
The My Nintendo website has updated itself once again, bringing along a new batch of rewards for loyal customers. This time around sees a bit of a revamp, with a 'Nindie Game Gold Point Rewards: Summer 2018' event taking place.
Rather than giving players discounts on select titles, this new initiative is offering up full games for a splattering of Gold Points. It might be a small list to begin with, but there are some cracking entries. Here's everything on offer:
- [New 3DS] Runbow Pocket: 110 Gold Points
- [3DS] Noitu Love: Devolution: 80 Gold Points
- [3DS] Severed: 110 Gold Points
- [Wii U] Freedom Planet: 110 Gold Points
Currently, this Nindie game rewards event is only taking place on the North American version of the My Nintendo website - we'll have to wait and see if the European version also gets the same treatment.
As always, remember that your Gold Points can now also be used towards Switch eShop purchases in all regions.
WIll you be getting your hands on any of these deals? Let us know with a comment below.
[source my.nintendo.com]
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Freedom Planet still coming to the Switch, no?
Freedom Planet has been on my «to buy» list for more than a year now, so hope this comes to Europe.
I guess this is a good deal for all the 9 people that don't own these games
...lol, still no Switch.
Meh, I'd rather use those coins on digital Switch games.
@SonOfVon Not everyone grabs every single game every week. I have over 60GB of games on my 3DS but I'm still missing Noitu Love: Devolution and Severed so I'm certainly getting them if the same games are going to be available on European My Nintendo as well.
Runbow Pocket has been on European My Nintendo rewards for ages, along with Star Wars Pinball, Steamworld Dig and Teslagrad (but it was never shown on this site that I saw)
But still, only giving us Wii U and 3DS games as a reward, come on My Nintendo offer something good, like Club Nintendo used to with the Playing Cards, Stickers etc.
Games for old systems! So generous!
I'm sure a bunch of Switch indies would jump on a promotion like this.
No switch games... why Nintendo .... why
I would have preferred Shantae: Risky's Revenge, but Freedom Planet looks good. I didn't know about this game and just read the review. Seems worth the exact 110 gold points I actually have. Thats 1,1 euro. Can't be bad for that price.
I was keeping them to make an Arcade Archives game cheaper, but I'll change region anyway to buy them, so the points wouldn't have been available say in Norway.
Nice, the 3ds lives on. Glad I bought bloodstained so I can get noitu
Needs Switch games. I'd be interested in Freedom Planet, but not on Wii U. Put it on Switch and I'd gladly take it.
Spent my gold points on the Mario + Rabbids DK DLC Don't regret that, but these are also good games to get for "free".
Might be an alternative to Europe to begin with, seeing as we've already had Runbow recently. Although I certainly wouldn't mind me a free Noitu. XD (Severed I already have on Vita)
This is nice. Unfortunately for me, I already have "Freedom Planet" and (the Wii U version of) "Severed" and have no interest in the other two games. Keep them coming, though.
@SonOfVon as long as consoles keeps selling any numbers (and even XBone in Japan tends to sell more than nine per week), this will always be a crude exaggeration. Such quips always sound like an impression that everyone buying a 3DS/Vita/WiiU/PS4 these days gets it bundled with at least 75% of the library including all the classics. XD
Bring back Club Nintendo and physical rewards. These gold points are such a rip off.
Everybody should play Severed. Absolutely one of the best games I ever played on Vita.
@Ogbert I mean... I wouldn't. Not because I wouldnt want promotion, but more like I bet less than 10% of the Switch's audience even knows what MyNintendo is lol
I'm tempted by Freedom Planet, but unfortunately I don't quite have enough coins....
Well my 525 gold coins are safe, but thanks for the monthly reminder, I have 160 plat coins expiring so I'm picking up a couple of "starter guides".
I wish Ntineod would offer up the monthly wallpapers a month in advance, by the time I remember to pick up a new month it's half over so I don't bother.
As of now, no matter what Indie games they offer, My Nintendo's Golden Coins are worthless. However, even w/o physical rewards (because they obviously don't want those again), they CAN be made worth something, if A.) You got 600 coins instead of 300 for a $60 digital purchase), B.) Make what you can use them on in the eShop less restrictive. As of now, you pretty much can only use them on games & individual DLCs, not even DLC Season Passes (at least with how it's worded). And C.) Don't let the coins don't expire. I still don't get why they give you so little to use their reward system with, then give you a timer on how soon they can be used on top of that.
I think they should give you Gold Coins for 3DS DLC purchases & any Wii U purchases to help try and save MyNintendo, but the stuff above is much more important. However, before someone tries to argue that a $6 reward every time you buy a $60 game is asking for too much, let me remind you it would take 10 or more $60, non-refundable digital purchases (over $600) to be able to get 1 free game as a reward. Also, still waiting for new Switch Themes Nintendo. Maybe instead of making screensavers, make something that people'd actually care about. (Hell, even just take the screensaver pics and turn them into Themes.)
But, those are just my opinions, so feel free to disagree.
@rjejr It's pretty sad that the free Platinum Coins have more & better things available than the Gold Coins do. >_>
@Nintendo_Alski The gold coins give 5-10% money back on all digital purchases. That’s been pretty sweet at least.
Was excited at the headline only to be disappointed by the rest. Already own the single Wii U offering, so I guess I will be burning a few more gold coins on even more useless digital crap to keep from losing them.
Will probably be getting all of these, well the 3DS games. I have over 600 gold coins I think.
On the 3DS/Wii U? Nah, buried those systems ages ago. Switch deals would be fine, the rest is eh.
@shoeses Well more makes sense, there are several mobile games giving out plat coins, and I get a bunch each week just for clicking on stuff. As for better, well as a Switch owner there really are no gold rewards, so anything is better than nuthin.
How well does Freedom Planet hold up in a time where a good 2D Sonic game exists?
I'm sure 90% of us are no longer interested in Wii U games anymore. Not sure why they keep beating a dead horse. Ridiculous.
I love how Nintendo does everything they can to erase the existence of WiiU from memory, and then runs sales prominently displaying it.
@shoeses I'm not sure I follow your argument. You get 5% in gold coins for every digital purchase (including 3DS and Wii U eshops). You can use that on any Switch purchase, so no need to save up. Gold coins expire in a year, but you can use them any time so unless you just don't buy anything for a year they won't expire.
Admittedly it's not so good if you don't own a Switch, but then Nintendo want to encourage you to get one
Oh so another pointless promo with basically nothing to give away. Still giving out WiiU gamecodes? That's a joke.
This is horible. Why is this not happening on Switch? Why are gold points worth 10x xas much on 3ds as they are on Switch?
do this points expire?
Meh... I've just been using those points toward other downloads on the eShop. For me to really "rack 'em up", Nintendo will have to do better with their rewards, such as, full games on Switch, but I doubt that will happen until Switch is longer in the tooth. So in the meantime, I'll just "discount" my own purchases on Switch...
Wow, for me, the 3ds games are a great deal after such a huge drought in content on My Nintendo. Plus, I just happen to have enough coins for all of them!
These are 3 games I have really wanted to play, but have fallen off my radar due to working on my backlog. No complaints here.
Just glad to see some free games! Runbow will get you on the DLC.
@SonOfVon
I literally own none of these lol
Can’t recommend Severed enough! I’m gonna give the other two a shot, and give the Severed code to my brother since he doesn’t have coins.
These gold coins have saved me so much on my 3DS! Xenoblade 3DS discount, lots of Nindies deals and platinum coins discounted my DKC Returns 3DS and Animal Crossing New Leaf. I wish it would get me some deals on Switch, but I can’t complain too much for how it’s been for me so far.
@chardir My argument is that the Gold Coins are pretty worthless value-wise. Yes, you can spend them on the digital purchase of a game or individual DLC, but the 'savings' are so minuscule it doesn't exactly matter. $9 in credit after spending $190+ isn't exactly what I'd call a good/balanced reward.
(Guess whatever I read was outdated then - they only don't give you Gold Coins for 3DS & Wii U DLC purchases. If you or someone else could confirm you can spend Gold Coins on DLC Season Passes or if it was just bad wording on Nintendo's part, that'd be good to know/correct.)
@rjejr I have grabbed all I can with my gold points. But being only a Switch owner, I feel a bit overlooked by the system so far... Lost some gold already.... Expiring coins before switch rewards came on deck was low. But its business I guess.
3DS and Wii U only. Of course. Because why would we want rewards on the Switch?
@Katelyn1223 then I imagine it must be a nice feeling to belong to such an exclusive club of 9 people
Bring Freedom Planet to Switch, then we'll talk.
That's a bit frustrating for me as I just bought noitu love on 3ds
I wish I could have used gold coins instead
@ICISAZEL We only bought our Switch in October when Super Mario Odyssey released so we have a couple more months before they start to expire. I'm hoping for some Switch rewards to be announced when they start talking about the paid online. I wonder if we get gold coins for the paid online subscription cost? I have a family of 3 gamers so we'll need to purchase the $35 option.
Not quite tempting enough for me. .
@rjejr unfortunately I was a day one switch only use, so there was not much of a choice as to what to do with my coins until Nintendo started letting us use them to get money off of purchases. Alas its all I am saying..
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