New Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Rewards Appear on My Nintendo in North America

Obligatory My Nintendo is dumb comment

But seriously, what is up with this "rewards" program?

If you are like me, and are COMPLETELY dissatisfied with how much worse My Nintendo is than Club Nintendo, just don't log in and let those coins expire! They will get the message.

I'm sorry but 'My Nintendo' is just a straight up disappointment. These rewards don't change that. Get on it Nintendo, start serving some quality please, the loyalists such as myself need some love.

Not the kind of MK8 awards that I'm looking for.

E3 better change this situation and fast.

Garbage, now if I could use platinum coins to unlock these gold items then it could be useful.

Nice to know I don't have to feel bad for having a Switch yet when it comes to My Nintendo rewards.

i do like the calendar for my pC lock screen but...
im sitting on a huge amount of gold coins, id like to use them

A "June" calendar? wtf? They can't even be bothered with a year-long calendar?

And it's not even a physical calendar either. Just an image. You could literally either redeem your coins, or just copy the image right off of the web page. It doesn't make a difference. There is no reason to actually redeem for any of this.

Seeing this really makes me miss Club Nintendo.

I really don't like to criticize because, after all, we're getting something for free. That said, I really miss the swag and cool accessories that were available on Club Nintendo.

What's the point of having all these coins if there's nothing interesting to trade with?

You can right click a Mario Kart 8 photo and set it as your background.
Guess I found a way to hack Nintendo's reward system.

GARBAGE
WORST REWARDS PROGRAM I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE

There's a convergence of these rewards and services and apps and games that I expected but hasn't happened... yet?

Miitomo mii for Switch avatar I thought would be a given, for instance.

Maybe it will all still get there and it's just about not placing too much effort into old systems and Wii U and 3DS, but... I'm always looking for something and I keep not finding it.

Strategy guides that are digital is maybe the best gold reward I've seen so far, but I generally never buy those.

I'm officially done with my Nintendo. I can grab wallpapers on google images for, I don't know, FREE? Thank u Nintendo Life for keeping us in the know though. The term 'rewards' may be being thrown around too loosely. I miss Club Nintendo. At least some rewards were tangible...

@McGruber
If you are like me, and are COMPLETELY dissatisfied with how much worse My Nintendo is than Club Nintendo, just don't log in and let those coins expire! They will get the message

I'm inclined to agree. I was optimistic at first but, it's been crap ever since the launch. Getting actual exclusive games was great! Zelda Picross and WarioWare DS VC on 3DS... that's the good stuff. But now, the disappointment is palpable.

I have over 1,000 gold coins rotting away, and even more platinum coins. Whatever. I've written off My Nintendo and don't even check it anymore. Waste of time.

Meanwhile Bungie has a t-shirt u can work your tail off for...
Lame.

So excited when I saw this!
Then I actually read the article...

Wallpaper ??
Tick, tick, tick (Searching from Google Image)
Easy way = Save image from Google Image, Set as Desktop Background, Done.
Right ?

More terrible

No

CRAAAAAAAP i dont want. thanks for the new program of horrible rewards

It is at a point where I'm not even buying anything on the eshop. I have already had about 160 gold coins expire last month because I had nothing worthwhile to spend them.

This rewards program is sad.

This is sad....

Nothing like spending reward coins on something I could get from a simple image search.

Didn't Club Nintendo offer Mario Kart 7, the whole actual game, or am I misremembering that, I'm pretty sure I did not pay a dime for it because of something or another.

But wallpapers you can get anywhere are good too

I have 412 gold points, and based on what I've seen, nothing to spend them on for the foreseeable future. Mine start expiring in October, and I'll be stunned if there's anything worth spending them on between now and then. Ugh. At this point, my dream scenario would be them letting me redeem some/any/all of my Gold points to cover/discount the forthcoming paid Nintendo online service. I know, it'll never happen, but I'd settle for.... Well.... Just about anything even remotely decent at this point!

The "My Nintendo" rewards have been extremely disappointing.
I don't want to waste my coins on "discounts" for games. And why should I spend my coins on a "wallpaper" of an image I can pull off of Google Images?
Come on, Nintendo. Give us tangible goods, or full games to download, like we used to have!!!

NA rewards amiright?

I can get all of these rewards by going to google images. Or at least the first two. The last one is like an Ad for the players guide. This is pathetic.

Every time I play the Wii version of Punch-Out!! and Doc Louis says "Join Club Nintendo today Mac!" I cry a bit and die a little inside.

I'm still wondering how the Switch was expected to magically fix My Nintendo? It's the site itself that needs to improve and Nintendo hasn't shown any sign of doing so at this time.

Please put more effort into this Nintendo.

I don't get how Nintendo even think these are rewards. Is it possible they don't know about right-clicking?

May as well use the points before they expire I guess, even if the "gifts" you can redeem are kind of like Hestu's...

If anyone has downloaded the SF2 wallpaper for their phone, the metadata is fixed at 31st March 2017. For me it appeared way down the list in the photo app.

Only buying because my coins will expire so why not

Hot Garbage Rewards....think I'll just let my points expire.

I thought My Nintendo was supposed to encourage us to buy digital. It's doing exactly the opposite for me.

Its a slap in the face to nintendo fans. just more proof nintendo is out of touch with it's fans and gamers in general. there's no defense for this.

Posters, Posters and more Posters, we need some new physical rewards Nintendo . I miss the old Club Nintendo.

...psh...thought you said "Deluxe" Rewards...nothing to see here...

i never figured out how to get points (or coins or whatever) anyway. is it tied to miitomo? i don't know and i don't care. and i guess it doesn't matter cuz i'm clearly not missing anything.

they must have unpaid interns working on this because they're not even trying anymore.

I have a feeling I'll probably never use my gold rewards. The reality is very simple why for just two reasons alone.

1 - It's all heavy valued digital garbage I could (for images) find better work online for free.

2 - I like to own games, I buy physical, and they give you like 20% of the coins like real jerkoffs if you don't buy digital.

I've got 7 games, 6 physical, 5 quality (JP I Am Setsuna I can't cash in) yet I have barely any coins at all, not even enough for a $60 digital purchase worth and it's insulting. I've got just 62 gold coins, would be 310 if I only downloaded games. Nintendo should be punished for this, my money is just as good as everyone else's.

I would find watching paint dry to be more exciting at this point.

I'm still waiting to see what the Nintendo Switch related rewards will be, probably won't be a big improvement off of 3DS and Wii U but one can hope

The whole program is pointless at this stage, so I just move on with my life and enjoy Switch games instead. Maybe one day they'll change it for the better, but if not, oh well. I'd rather they focus on creating amazing experiences like BotW than digital coin freebies.

Oh how I miss Club Nintendo...

@Killer7IsDead
Ehhh, it's not a slap in the face. It's disappointing, and absolutely worthless, but it is extra above and beyond. That's like saying a Christmas gift is a slap in the face which is moderately insulting- even if the gift is crap it's still a gift.

It has nothing to do with being out of touch it just has to do with being crap rewards. Nintendo is probably more in touch than you realize. They added region free, addressed online, are making open world games that best even the best in the industry, finally made a system that's sleek and sexy, they've got a hot selling system... believe me they're perfectly in touch, which is why they're still in business.

It's just a worthless, crap reward system, but let's not try to make that out to be more than it is

I mean yeah, focus on the games, please. As a Nintendo Switch hardware owner I couldn't be more pleased. They don't owe us anything. But don't call it what it isn't. Make it worth something. I'm a big fanboy, admitted. Didn't mean to cause an uproar here...

Really is all people really do is female dog now. I am certain the Switch rewards will be revealed soon. Nintendo is probably still in the process of working out how they integrate with Switch. I think My Nintendo is intended to be much more integrated with Switches online services which might be why Switch rewards have not shown up yet

@JaxonH "addressed online"

i beg to differ, and would love to hear how you've reached this conclusion.

"are making open world games that best even the best in the industry"

dude, seriously. it's one game, man. an AMAZING game. but it's one game.

@gatorboi352
Doesn't matter if it's one game. It shows that they are in touch with what people want. One example of several, as noted above. There's also Xenoblade X, and a new Xenoblade 2 coming this year. Big awesome open world games that people love. Why are they making open world games now? Because that's what's popular and they're in touch with that.

Maybe you missed the memo but we're going to have voice chat for for all their games in just a couple months which was one of the biggest complaints people had. That's what you call addressing the biggest issue with online.

So now you know how I have reached that conclusion.

@JaxonH nintendo defender i see. why you even bother is beyond me. lol

ohh...a background for my computer........at least they should have it for the switch....

the rewards will always be digital most likely. nintendo is in a new era all about saving and making money. So why should they offer great rewards to ship out to their fans?? That's expensive to them. We were spoiled by Club Nintendo (even though the rewards were mediocre compared their homeland's rewards)
It's whatever at this point
It's typical nintendo at this point
It's modern nintendo being modern nintendo at their best.

It's like they got this rush of creativity to create a new rewards system, and then ran out of ideas after the first month.

At least you Americans ( and UK ) had Club Nintendo.
The rest, like me, we constantly face slapped buying Nintendo games, with Club Nintendo voucers inside we could never use.

So welcome to the Club! At least now everyone is on equal level of getting nothing lol.

Can we finally admit that My Nintendo is a steaming pile of trash! There were some adamant defenders that would moan at anyone that would dare criticize mynintendo for being worse than club nintendo but come on now. This service has really only gotten worse since it's gone on. Like in the beginning you could get a few gb titles on the 3ds for some coins, they weren't anything steller like say Link's Awakening but it was still something. Fast forward to now and they dont even have that any more! What a disappointment

@UnseatingKDawg I crei every teim. RIP Club Nintendo

Calm down now guys. Are we a bunch of angry dwarves, ready to push Snow White out in front of the next horse cart? Lol

@Killer7IsDead
Ignorance does not even begin to cover the statement you just made. Maybe.... maybe he's just wrong, and I disagree with his wrong opinion for reasons clearly outlined? There's a novel concept.

I'm a common sense defender, and I can't stomach parroting unfounded accusations. You say something illogical and unfounded like that about Sony, I'll expose your ignorance all the same. Say some stupid crap like that about MS and I'll let you know just how wrong you are. This has nothing to do with Nintendo, but has everything to do with saying stupid crap.

We all agree MyNintendo sucks. But when people then use that as a platform to parrot some unfounded accusation without any intelligent thought, I'm gonna say something. Like "Sony abandoned Vita, therefore they're a racist company and hate women, and if you disagree youre just a Sony defender". You can't make whatever wild accusation you feel twittling your butt and then hide behind accusations of "defending Nintendo". Nobody is buying that nonsense so sell that garbage elsewhere.

Facepalm.

@Wolfgabe Again, no profanity please, warned you several times before in the past.

My Nintendo is a sick bag full of vomit.

Seriously? I mean...why would you create a rewards system that offers discounts on the games that likely earned the member those coins in the first place?

"HEY! You can get a 30% DISCOUNT (off of this popular game that you just bought at full price in order to earn 30 coins)!"

What a ripoff.

"a June calendar"

This may sound harsh, but these rewards can easily do the piracy or better yet, just google it for the better guide and wallpapers.

As for the My Nintendo... I was grateful for getting Pikmin 3 DLC rewards, so can we get at least Smash Bros DLC anytime soon?!?

Seeing these constantly lame My Nintendo rewards reminds me of this clip from Friends.

Club Nintendo was way better. I always found a game or something to download.

Wow so many negative comments. Come on guys. It's gonna get better when the NX comes out

so mynintendo has become essentially what Club Nintendo used to be... such a shame

I've got some awesome Mario Kart 8 pin badges from the old club Nintendo. Seems from this new reward scheme I might be able to get some wallpapers of pin badges at the very best

I used the screen capture button on the MK 8 title screen before the "press L and R" text appeared. Copied it from SD card to PC for the wallpaper. I'd like the mobile version for my phone though.

Hmmm. How about a 30% discount on the game itself, since it was already out on Wii U! It's a bummer to wait for a price drop/discount but I can't justify paying full price for a game I already own.

@McGruber Done and done.. I've already let a bunch of coins expire. There's literally nothing to spend them on anyway.

With codes to redeem from new games, at least Club Nintendo let you build up a stockpile of points to spend on something at least half-decent. My Nintendo, on the other hand? Garbage!

And they call this a REWARD? Man, they don't really understand that word.
BRING BACK CLUB NINTENDO

@audiobrainiac 🎶Someday my death will come...!🎶

sigh

@LegendOfPokemon It rewards nintendo by maximizing their profit from not giving you anything for "free"

I've gotten better rewards out of a litter box after feeding my cat than Nintendo has offered on My Nintendo.

The only really memorable reward that made me feel like I wasn't wasting my time was WarioWare and that was one of the very first rewards. Every time after has just been a dud.

I remember everyone saying "don't worry! This program will get MUCH better when the Switch comes out!", lol. I'm about to lose hundreds of gold coins over June and July.

I think, at best, we can hope that eventually we will get 'rewards' similar to the ones we currently have for 3DS and Wii U. As in - we will wait a few years, then be 'rewarded' with 20% discounts, for 100 gold coins, and on games we already have by then.

What a huge disappointment for us that were used to Club Nintendo.

You know something is really bad when even JaxonH feels extremely negative about it.

Bunch of spoiled brats, crying because you don't get your way.it is what it is,if you don't like it don't use it.sitting whining about it won't change a thing.im throwing all you cry babies a bottle and a box of tissues.im off to get the new wallpaper

@Slim1999 You are part of the problem. I know some gamers often feel entitled and come off as bratty but people expressing their dissatisfaction with this service is perfectly logical and fair.

Enjoy your wallpaper. I got mine off of Google.

I'll get the wallpaper when it gets to the european My Nintendo,I alredy got the USF2 one.Even tought I dont have a Switch i like them a lot, since I still play the original MK8 and SF2-the new challengers.

I know you guys are just doing your jobs writing about My Nintendo news, but respectfully, this isn't news. It's utter disappointment every single time.

@Moon

Amen to that.

Those rewards are simply awful. Nintendo is consistent alright. Consistently able to disappoint me, when it comes to servicing long term loyal fans/customers. They don't share the same loyalty their fans do for them, they are a business afterall.

I find it really bemusing that nintendo are constantly messing up the obvious, straight forward and small things that a large international company simply should not mess up. From bad pricing (i'm looking at you eshop), to stock shortages (nes mini...i understand they were being cautious with switch), to a shoddy loyalty program, to marketing (bad E3s, disappointing nintendo directs, literally zero advertising for prior hardware), to bad uncessary games....who thought Ac-amiibo festival was a good idea....and allowing unique IPs to die. (Granted they have improved in some of those departments recently)

I do love nintendo but some days i just feel like "ok that's enough internet for today" when i read stuff like this and how lazy and uptight they can be :/

@Joeynator3000 sorry I forgot

This would have been a great time to announce some themes for the switch. A Mario Kart one would have been amazing and a reward that people would actually be bothered about.

But I mean, what do I know? I don't work for Nintendo

This is just embarrasing. Wallpapers? Is this 1995? Has Nintendo heard of Google images?

My Nintendo needs to be shuttered. It's pointless, and doesn't offer anything of value for those Platinum or Gold coins. It's actually an embarrassment. Nintendo just needs to admit that they have not gotten the Rewards system right and just can the whole thing.

@Nicolaison I too would like a legit calendar. I've farmed all those coins for nothing!!

I miss Nintendo Power stamps.

Wallpaper?...Seriously Nintendo? Who would waste their coins or points or whatever on that when you can just download it elsewhere?

Yeah I don't check My Nintendo at all, couldn't tell you how many coins I have. Really disappointing rewards since the start besides the Zelda Picross.

@JaxonH

Dude. The Wii U was sleek and sexy.

Heck. You don't even need to Google where to get that wallpaper. They were nice enough to post it right here in the article for you!.

Or heaven forbid you dust off your old scanner and scan your freaking box.

@JaxonH lol man you really give Nintendo the benefit of the doubt. Like, they haven't even delivered on HALF of the stuff you're detailing and yet, you're 100% bought in.

And really? XCX being the only other game to reference? XC2 not even out yet?

I get it though, man. I was once insanely sold by Nintendo. I won't harass you about it any more.

Another terrible My Nintendo update. I've been a very loyal customer but I'm starting to feel forgotten by Nintendo, everything just seems to be mobile phone focused. I actually redeemed a 30% discount for Fire Embem a couple of weeks ago but got screwed over as it only offered me 20%. After several emails and long phone calls it still isn't corrected; so I just gave up. It's definitely not the same Nintendo that had such great customer service a few years ago.

@Baker1000
And WarioWare: Touched.

Heck no! gimme some downloads alrewady! Geeze. Think we buy stuff 4 free? Don't skimp out onnda prizez!!!!!!!!

A wallpaper I can google to get, one month's worth of calendar and a sample of a guide?

What a load of crap.

How about some Switch themes, a discount (even if it costs 200 gold coins for 10%, I got nothing else to spend them on!) and a digital copy of the whole guide?

phuck...

Less of a rewards programme and more of a marketing tool is how I would describe MyNintendo at this point. I get that's the point of a rewards programme, but usually there's more benefit to the consumer than can be found here.

Still a tiny chance that Switch will make it better, but we've been waiting for so long, looks like the ship might have sailed already.

@ap0001 From Club Nintendo I got Pokemon X, Mario 3D Land, Pikmin 3, Donkey Country Tropical Freeze, Game and Wario plus a ton of VC games, all completely free. Not to mention the wii u deluxe digital promotion got me a bunch of eshop coupons to use on anything I want...

so yeah, mynintendo is just a bit of a disappointment by comparison.

@RedMageLanakyn No, it's more like they created a new rewards system to benefit Nintendo more than their customers. This is why there was a delay between the shuttering of Club Nintendo and the launch of My Nintendo, to lessen the shock of how much worse My Nintendo is.

@mjhopkins81 Your reward for buying a game is a coupon for a small discount on another game. The only winner is Nintendo.

Compared to Club Nintendo MyNintendo has truly been pathetic. I have no problem with the system providing discounts on existing content in general (though I much rather prefer the cant-get-anywhere-else rewards club nintendo offered), but then it should be across the board in the form of spending points/discount coupons that you can apply to anything, NOT just discounts applied to specific games

I'm hoping I can trade those gold coins for online access once it is a pay service. I would offer an incentive and reward those who expand their game libraries so be a win/win for both the player and Nintendo. Defiantly not spending any on anything before then even if there was something worth while which there is not.