Gaming Club Nintendo February Offerings...

[Eerpow]

Yep, this is how crap Nintendo Club has been to me:

Total Stars Earned (all time): 7785
Current Balance: 2500
Stars I've Actually Spent: 1700

How long do points last in the first place?
Just looked at the prizes and all the good stuff is 5000+, but even then there's a very limited selection of items. Hmm, that SNES controller is pretty sweet, too bad it's 7000 stars. In any case shits in need of a revamp already, these prizes are old!

Oh and game releases have been weak lately so I can't help you much at the moment, next on my list is Luigi's Mansion and Fire Emblem, let's see what happens after that.

 

[Rizsparky]

Cards have an expiry date on them, once registered, I think they last 2 years. There is a bit when you log in that tells you X stars expiring this month.

Ah ok, dammit NoE put something worthwhile up so I can actually spend my points!

 

[Wizerzak]

How long do points last in the first place?
Just looked at the prizes and all the good stuff is 5000+, but even then there's a very limited selection of items. Hmm, that SNES controller is pretty sweet, too bad it's 7000 stars. In any case shits in need of a revamp already, these prizes are old!

Oh and game releases have been weak lately so I can't help you much at the moment, next on my list is Luigi's Mansion and Fire Emblem, let's see what happens after that.

I guess it's a 2 year expiry from when you register them. I'm losing another 100 at the end of this month but there's nothing there for 100 stars and I'd rather not eat into the ones I'm not losing.
However I do strongly suspect they'll revamp the prizes soon so that's what I'm holding out for.

 

[GeekyGuy]

Picked up a deck of Animal Crossing cards yesterday (after registering my copy of FE: Awakening). I'm pretty darn happy.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

No, you pay for the game AND the code. Do you really think sales would be exactly the same if Club Nintendo didn't exist? If that were true, they would just shut it down. They would be losing money from the cheap prizes the give.

PS: I just bought Balloon Fight so I could get coins.

You don't pay for the code dude, that's dumb. What about all the other titles that cost full price for Nintendo consoles and don't have codes? You're paying for the game. The code is free with new purchase, as majority of people are buying a game for the game, not the code. If they're buying a game just for the code, they should be shot.

Code = Free.

 

[JoostinOnline]

You don't pay for the code dude, that's dumb. What about all the other titles that cost full price for Nintendo consoles and don't have codes? You're paying for the game. The code is free with new purchase, as majority of people are buying a game for the game, not the code. If they're buying a game just for the code, they should be shot.

Code = Free.

You didn't answer my question.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

You didn't answer my question.

God I'm getting tired of people saying this over the site.

Yes, I do think sales would be the same, and no, they wouldn't shut it down. Why would they? Does it cost them anything? Yeah sure, but they make it up again in sales anyways, which gives them more money than what they lose.

 

[Janthran]

How often do they expire? I have around 2000 and I'm waiting for something worthwhile to pop-up, the only item ive ordered in the kid icarus AR cards.

They expire like every 1st July
But only after two years.

 

[Rizsparky]

They expire like every 1st July
But only after two years.

Ah ok, that means I have a few months to spend them.. *waits for Nintendo to add something worthwhile to the store*

 

[JoostinOnline]

God I'm getting tired of people saying this over the site.

Yes, I do think sales would be the same, and no, they wouldn't shut it down. Why would they? Does it cost them anything? Yeah sure, but they make it up again in sales anyways, which gives them more money than what they lose.

You need to relax bro. As I said earlier, I'm not complaining about the system. I just think that Club Nintendo is profitable for them, because it gives people another reason to go with their games, instead of used or third party ones. People always love bonus content, even if it's worthless.

Btw, Balloon Fight was only 30 cents. If it had been a dollar or something, I wouldn't have bought it for the coins. I also thought I would enjoy the game more than I do.

 

[Janthran]

Ah ok, that means I have a few months to spend them.. *waits for Nintendo to add something worthwhile to the store*

That's for US, Nintendo of Europe might be different.

 

[joelv6]

i havent even touch my 3ds haha it look like an ok list. Ill wait till next month