Nintendo will introduce a similar loyalty program later this year.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/39448/club-nintendo-to-be-discontinued
Nintendo has announced today that Club Nintendo will be discontinued in Japan, North America and Europe, with another loyalty program being introduced later this year.
No details on the new program was announced, only that they plan on announcing it on a later date.
In Europe, it was announced starting April 1 new retail games will no longer come with Club Nintendo codes. On the 20th, digital games will no longer be eligible for rewards. On September 30, the program will be officially discontinued, and that will be the last day stars can be used to purchase items. New 3DS models in the region are not eligible to be registered for stars.
For North America, the press release mentioned that a number of physical rewards will be introduced in February, and that the deadline for registering a new Club Nintendo account is March 31. The service will be discontinued more quickly here as the deadline to earn coins is in March while the deadline to spend those coins will end in June. Like last year, Gold and Platinum rewards will be digital titles selected from "a wide selection of Nintendo 3DS and Wii U titles," and will be available throughout the month of April.
Both the European and North American regions will receive the 3DS title Flipnote Studio 3D to download for free in February as well.
It would have been nice if Nintendo gave people a little more notice. I have over a thousand coins and I don't even know what there is to quickly spend it on. If nothing else, Nintendo should have allowed people to register games and rack up coins until the end of the Club Nintendo year at the end of June then give people a few months to spend the coins.
Might not be totally accurate, but Google is showing the following Club Nintendo games for January:
The Legend of Zelda (3DS) - 200 coins
Super Mario Land (3DS) - 150 coins
Super Metroid (Wii) - 250 coins
Super Punch-Out!! (Wii) - 250 coins
Super Mario Bros 2 (Wii U) - 200 coins
Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream (Wii U) - 200 coins
Game offers expire June 30, 2015.
I hope they add more games that haven't been in rotation yet.Yeah, I'd like Paper Mario.
I have to wonder why they feel they need to make a whole new program rather than just improve Club Nintendo.
I have to wonder why they feel they need to make a whole new program rather than just improve Club Nintendo.I think it's because Nintendo is trying to move people away from the Club Nintendo account itself. Just using the Nintendo Network ID renders Club Nintendo redundant and extraneous (if that's the direction Nintendo is going).
In any case, I don't expect the new rewards program to be (better), just simplified.Jebus...