Topic: Club Nintendo Rewards. ^_^

Guys, the news we've all been waiting for....

The Kirby Patch set featuring Kirby and Prince Fluff are now available again! Hooray!....yeah, not that exciting....

EDIT: I take it back, it's sold out! Even though it says it's 350 coins on the main page, it's actually 175. Was that a mistake?

A mistake from like 2 years ago they never fixed. There's a reason that patch set sold out before the other one.

I'll be able to sleep tonight knowing that the Kirby/Fluff patch set is back in stock even though it actually isn't.

And now, we wait....

Haha, I was just about to post that. I don't expect any news until next week. Why they can't have the reward ready to show on the 1st (like earlier years) is beyond me.

@Guitardude7 On the Club Nintendo page, it says the rewards are announced mid July.

Last year, it was on July 15th.

I still wonder why it takes so long. Its almost like they wait to see how many gold and platinum members there are before they give out a reward...maybe to prevent giving a lot of people something expensive. Seems kinda selfish to me, just give us a good reward or two. We are your most dedicated fans after all. >:[

Really, we're only waiting for the Platinum rewards. If you're a Gold member, expect the usual: a choice of a Club Nintendo calendar and a slew of Virtual Console games.

Platinum rewards are up in the air. Nintendo isn't as predictable for that particular tier.

I actually have both, thanks to a mistake Nintendo made in shipping me the wrong size. Both sizes are definitely adult.

Platinum Rewards from previous years:

2009
Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! (WiiWare title exclusive to Platinum members)
Mario's Hat

2010
Super Mario Characters Figurine

2011
Mario and Friends Badge Set (worst year ever....)

2012
Platinum Mario Playing Cards
Limited Edition Platinum Poster Set

2013
Three Poster Set
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Original Soundtrack

The badges are nice.

The badges are garbage. People couldn't even sell the things for more than like $10, because so many people wanted to get rid of them and so few people actually wanted them. If only we'd had downloadable game options for gold that year, at least we could have got something better, instead of having Nintendo waste so much money to manufacture all those stupid button sets and pay so much shipping for the giant boxes they came in.

The badges are still nice.

Oooh. 10 bucks . Where can i find em?

At least this year Nintendo says rewards will be announced mid July.

http://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_...

The badges (ie: buttons) get a ridiculous amount of internet hate... but I think they were a better Platinum reward than we got in either of the two subsequent years. Buttons came in a cool set of small boxes that display well and don't require wall space, or they could also be worn on your hat, clothes, and shoes. They are also charmingly old-school, showing off sprites from the first Mario game - although maybe that's part of the reason why they don't resonate with others as well as they did with me?

Cards were a fun idea... but for games you are better off with a normal deck and for a display piece they aren't that useful, so they sit in an awkward middle ground of uselessness. The posters looked nice enough but require a significant amount of geek-friendly wall space to display and were mostly a bunch of B-level Nintendo characters (Zelda games excepted). The soundtrack was an awesome idea but why use Majora's Mask (with a weak N64 soundtrack) instead of one of their more recent, beautifully orchestrated games?

Guess it all depends on personal preferences.

The one thing that was a huge improvement after 2011 is giving Platinum members a choice of prize. That's a nice touch!

They've gone for as little as US$9.49 + shipping on eBay in recent weeks if you seriously want a set.

My dream Platinum prize? Those gorgeous custom polo shirts that Club Nintendo Japan got. It was a regular reward there of course.

The best set of images I could find were here:
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/29715/club-nintendo-c...

I'd love a shirt, but I think they tend to avoid personal items as the platinum reward, as a lot of people have family accounts, and just imagine 3 kids fighting over who gets the shirt.