Club Nintendo is Being Replaced

[CRTGAMER]

APRIL 30 LAST DAY TO CLAIM PLATINUM OR GOLD ELITE GIFT
Redeem now! Anyone who waits to the last day will be dealing with a busy server!

Members who reach Elite Status will be able to choose a downloadable game from a wide selection of Nintendo 3DS and Wii U titles. Your free Elite Status gift will be available between April 1 and April 30, 2015.

The 2015 Elite Status Gifts have been announced. If you have reached Gold or Platinum status, you will have until 5/1/15 to choose your free game. Remember that each Gold or Platinum member can pick only one game.

JUNE 30TH LAST DAY TO REDEEM CLUB NINTENDO COINS

Club Nintendo program discontinuation schedule

1/20/2015 - Products released after this date are not eligible for registration with Club Nintendo

3/31/2015 - Last day to earn Coins, register products with Club Nintendo, and sign up for new Club Nintendo membership

6/30/2015 - Last day to redeem Coins or access your account on the Club Nintendo website. Club Nintendo program shuts down at 11:59pm PT on 6/30/2015.

CLUB NINTENDO EXCLUSIVE GAMES
Anyone who has enough redemption coins left, recommend grabbing Doc Lous Punchout and Grill Off With Ultra Hand. Both of these are exclusive to just Club Nintendo, you do not want to wait to the last minute rush when the servers get bogged down again. Get the games today while the servers are wide open!

After June 30, 2015 there will no longer be an opportunity to "buy" and download either game!



Wii Doc Louis Punchout - 250 Coins





Wii Grill Off With Ultra Hand - 80 Coins





After all the physical prize and download game redemptions, I have 30 coins left over. A shame I cannot transfer these over to anyone. If there is a way, please post how to "gift" the coins. I do not think it is the same as Nintendo Points cards.

Something is nagging me about regular Nintendo points card purchases of Wii download games. I am hoping the games do not go away after June since the games can be played thru the WiiU. I hate buying DRM games, but there are a couple of very good ones that will eventually be vaporware.

[Ziggy]

Couldn't one of the prizes be points for the eShop?

[Ziggy]

So I wasn't really into any of the Elite prizes this year. Any game I was interested in, I already own. So instead of just getting something stupid that I don't care about and only costs $10 on the eShop, I decided to get DKC Tropical Freeze. I already own a physical copy of the game, but I'll give to code to my brother. Him and his girlfriend have a U. I got him the new Smash Bros last Christmas, but they weren't really into it. I felt bad, so this'll make up for it.

[jmbarnes101]

If you haven't done so yet tonight at 12:00 PST is the deadline to redeem your gold and silver prizes. I'm still debating between Punch-Out, Mario Golf, and DK: Tropical Freeze myself.

[s1mplehumar]

Got my MM bag yesterday. It's quite...thin. Hey, free is free. It's still a nice bag!

[CRTGAMER]

First of the two Zelda Puzzle sets came in. As in the Animal Crossing Cards a disappointing small size; a Gift BAG with the puzzle pieces inside! Really?! I had expected a small box at least. A 300 piece puzzle this small will need tweezers! Guess this is one "game" I will keep sealed, it is already defective.

[Ziggy]

Yeah, my puzzle came in the mail yesterday. I was a bit disappointed when I saw it. I'll post some pictures later if I can.

[8bit]

Yeah, my puzzle came in the mail yesterday. I was a bit disappointed when I saw it. I'll post some pictures later if I can.

Yup, just got mine too. It was completely beat to hell in its cheap cardboard bag thing. They really went cheap on these rewards. I'm starting to regret not just getting more downloadable games....

[flojocabron]

First of the two Zelda Puzzle sets came in. As in the Animal Crossing Cards a disappointing small size; a Gift BAG with the puzzle pieces inside! Really?! I had expected a small box at least. A 300 piece puzzle this small will need tweezers! Guess this is one "game" I will keep sealed, it is already defective.

WHAT IS THIS A PUZZLE FOR ANTS?

[Ziggy]

Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics, but it's enough to get the idea...





The pouch is basically like magazine paper. The top is simply folded over and taped shut. You know those grey plastic mailing bags that a lot of places use to ship clothes? That's what they shipped it in. Not a box, not even a bubble mailer. Fucking plastic bag. I'm lucky mine didn't get destroyed.

I'm pretty disappointed at the size of it. I was thinking about assembling the puzzle and then framing it. It's a pretty cool picture. But now I'm thinking it might look like crap with that small of pieces. The magazine paper pouch is also a let down. I just assumed this would come in a nice little box.

I'm let down. I got this over one of the poster sets because the picture looked cool. Now I wish I would have got one of the poster sets instead.