Post by: Halbred on February 11, 2010, 04:21:58 PM
Another day, another unboxing photo essay. I was sick of seeing my Club Nintendo coins pile up without being put to any sort of use. As we're all aware, though, Club Nintendo's North American rewards are pretty worthless, on the whole. Oh wait, they did just add all those folders and greeting cards. Where was I? Right, the shittiness. There are only two things I actually want from Club Nintendo, but the photos on Nintendo's site don't speak well of their quality. But hey, I took the plunge and ordered a Wii Remote Holder. Join me in my unboxing adventure, folks. Let's see how worth it 300 coins is.
The thing came in a relatively flat bag. Tearing open said bag revealed a small rectangular item wrapped in paper.
My mission was clear: rip the paper off my promised prize and bask in the glory that is the Wii Remote Holder. It will be EPIC!
Okay, "epic" might be the wrong word. "Sort of cool" might suffice. Notice that the sides fold in. The holder is made of white plastic on the front and back, and split plastic on the sides, and thick blue fabric inside. The white plastic exterior is stitched to what I imagine is a thick plastic panel between the outer covering and the blue fabric. To transform the folded holder, you just...
You unfold it, and the bottom folds down to form a solid platform inside, kind of like a banker's box (but much smaller). Notice the stitching along the outer frame. It rather muddies the appearance, to my mind.
You can put your weed in there.
The Wii Remote with condom fits nicely within its sturdy confines. However, and this is the ultimate test: will it fit both a Wii Remote and a Nunchuck, as advertised at Club Nintendo?
Well...yes. The cord kind of billows out, though. This is certainly better than the alternative (laying on the entertainment center).
Maybe THIS is the ultimate test. Will it hold a Wii Remote with Wii Motion Plus attached? Yeah, no problems there, either.
The product certainly does as advertised, but it's not the prettiest way to store your Wii Remote. It's not like you have tons of options, and for 300 points it's not bad. I'm tempted to get a second one, seeing as I have two Wii Remotes, and doing so would free up room in my accessories drawer (which is very full). We'll see. I'll probably try one of those DS game card cases next. What say you, dear readers?
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on February 12, 2010, 01:54:33 AM
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 12, 2010, 02:15:06 AM
Should I call Kashogi? He might be a lot more interested in your answer than I am.
Post by: greybrick on February 12, 2010, 02:15:57 AM
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Post by: broodwars on February 12, 2010, 02:47:33 PM
Post by: ejamer on February 12, 2010, 02:57:15 PM
My wife also likes her Animal Crossing deck of cards, although it's hard to compare these items to the awesome stuff that Japan has gotten.
I'm still dreaming that Nintendo will put some game soundtracks up eventually. I'd love to get CDs for Super Mario Galaxy or Wario Land Shake It. Maybe the next Zelda game too, if it gets special attention to the background music.
What would others like to see?
Post by: Halbred on February 12, 2010, 03:02:21 PM
I especially like how I filled out that survey basically telling Club Nintendo to get with the program, and a few weeks later they give us...folders and greeting cards.
Post by: broodwars on February 12, 2010, 03:07:07 PM
I had some interest in those Hanafuda cards as well, but then I saw a video of someone unboxing them and saw those things are ****ing microscopic. The art doesn't look terribly impressive, either.
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on February 12, 2010, 03:21:52 PM
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=387455 (http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=387455)
This will make lots of fanboys and collectors attempt to get as many Nintendo Points as possibly as quickly as possible. No more hording of games registration codes until the next cycle. More points NOW!!!
Post by: Seacor on February 12, 2010, 04:48:04 PM
-Official Soundtrack CDs
-Nintendo Points Card
-Coin to Points conversion w/automatic feed to your Wii Shop or DSi Shop
Post by: Mop it up on February 13, 2010, 12:48:33 AM
Post by: UncleBob on February 13, 2010, 08:57:56 AM
Y'all can just sell your registration codes on eBay for more than 50 - 80 cents each. I think they usually get a minimum of $2. Use that to buy the same Wii Points you can get anywhere else.
I'd really like to see imported games as options through Club Nintendo. For example, Tingle's Rupeeland - they could easily take the UK version and release it through Club Nintendo as some kind of exclusive - would work well with the Regionless DS software. Sadly, no Trace Memory 2, as it's not regionless. :(
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Post by: Stratos on February 14, 2010, 04:49:17 AM
It's actually less impressive than I expected. Didn't know that was possible.
I know what you mean. I thought it was solid platic at the least and here I discover its a fold-able...thing...
Seriously, my little sister could make something more cool and useful in her art class.
Post by: Mop it up on February 14, 2010, 05:53:29 PM
Seriously, my little sister could make something more cool and useful in her art class.How much would she charge for them? I'll bet they'd be a premium price since they are an "authentic art class" piece.
Post by: Stratos on February 14, 2010, 07:45:08 PM
Seriously, my little sister could make something more cool and useful in her art class.How much would she charge for them? I'll bet they'd be a premium price since they are an "authentic art class" piece.
"Hand crafted from an artist who is genuinely passionate about the subject material" would be a selling point.
I'll have to bounce the idea off of her and see if she'd want to try making one. She's already make Pokemon, Yoshi and Pikmin figurines in art class that were pretty nice looking for someone her age then and that was a few years ago.
Post by: UncleBob on February 14, 2010, 08:17:26 PM
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