It's been known for a long time that Nintendo's Club Nintendo system does not perhaps stretch as far across the world as many would like, and many territories in Europe often feel as though they are being left out. Thankfully for Hyrule Warriors, customers in Scandinavia aren't being left out in the cold.
Nintendo has announced that the costume pack DLC promotion for the Zelda spin-off will be available for Scandinavian gamers after all. The system for claiming is a little different though.
In order to get your hands on a coveted code, you have to send a photograph of your receipt for the game to Bergsala (the distributor). The campaign pages and contact forms for Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland give more in-depth instructions on how you can get your code.
We would like to see full Club Nintendo support for these countries in the future, but kudos to Nintendo and Bergsala; this inclusion coupled with the free game promotion for Mario Kart 8 is a much-needed step in the right direction.
Are you glad to see Nintendo branching out to its consumers? Let us know in the comments section!
With thanks to Kenneth Jensen for the details.
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I would enjoy it more if it was a game that actually interested me in any case its great that more promotions are coming our way, keep it up!
Bergsala is a crap distributor and there's practically 0 Nintendo-presence in stores / media here in Norway. Can't see why we can't get Club Nintendo in Scandinavia too. Bergsala blames Nintendo on their pages but I don't know...
It should be "Nordic gamers" since Finland is not a Scandinavian country.
Thanks for posting the news based on my tip
Posted it on our Danish Nintendo community two days ago, when I received the message from Bergsala:
http://n-club.dk/nyheder/435628-forudbestil-hyrule-warriors-i-danmark-og-modtag-et-gratis-st-kostumer
The way they are handling these DLC packs is quite disturbing :/ Lets just hope that they are all timed exclusives, or only people who robbed a bank and pre ordered the game from everywhere are able to get the full package...
Send a self addressed envelope to...
This is great, but sucks for example if I want to buy somehow from abroad the Hyrule Warriors Limited edition, or even the regular edition, they will not accept it for the pre-order costume pack offer.
Their rule say that the game must be bought from that country that you live in. For example in Finland the limited edition is already gone and was anyway sold in only one webshop.
Also what I don't like about at all is that Club Nintendo countries get the Ganondorf pre-order costume pack, but us who live in 3rd world countries like Finland, Norway, Denmark and Sweden. We don't get the Ganondorf pack.
Or is there a chance that us Nordic gamers could for example make a UK account and then somehow register it beforehand so we can get the Ganondorf costume pack. I heard some did the UK trick with the Mario Kart 8 offer and received the downloadable free game code immediately, instead of waiting to August like Bergsala's special offer was.
All in all, it really sucks to live in a 1st world country that Nintendo treats like a 3rd world country.
If only Bergsala would actually step up and get games and consoles to appear in shops. I see someone above complaining about 0 presence in Norwegian shops, it's the same in Finland, it's almost like Nintendo doesn't even exist. The shelf space is minimal and there are practically no advertisements anywhere. Also there is a huge lack of demo units, there should be demo units in every possible shop so that kids and adults could see what an awesome piece of hardware Wii U is.
But enough with the complaining, anyways I am happy that Bergsala is at least trying to step up and work something up with Nintendo, we used to get nothing while other countries got everything. Now we at least get something. Bergsala is doing ok job with the digital pre-order gifts of Nintendo,
Thank's for informing me NintendoLife. I have preordred it in Norway and we will get one of the three dlc via a download code.
Do you know if one can buy these packs as dlc's on the e-shop?
A step in the right direction. Thanks Bergsala!
im from sweden. and i contacted bergsala. and they said sweden atleast will also get the ganondorf costume pack. the smash bros CD and the 3DS free game promotion
@97alexk Awesome, they confirmed the Nintendo 3DS Winter 2014 Bonus Game Promotion now for Finland as well!
https://twitter.com/NintendoFIN/status/510014320026337281
Still waiting for confirmation about the Smash Bros CD and the Ganondorf as there is no mention about that in the official Bergsala Nintendo Finland pages. But if Sweden told you that it must be going live also in Finland.
This is nice, it's almost like we had a real Club Nintendo, but with some workarounds.
Meanwhile in the rest of Europe...
@Kolzig agreed 100%!
@Kolzig Yup, i agree, i also asked if they just couldnt do club nintendo for whol scandinavia , a couple days ago. but still havent gotten a reply about that in particular. We have to wait and see.
While I do see Nintendo games in stores, I have yet to see a poster, or any sign of promotion for games without Mario or Pokemon.
On topic, why the heck is a digital distrubution of dlc codes limited? If I want the skywardsword pack (wich I do) why cant they just make a code for me when I registrer my purchase?
@Tobias95 Because Nintendo has to make it as difficult for Europe as possible!
@Tsurii897 How do you get them in the UK?
@scamander LMAO
@Extremist oh.. Come on. this is WAY better than the zero policy we used to have in Finland.. I don't mean it couldn't be better, but at least we get something now
That's pretty weird. But I'm happy.
@Tsurii897 From amazon
I also want club nintendo here in Finland. With all the games and consoles I have, I would get platinum account status straight away lol. Anyway, enough complaining cough I suppose this- jumping through the hoops- is better than nowt... Come on Ninty get it together pleaseee..
@Extremist : I live in Norway too. I don't think you need to pre-order. Just buy the game in a local store, and scan reciept.
Its only a costume anyway, and not a big deal to me.
I like this. It shows a lot of good will from Bergsala who did'nt have to do this at all. It will probably be a lot of extra work for them to control all those reciepts. Of course a proper Club Nintendo would be better but this is a big step in the right direction!
So Nintendo cares about Scandinavia after all...
@Ventilator If your store got the game at release day. Wich sadly seems to became a rare sight for the odd games I want, at my local gamestop. (It took them a month(!) to get Pokemon Art academy, wich is a bit confusing since Pokemon games usaly sells well)
@Extremist It ain't like that everywhere in Scandinavia, tho. I live in Sweden, and only once have I ever seen a store offering everyone but Nintendo.
@Tobias95 The 2 local Gamestops near me is promoting Wii U well. One of them have a big Wii U wall which can be seen outside of store. I think they have over 60 Wii U games on shelve at all times with cover fronts facing shop entrance for people to see.
Other stores here mostly have Wii U exclusives and UBI Games in stock at all times. VITA however is nowhere to be found anywhere anymore, and not even 1 year ago.
I'm sure all my local shops will have Hyrule Warriors on release day. Shops prefer to stock Wii U exclusives as main priority.
@Tsurii897 Thanks for answering. I just checked online: you are 100% correct. Now I'm really annoyed at Nintendo.
EDIT: I just discovered that we get the Skyward Sword costumes from Amazon.
So, no Iceland? Isn't that also part of Scandinavia?
This is a good thing. I live in finland and they did the same thing with Mario Kart 8 + free game thing which was nice. But like said, it would be very nice to get a full club Nintendo here.
How does this work with digital??
Well i guess it's better then nothing......... but still, i feel that the Scandinavian countries deserves to be able to use club nintendo. I don't understand why we can't just be a part of the european club nintendo.
@Jorzha
Same here, don´t know why us scandinavians don´t get Club Nintendo.
When it comes to this particular game, I´m still importing from the UK. A pack of costumes isn´t worth the extra 10 euros the game costs in Sweden. Besides, I´ll enjoy this game just as fine with the regular costumes, they look really good.
I was happy to get this offer, i miss club nintendo here in sweden, and hate them for removing it making all the codes i get from all the games i buy, useless.
At least i hope i get the costume pack i requested. And i could only dream to have club nintendo back in Sweden and the rest of scandinavia one day.
@Tritonus It doesn't, its exclusive to the retail version.
Well, way better than nothing. I got my free game with Mario Kart 8, that's the first time ever that I got a bonus from buying something from Nintendo It's about time too, since Nintendo games are the most expensive and hard to come by of all games. Other games gets cheaper if you wait a year. Nintendo games just get sold out and if you're lucky, you can buy them at full price, used, at GameStop. I pre-ordered Hyrule Warriors Limited Edition a while back. I hope I get a receipt that I can snap a picture of and send in to Bergsala.
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