Topic: Club Nintendo Rewards. ^_^

I'm thinking we should play a game. Everyone pick a day that they think it'll be announced. I'm going with July 18th.

eh really dont care about ambassador games. Already have original cartridges.

Sorry I meant it mostly as a sarcastic joke showing how each year the prizes get lazier and lazier but I think they will announce the REAL platinum and gold prizes at the end of this month.

As we wait for the Elite rewards to be announced in NA, Europe and Japan are receiving some cool prizes. Europeans can pick up a blue, yellow, or red Pikmin that stands at 24 cm tall as shown below.

Meanwhile, Japan is receiving a commerative Year of Luigi soundtrack for 400 Club Nintendo Points or 200 CNP if you register either Luigi’s Mansion 2, New Super Luigi 2, or Mario & Luigi RPG4 Dream Adventure.

........it says you can buy/order them......

And for us Americans? Nothing, a big load of nothing.

Yeah NoA loves dragging its feet with Club Nintendo. NoE and NoJ get great prizes. I really want that CD. Not sure how many people could get one of those Pikmin though. 2,000 coins????

2000 stars! coins and stars are different when it comes to currency.

Oh boy... Then again since they don't actually ship the rewards till December I guess it doesn't really matter in the long run.

Does anybody know if Nintendo will reproduce the game and watch ball reward? It is the only reason I joined just so I could get enough coins to get it.

I want to point out that they didn't say the rewards would be announced on the 31st. They said they'd be announced by the 31st.

Technically, that's been the rule all along, it's just that in past years, they've announced them very early in the month.

TLDR: That statement doesn't really mean much. They're just as likely to be announced tomorrow as they are the 31st, for all we know.

I was almost sure that it said "on" when I first read it, but fortunately, you're right. It indeed says "by".

They may you never know. Safe bet would be email Nintendo and ask them. They are the only ones that will know for sure.

Sent them the e-mail but I am not sure how long it might take them to answer. I just hope it is not a simple IDK.

I've never wanted anything as much as I want that Blue Pikmin.

If they knew it was going to take this long, I wish they would have said so rather than keeping us in suspense by telling us "soon." I honestly wasn't expecting it to take so much longer than last year when they said "soon" and had the rewards up on the morning of the 6th. I hope it's true that good things come to those who wait, and they're not just delaying the reward announcement because they're ashamed of how bad it is.

They're ashamed of how bad it is,

I got the response from Nintendo about whether or not the game and watch will be available in the future. Here is what they said.

"Thanks for contacting us about the Game & Watch: Ball. Please note that this reward was produced in limited quantities, so it is unlikely that we’ll be getting more in stock. I will, however, document your interest in this particular reward on the record of feedback for this item. If additional supplies become available again in the future, we’ll be sure to update the Rewards section of Club Nintendo (https://club.nintendo.com/rewards.do). Since we'll be unable to alert you if this happens, we ask that you check back periodically."

I can only assume that unless more of us want the game and watch back in stock we need to let Nintendo know.

I think it will come back one day for a limited time.

I expect an email like this:
We at Nintendo of America know how long you've been pulling your hair out and attacking your local mailman due to the wait for your Elite Staus rewards for 2013, and now they're here! Our prestige Platinum members receive Super Mario dental floss! Attack those cavities with Star Power, the Mario way? Gold members receive a calendar, what'd you think you would get?! Huh, you thought it would be worth the wait? Hahahahaha-
-Nintendo