I mean, holding the Wiimote NES-style is the proper way to play this, so I'm good. But would the Internet be the Internet if I didn't find something about this free bonus perk to complain about? #punchout
Club Nintendo isn't free. They cheaply compensate you for your opinions of games. It's market research. They get a bunch for free, and I get a calendar that is the size of a large index card. #punchout
@Booji-Boy: What's devil's advocate? The service IS free. You buy the game you would've bought anyway, and get crap you wouldn't have gotten originally at no additional charge.
Seriously, with mentality's such as yours and YoHenYo then nothing is free because the costs of keeping yourself alive to enjoy any of it is pretty damn high. #punchout
@YoHenYo: There's more to Club Nintendo than the yearly rewards based on tier. You get points for stuff like unique DS games and cutesy stuff like Mario hat shelves for holding games. Yeah, its consumer marketing with all the polls, but at least its better than filling in postcard questionnaires to register games and never see anything for it like in the past.
The hat they sent out doesn't look like the one that was shown when choosing prizes... It's the (technically wearable) plush hat that used to be on the Japanese Club Nintendo. #punchout
I got the Mario hat instead. And when I wore it and put my Scribblenauts rooster hat on top of it, the President called me on the phone to tell me that I'm the most awesome person ever. They're doing a parade about me this Thursday. #punchout
@demigod4: I just got a call from the President again, he's revoking my "most awesome person ever" status for posting two slightly different messages because I thought the first one didn't get through because Firefox crashed... #punchout
"Controversy tonight as our LIBERAL president, Mr. Obama, SLIGHTED a VALUABLE, AMERICAN Kotaku poster of his status of 'Most Awesome Person Ever.'
demigod4, admired PATRIOT, was outraged and in-tears after the president pulled a switcharoo on what he thought was the greatest day of his life.
'I was going to have a parade,' said this brave warrior of TRUTH. 'There were going to be clowns, elephants, obese men on motorcycles. I was ever so thrilled.'
Unfortunately for demigod4, BETRAYAL, LIES and BROKEN PROMISES are what he will witness stroll down Pennsylvania Avenue. The ring leader? PRESIDENT OBAMA.
We here at Fox News, purveyors of everything that is RIGHT, will see to it that a parade worthy of such a NATIONALISTIC HERO occurs right after these commercial messages."
(oh god, please don't kill me, this is a JOKE, not a shoot. brother.) #punchout
I got the hat instead. Andwhen I wore it with my Scribblenauts rooster hat on top of it I got a phone call from the President telling me that I'm the most awesome person ever. They're throwing me a parade on Thursday. #punchout
I've got my hat already. I don't think I'll ever wear it, but considering how long it's taken for them to send out what's essentially a DEMO for a game that came out months ago, I think I'm happy with my choice. #punchout
@Archaotic: I got the hat as well (yesterday) and it does look rather comical on a human head. It's like I'm wearing a train conductor's hat with how high it pops up. #punchout
@Foxstar is in love with Kotaku's two Brians.: I don't know about 2007, but it wasn't that long ago when I got Zelda 1,2 Ocarina & Majora on one Gamecube disc. THAT was a reward!!!
@bnui_ransder: Really? Cause in Europe you get 50 points for every VC/WiiWare game you download. Of course, you need to link your Wii to your Club Nintendo account.
@Showmeyomoves!: Yeah, I linked it and got no coins at all for them. It shows all of em and stuff on Club Nintendo.... but I just didnt get anything. #clubnintendo
I would've gotten the Hanafuda cards, but the Club Nintendo site is practically broken. I heard the points expire, but I haven't been able to log in to see. My entire Wii and DS library was on my account, too.
For the amount of money Nintendo expects gamers to invest, the rewards seem hardly worth it.
It would be interesting to hear from Platinum members if they felt that the quality of the many games they had to buy, and subsequent online pen-pushing (filling out surveys and such), was deserving of something more.
@Gackt: I don't understand this criticism. You don't buy games with the intention of getting these rewards, they're just something extra you get for doing so.
Besides, better than the rewards you get from Microsoft or Sony.
@Gackt: Well, considering I buy games from other companies and get nothing extra, I'd say, yes. Well worth it. It's not like I'm buying extra games just for the coins. It maybe a bit more incentive if I'm on the fence about something, but really, when I buy a game, I'm paying for the game, this stuff is just gravy, and I'm very happy with my Game&Watch collection, and Hanafuda cards, so...yeah.
@Gackt: Considering that most of my points came from DS and Wii content that I already owned, I am not terribly disappointed nor overly ecstatic about the rewards.
Do I wish the rewards were on par with Japan, or even Europe? Sure. But, I am content with hanging onto my points as long as necessary until something rad comes along -- like the Zelda posters.
@Gackt: Well, you get the status award, in addition to being able to use points to get other stuff. It's probably only worth it if you're a Nintendo fan. Also, those surveys are a way for you, the fan, to give your opinion to Nintendo.
@Gackt: What KichiGuy said. Everyone always gives their opinion when no one asked for it, but as soon as someone DOES ask for it, it's "pen-pushing"?
Instead of coming on here and saying "OMG Nintendo SUCKS THEY FORGOT ABOUT THE CORE GAMERS!!!!" you can just tell them directly in the survey. Someone who gives a shit might even read it.
@Gruntybreath: Luigi. Cloaked in his Mr. L costume, the green menace stalks the streets of the Mushroom Kingdom pondering a way to defeat the evil known as "GUY WEARING A MARIO HAT."
@TheHeeyyy: It depends on what you mean by "made by Nintendo."
You get points if the game was published by Nintendo. Even if the game isn't made by Nintendo people, if Nintendo publishes it, it counts.
For example, Mario Strikers Charged and Punch-Out!! for the Wii are both Nintendo-published games, but were created by Next Level Games, a third-party developer. Technically both of those games are third party games, in the sense that at no point were they made by a Nintendo development team at Nintendo's offices in Japan. But you get points for those games because they're published by Nintendo.
Next Level Games also made the Xbox 360, PS2, and Wii versions of Spider-Man: Friend or Foe. The game was published by Activision, and as such, doesn't get you any Club Nintendo points.
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I mean, holding the Wiimote NES-style is the proper way to play this, so I'm good. But would the Internet be the Internet if I didn't find something about this free bonus perk to complain about? #punchout
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Gamers:Why the f.... isn't Club Nintendo over here? We want rewards for buying games!
Nintendo:It's a lot easier to do this sort of thing in Japan but we'll see..
Gamers:No excuses, do it now!
Nintendo:Okey, here's Club Nintendo for the US. Now some of the prizes aren't going to be the same...
Gamers:WTF? THESE PRIZES SUCK. WE DEMAND PROPER TAINT TICKLING FOR GAMES WE BOUGHT WAY BEFORE CLUB NINTENDO WAS EVEN ANNOUNCED!
Nintendo: .... #punchout
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Seriously, with mentality's such as yours and YoHenYo then nothing is free because the costs of keeping yourself alive to enjoy any of it is pretty damn high. #punchout
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Don't complain about free stuff... #punchout
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"Controversy tonight as our LIBERAL president, Mr. Obama, SLIGHTED a VALUABLE, AMERICAN Kotaku poster of his status of 'Most Awesome Person Ever.'
demigod4, admired PATRIOT, was outraged and in-tears after the president pulled a switcharoo on what he thought was the greatest day of his life.
'I was going to have a parade,' said this brave warrior of TRUTH. 'There were going to be clowns, elephants, obese men on motorcycles. I was ever so thrilled.'
Unfortunately for demigod4, BETRAYAL, LIES and BROKEN PROMISES are what he will witness stroll down Pennsylvania Avenue. The ring leader? PRESIDENT OBAMA.
We here at Fox News, purveyors of everything that is RIGHT, will see to it that a parade worthy of such a NATIONALISTIC HERO occurs right after these commercial messages."
(oh god, please don't kill me, this is a JOKE, not a shoot. brother.) #punchout
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Sigh, dam you Obama, heil to Fox News, our purveyor of justice, truth and liberty!
Now where's my shotgun.. #punchout
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Watching Doc look around is one of my favorite things to do in this game. #punchout
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Should probably get the major developers on the line so they don't waste any more time and resources on DLC. #punchout
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* Straps on jean suspenders *
* pulls white gloves on *
Its'a me...
MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARIO!
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WHY DID YOU JUMP ON MY TURTLE?!
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Its Squirtle im worried about ... #clubnintendo
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It would be interesting to hear from Platinum members if they felt that the quality of the many games they had to buy, and subsequent online pen-pushing (filling out surveys and such), was deserving of something more.
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Besides, better than the rewards you get from Microsoft or Sony.
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Do I wish the rewards were on par with Japan, or even Europe? Sure. But, I am content with hanging onto my points as long as necessary until something rad comes along -- like the Zelda posters.
At minimum, I still have awesome games to enjoy.
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Instead of coming on here and saying "OMG Nintendo SUCKS THEY FORGOT ABOUT THE CORE GAMERS!!!!" you can just tell them directly in the survey. Someone who gives a shit might even read it.
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Majority? I'm pretty sure any game that isn't made by Nintendo doesn't qualify.
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You get points if the game was published by Nintendo. Even if the game isn't made by Nintendo people, if Nintendo publishes it, it counts.
For example, Mario Strikers Charged and Punch-Out!! for the Wii are both Nintendo-published games, but were created by Next Level Games, a third-party developer. Technically both of those games are third party games, in the sense that at no point were they made by a Nintendo development team at Nintendo's offices in Japan. But you get points for those games because they're published by Nintendo.
Next Level Games also made the Xbox 360, PS2, and Wii versions of Spider-Man: Friend or Foe. The game was published by Activision, and as such, doesn't get you any Club Nintendo points.