Club Nintendo To Be Discontinued Worldwide

Good riddance. The rewards got extremely poor compared to during the GBA/GC days, and it was run in a very backwards way, where I ended up losing more points than I could register, meaning I could never buy any of the more expensive stuff.

Looking forward to a much better run and rewarding scheme in the future, and hopefully for more regions.

Bet this is the successor...

*Internet gets all sad it's ending, like it's the end of the world*

*Internet spends all their stars now*

1) They'll be replacing it, hopefully with a far better system (some saying it'll be more like PSN and it'll all tie in better) and also we get Flipnote Studio 3D, which I never thought would make it over here. This could be a great thing! I'm certainly happy about it for now. Obvisouly we'll learn more about the replacement system soon, then we can form a proper opinion on it.

2) The Stars Catalogue won't be down till September, which is 8 months away. Nintendo have said they'll be adding new items up until that date, so people using their stars now might miss out on something really cool.

( Edited 20.01.2015 14:26 by Marzy )

Soon to be replaced by 'Nintenboxliveplus' where they give out rubbish free games every six years and the reward points are worthless.

I'm seeing this as pretty good news, actually. If the successor is built off NNIDs, we could end up seeing it tying in with the digital storefront that was prototyped a few months back. This could be the start of some great strides for Nintendo's online presence (because let's face it, the current Club Nintendo is designed awfully).

Like others, my thoughts are mostly "good riddance". I like a lot of Nintendo's angles and game styles, but even I couldn't really defend Club Nintendo, it was utterly archaic and I've been thinking for ages that it needs a complete reboot. Happy it's finally happening, hopefully in line with a more unified NNID system or something

So as soon as I heard about this I was pissed and immediately thought all my 1400 coins were going to waste, but then i heard "we will add dozens of downloadable games and a limited quantity of exclusive reward items to the rewards catalog in February"
 
Here's hoping that those "Exclusive" reward items are good and not more Nintendog postcards. I need to spend my coins!!!

Also I'm happy to hear they are revamping it since it's been a huge let down year after year getting crappier each release of rewards. 
Perhaps we'll get good stuff like Japan in the next update? I would love to get a hold of some of those Enamel Pins!

Thanks to Flynnie for tip? Come on guys! 

I am hoping that it will get linked with the NNID and that you will be able to transfer VC stuff back and forth between 3DS and Wii U. 

Im thinking they could down the road of paid subscription similar to PS+ where you get certain games free or can play a number of VC titles over the course of that month etc. 

For all of ClubNintendo's flaws they have done some decent promotions as of late, such as registering 3 games and get 1 for free,  Mario Kart 8 free game promotion, Smash Bros CD and Mewtwo. Plus you didn't need to spend any of those stars on any of the gifts so not bad. 

However the gifts in the stars catalogue are shite. The best thing I got out of it was the SNES controller for Wii U. 

lol Flynnie mate. We had the news before you sent the email. We appreciate it, though. But use the news tips function, too!