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Club Nintendo Expands Its Reach

Club Nintendo's expanding into a new country! Sadly (for Americans) it's not America. Luckily (for Australians) it's Australia. I picked up my copy of Mario Kart this morning, and tucked softly inside the game's cover was this very personal invitation, asking me if I'd like to register the unique pin code found inside in exchange for Club Nintendo star points. Why yes, yes, I would. The Australian version of the site's not quite ready yet, so you can't browse the reward items, but it'll most likely be identical to the European one, so head there if you'd like to see just how many games you'll need to buy if you want that golden Link + Epona statue. More »

11:30 PM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Luke Plunkett
2,860 views, 79 comments

Latest by Telly_Vision: Tell you what America, we'll give you Club Nintendo, AND throw in the 180-200% markup we get across every console video game as an extra bonus. more »

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Hands On With Super Famicom Wii Controller

Sure you've seen SOME DUDE's unboxing, but you haven't seen my Club Nintendo Wii Super Famicom/SNES Controller. Well, here it is. Look at it! It feels like, are you ready, a Super Famicom Controller! Played a couple titles with it last night, and really, this made me realize how much I dug this controller. It just might be my favorite controller. What's yours?

Oh, hit the jump for the exciting backside of the Wii SNES pad.

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9:00 PM on Mon Apr 21 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
12,289 views, 148 comments

Latest by freespeech: fav is the later version of the saturn controller!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more »

only in japan

Club Nintendo SNES Controller Unboxed

Feast your eyes! Here's an unboxing of the Japan-only Club Nintendo Super Famicom (SNES) controller. Like with the Classic Controller, the controller plugs directly in the bottom of the Wiimote. Cue bitching about it being Japan-only. Who hates Club Nintendo now? C'mon!

Club Nintendo Controller [iNSIDE via Boing Boing Gadgets via Giz]

3:00 AM on Thu Apr 17 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
9,461 views, 117 comments

Latest by freespeech: @Revenge_of_Nekojin: you want it so hard???? huh????? more »

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Club Nintendo Dates Animal Crossing Wii? Eh...

Maybe this is just a kwinky-dink. Who knows? Nintendo does! The 2008 Japanese Club Nintendo has a picture of Mario Kart Wii for April. And of course, Mario Kart Wii goes on sale in April. Taking this rubrick, let's look at December, which shows a picture of... More »

5:00 AM on Thu Apr 10 2008
By Brian Ashcraft
9,785 views, 41 comments

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Club Nintendo Wii-mote Box in the Vinyl Flesh

More Club Nintendo stuff! Endless! Tired of seeing the Wii-mote left strewn around the house, Mrs. Bashcraft ordered this vinyl Wii-mote holder from Club Nintendo. Granted, this is way cooler Club Nintendo stuff, but this was free. There's another exciting pic of this exciting Club Nintendo product after the jump. Go ahead and click if you dare!

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2:40 PM on Wed Nov 28 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
5,296 views, 41 comments

Latest by Kadugen: @JuliusMode: yeah you will get a picture oh a character of your choice more »

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Club Nintendo's DS Lite Looking DS Game Holder

While others order the coolest stuff on Club Nintendo, my wife always orders the most useful. Her logic: It's free and useful. Our latest Club Nintendo loot? We got this nifty DS game cartridge holder. We think it's leather, but aren't sure. (Might be pleather!) Just love that it looks and folds like, well, a DS. There are even little magnets in it that make the case snap shut! More »

10:00 PM on Mon Nov 19 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
4,459 views, 32 comments

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Japanese Club Nintendo Members Get Even More Cool Swag

We all know by now that Nintendo of Japan offers its Club Nintendo members way better swag than we will ever see here in the States. But in case you needed more proof, here it is. Currently, Club members are being offered a choice between three gifts that range from so-so to totally awesome. First there's the so-so Nintendo desk calendar followed by two much better choices: a two-disc Super Mario Galaxy Soundtrack and a Wii classic controller shaped like a SNES pad. Something tells me Nintendo is going to end up with a lot of calendars sitting in a warehouse somewhere. More »

1:00 PM on Sat Nov 17 2007
By fdemarco
5,561 views, 68 comments

Latest by Recoil: Ah Nintendo... you don't know how much money you could earn on this stuff. I'd buy that soundtrack and SNES-controller in a flash. I wish videogame soundtracks were available in game shops... more »

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Why There Is No Club Nintendo in America

Nintendo Co., Ltd. has Club Nintendo and all its those exclusive Club Nintendo goodies that are redeamable with points that are packaged with games. Nintendo Europe has, you guessed it, Club Nintendo Europe. Nintendo of America has... What does Nintendo of America have? Oh, right. NOTHING. Why does it have nothing? Nintendo of America's Perrin Kaplan explains:

You know we've taken a really close look at what they're doing in Europe and what they're doing in Japan. You have to remember that, geographically, we're much bigger here and cost-wise, it is much more expensive to run a program like that. We try to do pre-sale with our retailers as often as possible. You're talking about a scale that is much larger. But we do look at the differences in markets and what consumers are liking. It's just a difference in scale.

Lemme get this straight: America doesn't get Club Nintendo because America is really big? Talk about a crummy reason!
Kaplan Interview Part II [Multiplayer]

6:00 AM on Thu Oct 25 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
5,231 views, 102 comments

Latest by chibilola: You've got to be joking, you're all whining about small junk that probably would collect dust, and most Americans wouldn't take advantage of. If you really want FREE stuff from Nintendo you could register Brain Age 2, and Zelda more »

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Mario Family Figure Set Signed by Miyamoto on eBay

Here's a nice little find for you Nintendo collectors, especially for those of you who like MIB. Well, technically I suppose the MIB has been ruined by the signature of the genius Miyamoto, but what are you gonna do? This is a boxed set of Nintendo figurines gotten from Japan's awesome Club Nintendo and signed by miyaoto himself complete with little quotes for each of the characters. The set in this form is not available in the U.S. (although you can get the individual ones at the Nintendo World Store) and of course the signature makes it ultra rare. At the time of the writing of this article, there were six bids bring the price up to a reasonable $46 although the reserve has not been met yet. If you want this precious, precious Nintendo treasure for your very own, you have until July 25. More »

2:00 PM on Sun Jul 22 2007
By fdemarco
6,587 views, 22 comments

Latest by MajoShinpan: Can someone buy the set, spunk the princess figure and post pics? more »

place your bids!

Collector's Edition DS Up On eBay

Over $680 is a little steep for a phat pink DS, but considering that it's number one in a lot of 200 Club Nintendo Hot Summer Contest Nintendo DS's might sweeten the deal. On eBay, the item has been listed as: More »

9:40 AM on Fri Jun 15 2007
By Kim Phu
1,326 views, 12 comments

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Mini Bash Gets His First Club Nintendo Schwag

Back in February, my kid got his first Club Nintendo card. And earlier today, he got his first Club Nintendo schwag: A Mario hat-shaped DS case. He picked it out, and it fits my his cracked DS Lite perfectly! I'm still baffled why Nintendo of America doesn't have a Club Nintendo... It's neat and a nice thank you. Brian Ashcraft

8:00 AM on Thu Apr 5 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,757 views, 25 comments

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Find Those Hard-To-Find Games And Bid Away!

Got extra money you're dying to piss away? Good for you! Head on over to website GameSniped, which finds rare and pricey things so you don't have to. Take the Hot Summer Mario Club Nintendo DS above, which is at the lofty Buy-It-Now price of US $1,303.24. There's other stuff too — Xbox, Atari, Intellivison and Sega Saturn. Neat site for easy eBay trolling. You can almost smell the musty old cartridges. Brian Ashcraft More »

1:00 AM on Tue Feb 27 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,197 views, 5 comments

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Ashcraft's Kid Joins Club Nintendo

A momentous occasion in the life of any child: Getting a Club Nintendo membership card. The Japan-only club lets folks accumulate points and then trade them in for exclusive goodies. He's excited as he's all about Mario — Even though I'm trying to steer him towards Sony and Microsoft. And the shirt? Picked that up at the Nintendo World Store in New York City. Brian Ashcraft More »

9:22 AM on Thu Feb 1 2007
By Brian Ashcraft
1,160 views, 42 comments

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It's a TV Remote! It's a Wii-mote! (No, It's a TV Remote)

When the Wii-mote was first unveiled, it was derided for looking like a TV remote. So Japan's Club Nintendo decided to reward Platinum members with a TV remote shaped as a Wii-mote. And guess what, it looks pretty much like a TV remote, err, Wii-mote. Hit the jump for a handful of channel changin' pics. Brian Ashcraft More »

8:22 AM on Thu Oct 12 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
825 views, 13 comments

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Pokemon: The Concert

How do celebrate ten years of Pokemon? With an orchestra, that's now. Club Nintendo sends word of a classic concert that features wall-to-wall Pokemon tunes. The event strikes up a tune in Tokyo at the MIELPARQUE on October 28th, at Well City in Kitakyushu City on November 5th, the Hyogo Performing Arts Center in Nishinomiya on November 12th and the Well City in Sapporo on December 10th. Considering my deep, bitter hate for all things Poke, I've tried to have an open mind about this, but passively being forced to listen to Pokemon DVDs my kid watching everyday, several times a day, I'm miffed (and slightly pissed). Somebody please explain what the appeal is here. Brian Ashcraft More »

6:20 AM on Thu Oct 5 2006
By Brian Ashcraft
610 views, 10 comments

Latest by Kat: I was in grade 5 when I first recieved Pokemon blue for my big, grey brick of a gameboy. I still love the Pokemon franchise to this day, though have lost track of the number of Pokemon they actually more »

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Crazed Boozehound Defiles Ultra-Rare DS Game

This is almost too painful to watch. It's Wired Game|Life blogger and published author Chris Kohler tearing into not only a bottle of rum, but also, heartbreakingly, into a shrinkwrapped copy of the Game & Watch Collection for the Nintendo DS. As Chris explains, this game is only available to folks in Japan. Only members of Club Nintendo—which sadly has no North American counterpart—with 500 expendable points got their fanboy mitts on this game. Sure, its basically a port of three very shallow Game & Watch titles, but come on. This is rare stuff. More »

10:45 PM on Sun Aug 27 2006
By Michael McWhertor
525 views, 24 comments

Latest by dukerayburn: Congratulations? I don't really care if you said it first, I wanted to add my own appreciation of it. Your FIRST PLACE: VIDEOGAME SHIRT RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION ON THE INTERNET ribbon is on its way to you, priority mail. more »

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Another Mario DS Hat Pouch!

As a man who is unafraid to visit the haberdasher looking to sport new pink-ribboned bowler in my pursuit of a dandyesque fashion paradigm, this Super Mario Hat DS Lite carrying case has my cranium tingling with the anticipation of its sweet caress. More »

7:00 AM on Wed Jun 28 2006
By brownlee
511 views, Comment

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New Club Nintendo Goods Prove America Sucks

Sure, we may have awesome blue jeans and universal health care, plus some of the best breasts the world has ever seen, but what we don't have is a marginally acceptable customer loyalty program along the lines of Club Nintendo. Oh, Japanese game buying public, how I covet thee. More »

1:14 PM on Sat Jun 17 2006
By Michael McWhertor
1,923 views, 12 comments