The My Nintendo rewards system is an ever-increasingly debated topic among Nintendo fans; we've seen numerous comments of upset and even anger from our fine collection of readers over the last few months, with discussion usually suggesting that players aren't happy with the offerings in Europe and North America - despite the occasional juicier sets appearing from time to time.
Depending on your viewpoint and needs, this latest addition to the service in Japan might just rub some salt into your tender wounds. As well as the usual discounts on 3DS titles - with this month seeing Japanese players get money off titles like Kirby Battle Royale and Mario Party: The Top 100 - the page has been flooded with offers on compatible micro SD cards.
Of course, with the rather limited amount of storage available on your Switch, and definitely now that we're seeing several releases arriving at retail with additional downloads being required, these little bits of plastic are becoming more essential by the month. Getting even just a handful pennies off would likely be a welcome deal for most Switch players, and we imagine a fair few of you would like to see the European and North American sites follow suit.
Anyone else want to move to Japan? We'll cover the ramen if you book the flights.
[source topics.nintendo.co.jp]
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It's just not fair, Japan always gets the great rewards, whilst the rest of us get flip all
I hope we get this in Europe! My card only has a year or two before it's full
300 gold points to get a 50% discount (85€) for 256GB card? That sounds great. When are we getting this deal?
Amazon uk have similar prices on those cards at the moment 256GB for £79
I'm pretty sure you can still get them cheaper elsewhere so I won't be moving anytime soon.
@Bunkerneath You should actually check the rewards we get in Japan... I don't think they are great in any way. This 50% discount is very nice, don't get me wrong, but apart from this, there is nothing else worth spending gold points in.
Don't get TOO jealous.... micro SD cards are pretty expensive in Japan so it's really not all that great of a deal. Basically this deal drops the prices down to what you can get in other parts of the world. So, for example, the price of a 128 GB card through this deal is around the same as what I paid for the 128 GB card I imported from Amazon USA (including shipping) without any special deals.
I often see micro-sd at a discount in dutch shops. Those deals are probably better then the Nintendo deal. I might pick one up myself someday, when I start downloading.
I think Switch Online Service will become the place to go for rewards, discounts etc...
Finally a decent reward, so of course only Japan gets it.
Is there a point to the platinum coins? after a couple of wallpapers that i only got to prevent points expiring, i find they're just not even worth thinking about.
the discount on the gold coins is fine. i'd rather have more unique rewards, but i'm ok with a discount. but those platinum coins just seem like a complete waste
They sure do like to take care of Japan. Unfortunately that’s where their main HQ is though so it’s kind of expected of course.
With 50% off the 256GB card is $100 (10,800¥) so it’s really not even worth writing an article about. Tons of 256GB cards are cheaper on Amazon
Wow. And we get stuck with the odd crappy wallpaper and discounts for games we've already bought years ago while our coins just go to waste
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