Club Nintendo, oh how we'll miss you. A new rewards program is due this Fall, and the curtain is starting to close on the service that - despite some flaws - had become part of the furniture in Nintendo gaming.
In PAL territories such as Europe the service and its catalogue will remain open until 30th September, and just today a Captain Toad Figurine Lamp was added in those countries. Unfortunately that's not the case in North America, with the deadline for redeeming coins now just hours away.
The NA Club Nintendo catalogue is now comprised solely of download games, and time is running out to spend any leftover coins. From 11:59pm Pacific time on 30th June (02:59am Eastern on 1st July) gamers in North America will not be able to spend any coins. The program will be shut down.
There are some excellent games still available for download, including some retail games, so if you're in North America and have any coins left you should try and spend them right away - the clock is ticking.
[source club.nintendo.com]
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I turned in my coins last week for the last game I could afford. Sadly I'm like 10 coins away from a cheap 100 coin game.
It was nice while it lasted. Be interesting to see what the new promotion will be, and if it will be an improvement or not.
I literally just got on there out of curiosity and found that Flipnote 3D was available to me for free until tomorrow. Lucky timing for sure!
When is Nintendo going to announce the successor program? I would have expected some type of press release at E3.
Auf Wiedersehen, Club Nintendo! A good run to be sure, I've got 30 coins left...those shall disappear forever more with CN, can't wait to see the replacement come this fall!
It's very sad to believe Club Nintendo is ending tomorrow, I enjoyed every reward that I ordered from the site. Way too many good memories about it, though I suppose it's for the best as the website did have its downs. Here's hoping the new reward program improves on what Club Nintendo started!
@XCWarrior I hate that for you. Before the shut off for getting coins I made sure to make it divisable by 50 so I wouldn't have any left over. I didn't want any left over like those 100 Wii points I probably won't spend.
Aaaaaand I don't have enough coins to get anything.
So when are we gonna hear about the new Club Nintendo?
I can buy 2 games with 443 coins. Sadly, most of them don't seem to interest me. Oh well.
Good luck using the website for anyone that waited to the last minute.
I only have 50 coins left, so, unless they do a last minute flash sale on games, (Which would be kind of dumb) I'm not getting anything else. I'm happy with what I was able to get, though!
@Shy_Guy
The new loyalty program (if there will be one) will likely launch alongside the NX console... since that will also likely unify the handheld and home console.
@Samuel-Flutter - I have 200 points on my Wii from when I bought Chick Chick Boom for 800, effectively making it a $10 game. At least the Wikipedia U eshop is much better about credit card purchases, I have $2.08 on my PS3 I can't seem to spend. When I bought the ME trilogy for $4.80 they added $5 to my account so I still have that money left - it was about $5.23 w/ tax.
I used the last of my coins about a month ago, we got 2 t-shirts the boys will grow into in about 3-5 years, some stationary we'll be using as thank you cards for my sons SSB themed bar mitzvah and that cool all black Zelda messenger bag which is much better in real life than the pics. Maybe we'll use it to collect his cards at his party?
So for free we've certainly made out ok.
Still would like info on the new program though, I'm boycotting the eshop until it's up and running.
I just downloaded Metroid for Wii U and that brought me down to 30 coins.
@Captain_Gonru
The vast majority of Nintendo customers will never use the 32GB that comes with the current console... so they would be paying for something they will never use.
Those of us who do download a lot of titles can easily add storage for very little money. If you don't like adding bulk to your console (like me), you can get a SanDisk Fit and add an additional 32GB to your system for $12 or 64GB for $20.
And yes, USB sticks work just fine for adding storage to WiiU...
If you need TONS of space, you can get a 500GB HDD for about $50 or 1TB for about $65.
@Azooooz Need some help spending 'em?
I still have 95 coins left and nothing to spend them on. Oh well I got Dr Luigi, paper Mario sticker star, and for my elite reward I got Mario Golf.
RIP Club Nintendo. I can only hope the next loyalty program will outdo CN.
Was really holding out cuz was hoping they would possibly discount all the games, but I guess that's not the case....
Didn't have enough for Super Mario 3D Land, so decided to spend the rest of my coins on Super Mario 64 and Zoda's Revenge Startrophics 2.
Anyway, thanks for the experience CN. Glad I could express my feelings about the games I played through the use of surveys. And got some pretty good games out of it.
Just wish there were more variety in physical items as I very rarely had any interest in them. TFW no FE stuff.... At least I got a cool Smash Bros soundtrack out of it.
I just used my leftover coins on Metroid 2 for 3DS if anyone wants it. Didnt want to see coins go to waste.
Is Flipnote Studio worth my time?
Anyways, this program will be missed, I got a lot of goodies with it, the last thing I got and could afford was Earthbound, that I do not regret.
Nintendo Europe never gave me my VC Minish Cap for Wii U, despite my trading in 500 or so collected stars. The code they sent me didn't work so I contacted them and they promised me another one, which they never sent. This was around 4 months ago, and despite another 10 or so emails (which they ignored), I never got my game.
@LacquerHead I'd ask for it but Im sure someone else would play it more than I.
@LacquerHead I'll take it if no one else wants it
@Spacey it's all yours then. Enjoy
@NintendoFan64 Same.
I had 890 coins and no rewards that I wanted or didn't already own, so I gave them to a friend.
@Shy_Guy i think the new nintendo reward service might be annouce somewhere this year
Okay, now bring on the New & Improved Club Nintendo!!!!!!
@XCWarrior I only found one thing under 100 coins. And Grill Off with Ultra Hand is its own ring of hell.
@Spacey my nintendo ID is SkolViking. Message me and I'll throw ya the code.
I wish they would be a little more vocal about the service that will be replacing Club Nintendo.
@Azooooz - you could get the download codes for a couple popular games and sell them? Might only get ya $4 but money is money
I've got 60 points that will be donated to the internet gods I guess.
Picked up Excitebike: World Rally. Was deliberating on a few NES VC games but I figure I could throw down the $5 if needed later but would less likely pay 10 bucks for a WiiWare game at this point. Long live Monster Games!
@rjejr I was actually hoping that we would get some new info on the new program after NA Club Nintendo stops. It would be nice to know what that looks like. And then hopefully it will be up and rolling after Europe's closes.
@Darknyht Soon. They might talk about it in a Direct in August, which is when I assume the next general one is.
I got 150 coins. Own a Wii U so it is of no use to me, so if anyone wants a cheap 150 coin 3ds game lemme know.
Still have my Zelda Collector's Disc. Now safely in its box thanks to good old Homebrew Channel.
@Smoo
I wanted "3D Classics: TwinBee", but had only 100 coins . You want my code ultra hand in return?
I have 190 coins... and nothing on the 3DS that I will ever get. Damn...
@Azooooz Give something that gets good reviews a try. I'm sure if you pick the right now, you'll be pleasantly surprised.
I literally have zero coins, even in the last few days Club Nintendo was relevant I still had about zero coins. Soo much for re-buying SM3DL.
I have 140 coins.
@Jayvir do you mind sparing some for super mario world?
@BLPs
The only thing really bad about the situation was all the coins I lost out on due to the site constantly being down or buggy as hell after the end was announced.
Dang had 845 coins but some things cost or add up to 850 D:
Was waiting in case they add cool stuff at very end but wanted physical rewards but they removed all of them
So got Wonderful 101 (hated the demo but hopeful) &
Retro Super Mario World (tho I've never really liked the retro stuff even Earthbound, cuz I'd just rather spend my time with a modern game)
side note: & I can't get any 3ds games cuz I accidentally threw my New 3DS in the trash!!!!!!!!!!!! Aaaahhhh! lol?
I already long since spent most of my reserved Coins on whatever I could get, but I still have a balance of 55 Coins remaining, which unfortunately is not enough to spent on anything. In my mind, that's a lot of Coins wasted.
Oh well... they are disappearing soon anyway - can't do much at this point except wait and see what Nintendo has in store for us later this year to replace our Club Nintendo blues.
@nermal
It's all yours. Ordered it. Lemme know how you want to be contacted, ot I can drop the code here if you want.
I whittled my coin balance down to 10 coins back when they trotted out the last wave of North American awards. Pretty good, actually. I thought I'd be losing a lot more than that.
I'm surprised some people thought they would announce a successor at E3. I never thought they would do so, especially since Club Nintendo technically is still operational until the end of this month. I predict it will be announced either by this holiday season, or just before the launch of NX.
@Smoo
Thank you very much. My email is [email protected].
if you want to also tell me your email and I send you my code (ultra hand).
I only have like 80 coins left, not enough for anything.
I was lucky enough to get pretty much every single game they had available but I wanted more physical rewards, some cool stuff
@nermal
Sent it, enjoy!
@LacquerHead How? Don't you have to be friends with the person? You also don't have any post. My name AirshBornely.
@Spacey I just sent a friend request with the code. Let me know if you have any problems.
I was never able to fill out the surveys to get the points needed to get anything- my account stands at 60 points, good for a whole lot of nothing. It would be nice if the club replacement transfers over points and surveys, but that's just dreaming on my part. I wonder though if purchases made after the close will be able to be redeemed on the new program, or if only purchases after it opens will count. At the very least, anything that wasn't even available for purchase when CN stopped redeeming products- such as my New N3DSXL, LoZ:MM3D, Splatoon...
I've got exactly 30 coins left, so unless there are dirt cheap items to cash out, I am done.
Almost forgot about my remaining 165 points. Ended up getting Kersploosh, since I could just get the carts of the GB games. Wish we had better rewards....
Anyone willing to buy Zelda II for Wii U for me?
When I found out it was ending, I tried to get my coins up to 600 so I could get a 3ds title game, but ended up being 30 coins short due to one of the games i bought not including a clubnintendo code... i still need to get some games... decisions decisions...
Tomorrow's going to be a hard day for me. Not only is CN ending (wasted 70 coins), but some of my favorite game servers are ending. Plus, I'm getting my old dog put down tomorrow...
Time to save copies of my activities. Ah, so many things registered... So, uh, number of things redeemed. (Yeah, still a bit salty over the Coins reduction.)
@CB85 What system were you trying that code on? When they initially put the codes up they made a mistake and that code actually works only on a 3DS. In other words it is the ambassador version.
@Starwolf_UK It's on my Wii U. Today Nintendo finally sent me an email, but they stated that back in March they had their headquarters check, and I already downloaded the game. Which I didn't, obviously. Also, they're contradicting themselves, because back in March they told me they forwarded my initial email to their headquarters, who then confirmed my code was erroneous, and I was promised a new one. Since they never sent me a new code, how could I possibly have downloaded the game with a code which they themselves confirmed wasn't working?
@CB85 Nintendo customer services are pretty bad at following conversations so do contradict themselves sadly. Still if you have a 3DS and don't mind having the game on that, use the code there as it is likely wrong system is the problem here.
@Starwolf_UK Yes I have a 3DS, but I already have the ambassador version of the game on it. That may be what's causing the problem then, so I've sent them another email explaining that.
It's just that I wanted to have the game on my Wii U and play it on a high screen. Seems so silly that they're screwing up such a simple thing, it's been 3.5 months and still no solution... -_-
@Samuel-Flutter - E3 was so bad I think Nitnedo broke me. I've stopped expecting anything from them. It's bad enough to kid around and guess about stuff that we don't get - like a Wii U price drop or a Players Choice line - but when people start expectng stuff like Metroid Prime 4 and AC on the Wii U, but they give us Federation Force and ACaF instead, well it's not fun even guessing anymore.
RIP Club Nintendo. Hopefully your replacement will be just as awesome if not better.
@Patriplexity I think it is enough for the old one, that's the one I meant
darn, was hoping they would have a last surprise like some new games or a discount, something similar to EU surprise. No big deal, now to spend my rainy day 700 coins.
Is anyone willing to buy Zelda II for Wii U for me with their points that they don't want?
anybody got a copy of kersploosh they can send me?
if not thats fine. I have all the other 150 pt games and i wasted mine yesterday on wario's woods golden sun and kid icarus.
its only $2 on the eShop but im a cheepo.
@snoox You don't like any Nintendo games, and you threw your 3DS in the trash.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm. This might not have been the club for you...
Free flipnote code up for grabs
A079-XPUJ-26ER-UDM1
Still no word on what will replace it?
@russellohh hahaa please don't kick me out, sir. I do luv the games that I have/had: Mario Kart, Bayonetta, Animal Crossing, & Pokemon was my childhood sooooo I'm not leaving lol
@snoox I'm not kicking ya out, Club Nintendo kicked you out so hard they shut down WORLDWIDE
I spent my final remaining coins a few days ago on Excitebike 3D. Fare thee well, Club Nintendo, and may your successor provide more happiness than salt.
RIP Club NIntendo. I haven't been so sad since the cancellation of NIntendo Power magazine.
@LacquerHead Thanks, btw!
@Spacey No problem
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