"Why is it that only Japanese people get to play Tingle's Balloon Fight, Da-Da? Why can't I be allowed to play poker with Animal Crossing playing cards? Does Nintendo hate me because my eyes are too round?" Those are the questions my imaginary son, little Jo-NintendoWii-nathan, asks me every night before I tuck him into bed. He's been waiting a long time for Club Nintendo to open its doors to countries other than Japan, and today, it looks like his wait is finally over.
Or is it? I've been trying to sign up for the service (which allows you to register Nintendo products online in return for otherwise unavailable games and other merchandise) for the last hour, and the registration screen consistently freezes half way through the process, and has occasionally even shifted back to the "coming soon" screen that's been up for weeks now. Does Nintendo of America know that I have thousand of dollars of Nintendo games ready to register right now, and as such have seen fit to block my registration before I clear the entire Club Nintendo inventory of all its wares? Or could it be that Nintendo is still having problems getting this whole "internet" thing to work for them?
The only way I'll get these questions anwsered is to keep trying to register myself. I wont let you down, little Jo-NintendoWii-nathan Holmes Jr.! Tonight, you shall shop online for useless Nintendo-shaped garbage just like you cousin Akira-Tetsuo Holmes Jr. has been doing for years, even if takes refreshing that damn registration screen all night.
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10:26 PM on 12.15.2008
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i want the animal crossing playing cards!!!
That Mario hat DS shelf thing is to good to pass up.
YAY!!
i care to do that why? just give me credit for it? wtf does that mean? i have to extend warranties on all my belongings to get points or what?
Already checked the FAQ man, the ONE thing that worked. NO GBA or Gamecube games, and only a SELECT number of DS and Wii games . . . I am pretty fucking pissed! Go look at my blog in a previous comment on this thread to understand what Club Nintendo SHOULD be!
"Club Nintendo . . . BROUGHT TO YOU BY . . . THE FUCK-UP WEB-DESIGNER THAT GAVE YOU MY NINTENDO!"
No one cares.
maybe if we HAD a club nintendo like 3 years ago I would have kept all the extra paperwork!! now I cant register the 15+ first party games I own!
FUCK!
FUCKFUCKFUCK!!
Uh, how is Mario Kart Wii shovelware?
And what's this bullshit about pedrovay2003's "family?" Why does Nintendo always assume NONE OF THEIR CUSTOMERS are without their families at any given moment? Why are these all family accounts?
I guess it doesn't matter, but it's stupid.
man I'm so happy i work at a store that rents Wii AND DS games
Oh and also... DON'T TELL ME THAT MY GAME BOY PRINTER WON'T REGISTER!! That's BS!! I spent like 50 bucks on that thing!!! (hehe)
Also, apparently any virtual console games purchased PRIOR to Club Nintendo's launch DO NOT FREAKING COUNT!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?
give it a few days, and if it's still totally bonked, then it's worth freaking out over. i keep getting logged out if i try to register anything.