Gaming Free Donkey Kong Offer on Club Nintendo

[ShadowSoldier]

A nice bonus for my paper mario preorder Now ill have Donkey Kong Gameboy, and Donkey Kong NES! YAY FREE SHIT!

Doesn't work like that. You gotta buy the games off the eShop.

 

[chavosaur]

A nice bonus for my paper mario preorder Now ill have Donkey Kong Gameboy, and Donkey Kong NES! YAY FREE SHIT!

Doesn't work like that. You gotta buy the games off the eShop.

I already have Donkey Kong from Club nintendo awhile back for gameboy VC. When I get paper mario, I will receive the code for the free download of Donkey Kong NES yes? So free?

 

[ShadowSoldier]

A nice bonus for my paper mario preorder Now ill have Donkey Kong Gameboy, and Donkey Kong NES! YAY FREE SHIT!

Doesn't work like that. You gotta buy the games off the eShop.

I already have Donkey Kong from Club nintendo awhile back for gameboy VC. When I get paper mario, I will receive the code for the free download of Donkey Kong NES yes? So free?

I'm confused, do you have it pre-ordered from a store or what?

 

[chavosaur]

A nice bonus for my paper mario preorder Now ill have Donkey Kong Gameboy, and Donkey Kong NES! YAY FREE SHIT!

Doesn't work like that. You gotta buy the games off the eShop.

I already have Donkey Kong from Club nintendo awhile back for gameboy VC. When I get paper mario, I will receive the code for the free download of Donkey Kong NES yes? So free?

I'm confused, do you have it pre-ordered from a store or what?

Yea, preordered paper mario from a store. When i register the club nintendo code, i can get the Donkey Kong NES VC code and download it.

 

[linuxGuru]

A nice bonus for my paper mario preorder Now ill have Donkey Kong Gameboy, and Donkey Kong NES! YAY FREE SHIT!

Doesn't work like that. You gotta buy the games off the eShop.

I already have Donkey Kong from Club nintendo awhile back for gameboy VC. When I get paper mario, I will receive the code for the free download of Donkey Kong NES yes? So free?

I'm confused, do you have it pre-ordered from a store or what?

Yea, preordered paper mario from a store. When i register the club nintendo code, i can get the Donkey Kong NES VC code and download it.

No you can't, the video said you need to buy paper mario from the eshop.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

A nice bonus for my paper mario preorder Now ill have Donkey Kong Gameboy, and Donkey Kong NES! YAY FREE SHIT!

Doesn't work like that. You gotta buy the games off the eShop.

I already have Donkey Kong from Club nintendo awhile back for gameboy VC. When I get paper mario, I will receive the code for the free download of Donkey Kong NES yes? So free?

I'm confused, do you have it pre-ordered from a store or what?

Yea, preordered paper mario from a store. When i register the club nintendo code, i can get the Donkey Kong NES VC code and download it.

Negative. You gotta buy it from the eShop.

 

[chavosaur]

Stupid video hiding like a ninja -.- Lesson learned, Click LINK next time.
I would update the OP though, so that people do not make the same mistake I did. My excitement got the better of me -.-

 

[TripleSMoon]

I'm not going to complain about free BUT could we maybe get an *arcade port* this time instead of the NES game?

(Yes, I know: I'm an entitled monster and should be ashamed for even speaking this aloud blahblahblah, but I'd really like an arcade port. Just this one time. Please.)

What are the differences between the two versions, anyway?

Anyway, I won't be going for this. I'd rather actually buy physical copies of my retail games, thank you very much.

 

[The Milkman]

Hmm... I might just download PM in this case. I could use the coins and all and I suppose it wouldnt hurt to try out the download system.

 

[Janthran]

I don't plan on buying any of those. Oh well..

 

[chrisrlink]

hahaha nintendo is just dangling the steak saying update now for this shitty game and then it bites you in the ass by blocking most flashcarts

 

[TripleSMoon]

hahaha nintendo is just dangling the steak saying update now for this shitty game and then it bites you in the ass by blocking most flashcarts

I highly doubt this is their motivation. Not as many people use flash carts as it seems, I think.

 

[JoostinOnline]

Bravo Tempers, you've some how made getting free shit with a game look like a bad thing.

More like pointed out the downsides that go along with following their conditions. There is nothing wrong with that. If you want to get the eShop version for some strange reason, then this would be a good deal, but there are some major downsides to it.

 

[Dark]

The only game I am even considering on that list is paper mario...

 

[ShadowSoldier]

hahaha nintendo is just dangling the steak saying update now for this shitty game and then it bites you in the ass by blocking most flashcarts

stopped reading after you proved you dont appreciate the older arcade games. suck it good sir.

 

[DiEnd]

They're giving Donkey Kong again. Like there's no other games on NES, just Donkey Kong.

 

[Vampire Lied]

I thought "ok cool, I plan on getting sticker star anyway." Then I read it's only for ppl who buy from eshop. Damn you nintendo! Some ppl still want their physical boxart, manual and most importantly the physical copy of the game that they can trade in if they want. This is a great bonus though for those that are cool with getting the digital copy.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

I thought "ok cool, I plan on getting sticker star anyway." Then I read it's only for ppl who buy from eshop. Damn you nintendo! Some ppl still want their physical boxart, manual and most importantly the physical copy of the game that they can trade in if they want. This is a great bonus though for those that are cool with getting the digital copy.

Jesus christ, there are other games on there like Art Academy or Crossword Plus.

 

[JoostinOnline]

My guess is they are doing this to limit the sale of used games. Trade-ins at stores like GameStop hurt companies just as much as piracy (even more actually, according to an article I read awhile back).

When a physical copy of a game is sold, Nintendo (and any developer that may have worked on it) gets part of the profit, and the store that sold it gets the rest. Then someone plays the game and decides they don't want it anymore. GameStop buys it back at a reduced price, then sells it again, making more money. This process repeats until the game breaks, or someone decides they want to keep it forever.

As you can tell, it is far more profitable for Nintendo to sell digital copies. They get 100% of the profit, and the customer can't trade it in. They also don't have to spend money manufacturing a physical copy, since it's just a download.

 

[DiscostewSM]

My guess is they are doing this to limit the sale of used games. Trade-ins at stores like GameStop hurt companies just as much as piracy (even more actually, according to an article I read awhile back).

When a physical copy of a game is sold, Nintendo (and any developer that may have worked on it) gets part of the profit, and the store that sold it gets the rest. Then someone plays the game and decides they don't want it anymore. GameStop buys it back at a reduced price, then sells it again, making more money. This process repeats until the game breaks, or someone decides they want to keep it forever.

As you can tell, it is far more profitable for Nintendo to sell digital copies. They get 100% of the profit, and the customer can't trade it in. They also don't have to spend money manufacturing a physical copy, since it's just a download.

If they were to supply your choice of an NES/SNES/etc game when you purchased a retail 3DS game via eShop, I'd definitely go with the digital version.