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Torokun
11/19/09

In reply to Club Nintendo Offers Members Actual Game & Watch Prize
And we get a non-wearable plush hat...

-_-
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Sustenance
11/18/09

In reply to Club Nintendo Offers Members Actual Game & Watch Prize

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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PaintedMidget
11/18/09

@Sustenance: I have that one in my drawer as we speak! I had so much fun with it as a kid :)
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(Starman) Starman
11/18/09

In reply to Club Nintendo Offers Members Actual Game & Watch Prize
I'd have probably broken this in a week and lost in under a pile of grease anyways if I had gotten this. <_<
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fourfour44
11/18/09

In reply to Club Nintendo Offers Members Actual Game & Watch Prize
wow, that really sucks. In the US you get screwed for being a Platinum member, only getting either a useless Mario hat, or a crappy download for a terrible boxing game. I was told I registered too much stuff to be able to get the calendar, which is something I actually wanted and would actually use.
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smbu2000
11/18/09

@fourfour44: Well last year the platinum member prize was the choice between: the Mario hat, a gold color MK Wii steering wheel, or 2 calendars.
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Hey_Blinkon
11/18/09

In reply to Club Nintendo Offers Members Actual Game & Watch Prize
Meh. I still have Mario's cement factory and DK Jr. Good times.
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WhiteMåge
11/18/09

In reply to Club Nintendo Offers Members Actual Game & Watch Prize
I suddenly really wanna play the gameboy game and watch. the one where Peach took over the cooking game. Man that was mindless fun.
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coppanuva
11/18/09

@WhiteMåge: Game And Watch Gallery (2 or 3 I think). That was good fun to play and now I must dig up my copy.
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Jonny_eh
11/18/09

@coppanuva: It was a great game, all it's missing is an online leaderboard.
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denki
11/18/09

In reply to Club Nintendo Offers Members Actual Game & Watch Prize
Oh man! Seeing as how I live in Japan and am also a Club Nintendo member, I could totally get this! I only need to become a platinum member, and that only costs...about $5,000! In no way at all is Club Nintendo a rip.
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Benny
11/18/09

@denki: Why not buy it off someone from eBay? Last I checked the Elite prizes even Japanese ones never ran for more than $100. Even the cool famicom classic controller ran on eBay for only around $70. The Mario hat we get in the USA Club Nintendo can be had for like $30.

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.
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denki
11/18/09

@Benny: Yeah, yeah, I know you can get all those things online for cheap (actually saw the famicon controller for sale at a used game store for $40), but for late adopters of Club Nintendo, like me, who also owns mostly US games, getting to the Plat. level in Japan would be expensive and mostly pointless as I already own everything I want on Ninty platforms. Ok, that last bit is a lie, but I didn't see anywhere on the Ninty site where you could get points for buying a copy of Donkey Kong for Famicon, out of box, from a hobo in Yoyogi Koen. Which you can't do anymore because they made that area of the park off limits to hobos.

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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SpishackCola is your Brodie, Brotron, and Brodington!
11/18/09

In reply to Club Nintendo Offers Members Actual Game & Watch Prize
Has the NA version of Club Nintendo gotten any new prizes for redeeming? I haven't logged in since choosing the platinum prize back in August.
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Maakies
11/18/09

@SpishackCola is your Brodie, Brotron, and Brodington!: NOTHING! Well, about a month ago the Zelda posters came out. Pretty dope, thinking about getting them... but I want to make sure I still have ~800 points if something awesome comes out. But since August 1 thing :(
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Mit
11/18/09

@Maakies: Go on...

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.
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SpishackCola is your Brodie, Brotron, and Brodington!
11/18/09

@Maakies:
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.
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Mit
11/18/09

@Mit: [club.nintendo.com]

Answered my own question. They're pretty cool, although they aren't big enough that I must have them.
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Benny
11/18/09

@SpishackCola is your Brodie, Brotron, and Brodington!: The History of Link poster set is a good new one =) I got it and is still in the mail tube lol. Allow a month or more for delivery though!
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Atomsk88
11/18/09

@Benny: Well, when I ordered mine they were on backorder because it was the first day the posters were available and everyone wanted them.

When they actually ship, it takes about a week.
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greyseal
11/18/09

@Mit: I got the Zelda posters, and they are surprisingly high quality. They shipped in a heavy-duty cardboard tube, and are printed on pretty heavy stock.

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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Mit
11/18/09

@greyseal: I definitely think they look cool, and love the two artwork pieces they chose, but the posters are just a tad small. Would've liked some larger stuff to go with my dozens of GameStop posters I've snagged over the years.
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greyseal
11/19/09

@Mit: Compared to standard posters, they're a bit small, but not too bad. Actually, the one with the different versions of Link would look pretty sweet framed.

#tips
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n00b_pwner
11/18/09

In reply to Club Nintendo Offers Members Actual Game & Watch Prize
That has to be the most simplistic name I ever saw for a game, even for 1980...

I wish I was a part of Club Nintendo and living in Japan...
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Antiterra
11/18/09

@n00b_pwner: Simplistic, and WRONG! I see two balls up there, shoulda been called "Balls".
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n00b_pwner
11/18/09

@Antiterra: "Balls" is no good.

I don't want to be playing with some guy's LED testicles!
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Antiterra
11/19/09

@n00b_pwner: That's because you don't know what fun is. Playing with guys' testicles is awe--

...Let's pretend I never said that.
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TRT-X
08/24/09

In reply to DJ Hero, Game & Watch Edition
I don't know about you, but the first thing that came to my mind when I saw that pic was the Charlie Brown theme...
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(Zombie) Teliko
08/24/09

In reply to DJ Hero, Game & Watch Edition
I can't decide what's better: The one doing a headspin or the one doing the disco point.
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N●Gage Croal is grabbin' peels
07/10/09

In reply to Game & Watch Titles Coming To DSi Ware
I wonder if they'll release any of the side-by-side dual screened G&Ws, like Mario Bros.. If so... would they require yout o hold the DSi sideways? That'd be interesting.
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Elranzer
07/10/09

In reply to Game & Watch Titles Coming To DSi Ware
Seemed like the DS was a no-brainer to get the dual-screen Game & Watch games. I was wondering why they just didn't release a Game & Watch Gallery 5 for the DS (aside from the crappy Club Nintendo compilations with just three games).

I can see why now. They'd rather charge $2 per game than $20 for a collection of 30 games.
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ZaxxonQ.com
07/10/09

@Elranzer: There's a reason why they say it prints money. :-P
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Devil_Dan
07/10/09

In reply to Game & Watch Titles Coming To DSi Ware
Hah. It's like that episode of Voyager where Tom used the holodec to simulate a projection of an old red/blue 3D movie.
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ZaxxonQ.com
07/10/09

@Devil_Dan: LOL! Awesome! +1 ^_^
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excaliburps
04/03/09

In reply to Game & Watch Clones Yanked From iPhone Store
Isn't there some sort of hardware law wherein after 10 years of non-production, other companies can make copies,etc of said contraption?

I remember that being the case with the NES and its various rip-offs.
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