Topic: My Nintendo Gold Points To Be Discontinued, Game Voucher Program Will Not Support Switch 2 Games

[Shaymin]

And so ends a streak of never paying actual money for Nintendo Switch Online.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/70015/my-nintendo-gold-points-to-be-discontinued-game-voucher-program-will-not-support-switch-2-games

One of the more popular Switch features is ending just after Xenoblade Chronicles X's re-release, and another will not be forward compatible with Switch 2.

Nintendo has announced tonight that the My Nintendo Gold program will be discontinued starting on March 25 at 12:59 a.m. ET. The program offered 1% of physical 1st party releases during the first year of release in eShop credit when redeemed, and 5% of all eShop purchases automatically. The only exception will be for physical games released between March 25, 2024 and the end date until their year expires, which would include games from Endless Ocean: Luminous through Xenoblade Chronicles X Definitive Edition. Pokemon Legends: Z-A and Metroid Prime 4: Beyond would not qualify.

Additionally, the support page for Switch Online Vouchers has been updated to confirm that the program will not work on Switch 2 games. Nintendo Switch Online subscribers could purchase pairs of vouchers for $99 US or equivalent and could cash the vouchers in for first party releases. The vouchers will remain an option for future releases on the original Switch, including Legends Z-A and Prime 4.

[M.K.Ultra]

Hopefully these are replaced with similar systems once Switch 2 gets up and running.

[jarodea]

Hopefully these are replaced with similar systems once Switch 2 gets up and running.

I hope so but I'm not sure. Confident Nintendo is overly conservative Nintendo, and Nintendo is run by an accountant these days.

[jarodea]

I am Error.

[broodwars]

It seems I chose wisely spending the 250 or so Gold Coins I had on hand the other day on that redundant copy of Yooka-Laylee & the Impossible Lair when it was on sale for, like, $3.

Can't really say how I feel about this program ending without knowing what, if anything, is replacing it. If the answer is "nothing", then this is just the continued degradation of the Nintendo loyalty program from Club Nintendo.