North America gets Club Nintendo!

by David Hinkle { Oct 2nd 2008 at 1:22PM }

You read that correctly, folks! Those of us in North America are finally getting Club Nintendo, as it's been revealed during the fall press conference that Nintendo will be bringing the service to us. "We know that there have been lots of people in the US that have been lusting after these products for a long time," said Cammie.

Debuting at the end of this year, the service will allow customers to gather points and trade them in for Nintendo goodies. Let's just hope we get sweet stuff, like the Game & Watch collection and not just a bunch of junk.

Tags: club-nintendo, north-america

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Toastbusters @ Oct 2nd 2008 1:26PM

Finally - we too can join the club!
I'm gonna be cartwheeling in piles of points-cards and high-quality plushies for sure!

Sonic_13 @ Oct 2nd 2008 1:30PM

I can't wait. I wonder how many points my 51 registered games will earn me...

I hope we get some of the special stuff like the golden Link statue and Tingle's Balloon Fight.

Drahken @ Oct 2nd 2008 1:38PM

Then the clouds opened up and a heavenly choir began to sing. And a booming voice decreed, "Let there be awesome!"
And then we responded, "Well it's about goddamned time."

TWOO DEE @ Oct 2nd 2008 1:48PM

fo sho!

TJF588 @ Oct 2nd 2008 1:59PM

Yeah, here's to hopin' thy're nice and reward us for registered games. Hm... was Metroid: Zero Mission registerable? Makes me think again about vouching for a used copy.

Hoodoo @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:02PM

I hope they do take our current registered products into account and not just new stuff.

Atlantis1982 @ Oct 2nd 2008 4:46PM

I hope so too, or I might hold off on VC/WiiWare purchases till this service comes to play. ;/

NetOperator Wibby @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:03PM

Well it's about damn time!

KaBob799 @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:24PM

Ooh if they include already registered stuff (I'm sure they will, people would hate them if they didn't) then I'm gonna have a nice amount of points =]

Geoff @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:44PM

Yeah, my several years'-worth of registered systems and games for which I've received NOTHING had better transfer into this brave new world.

Mr Khan @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:47PM

Sweet. Now it'll finally be worth it to start registering my new games.

And with the new games coming out, i'll have stuff to register!

CJLopez @ Oct 2nd 2008 2:49PM

Good thing I hadn't registered a thing. I have a bunch of things to register, xDDD

Good thing I keep those cardboxes, xDDDDD

Thomo @ Oct 2nd 2008 6:21PM

Great for you's but what about us Australians we are still waiting for the launch of Australians version of Club Nintendo, as it just stays on the Register Your Products!

We have been waiting for ever!

Gewurztraminer says: Shinkuu Gadouken! @ Oct 2nd 2008 6:41PM

SNES classic controller for VC would be nice!

zchry @ Oct 2nd 2008 7:05PM

GASP GASP GASP GASP GASP!

Best news EVER!

rouroniJohn @ Oct 2nd 2008 7:20PM

awesome....cant wait to see what they offer.

Thomo @ Oct 2nd 2008 10:26PM

For those Australians here is information from wiki:

Australia

Club Nintendo in Australia was launched in April 2008 to coincide with the release of Mario Kart Wii. While Nintendo Australia has confirmed that the Australian Club Nintendo reward catalogue will be unique from Club Nintendo Europe and Club Nintendo Japan, as of September 2008, only game registration is available. Rose Lappin, managing director of Nintendo Australia, claims in an interview with The Age that the program is still in the process of being set up.[10]

All games either distributed or published by Nintendo Australia after Mario Kart Wii will contain a card that allows buyers to register their games for Club Nintendo points.