes on the Internet that I could get from My Nintendo, but the reward system won't allow me to do the same with coupons. Every reward can be claimed only once or twice per account.
Overall, I'm greatly satisfied with the current reward program. It's light-years better than the questionably archaic but somewhat generous Club Nintendo of America. If only third-party games are added in the reward section...
The layout and design of the site is gorgeous and i like the idea of being able to get games for free! I am saving up for Wario Ware: Touched, at 900 platinum points now
Just got Wario Ware! I find it cool I can buy the code on my iPad then put my 3DS in sleep mode and have it download instead of going into the eshop and entering the code
Just dropped my coins on Warioware! I recommend you guys take a look at the expiration dates on each reward, they're different for each. For example, the Wario game is set to expire on July 1st while the Picross game isn't scheduled to expire until October 1st.
Seems like a good idea to buy the rewards expiring sooner, if you're planning to get as much as possible without missing out on something. Also, the themes expire on May 1st, so maybe expect new themes on a monthly basis?
Already have enough for Picross which I'm redeeming for now. I'm really liking this so far, Hopefully we'll be seeing more cool rewards in the future.
I don't like the gold point earning system though... I've only bought maybe one or two digital titles since I'm a fan of game cases and CDs. Hopefully there will be other ways to obtain gold points as I really wouldn't mind picking up Mario 64 again on VC.
I also have a bad feeling we'll see Gamecube games available for gold points...
