FINALLY! At long last! People living in the North American continent have the opportunity to join the treehouse that is Club Nintendo (maybe I should have used a nightclub reference instead). Club Nintendo, that customer loyalty service where fans who show their support get rewarded with limited edition merchandise and sweet prizes. It was always the envy of Nintendo players in Canada, the U.S.A., and Mexico to see their Japanese and later European counterparts get to revel in a mass of unique Nintendo collectables. You could assume that since North America was the region with the most spend-ready customer base that the Club was reserved for the hometown folks in Japan as a default and for Europe as a compensation since they notoriously used to (and sometimes still do) get ignored for timely hot-ticket releases. But now that the world of Nintendo is better coming together (South Africa's and Australia's Club Nintendos have been going on for most of the year now) at least we in the former "New World" finally get a chance to participate.
Listen to the following to see how...
How Club Nintendo works is through buyers of Nintendo-published games registering their games to the service by inputting the packed-in PIN codes that come with every retail release (not likely to be found if bought used). Through this and filling in little questionnaires/surveys, the owners will receive Coins which can be accumulated with each registered purchase to cash-in for exclusive prizes and promotions. Such prizes like the Game & Watch Collection for the DS, Nintendo playing cards (representing Nintendo's original business), a DS case, and a Wiimote holder for a few examples.
Each Wii game registered (and accompanying survey completed) will gain the owner 50 Coins, each DS game registered (and filled-out survey) will capture 30 Coins, and each Virtual Console or WiiWare title bought through the Wii Shop Channel registered (with finished survey) will earn 10 Coins. As of right now, prizes run from 300 Coins to 800 Coins. And not only do newly released games get to be registered but a list of past games from the current systems can be registered as well. What a way to build company-to-customer trust. By the way, those who already have a MyNintendo account from the main site can transfer their account over to Club Nintendo with already registered games able to redeem the new club's Coins. (details at ClubNintendo.com).
Here's a list of register-ready titles:
Wii Games
•Animal Crossing: City Folk
•Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
•Endless Ocean
•Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
•Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
•Link's Crossbow Training
•Mario Kart Wii
•Mario Party 8
•Mario Strikers Charged
•Mario Super Sluggers
•Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
•Pokémon Battle Revolution
•Super Mario Galaxy
•Super Paper Mario
•Super Smash Bros. Brawl
•Wario Land: Shake It!
•WarioWare: Smooth Moves
•Wii Fit
•Wii Music
•Wii Play
Virtual Console and WiiWare Games (from Wii Shop Channel)
•Alien Crush Returns
•Art Style: Cubello
•Art Style: Rotohex
•Big Kahuna Party
•Boingz
•Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure
•Brain Challenge
•Bruiser and Scratch
•Digital Champ Battle Boxing
•Earthworm Jim
•Enduro Racer
•Forgotten Worlds
•Gradius II: Gofer No Yabou
•Hockey Allstar Shootout
•Home Sweet Home
•Mega Man 3
•Metal Slug 2
•Pit Crew Panic!
•Secret of Mana
•Sonic the Hedgehog 2
•Space Harrier
•Space Invaders Get Even
•Space Invaders: The Original Game
•Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition
•Strong Bad Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands
•Strong Bad Episode 4: Dangeresque 3
•Strong Bad Episode 5: 8-bit is Enough
•Sudoku Challenge!
•Target Toss Pro: Bags
•Tetris Party
•The Incredible Maze
•World of Goo
•Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam
DS Games
•Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
•Animal Crossing: Wild World
•Big Brain Academy
•Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
•Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day
•Clubhouse Games
•Crosswords DS
•Diddy Kong Racing
•Electroplankton
•Elite Beat Agents
•Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day
•Hotel Dusk: Room 215
•Kirby Super Star Ultra
•Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
•Mario Kart DS
•Mario Party DS
•Master of Illusion
•Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir
•New Super Mario Bros.
•Nintendogs: Chihuahua and Friends
•Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends
•Nintendogs: Labrador Retriever and Friends
•Nintendogs: Miniature Dachshund and Friends
•Personal Trainer: Cooking
•Planet Puzzle League
•Pokémon Diamond
•Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
•Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness
•Pokémon Pearl
•Pokémon Ranger
•Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
•Professor Layton and the Curious Village
•Super Mario 64 DS
•Tetris DS
•Yoshi's Island DS
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