Update:
This is also the last day that you can redeem points for an eShop activation code in the Nintendo Network Premium Promotion. Head to the official site to check your account. (Thanks to KJ85 for the heads up)
Original Article:
It's time for another reminder, which in this case may require some hours committed to completing surveys or scratching off registration cards. Midnight today (31st March) brings a vital deadline for Club Nintendo, as from 1st April you won't be able - in most cases - to register games in exchange for loyalty stars or coins in your region. That makes midnight an important time today.
There are some key differences between North America and Europe, outlined below.
North America
- 31st March is the last day to register games or products on Club Nintendo - from 1st April surveys to earn coins will no longer be accessible. This applies to downloads and physical products.
- Coins can be redeemed for rewards until 30th June, however.
- Details on this official page.
Europe
- 31st March is the last day to register physical products in exchange for stars, through their registration cards, on Club Nintendo. (Update: this official support Q & A for Europe says that, unless the registration card states an expiration date, these physical items can be registered until 30th September; some customer support staff have said this is the case. We still suggest playing safe and registering today)
- You have until 20th April to register downloads in exchange for stars, once again through completing surveys on Club Nintendo.
- Stars can be redeemed for rewards until 30th September.
- Details on this official page.
Will you be registering some products today to build up your collection of stars or coins? Let us know.
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Was actually thinking of attempting to contact you guys to make an article about this. I somehow managed to get over 4000 coins by raiding my local (and not so local) GameStops. The guys there have been very helpful in allowing me to search and I made a bunch of friends too. I already picked up the Zelda Messenger Bag and an 18 Game Case.
Still thinking about the Puzzle or Smash Bros. Posters (version 2). Maybe will buy a few games, but probably will buy a bunch more of the 18 Game Cases. I already have 5 but they get full SO fast
I got my CDs and have the Majora's Mask puzzle on it's way... Gonna miss ya Club Nintendo.
Thanks for the reminder!
Ahhh, thanks for the reminder! I've been slowly going through all my codes over the last month but I thought I still had a week or two left. Got about 8 or 9 codes remaining so I'll get right on it.
Man, I have over 100 surveys for Digital Content on the Euro Site to still fill out.... XD
If you have any systems that are worth coins but lost the CN code, you can ask Nintendo's Customer Support and they'll activate the survey for you.
@ThomasBW84 The Europe schedule isn't quite right, 31st March is the last day Nintendo will include registration cards in their games. If a registration card has a expiry date of after March 31st then you can register it.
I never had much of a chance for the OSTs though. NA never really got many, I only managed to get the Majora's Mask OST as a Plat. reward and the Smash Bros. recently.
@Grumblevolcano Hm, I'm interpreting the official page which, to be honest, isn't worded that well.
"April 1st 2015: From this date, Nintendo will no longer include product registration cards with its packaged games, so such products cannot be registered in Club Nintendo. You may still find product registration cards in games that were in stock before this date, however.
April 20th 2015: Termination of the registration of digital products downloaded from Nintendo eShop. Digital products obtained from Nintendo eShop after this date will no longer appear in the My Registered Games & Systems page in Club Nintendo. In addition, surveys for download software titles will no longer be available."
Sadly it's not explicit in when the deadline ends, like it is in the 20th April bullet point referencing downloads specifically. I've interpreted in a way that plays safe in case today is the last day for registration card codes.
Metroid: Other M screensaver. The best Club Nintendo reward EVARRRRR.
RIP Club Nintendo.
Does anyone know if we register a game today - are we going to get a post play survey?
@vitalemrecords
I can confirm that the NA region hasnt gotten surveys faster than usual, a week. I havent gotten any surveys from the codes in the last week and the surveys said they expired today for ones I registered over a week ago. :/
Ugh I need 5 more points to download another VC game. Didn't think I was going to get anymore but I found a code in my Xenoblade Chronicles and registered it yesterday. I doubt the post play survey is going to show up in time. Anyone want to donate me a code?
RIP CN, I can't make thee undead, however it ain't so bad that tomorrow I get two platinum rewards!
@Undead_terror
Did you make two separate accounts? Maybe I should have thought of that... Instead I linked up over 4 different accounts.
Is the UK Club Nintendo working for anyone? I was halfway through registering a product and the website froze, and now I can't get into My Account to see if it's been registered...
@LordGeovanni Yep
@ThomasBW84
On the German website it's worded clearly that you can still earn stars until September 30th. It's just that starting tomorrow games won't have registration cards in their boxes anymore. But you can still use registration cards from games released before April 1st, as long as they are not expired.
Probably has been said before this comment, but you guys got the 31st March point wrong, at least in Europe. You still CAN register codes from physical products past that day. All the site says is that newly packaged games straight from the factories will no longer bring said codes. If you've been saving a bunch of codes in your drawer for months you can use them until the very day Club Nintendo ceases all activities.
@TourianTourist Cool, thanks for that. I've added an update in the article, much appreciated.
I've been unable to register Wii Sports Club for some reason...
I was able to register metroid prime trilogy vc last night. The survey link finally appeared while DKC and SMGalaxy2 appeared within a few weeks. I'm on 9150 now, I was hoping to get another one but my local GameStop don't have Star Fox 64 3D sealed nor REvelations 3D. No way I'm buying an opened game branded as new.
@ThomasBW84 You should remind people that this is the last day to get activation codes from the Nintendo Network Premium Promotion - all points accumulated on your NNID will become useless from tomorrow..
Is anyone willing to trade Smash 3DS code for Omega Ruby code? I have an extra Pokémon code and I would be really happy if I'd be able to get Mewtwo.
Is it still possible to get games off of Club Nintendo after April 1st?
I have been holding off to register my pokemon games as in hope I would be able to get something with the new rewards program.
Problay not, I will register them now.
@ThomasBW84 I spoke to a Nintendo customer service rep earlier who said the following:
1) Registration for MewTwo DLC ends today
2) Club Nintendo codes can be registered until 30th September
3) A revised version of the dates and extra info is here- http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Support/Website-and-Club-Nintendo/Club-Nintendo-discontinuation/Club-Nintendo-discontinuation/Club-Nintendo-discontinuation-950040.html
The guy was really helpful and appologetic on the phone. He admitted that it hadn't been made clear enough, especially when Majora's Mask says it's valid until 31/03. I suggested to him that he passes a message on asking Nintendo to clarify the dates as quite frankly it's been clear as mud. Maybe you guys could ask Nintendo to release a statement which states the dates clearly on it? But no you didn't imagine the 31/03 as the cut off date- i think so many people complained they changed it so instead of the cut off date being today, people can still earn stars for what they want by extending it until the end of September. To be honest, i think he must have had that question quite a lot today bless him. Typical Nintendo- i love them but they can be so frustrating!
Out of Safety I'd advise EU CN members to register their stars today.
@bouncer0304 Jeez, it's a bit of a mess! I'll update the post again
@vitalemrecords could be because the game is over 2 1/2 years old. Nintendo said that's the cut off point to register games. Kinds sucks!
@ThomasBW84 Not your fault- Nintendo has made a right mess of it! Thought i'd let you guys know. This article has had more changes than i change my mind about what i want to eat lol! Sometimes i think it's an endurance test by Nintendo to test how loyal we really are 😆
@ThomasBW84 Did you see my message to you as well? I wrote a reminder on that topic earlier today on N-club.dk, and several of our users had ponits that could be exchanged for eShop currency. I can only imagine how many users on NintendoLife that may have so as well
Edit; Oops, had not seen your update, but you should probably write more about it. Only for Wii U Premium owners, points earned for every purchase until 31st of December 2014, etc. I find that it helps most people, when explaining in detail
@KJ85 I did thanks
I hope the EU picture's a little clearer now above. Good grief, Nintendo does make simple things complicated!
The language for North America is crystal clear, at least.
Anybody have any extra codes they don't need? I'm at 260 coins and I wanted to get 300. Let me know!
And yet if anyone has a UK super smash bros 3ds club nintendo code could you send it to me so i can get you a mewtwo dlc code. I already have the wii u version redeemed and just need the european 3ds supersmash bros.
If you have spare codes could you send me some if your not going to use them. Im in uk so europe codes will work. If asking for codes is bad ill remove the comment
Missed this article! However, yeah you can still register points from retail games until 30th Sep. All the newer games (Captain Toad, etc) have codes that end on 31 March, but older games are still registrable. provided they are still within their original date.
The official email said that new physical products will continue to be added, so don't waste your stars on digital games you can get for a few pounds anyway.
@bouncer0304 Wii Sports Club is from 2013 - it came out just under a year and a half ago - and boxing and baseball were only released in June of 2014. That was only 9 months ago.
Spent all my stars on a Game & Watch. Now I still have 150 left. Guess I'll waste them on ringtones and wallpapers or something
Thanks for the warning! Turns out i had a 5 euro credit in my Wii U Premium account.
Some of my recent purchases have not shown up on club nintendo to register. I still have enough coins for Kid Icarus Uprising so I'm all good
After looking over the details on the NA site, I stumbled upon the wording for the gold/platinum rewards:
2015 Elite Status
In order to reach Elite Status, you must earn 300 Coins (for Gold Status) or 600 Coins (for Platinum Status) between July 1, 2014 and March 31, 2015. Members who reach Elite Status will be able to choose a downloadable game from a wide selection of Nintendo 3DS and Wii U titles. Your free Elite Status gift will be available between April 1 and April 30, 2015. A list of the Elite Status 2015 gifts will be posted here once announced.
Does anyone actually think we'll get access to those gifts tomorrow? I'm personally doubtful but who knows, there is a Nintendo Direct!
@vitalemrecords Sorry i read it the original Wii Sports. No idea then- contact Nintendo and ask.
Thanks. I got Super Mario 3D land and Wario Ware.
So, who thinks they'll reveal the new reward system tomorrow during the nintendo direct?
@ThomasBW84 For Europe here's what the website says about April 1st 2015: "From this date, Nintendo will no longer include product registration cards with its packaged games, so such products cannot be registered in Club Nintendo. You may still find product registration cards in games that were in stock before this date, however."
I bought Azure Striker Gunvolt and Donkey Kong Land 2 a few days back, will I be able to fill out the post play surveys for those?
AAAAGH! I NEED TO GET DOC LOUIS'S PUNCH-OUT!! NOW!!
Looks like I'm stuck with gold this time. Oh well.
Well, unless I get any older games that still have CN Stars, I've ended with 15200 still in my account. I'm still holding out for a last big update of the catalogue, but I would imagine this is it now. :/
Registering a bunch of codes now and the site just went down.
Thanks for the reminder NL, that was too close XD
As many pointed out, Nintendo delayed the close for register products, BUT many recent games have their registrastion cards expiring today. I would have totally lost those stars without this reminder >_>;;;
I have 17 surveys to complete, and I can't even log in.
If only the site worked well... -_-'
The American site is getting slammed right now! I need to enter one last code and cannot get in, at all, and if I do, I get a "Your code has already been registered" message.. When I never even registered it.
I need to get this one last code in to get the 2015 Edition 3DS case. Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!
UK site is failing on me right now. Tried to complete a survey, wouldn't let me go beyond the final page. Then when I came back out of it, it says it's already registered now (no stars). Same on the next game...and now I can't log in and it keeps kicking me out.
@LordGeovanni Well that stinks for the people who would eventually buy those games....though I guess at this point that's no longer a concern.
Ok I'll do it, I'll beg, last chance saloon here, right... lol anyone have any codes they can't use, I'd gladly take them, thanks!
Chugging along here in NA, but it is working.
AND the NA site is down for maintenance.
we broke it guys
I'm actually glad the Club Nintendo will be over. Badly thought service where like half of the Europe cannot obtain items mentioned there (making the stars useless).
And even if they could obtain those items, recently added NNID made things worse, forcing their system to lock on one region making it impossible to link eShop with Club Nintendo if they live in one of those countries that Club Nintendo doesn't support. That means no stars for digital downloads.
At least, unlike DSi eShop, 3DS eShop seems to be working in the whole Europe - making purchases much easier and without swapping regions.
Good riddance Club Nintendo, what a waste of time to register all those points for a poster or some other cheap tat. All my codes have gone straight in the bin.
I`m confused is today really the last day to register games?!
finally managed to get logged into my account and my "to do" history is completely blank.... I need 5 more points to get enough for one last reward... its so frustrating I should have at least 4 surveys left to do......
Can someone please clear up the confusion for me please?
@ThomasBW84 You should also add that the Elite Status Rewards will be available starting tomorrow:
"Your free Elite Status gift will be available between April 1 and April 30, 2015. A list of the Elite Status 2015 gifts will be posted here once announced."
That last part makes me wonder if the Elite Status gifts are to be announced in the Direct tomorrow...
@James1993 According to their support site, 30 September is the last day for physical products (in Europe) unless the code says otherwise. Last day for downloads is 20 April
@Late
I have only just logged on so have only just seen ur message Late. I have a SMash 3DS code I would be willing to trade for the Pokemon one, I can't guarantee u'll get the DLC, and u may need to contact Nintendo in order to get the code registered.
I have actually managed to do that once before, I was a little late claiming a code for Kid Icarus 3D when the KI Uprising promo was about, I dropped Nintendo SUpport (UK) an email and got a code.
If ur willing to swap, drop me an e-mail when u get this - pigbush_@hotmail.com
@TingLz Thank you for your help dammit I was pressured by time!
On a positive note Time Crisis 5 is coming this year!
Time waits for no one TIME WAITS FOR NO ONE!
I made sure I got in all my codes 3 weeks ago to avoid all the site crashing. I hope it won't take a week or more to be able to log in and get my Platinum reward like in February when I cashed in all my coins.
Well, the site is unusable right now. Errors, errors everywhere. And that's when you can actually see something. Nintendo should be embarrassed by the horrible performance of this service.
I find it somewhat fitting that the last game I registered was Drill Dozer for the GBA.
See ya, Space Cowboy.
^ Well, one hopes that a big chunk of why Club Nintendo is getting shut down in the first place is that Nintendo intends to replace it with a better customer loyalty service and a less error-prone website.
In real life though, it may be Nintendo dialing back on unnecessary extra goodies for customers when their current range of for-sale products is having enough trouble being financially sustainable as it is.
I think there's a fair chance that we'll find out the answer during the Nintendo Direct tomorrow.
This is so lame. I have a couple hundred coins worth of codes and am unable to complete these surveys. Guess I will have to keep checkin in until 12AM. Arrrrggghh.
NA site is down, down, down............................................
Entered some codes earlier today but my post game surveys were not listed
This feels like Majoras Mask. The ominous deadline of CN shutting down is coming and I am scrambling to enter these codes on it's horrible website.
sigh Why did everyone wait until today to add their products? I got one play-survey to do! ONE! and then I'll have 450 coins
I'm actually glad CN coming to an end soon...
I finally managed to get signed in, and now it won't recognize my codes. I guess I'll just have to give up. I won't miss your terrible site CN
@Feathered_Pilot
Actually I entered most of my own codes last week. The ones I got today were emailed from my brother. Turns out he had no idea CN was shutting down until this Sunday when I let him know. He doesnt participate so I asked if he could give me his.
The way my nephews scatter their games about it took him awhile to find them
its not yet midnight where i live and i register products and get a no survey no points message.. anybody else?
@mushroomer
No surveys on two products I registered today. I entered 6 codes total and I bought a download game from 3DS eShop last week that never showed up for coins
Finally got through (11:15 pm EDT) but all that came up was this message:
"Club Nintendo is currently unavailable due to site maintenance.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
Remember to hang on to your product registration codes and make a note of your serial numbers - we'll be back soon so you can register your products.
Please note, it is not necessary to register your hardware to begin your warranty. This is done automatically at the retailer when you purchase your product. However, please check back to register your products for Club Nintendo benefits, including hardware warranty extensions.
Forum users please note, the Tech Support Forums will be in read-only mode during this time. All existing Forum topics, posts, and replies will remain available for those looking for technical assistance with Nintendo products. No new threads or messages can be created until Club Nintendo is back up.
Please try back later. "
@cali_angel Ah. I can understand that.
@Feathered_Pilot
Indeed, twin 11 year old nephews LOL Their game room looks like the proverbial tornado went through there
With my final codes I'm at 765 coins. Il wait to redeem though until I see what the platinum reward is.
@Shworange Platinum and Gold rewards are free though, right?
@vitalemrecords eh... I registered games early in the week, never received a post play...
@MysteriousBebsi
Yes sir.
@Starzsixty9 child of light... Or for only 2$ The letter (second choice was for cheap points...)
@Pastry great game! Damn... When was the last time you registered a title, 2007?
@Platypus101 :/ I have a survey worth 10 pts in my to do list but I still have problems on the site :/ if it's not an error coming up its something else :/ I filled out the survey 4 times already but it's not giving me points it just redirects me to an error screen :/
wonder why nobody is covering this in news... this is pretty big issue as far as nintendo news is considered
Just got through at 12:25 EDT and it said that I had a Super Smash Bothers post game survey worth 60 points that expires 3/31. Then it disappeared and said I have nothing in the To Do List.
I know it is after midnight but I have been unable to log on to their site now for hours. I think it would be a nice gesture to allow folks who entered their info today the chance to complete unfinished business so-to-speak within the coming days.
JMHO
seriously.. this puts less and less faith in their NX online plans.. can you imagine? if they cant even get a SURVEY based online experience to work smoothly? how will they unify 3ds, wii u, nx, pc, and phones.. i guess if you dont mind waiting around 5 hours and hope you can log in... and once you are.. who knows if you can even jump.
The struggle!! T-T
Kept trying and by 12:50 suddenly the Smash Brothers survey showed up again, I went through all the questions etc, hit the submit button and got this message after waiting for what seemed like ages:
" I'm sorry but your survey was unsuccessful."
That sucks! I can't even log in =S
I just want to complete 3 post-play surveys so I can reach 80 coins to redeem that Ultrahand wiiware game XD
Just kicked me off site GRRRRRRRRR
Cannot log in yet again. That darn survey was worth 60 points
@hypercoyote
I waited until the last few days to go looking for codes for that reason. I also only took codes from games that were Pre-owned. Technically, GameStop classifies them as "promotional inserts" which means they are the same as bonus material. They are actually ordered to remove them and destroy them but no one ever does that with bonus material in that company, maybe keep it for themselves, but not destroy them.
After trying again the survey showed up. This is the third time I've taken the survey only to get the "Whoops" message or "Site is Down for Maintenance" page or just plain kicked off
Lets go for four
After SIX attempts submitting the survey it FINALLY went through.
It's 1:30 am here folks, I gotta go to bed. All I can say is grab a cup of joe and don't give in, if you can try to stick with it
Good night and good luck to you all!!
Darn! The struggle is real with this one, logining into club Nintendo right now is insane
When I try to log into NNP I get this:
Sign in failed. Possible reasons include:
You are in a country that is not eligible for this promotion
You do not own a Wii U Premium Pack. Only users who created a Nintendo Network ID on a Wii U Premium Pack console are eligible for this promotion.
Not enough time has elapsed. You cannot participate in this promotion until the day after you've purchased downloadable software or add-on content.
Looks like the NNP is over
The surveys that I'm submitting are not getting through, ughh
Everyone just go nuts on @NintendoAmerica, #ClubNintendo and ask for an extension or something. We need to make noise on this one.
Well I guess it's not their fault, we had two months to register everything we could. I just feel like homer simpson doing last minute tax filing XD
My friend sent me an OoT 3D code and after 3 hours...it finally went through!!
I believe you guys got 10 minutes left... don't give up!!
I'm so teed that the site is down when it's the LAST DAY of the promotion. What a croissant. I'm more upset I bought Hyrule Warriors so I can get my extra 10 bonus coins and lo and behold, the version I bought doesn't even have the Club Nintendo promotion anymore First world problems!!
No but seriously, that website needs to be up right now. Not fair at all.
Exceedingly annoyed that the site went down after I blew $40 on eShop titles to get the last few points I need for platinum, and I've been waiting a few hours and will probably get told "sorry that our servers didn't process your purchases and let you do the surveys before the site went down for maintenance". I've been sitting here for the last two hours waiting.
@Magrane The Ganondorf costume promotion ended 5 months ago so even if Club Nintendo was up you wouldn't have got it.
@Mattiator Dude I've been trying all day yesterday and I woke up today to finish up and it is still down - I'm just trying to register 30 more coins - I want Dillon's Rolling Western (for some goddamn reason)
I seriously hope they offer an extension for this, or at least help people out through support. I didn't go through all this for Platinum just to get screwed by their (as always) lousy servers for Club Nintendo.
Stupid me that I made my Nintendo ID for Finland, should've done it for UK and then I would've got all the digital surveys and could've linked the Wii U to the Club Nintendo account.
This really sucked that many countries in Europe never had Club Nintendo, hopefully Nintendo has finally learned from it's many mistakes and this will all be made global and better in autumn with the new service.
Well I completely forgot about this. There goes my voucher...
@TossedLlama I had this problem the first week or two but after that it calmed down and I had no issues. Yesterday was the deadline to enter new codes but you can still spend your points I think until June or July? Good luck spending those points! If you don't want anything, feel free to give the digital games to someone else....wink wink.
The site is down right now. My theory is that it's down until they announce that the Elite Status rewards & Mewtwo Smash codes are now available and then it will be back up and running.....but it will be sooooo busy that no one will be able to log on.
@dkxcalibur They could announce it like how the Smash 3DS demo was announced in the last Treehouse stream.
ELITE STATUS AWARDS ARE UP ON CLUB NINTENDO RIGHT NOW!
I was trying to log in for hours yesterday but I never got through.
Already filed a support ticket with Nintendo. Suggest anyone who got screwed by the maintenance times do the same.
This is unfair. I bought my wiiu games after this date. All of them are very expensive. What the advantage for the customer? It is cheaper to buy used. My credit card agree that Nintendo does not care. Thank's.
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