What happens when you release a relatively cheap silver-plated coin with a little velvet bag, and it happens to be a 'Goodbye Coin' for Club Nintendo in PAL territories? The hosting website struggles to survive the influx of hits, of course.
Our very own editorial director Damien McFerran - in the interests of social and behavioural studies, of course - was among many frantically filling in old surveys to try and obtain the 2000 Star (1000 in Australia) reward; your humble writer decided he'd rather have a crow peck his eyes out than complete 20 surveys for download games. Mr McFerran reported that the Club Nintendo site was 'dying' from the traffic.
Perhaps it was the Goodbye element, but it has now truly said farewell. As tipster-with-a-cool-name DoctorOverbuild has informed us the coin is gone. Probably forever.
The Nintendo Sound Selection [Endings & Credits] double CD is still there, but it doesn't have Goodbye in the name so doesn't have quite the same appeal.
Were you able to grab the Club Nintendo Goodbye Coin?
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I was able to grab one before all the trouble with the website started happy I got one coming.
@ThomasBW84 Your very welcome! Thanks for the compliment! Sad to see this go, hope everyone who wanted one got one!
I got mine thank God
Aww I missed out😩 I've been a member since the change over from Nintendo VIP as well
@nessisonett Danny I remember Nintendo VIP..... Good times
Aw, I was hoping to grab one, but didn't get a chance whilst it was up due to the site and my internet both keeping on dying...
Ah, well, I guess I could just grab something else...
I can taste the salt in this article.
I got mine
There's already loads on ebay..... What a bunch of c..ts
@gamermole Such a shame with scalpers they should have left it for the fans not for a quick bit of money
I got mine before the chaos started <3
I've got mine, ordered it instantly yesterday morning.
Now I'm sadly short on stars, but still believe I could grab that goodbye double cd.
I just can't accept it will be all over soon, Thomas please, just don't write anything about the club Nintendo closing on sept. 30th.
I had 900 stars left so I logged on to see what I could get and for some reason it was saying I hadn't linked my Nintendo ID with my Club Nindento (even though I thought I did) so I am getting an extra 750 point within the next day. So now I have to see what I will get for 1650 points now.
And 50% of those have gone straight to eBay for stupid amounts of money.
They all gone whilst I was on holiday.
Oh well, I want the Luigi Diorama more anyway.
I'm not too fussed, 'cause I got these.
@IAmDeclanJay @gamermole Oh, scalpers! Oh-ho-ho, good GOD I hate you!
I have managed to purchase and order both the Club Nintendo Goodbye Coin AND the Nintendo Sound Selection [Endings & Credits] CD from Club Nintendo today.
Aww I missed out! I had 600 stars left after getting the terrible toad lamp last month. So this morning I regd my Nintendo Id, linked it to club Nintendo and said I have to wait 24hrs to get the 750 stars credited to my account (tomorrow), then I found 3 star cards in my collection that had expired in 2014, I tried them and they worked so I would have had the 2000 to get at least one goodbye coin, tomorrow, and now they are all gone! Nooooooo!
I really hope they add something for 2000 in the next two or three weeks.
@readyletsgo I hope they add something for 1500 Stars before Club Nintendo closes as I still have six unregistered Nintendo 3DS games.
That would give me 1500 Stars.
@Alundra-1998 reg them now! Just in case something goes up tomorrow.
I just checked my ballance there m, I now have 2350 stars. But yeah the goodbye coin is gone.
At least I got 3 of those Luigi gold coins last year. But still....
@Alundra-1998 According to Twitter this coin was the last thing to be added, I suggest cashing in now.
I don't know if it is gone gone could reappear if they find more stock like some of the other items but either way I have mine ordered.
@dizzy_boy oh man! I remember these! think I still have mine somewhere too!
@dizzy_boy I have a new and sealed pack of Super Smash Bros. Battle Cards.
I think I also happen to have some new and sealed Mario Party Playing Cards in my collection as well.
I don't think they're going to put anything else up as their twitter post said it was the final item. Thankfully I managed to order one as soon as I noticed they were there. It hasn't shown up yet...
Either the Royal Mail suddenly got really good, or some of these ebayers are actually Nintendo employees. There's a listing on ebay for one of these coins as BIN £229. To be fair, I could use the money. I'm considering a career in Nintendo Scalping.
To eBay!
I'd love it if they'd sell that soundtrack here in North America.
At least you lovely Brits had a good bye. We in North America had a whimper at best.
I got both the CD and the coin. Now the waiting begins...
That sucks!! Guess my plan to get the points was a little long and drawn out to be fair.
I'm more of a gamer than a collector anyway so I'll look at the games I can afford rather than get my knickers in a twist......
I'm glad I was able to get the Goodbye coin, my brother wasn't so lucky, he jumped the gun and went for the Link Between Worlds soundtrack.
Since it was confirmed as the last addition to the catalogue, I went ahead and got the Mario Kart 7 Special Cup, a good last reward I reckon.
There isn't gonna be anything worthwhile I can get with my last 150 stars.
God dammit!!! I've been so flat out at work I forgot about this bloody coin!!! Aaaaaaarrrrggggghhhhh!!!!
Well that didn't last long, seemed like many were waiting for it (both genuine fans and scampers).
I was too, but when they put up that CD I realised I'd get more enjoyment out of that than a coin.
Now that I think about it, Soundtracks are all I have gotten from Club Nintendo Stars; apart from my original pre-release Phat DS.
Actually, did the Wii RPG trilogy coin set require stars?
Just got in about 10 mins before the website died!
@FX102A No, you didn't need stars for the coin set.
Now I feel bad I ordered 2. I didn't know they were limited quantity and had 4450 points, not enough for coin + CD.
Yikes, I'm glad I got two when I did. I would've just got one but I had nothing better to buy with my remaining stars so I got another one. Apologies to anyone who was/is unable to get one.
@DreamyViridi @CloudBG That's not fair that you both ordered 2 each because I really wanted it and have been waiting for it since may and I'm probably not going to be able to get it now
@candy94 They both seem to feel a bit bad about it I'd leave it at that
I got mine, too!
Glad I picked this up then. I also ordered the Luigi's Mansion 2 diorama, because my hope of them ever adding the Mario characters figure the woman on the main page is holding was looking pretty weak.
@DoctorOverbuild ok
Here is the items that I have ordered from Club Nintendo over the years.
Animal Crossing Wallpaper
Purchased: 30/01/2007
Animal Crossing: Wild World wallpaper 1
Purchased: 07/10/2007
Soundtrack: Super Mario Galaxy
Purchased: 14/11/2009
New Super Mario Bros. Wii Stickers
Purchased: 08/06/2011
Yoshi Wallpaper
Purchased: 12/07/2011
Mario Wallpaper
Purchased: 12/07/2011
Donkey Kong Wallpaper
Purchased: 12/07/2011
Peach Wallpaper
Purchased: 12/07/2011
Bowser Wallpaper
Purchased: 12/07/2011
Legend of Zelda Wallpaper Set
Purchased: 17/02/2012
AR Cards for Kid Icarus: Uprising
Purchased: 28/04/2012
Fireworks Sensu (Japanese Folding Fan)
Purchased: 04/05/2012
Super Mario Land Download code: A07Q92CU092W9T9L
Purchased: 16/04/2015
HOME Menu theme: Club Nintendo Hanafuda: A08D5B7L1J7PTH2A
Purchased: 07/08/2015
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD - Mobile Ringtone
Purchased: 15/08/2015
Nintendo Family Digital Wallpaper
Purchased: 15/08/2015
Pikmin 3 - Mobile Ringtone
Purchased: 15/08/2015
New Super Luigi U - Mobile Ringtone
Purchased: 15/08/2015
Yoshi Pattern Digital Wallpaper
Purchased: 15/08/2015
Club Nintendo Goodbye Coin
Purchased: 03/09/2015
Nintendo Sound Selection [Endings & Credits]
Purchased: 03/09/2015
Arg, I'm always late for these things >_> The only thing I ever got out of Club Nintendo was that Yoshi plush, but I'm pretty satisfied with it.
I've been keeping an eye out for this item since March. I have been checking periodically, and I checked every day for the last fortnight except yesterday, because I knew that the exact moment it went live that exactly this would happen. I understand it came out Wednesday? So how did I miss it? It's just one last kick in the balls from Nintendo for me. I have absolutely no idea why I keep giving them money.
Edit: Oh, and look, despite the schedule saying that stars could still be earned until 30th September, none of the Club Nintendo pages are up anymore, so I cant register 5 games Ive bought recently, so that's 1250 stars I have, in time, and cant spend.
I sincerely hope this "replacement", whatever it is, is managed a hell of a lot better than Club Nintendo ever was.
I did manage to get that coin, and I'm seeing just how fortunate I was too.
@dizzy_boy I also have those playing cards too!
I live in America, all we had left to choose from was:
lined paper binders, nintendogs postcards, and a pencil holder.........
At least we get Legend of Legacy in like a couple weeks
that was kinda quick(i think)
Like when are we going to learn about the new service? CN shuts down on the 30th and its the 4th...
Hmm, I go away for 2 days, get back to find I've missed the Goodbye Coin.....typical. The least CN could have done is to make sure it had enough coins not to annoy people who have been members for decades!! Now what to spend my 7000 points on
I got one Really want a Captain Toad lamp but my stars are nearly all gone. I did get a Majora's Mask lamp though.
Being in the US and our Club Nintendo closing down quite a while ago, there was no chance for us to get this. I almost wish that they would have given this out to long time Club Nintendo members. I have gotten Platinum status every year that they had the program. It would have been cool if they sent these out to people who got Gold or Platinum every year. None of these really cool items, like the lamps, ever came to the US Club Nintendo
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