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US/CAN Club Nintendo Thread: New and improved. Read the OP.
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Let this be a lesson to you. Do not purchase Nintendo products.
This may be why ;-)
I like to amuse myself imagining a marketing guy scratching his head over why someone bought a white U and Nintendo Land. (it's because NL was free)
I was fairly sure that SOMETHING said they'd be worth 2 ddp, but they are yielding 3...
The "coin value" has always been an extremely loose approximation, due to the fact that video games generally drop in price. The spreadsheet still tracks them, but they've always been vaguely "inflated" as they are based on launch MSRP. Only eShop titles are generally "set".
I forgot to look up the value before adding in Balloon Fight, but 3 coins out of 29,135 aren't enough to change much of anything. Value is currently between 66 and 73 cents per coin, which means these Trial Campaign games are worth six to seven times more than your typical purchase. Granted, buying ALL of them would only yield 60 coins, but...
I didn't get one either maybe it's because I mention Majora's Mask 3D in every area of each survey.
It's gotta be random. My daughter and I were both very recently filling out tons of surveys so we could score the Gold Nunchuk.
http://www.nintendo.com/wiiu/downloads/virtual-console/ says 2, but everyone seems to be getting 3 anyway.
It also says, in regards to Wii -> Wii U upgrades:
But I wouldn't be surprised to see them giving 10 and 15 respectively simply based on the pricing. Maybe NOA originally planned to set the prices at $0.29, $0.99, and $1.49 in keeping with our indescribable need to trim one penny off to make goods appear cheaper in this country.
From their terms: "Points are only earned on purchases over 10 cents and at 10 cent increments (USA & Canada)." So I think it's right we got 3 for Balloon Fight, and they'll probably give 10/15 rather than 9/14 for the VC upgrades. They probably just automatically rounded down by 1 by mistake, forgetting these things aren't priced at $*.*9.
Reluctant-Hero
Member
I received the bonus survey too. Here's a photo of the email:
ipukespiders
Member
I can't seem to get rid of a "Pokémon Black Version 2" product registration survey (expires Oct 7) in my list of surveys. It's been there since last year.
I don't have the game, nor have I ever intended to get it. Anyone else have an oddity like this?
Nintendo knows I'm OCD and is gonna make me buy it just to get rid of the survey? LOL!
I don't have the game, nor have I ever intended to get it. Anyone else have an oddity like this?
Nintendo knows I'm OCD and is gonna make me buy it just to get rid of the survey? LOL!
It's just listed as "Bonus Survey" in my Activity Log
Here's what the first page of the survey looked like
They wanted to know why I bought the Wii U.
What I liked about it, what I didn't
They wanted to know what games I was planning to buy in the future.
Then they asked about all the Wii U features, Miiverse, Youtube app, Netflix App, Hulu App, Eshop, the WebBrowser, TVii, and anything else I might be forgetting.
They basically wanted to know what I thought about every single feature of the Wii U.
IrishNinja
Member
"(Different from the Wii)"...that's pretty telling
Got the survey too.
Wanted to actually spend time with it and write actual repsonses; but turned out to be longer than expected and I was on my break; so..half the questions went like [x]Satisfied, [x]Neutral, Write here: [N/A]
Deluxe Wii U since December 16, 5 retail games (including Nintendoland), 4 digital games (Trine 2, Mighty Switch Forece, Nano Assault, Little inferno) and Balloon Trip.
Wanted to actually spend time with it and write actual repsonses; but turned out to be longer than expected and I was on my break; so..half the questions went like [x]Satisfied, [x]Neutral, Write here: [N/A]
Deluxe Wii U since December 16, 5 retail games (including Nintendoland), 4 digital games (Trine 2, Mighty Switch Forece, Nano Assault, Little inferno) and Balloon Trip.
It turns out I got a different survey (also 10 coins expiring Jan 27) aimed at people who did not get a Wii U. My Wii U is from Australia, so I likely won't ever be registering a system on the account. Now I have to be careful filling it out so that I don't give away that I'm not in the US...
Edit: Figured out that I'd go with the story that I have access to a Wii U through somebody else and hence do not need my own system...
Edit: Figured out that I'd go with the story that I have access to a Wii U through somebody else and hence do not need my own system...
Yeah, either the ItB survey was filled in, or you clicked on the link to see the ItB survey. Even if you didn't fill in the survey, it will remain in the list until you buy the game or the registration period ends (5 years after release).An Intend-to-buy survey was filled out under your account, so the game will stay there (annoying your OCD) until you either register the game or 4/5 years pass. I have a few like that, too. Just ignore them (if you can).
Just took the survey myself, pretty lengthy.
Basically asked me about everything about the Wii U and how I felt.
However a few things stuck out to me.
They asked which model I selected and asked why I chose the premium and listed several options. I think this is imminently foreboding the fact that the Basic Wii U SKU was a mistake and that it will be phased out in favor of a bundle that offers more like the Premium.
Bayonetta 2 was listed as an upcoming game and of course I check marked the hell out of that box.
I also put in that we need a universal Nintendo account system so we don't have to have our eShop purchases tied to the console and the Virtual Console titles should be across all platforms like iOS.
Basically asked me about everything about the Wii U and how I felt.
However a few things stuck out to me.
They asked which model I selected and asked why I chose the premium and listed several options. I think this is imminently foreboding the fact that the Basic Wii U SKU was a mistake and that it will be phased out in favor of a bundle that offers more like the Premium.
Bayonetta 2 was listed as an upcoming game and of course I check marked the hell out of that box.
I also put in that we need a universal Nintendo account system so we don't have to have our eShop purchases tied to the console and the Virtual Console titles should be across all platforms like iOS.
FalconSabre
Member
I got the free survey as well earlier today. Didn't take too long. Five minutes or so total I'd say. Not bad for 10 coins. I wish they did this more often.
Superblatt
Member
You mean it is still out of stock, right?
No, it seems like they took it right out, along with the gold nunchuk.
Davey Cakes
Member
I didn't get the survey, unfortunately. Too bad, I'm usually thorough with surveys.
Hopefully people put effort into filling the thing out. Could be very helpful in letting Nintendo know what their customer base thinks of the system, and giving ideas for improvement.
Hopefully people put effort into filling the thing out. Could be very helpful in letting Nintendo know what their customer base thinks of the system, and giving ideas for improvement.
PunjabiPlaya
Member
Goddamnit! I just spent 15 minutes filling out the survey and giving all the feedback I could and I get an error saying the survey was unsuccessful.... All this just for 10 coins and I don't even get them!!!
Thequietone
Member
I would have said because my wallet can only take so much abuse. I always found that funny about Nintendo/a few other companies, why haven't you bought all of our products? Because my income says no.
I didn't get a survey. In fact, now that I checked, I realize I didn't receive any Club Nintendo points for my Wii U.
Is it in your product list? If not, did you actually link your Club Nintendo account to your Wii U?
NeOak
Member
When did you do it?
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Isnt there a limit on hardware registrations for coins?
PorygonVandal
Member
1 different hardware per user, for example... 1 Wii U, 1 3DS and 1 3DS XL
But you can create a familiy account and register several consoles with different users.
I've never understood that limit. I've read about it through the years and not get it. But I'm dumb, so who knows.
I mean, I registered a dark blue DSi I got a few days ago, and got 100 coins even when it's the third DSi under the same account.
Apr 5, 2009 - Coins Added - Nintendo DSi - 160
Jul 1, 2009 - Coins Added - Nintendo DSi - 160
Jan 24, 2013 - Coins Added - Nintendo DSi - 100
Unless is "unique" hardware. I mean, those have been DSi I've had through the years for different reasons and each were different colors too (light blue, black and dark blue).
Kinda explains the multiple Wiis I've registered (red, Mario Kart bundle, etc.) of which I've earned coins for each too.
PorygonVandal
Member
WeirdI've never understood that limit. I've read about it through the years and not get it. But I'm dumb, so who knows.
I mean, I registered a dark blue DSi I got a few days ago, and got 100 coins even when it's the third DSi under the same account.
Apr 5, 2009 - Coins Added - Nintendo DSi - 160
Jul 1, 2009 - Coins Added - Nintendo DSi - 160
Jan 24, 2013 - Coins Added - Nintendo DSi - 100
Unless is "unique" hardware. I mean, those have been DSi I've had through the years for different reasons and each were different colors too (light blue, black and dark blue).
Kinda explains the multiple Wiis I've registered (red, Mario Kart bundle, etc.) of which I've earned coins for each too.
I registered 2 different DSi and got no coins from the second one 
Some stuff has come back after disappearing from there, so don't give up hope.
If you link it with your CN account, you'll get the coins for it this year and get coins for the VC games. If you do not link it with your CN account, you can get the VC games, and maybe get Nintendo to back fit the coins for the games for you once you link in the next CN year.
So not simply, but it may be possible if you want to chance Nintendo back-filling your coins once you do link the system to your CN account.
RPG_Fanatic
Member
I connected my WiiU to the internet and to Club Nintendo, but haven't done the registration worth coins, and I am getting coins for my digital purchases.
But your registration survey is going to expire, no?
Noticed the 2012 copyright date on the Brain Age 3D demo. Am wondering if maybe they delayed it from December to February just to move it out of the range of eligible titles to download for the Donkey Kong code. Brain Age is probably going to be their most heavy download % game to date, so maybe they wanted the DK code to go to those who bought one of the less download heavy games instead?
Probably not, but it just crossed my mind, since they hadn't changed the copyright date on the demo game. Usually U.S. releases of Japanese previous year games have both copyright dates on them.
Probably not, but it just crossed my mind, since they hadn't changed the copyright date on the demo game. Usually U.S. releases of Japanese previous year games have both copyright dates on them.
I just recently linked my Wii U, and the registration survey showed up to the far right of all my intend-to-buy games with no expiry date, so I assume that means it won't expire in 7 days.
Panthalassic
Member
Website is down and I haven't done the FE intend to buy survey UGH
I need those coins
I need those coins
Fox Mulder
Member
I've had that happen a few times myself.
So there doesn't seem to be a downloadable version of Brain Age: Concentration Training coming in the U.S. *mind boggles*
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