Have I mentioned lately how much I hate Club Nintendo anymore?
What should give me much joy has, instead, caused me much annoyance.
These are games I've bought that I haven't registered with the site yet.
I don't even do intend-to-buys anymore because I won't be registering the game in time to get the bonus.
There's more than a couple of 3DS downloads I would have picked up by this point as well, but I'm holding off until the new year rolls around.
The whole point of this program is to gather marketing data. Sure, sure, we can
pretend it's about rewarding loyal Nintendo fans, but let's face it - Nintendo doesn't care about that. They want that sweet, sweet marketing data.
Yet, the program is set up in such a way that they're actively making it so that it rewards us for not giving them the most accurate data. I didn't mark Kid Icarus or Mario Kart as Intend to Buy, even though I knew I was getting them day one (although I didn't get KI day one, per say, I did get two copies that are being shipped to me that were either pre-ordered or purchased day one). Hell, pre-ordered Xenoblade direct from Nintendo... yet it's not "Intend to Buy" either.
In ye-old MyNintendo days, I'd register my games as soon as I got home. Typically before even playing them. Yet, now... I wait.