Club Nintendo: Difference between revisions - Wikipedia

'''Club Nintendo''' was a [[customer loyalty program]] formerly provided by [[Nintendo]]. The loyalty program was free to join and provided rewards in exchange for consumer feedback and loyalty to purchasing official Nintendo products. Members of Club Nintendo earned credits or "coins" by submitting codes found on Nintendo products and systems, which could be traded in for special edition items only available on Club Nintendo. Rewards included objects such as playing cards, tote bags, controllers, downloadable content, and warranty extensions on select Nintendo products.

On January 20, 2015, it was announced that Club Nintendo would be discontinued in North America on June 30, 2015, and in Europe and Japan on September 30, 2015, due to an upcoming new loyalty program. ''[[Flipnote Studio 3D]]'' later became available to all North American Club Nintendo members for free for a limited time, and users who signed up to the European version of the new loyalty program during the launch period received Flipnote Studio 3D for free.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://club2.nintendo.com/program-notice/ |title=Nintendo.com – Club Nintendo Program Notice |website=Club2.nintendo.com |date=2015-01-20 |access-date=2017-04-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501202603/http://club2.nintendo.com/program-notice/ |archive-date=2017-05-01 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.co.uk/News/2015/January/Important-information-about-the-discontinuation-of-Club-Nintendo-949921.html |title=Important information about the discontinuation of Club Nintendo | News |publisher=Nintendo |access-date=2017-04-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nintendo.co.jp/support/information/2015/0120.html |title=「クラブニンテンドー」サービス終了のお知らせ｜サポート情報｜Nintendo |website=Nintendo.co.jp |access-date=2017-04-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315172513/https://www.nintendo.co.jp/support/information/2015/0120.html |archive-date=2017-03-15 }}</ref>

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== Publications ==

=== Europe ===

In [[Europe]], ''Club Nintendo'' was the name of three magazines which started publishing in 1989. The European version was published in several languages, and there were separate publications for [[Germany]], [[Spain]], [[Greece]], [[Switzerland]], [[France]], [[Belgium]], [[Luxembourg]], the [[Netherlands]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nevertrust |date=2017-02-18 |title=Club Nintendo magazine |url=https://nintendo-museum.fr/club-nintendo-magazine/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927181249/https://nintendo-museum.fr/club-nintendo-magazine/ |archive-date=Sep 27, 2023 |website=Nintendo Museum}}</ref> [[Portugal]],<ref>~~https~~{{Cite book |last=Club Nintendo |url=http://archive.org/details/nintendo1 |title=Revista Club Nintendo nº1 (Portugal) |date=1990}}</ref> [[Sweden]], [[Denmark]], [[Norway]], [[Finland]], [[Italy]], [[Hungary]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=club_nintendo_magazin_1994 |url=https://retroujsag.com/borito_muzeum/club_nintendo/club_nintendo_magazin_1994-01.jpg ~~{{Bare~~|url-status=live ~~URL~~|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216030118/https://retroujsag.com/borito_muzeum/club_nintendo/club_nintendo_magazin_1994-01.jpg ~~image~~|archive-date=~~March~~Dec ~~2022~~16, 2023 |website=Retroújság}}</ref> [[Slovenia]], [[Czech Republic]], [[Slovakia]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |page=11|date=11 March 1994|title=Chces se dozvedet vice o Nintendo ? Chces se naučit triky u nekterych her ? Kup si nebo objednej casopis Nintendo Club !|issue=13/38|magazine=ABC|publisher=Czech News Center}}</ref> and [[South Africa]]. All were later discontinued and eventually replaced. The last German issue was published in August 2002.<ref name="silius1">{{cite web |url=http://nesfountain.silius.net/clubnintendo.shtml |title=Account Suspended |website=Nesfountain.silius.net |access-date=2017-04-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065509/http://nesfountain.silius.net/clubnintendo.shtml |archive-date=2016-03-04 }}</ref>

=== Latin America ===

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The program was launched on December 15, 2008, retiring the My Nintendo registration program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Nintendo |url=http://www.nintendo.com/home |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050213010313/http://www.nintendo.com/home |archive-date=2005-02-13 |access-date=2017-04-26 |website=Nintendo}}</ref> The site experienced high traffic at its initial launch, resulting in login problems and slow load times for users.<ref>{{cite web |author=Michael McWhertor |url=http://kotaku.com/5111883/club-nintendo-is-live-slow--buggy |title=deadspin-quote-carrot-aligned-w-bgr-2 |website=Kotaku.com |date=17 December 2008 |access-date=2017-04-26 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427100508/http://kotaku.com/5111883/club-nintendo-is-live-slow--buggy |archive-date=2017-04-27 }}</ref> It was taken offline on December 24, 2008, reopening almost a week later on December 30 with noticeable infrastructure improvements. The North America catalog was developed in conjunction with Nintendo Australia{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} and uses [[Super Mario (series)#Coins|Coins]] instead of Stars.

Program participants who meet 300-Coin "Gold" or 600-Coin "Platinum" benchmarks within the Club Nintendo year (July 1–June 30) also receive exclusive items. Platinum Rewards are usually premium items, such as plush hats or posters. However, in 2014, there were no physical rewards for either Platinum or Gold, instead a selection of Wii/3DS games which were already released on the [[eShop]] were offered. In the past, some of the most notable Platinum Member rewards were a special standalone WiiWare version of ''[[Punch-Out!! (Wii)|Punch-Out!!]]'' titled ''[[Doc Louis's Punch-Out!!]]''<ref>{{cite web |author=Marcel van Duyn |url=http://wiiware.nintendolife.com/news/2009/07/take_on_doc_louis_in_a_club_nintendo_exclusive_punch_out_game |title=Take on Doc Louis in a Club Nintendo Exclusive Punch-Out!! Game – Nintendo Life |website=Wiiware.nintendolife.com |date=2009-07-14 |access-date=2017-04-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111007020215/http://wiiware.nintendolife.com/news/2009/07/take_on_doc_louis_in_a_club_nintendo_exclusive_punch_out_game |archive-date=2011-10-07 }}</ref> and a plastic statuette featuring the main characters from the [[Mario (franchise)|''Mario'']] games.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2010/07/01/club-nintendo-reveals-its-2010-elite-status-rewards/ |title=Club Nintendo Reveals Its 2010 Elite Status Rewards – MTV |website=Multiplayerblog.mtv.com |date=2010-07-01 |access-date=2017-04-26 |url-status=~~live~~dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006190516/http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2010/07/01/club-nintendo-reveals-its-2010-elite-status-rewards/ |archive-date=2014-10-06 }}</ref> An advertisement for this was made in [[Punch-Out!! (Wii)|Punch-Out!!]] on the Wii, where if the player was losing, Doc Louis would say "Join [[Nintendo Fun Club|The Nintendo Fun-]] uh I mean Club Nintendo today, Mac". This has been made a popular internet joke.

In 2011, Nintendo of America started offering download codes for downloadable games as rewards, available for the [[Nintendo 3DS]] and the [[Wii U]] consoles as well as the [[Wii]] or the Wii U via Wii Mode, of which would typically range from 100 to 250 coins. There were eight games offered (originally two to four), which would change roughly each month. When orders for the non-game rewards were closed from April 18, 2014, until May 13, 2014, 5 different games were added, making a total of 9 games.

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