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11/19/09
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11/18/09
This is kind of cool, but it doesn't blow my mind too badly. Miniature (but fully functional) G&W keychains are available for cheap at many electronics superstores. And "Ball" is my least favorite G&W by quite a wide margin.
Japan seems to offer electronic prizes to its platinum members (neat controllers, gadgets like this), whereas in the States we get tech demos and plush hats.
Not that I don't love my widdle plush hat. Awww. Plush hat.
I would be very peeved if they offered Donkey Kong 2 overseas. That was my favorite G&W back in the day.
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Club Nintendo is a reward program... shouldn't be a rip. I will admit that Nintendo's options for prizes are not the greatest, but hey it is all FREE. You choose your spending and have total control of how you obtain items... be it $5000 through game purchases or $100 on eBay.
11/18/09
It is nice that Nintendo has a rewards program, but most of the things you can get you have to spend your points on, which means you're going to have to choose if you want to spend your $300 dollars worth on points on either a Super Mario Galaxy soundtrack or some plastic figurines, both of which only cost Nintendo a buck to make. Although it would remove the "rarity" aspect of the items if Nintendo just sold the damn things somewhere, Nintendo should just sell the damn things somewhere.
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I would like to see what these Zelda posters look like without going through the hassle of remembering my account name and password to view the store on there.
11/18/09
Well that sucks :(
I was still kinda thinking about getting the hanafuda cards, but I was hoping that going into year 2 they would have added new prizes/replaced prizes with new ones.
11/18/09
Answered my own question. They're pretty cool, although they aren't big enough that I must have them.
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When they actually ship, it takes about a week.
11/18/09
I expected something cheesier, but these were actually really nice. And the one of Link "through the ages" is actually kind of classy.
I say go for it.
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#tips
11/10/09
My favorite Club Nintendo gift has to be the Nintendo Hanafuda cards. The problem is that Koi-Koi isn't exactly the easiest game to learn, or to teach. The plush Mario hat is also well-constructed, but too small (for me) to wear.
Yeah. Because otherwise I'd totally be sportin' it around town. #clubnintendo
11/10/09
The recent Zelda posters are the only things on there that seem like a reasonable price. Hell, not only are they actually cool (instead of being a lame trinket you never really wanted in the first place), they're the 2nd cheapest thing on there!
Honestly, getting 600 points requires that you buy a great deal of first party games. A deck of cards should not cost that much (I'm going by memory, I may be slightly off on the exact price).
There need to be way more things like this 50 point WiiWare game that Japan is getting. #clubnintendo
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10/27/09
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
10/27/09
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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