Topic: Wii Three Kings

[Mop it up]

How much stuff did you register? UncleBob had over 100 items and so did the few others I saw who got one.

[UncleBob]

I had a lot of stuff registered with MyNintendo and switched over to Club Nintendo as soon as it became available, I never got any thank-you card from Nintendo.

No one (but Nintendo) knows for sure what the requirements were - but I had like 125 things registered.

I'm more interested in hearing about this setting of wallpaper, I didn't know you could do that.

Well, it's crappy.  You have to have v1.1 of the Photo Channel installed and all it does is set the photo for the channel icon on the menu...

[TJ Spyke]

Thanks. It sucks I didn't get that though since I had a ton of stuff registered on MyNintendo.

[UncleBob]

Thanks. It sucks I didn't get that though since I had a ton of stuff registered on MyNintendo.

Don't take it personal, Nintendo just loves me more.

Curious - if you can make time, log into Club Nintendo, go to your list of registered items (not your to-do list or such, but the one that includes *everything*.  Cut and paste the list into a database program (Excel, Calc, etc.) and sort by date.  How many items did you have registered before Feb 2009?

[TJ Spyke]

I had 49 items registered before February 2009. I know some people have more, but I would think that would be considered enough for that thank-you letter.

[UncleBob]

My best guess is that the cut off was 100 items.  Everyone I've heard from that's posted a number was over 9000 100.

[Mop it up]

I think that everyone registered to MyNintendo should have gotten the thank-you card, since it was a useless program before Club Nintendo so all the people who put up with it deserved something.

[UncleBob]

I think that everyone registered to MyNintendo should have gotten the thank-you card, since it was a useless program before Club Nintendo so all the people who put up with it deserved something.

I got some neat stuff from it.  Of course, the Zelda Collector's Disc was the best, but there was the Metroid Prime 2 demo disc.  There was also the Zelda feather stylus, the Brain Age rainbow stylus set, and the Big Brain Academy Wii Remote Key Chain/light.  There was also the three-month free Nintendo Power subscription.  And, apparently, an Avalanche 1080 beanie hat that I NEVER GOT.

[Mop it up]

I thought the Zelda Collector's Edition was a Nintendo Power bonus. That's how I got mine, anyway.

[NWR_insanolord]

There were three ways to get it. You could subscribe to Nintendo Power, buy a new GameCube that included it, or register a certain number of a select group of games with MyNintendo.

[UncleBob]

I thought the Zelda Collector's Edition was a Nintendo Power bonus. That's how I got mine, anyway.

There were three ways to get it.  One, by purchasing a specially marked GameCube bundle.  Two, with a 1-year subscription to Nintendo Power.  Three, if you registered a GameCube and two games with MyNintendo when it first started (two games doesn't sound like much, but at the time, only four games had registrations - Double Dash, Mario Party 5, Avalanche 1080 and Mario and Luigi: Super Star Saga).  I got a copy from the Nintendo Power promo and from registering with MyNintendo.  One of my copies is still sealed, still in the shipping envelope.  I plan on using it to retire.

[UncleBob]

Well, it took about two hours, but I'm done.  Everything is set up and ready for... something.

[NWR_insanolord]

I thought the Zelda Collector's Edition was a Nintendo Power bonus. That's how I got mine, anyway.

There were three ways to get it.  One, by purchasing a specially marked GameCube bundle.  Two, with a 1-year subscription to Nintendo Power.  Three, if you registered a GameCube and two games with MyNintendo when it first started (two games doesn't sound like much, but at the time, only four games had registrations - Double Dash, Mario Party 5, Avalanche 1080 and Mario and Luigi: Super Star Saga).  I got a copy from the Nintendo Power promo and from registering with MyNintendo.  One of my copies is still sealed, still in the shipping envelope.  I plan on using it to retire.

I got two copies of it (both from Nintendo Power; the copies were taking a while to arrive, so some people complained to Nintendo and they sent out second copies, and because of that I got two of them), but I gave my other copy to a friend of mine. That was a horrible business decision, but it made for a great Christmas gift.

[UncleBob]

I thought the Zelda Collector's Edition was a Nintendo Power bonus. That's how I got mine, anyway.

There were three ways to get it.  One, by purchasing a specially marked GameCube bundle.  Two, with a 1-year subscription to Nintendo Power.  Three, if you registered a GameCube and two games with MyNintendo when it first started (two games doesn't sound like much, but at the time, only four games had registrations - Double Dash, Mario Party 5, Avalanche 1080 and Mario and Luigi: Super Star Saga).  I got a copy from the Nintendo Power promo and from registering with MyNintendo.  One of my copies is still sealed, still in the shipping envelope.  I plan on using it to retire.

I got two copies of it (both from Nintendo Power; the copies were taking a while to arrive, so some people complained to Nintendo and they sent out second copies, and because of that I got two of them), but I gave my other copy to a friend of mine. That was a horrible business decision, but it made for a great Christmas gift.

You know, I was in that same boat.  But I was nice and marked the second one "Return to Sender" like they asked me to.

[bustin98]

Is the Zelda collector's disc different than the one Kmart gave away with a pre-sell of Wind Waker? It came with Master Quest on it as well as the original Ocarina of Time.

I wonder if I realized before that UB is OCD...

[UncleBob]

Yes.  Obviously, the Wind Waker Pre-Sell disc (which was given away via most major retailers) has Ocarina of Time and Master Quest on it.

The Zelda Collector's Edition has the two NES titles (Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: Adventure of Link) along with the two N64 titles (Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask).  It also has a short Wind Waker demo and a retrospective of the various Zelda titles.

[UncleBob]

Yet another reason why Super Mario All-Stars is a better deal than Virtual Console downloads.

Not only can I play it in any Wii at any time, but I can actually play it in multiple Wiis at once.  Once it's loaded in one Wii, I can pop the disc into another system and load it up again.  Whoo-hoo!

[Mop it up]

What are some other reasons?

[NWR_insanolord]

I thought the Zelda Collector's Edition was a Nintendo Power bonus. That's how I got mine, anyway.

There were three ways to get it.  One, by purchasing a specially marked GameCube bundle.  Two, with a 1-year subscription to Nintendo Power.  Three, if you registered a GameCube and two games with MyNintendo when it first started (two games doesn't sound like much, but at the time, only four games had registrations - Double Dash, Mario Party 5, Avalanche 1080 and Mario and Luigi: Super Star Saga).  I got a copy from the Nintendo Power promo and from registering with MyNintendo.  One of my copies is still sealed, still in the shipping envelope.  I plan on using it to retire.

I got two copies of it (both from Nintendo Power; the copies were taking a while to arrive, so some people complained to Nintendo and they sent out second copies, and because of that I got two of them), but I gave my other copy to a friend of mine. That was a horrible business decision, but it made for a great Christmas gift.

You know, I was in that same boat.  But I was nice and marked the second one "Return to Sender" like they asked me to.

Actually, at that time I was active on the GameCube board over at GameFAQs, and there was a lot of confusion among the people there due to people hearing different things from Nintendo, so I emailed Nintendo Customer Support to get clarification, and the woman who responded explicitly told me to go ahead and keep the extra copy.

[UncleBob]

What are some other reasons?

The forced 4:3 ratio, IMHO is nice.  Having to go in and reset the Wii's settings for VC titles is just stupid.  Obviously, the graphics and sound (unless you're a purist).  The extra levels in Lost Levels/SMB2j actually being obtainable is a bit of a bonus.  The superior save system is a plus as well.  Plus, SMB3 has the "Battle Mode" at the main menu, something the original release lacks.

[Mop it up]

Ah, you mean the actual NES downloads. I thought you meant why it was better to have Super Mario All-Stars on a disc instead of as a VC download, in which case, the only advantage I can think of is the one you already mentioned first.

[UncleBob]

Ah, you mean the actual NES downloads. I thought you meant why it was better to have Super Mario All-Stars on a disc instead of as a VC download, in which case, the only advantage I can think of is the one you already mentioned first.

Well, yeah.

And the forced 4:3 mode.  Which, I suppose, they could put into the VC download, in theory...

[ThePerm]

so are you going to take a picture of your 3 wiis next to each other?

[ejamer]

Yet another reason why Super Mario All-Stars is a better deal than Virtual Console downloads.

Not only can I play it in any Wii at any time, but I can actually play it in multiple Wiis at once.  Once it's loaded in one Wii, I can pop the disc into another system and load it up again.  Whoo-hoo!

Wow, that's really cool.  Are there any other games that can do this?

[MegaByte]

Probably any game that can fully fit into memory.  I know of a few GameCube games where this was possible.