Post by: Svevan on December 09, 2006, 11:44:41 AM
Eurogamer reported yesterday that European Wii players will be able to use Stars to redeem Wii Points for Virtual Console use. Stars are points that accumulate on a Nintendo-Europe.com account when a player purchases Nintendo products and registers them online. EuroGamer says that Stars even come with your purchase of a Wii, and can be gained by purchasing Virtual Console games and taking a short survey.
Nintendo encourages users in all regions to register their products online, but so far only Nintendo of Europe has translated this registration into a benefit with monetary value.
Post by: KnowsNothing on December 09, 2006, 12:04:40 PM
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Post by: WuTangTurtle on December 09, 2006, 12:15:50 PM
Everyone should start b!tching out Reggie till he gives this to us.
Post by: Zach on December 09, 2006, 12:29:32 PM
NOA sucks.
Post by: Smoke39 on December 09, 2006, 01:17:58 PM
Post by: Ceric on December 09, 2006, 01:45:36 PM
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Originally posted by: Smoke39
The only reason I've registered anything was to get that pink DS stylus.
Which I got as well. I was hoping Kirby would be on it.
Yes feel the rage. Feel what was the starting foundation for hating NoA like I do.
As the "Largest Independent Nintendo Website." Someone should write a coherent editorial about this situation with NoA. Every time we get a piece of news the situation with NoA keeps getting more and more ridiculous.
It's like there saying, "Hey we've got a little success here. What is the least we can do."
I mean NoA only cares about Big Mainstream Corporate Press and they keep slapping us around. Their only saving grace is that there Customer Service is awesome if you have a problem and lately we've gotten to be the Guinea Pig population for new consoles. Arg...
Post by: optimisticlimbo on December 09, 2006, 02:05:40 PM
Post by: UncleBob on December 09, 2006, 02:06:05 PM
Gift - Requirement
Zelda Collector's Edition Disc (GCN) - Register two of four select games (Mario Party 5, Mario Kart: Double Dash, Avalanche 1080 and Mario and Luigi: SuperStar Saga).
Metriod Prime 2: Echos demo disc (GCN) - Register a total of five items.
Three Month trial subscription to the new Nintendo Power - Register any three items.
Pokémon themed skin for GameCube - Register Pokémon XD.
Pink Kirby Stylus (original DS) - Register Kirby: Canvas Curse.
Three month extended warranty for Wii - Register Wii.
Chance to win GBA game - Register GBA, GBASP or Game Boy micro.
Chance to win DS game - Register DS or DSLite.
Chance to win GCN game - Register Nintendo GameCube.
Custom Robo print - Register Custom Robo (CA only).
Nintendogs - Unknown?
I think that's it... I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.
Current NoA Promotions:
https://my.nintendo.com/consumer/opr_promos.jsp
Post by: Tuxedo.Bond on December 09, 2006, 02:24:35 PM
Post by: UncleBob on December 09, 2006, 02:37:20 PM
Post by: BranDonk Kong on December 09, 2006, 02:58:27 PM
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Post by: Ceric on December 09, 2006, 04:36:22 PM
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Post by: King of Twitch on December 09, 2006, 05:38:33 PM
Japan- Lower price and wider selection of VC games
Europe- Free wii points
Glass is one-third full or one-third empty for everyone, depending on how you look at it.
Post by: KDR_11k on December 09, 2006, 06:29:37 PM
For all the US complainers: We get 2.50$ worth of Wii points for every 75$ game purchase (with games arriving 3 months late or never). Would you really want that?
Post by: Klapaucius on December 09, 2006, 07:10:02 PM
Post by: UncleBob on December 10, 2006, 02:15:01 AM
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Originally posted by: MJRx9000
NA- Timely launch
Japan- Lower price and wider selection of VC games
Europe- Free wii points
Glass is one-third full or one-third empty for everyone, depending on how you look at it.
That's an awfully strange glass you have there, defying all rules of math.
Post by: KDR_11k on December 10, 2006, 02:39:07 AM
Post by: matt oz on December 10, 2006, 03:58:45 AM
Post by: 18 Days on December 10, 2006, 04:14:26 AM
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Originally posted by: MJRx9000
NA- Timely launch
Japan- Lower price and wider selection of VC games
Europe- Free wii points
Glass is one-third full or one-third empty for everyone, depending on how you look at it.
Australia- Nothing
Awesome!
However...
And I think NWR should report this as news. On PAL consoles, if you change your country, you can shop in foriegn Virtual Console stores witht he same Wii Points and swap back with nothing bad happening. Just watch the number of Swedes owning Wii's dramatically increase when they get Opera, only to see them disapeer the next day.
Now while this is getting a bit ambitious, after successfully smuggling Bomberman 93 across the digital border last night. I think I'm going to try and register my quite substansial collection of Euro games and see if I can get some star points. Because that would be awesome.
Post by: technofranki on December 10, 2006, 08:31:26 AM
Post by: Dirk Temporo on December 10, 2006, 02:07:10 PM
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Originally posted by: MJRx9000
NA- Timely launch
Japan- Lower price and wider selection of VC games
Europe- Free wii points
Glass is one-third full or one-third empty for everyone, depending on how you look at it.
Hardly. How does a three week earlier launch make up for free money or better game selection? I'll give you a hint, it doesn't.
Post by: PoopyLoopy on December 10, 2006, 02:20:03 PM
It says that the site is not found
Post by: Ceric on December 10, 2006, 02:31:13 PM
Post by: King of Twitch on December 10, 2006, 04:19:33 PM
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Originally posted by: Dirk TemporoQuote
Originally posted by: MJRx9000
NA- Timely launch
Japan- Lower price and wider selection of VC games
Europe- Free wii points
Glass is one-third full or one-third empty for everyone, depending on how you look at it.
Hardly. How does a three week earlier launch make up for free money or better game selection? I'll give you a hint, it doesn't.
I did not say I liked the $40ish Wii Sports bundle, broken features, and not having good VC games. I was saying their incompetance is different in each region.
Post by: Dirk Temporo on December 10, 2006, 04:44:21 PM
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Originally posted by: MJRx9000Quote
Originally posted by: Dirk TemporoQuote
Originally posted by: MJRx9000
NA- Timely launch
Japan- Lower price and wider selection of VC games
Europe- Free wii points
Glass is one-third full or one-third empty for everyone, depending on how you look at it.
Hardly. How does a three week earlier launch make up for free money or better game selection? I'll give you a hint, it doesn't.
I did not say I liked the $40ish Wii Sports bundle, broken features, and not having good VC games. I was saying their incompetance is different in each region.
But it's not as equal as you made it sound.
Post by: KDR_11k on December 10, 2006, 10:02:29 PM
The only "free" money you get is five stars a day if you visit the NoE homepage daily. VERY rarely a questionnaire. The biggest source of stars are consoles (500 stars) and games published by Nintendo (250 stars, third party games = 0 stars) and considering how much more expensive they are in Europe compared to the US you're better off converting those 25$ we pay extra on games directly into Wii points. Oh and don't forget that we get the worst selection of games.
Post by: Acefondu on December 11, 2006, 03:58:10 AM
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Post by: KDR_11k on December 11, 2006, 06:39:38 PM
Post by: Ian Sane on December 12, 2006, 04:56:21 AM
I know. I haven't registered anything since the Metroid Prime 2 demo disc. And it's not like I've intentionally not registered to stick to da man or anything like that. I've just outright forgotten because there is no reason for me to remember to. I don't think NOA even knows I have a DS.
I think we still have it better off in North America since we actually have games released on a timely schedule. Is swag worth having games delayed or cancelled outright? Still much like pretty much everything Nintendo does MyNintendo is a huge waste of potential. NOA seems to have good ideas in theory and then f*cks them up in execution. They need to just come up with the general idea and then pass it off to someone who knows what they're doing.
Post by: UncleBob on December 12, 2006, 05:18:50 AM
I bought a Pokémon GBA Video for $1.50 just so I could register it in hopes of more Nintendo love.
(Also, I wanted a GBA Video for some time, just to check it out and test it with the GBPlayer/Action Replay and Game Port Advance...)
Post by: vudu on December 12, 2006, 06:12:11 AM
QuoteI do the same thing. If nothing else, if I ever need to call up Nintendo and complain about something they can look at my file, see I give them way too much money and maybe they'll be a little more willing to help me out.
I register everything just so Nintendo knows I love them.
