Pins and calendars for all who reached Gold and Platinum status.
http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/27047
Club Nintendo Platinum members for the 2010-2011 year, which ended yesterday, will be able to receive a special set of 25 commemorative Mario pins. The set features images of classic Mario characters. The box the pins come in can be arranged to feature an image of Mario, a Goomba, or a Mushroom.
Gold members, on the other hand, will receive a Nintendo themed 2012 desk calendar featuring illustration from various Nintendo games. Platinum members can also choose this gift if they want to.
Players that log into the Club Nintendo site will automatically be sent to the rewards page. The offer is good till July 31, 2011.
The Club Nintendo year ran from July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. In order to reach Gold status, users have to earn 300 coins or more during the year. Platinum status requires 600n coins. Coins are earned by registering games and completing surveys about games.
Last year's rewards were a Mario character figurine for Platinum members, and a 2011 calendar for Gold members. The inaugural year of Club Nintendo, running from 2008 to 2009 gave Platinum members the choice between a Mario hat and Doc Louis' Punch-Out for WiiWare. Gold members received a calendar.
I was thinking about getting the pins since I got Platinum status. However, I would use the calendar much more often. I don't know what I can do with the pins.Its not like they had a year to prepare or anything.
Also of note, "images shown are of the 2011 calendar. The 2012 calendar will have all new designs and artwork."
You.. You have to be kidding me. This is not real. They had a Friggin Mario Hat, a MARIO HAT last year, and THIS is what they have to offer!?! I can't accept this. This was the first year I was in Club Nintendo, and I wanted DESperately to get a mario hat. I have always wanted one. And the worst part is, I saved up a bunch of games over the few years I had a DS and Wii, just enough to get me into the Platinum status. You don't even find out what the damn rewards are until the very end! Now I'll never get a platinum status again.
...maybe if I wait a few years..
sorry if that was unorthodox.
D:< I'm sickened at all the whiners complaining about how 'crappy' the rewards for Club Nintendo are- FYI, Nintendo isn't obligated in any way, shape, or form to even have a rewards program. They don't need to give us ANYTHING if they don't want to- they're doing this simply out of their good graces. Rewards are exactly what they say they are- REWARDS. We're not the ones footing the bill on this, so I don't think anyone has the right to complain about it. It goes back to that old saying, 'don't look a gift horse in the mouth'- just be happy with what you DID get. I hate this whole attitude of 'entitlement' that has afflicted the world. Personally, I'm actually quite happy with this year's reward. :D
D:< I'm sickened at all the whiners complaining about how 'crappy' the rewards for Club Nintendo are- FYI, Nintendo isn't obligated in any way, shape, or form to even have a rewards program. They don't need to give us ANYTHING if they don't want to- they're doing this simply out of their good graces. Rewards are exactly what they say they are- REWARDS. We're not the ones footing the bill on this, so I don't think anyone has the right to complain about it. It goes back to that old saying, 'don't look a gift horse in the mouth'- just be happy with what you DID get. I hate this whole attitude of 'entitlement' that has afflicted the world. Personally, I'm actually quite happy with this year's reward. :D
It undermines a lot of the point of the program. Entice you with something you want to get you off the fence on purchasing something.
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Aside from the inserts in games (which no one reads anyways),
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