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Finally! Club Nintendo coming to North America photo

How many times have you seen incredible Nintendo swag and goodies on the internet, only to find that they're Japanese Club Nintendo-only items. The question always comes up: Why don't we have a Club Nintendo? Well, we do now!

Details were scarce at the Nintendo Media Summit this morning, but we do know that we're finally getting the chance to join the club, Nintendo's form of a customer loyalty award system. Other than the statement that Club Nintendo North America debuts "this holiday season," Big N gives us nothing else go to on. 

For now, check out the Do-Wantiness of the Japanese Club Nintendo items and daydream about how you'll spend your points. Hopefully we'll get the same type of items, including exclusive games.


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47 comments | showing # 1 to 47

Holyetheline's Avatar
Holyetheline at 10/02/2008 12:51
Finally! That's good news i guess.
Muon's Avatar
Muon at 10/02/2008 12:52
lol wut
craineum's Avatar
craineum at 10/02/2008 12:53
Actually this is something I am looking forward to.
Guagloves's Avatar
Guagloves at 10/02/2008 12:55
Sweet. Hopefully there will be some awesome things for us to GET.
Krow's Avatar
Krow at 10/02/2008 12:56
Awesome.
DarkTower06's Avatar
DarkTower06 at 10/02/2008 12:58
Retroactive rewards a must for current Wii (and maybe DS) owners!
KMCC's Avatar
KMCC at 10/02/2008 12:58
Sweet Awesome.
pendelton21's Avatar
pendelton21 at 10/02/2008 13:06
Ah, great. My deal with Satan finally paid off.
Stella Wong's Avatar
Stella Wong at 10/02/2008 13:07
ouu finally! I've been waiting for this for a long time.
gravitys plaything's Avatar
gravitys plaything at 10/02/2008 13:08
how exactly does club Nintendo work? Is it like frequent flier miles or something?
garison's Avatar
garison at 10/02/2008 13:12
Is anyone aloud to join the Club?
Overcow's Avatar
Overcow at 10/02/2008 13:12
I used to be a member of Club Nintendo when it was in Sweden... Ah, good times.
Redzie's Avatar
Redzie at 10/02/2008 13:18
Hopfully theyll recognize all the products I've registered on their website. Now gimme that SNES Wii controller!!!
DrRockso's Avatar
DrRockso at 10/02/2008 13:19
Are... are those Mario themed Tarot cards?
manasteel88's Avatar
manasteel88 at 10/02/2008 13:21
and to think its only been 23 years Americans have been loyal to Nintendo. Now finally they recognize us. Somehow I think NoA will still fuck this up.
CypherVR's Avatar
CypherVR at 10/02/2008 13:27
about fuckin' time, nintendo finally quit fatin' around with it.
nintendoll's Avatar
nintendoll at 10/02/2008 13:27
finally. thank you nintendoooo!
CypherVR's Avatar
CypherVR at 10/02/2008 13:27
*fartin'*
naia-the-gamer's Avatar
naia-the-gamer at 10/02/2008 13:29
YAY!!!! I hope they bring over the VC SNES controller.
Dale North's Avatar
Dale North at 10/02/2008 13:29
gravitys plaything - kinda, yeah
coffeesash's Avatar
coffeesash at 10/02/2008 13:34
nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Now I have to be double jealous because Europe still doesn't have one but now USA does :(
Ommegeddon's Avatar
Ommegeddon at 10/02/2008 13:38
I fear there is a great possibility of these being totally lame. I just can't see the same caliber of prizes being offered over here as in Japan... but we can dream.
Ashley Davis's Avatar
Ashley Davis at 10/02/2008 13:42
Oh god, I hope we get access to those awesome music CDs. I already got Koopa Loud Music and Luigi B-Sides, but I've been looking for the Peach album forever and can't find a copy!
CWal37's Avatar
CWal37 at 10/02/2008 13:51
I'm so happy, this is such awesome news. This totally made my day.
monkeyspoon5's Avatar
monkeyspoon5 at 10/02/2008 13:53
Oh man, Mario Galaxy OST and SNES controller.

Yes.
sicPOS's Avatar
sicPOS at 10/02/2008 13:57
Finally!

Time to start buying games again.
jackal27's Avatar
jackal27 at 10/02/2008 14:00
Crap... You want MORE of my money Nintendo!? Fine...
riomccarthy's Avatar
riomccarthy at 10/02/2008 14:01
SO freaking excited! I can't wait for this!!! :D
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Funktastic at 10/02/2008 14:02
Holy hell! This may be one of the HAPPIEST days in my life! ^_^ After registering OVER 90 things on My Nintendo, I might finally get something else besides a Zelda Stylus and have to stop importing these . . .

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tsunamikitsune at 10/02/2008 14:03
Great, right after I buy an R4 they decide to start this up.

I really hope they consider games already registered when they give out rewards. I have every Nintendo system and 20 or 30 games (50-60 if you count VC games) registered to my damn account and all I have to show for it is Zelda: Master's Quest and the Zelda: Collector's Edition.

Oh, and all those games I registered, but who cares about those?
eternalplayer2345's Avatar
eternalplayer2345 at 10/02/2008 14:14
Finally, I've been waiting forever for this, I'm so happy right now. I wonder what kind of awesome stuff we can get.
hpv's Avatar
hpv at 10/02/2008 14:20
They'd better have an SNES classic controller. I need another and would love to get one with concave buttons.
free touch's Avatar
free touch at 10/02/2008 14:21
its about time.
Clbull's Avatar
Clbull at 10/02/2008 14:30
We actually had something like this in Europe called the Nintendo Stars Catalogue. It was utter crap because all you could get with your stars was wallpapers which could easily be made in Photoshop or something else equally crap, even mediocre games were sold out through it. I think the japanese version had lots of better stuff.

Well I hope Club Nintendo is actually decent.
Necros's Avatar
Necros at 10/02/2008 14:43
This is great news, but annoyingly, I've barely bought Nintendo games lately, just because there are so many quality games on 360 lately. I need to catch up on all the DS games I've passed over and even a few Wii games.
Dexter345's Avatar
Dexter345 at 10/02/2008 14:56
I hope that all the time I've taken to register all of my systems and games thus far go toward something. I've got such a huge Nintendo collection it's not even funny.
Justice's Avatar
Justice at 10/02/2008 15:11
Now bring this to England!
ZekeThePlumber's Avatar
ZekeThePlumber at 10/02/2008 15:35
IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!
The Phazer's Avatar
The Phazer at 10/02/2008 17:04
Say it with me - SNES Wii controller! SNES Wii controller! SNES Wii controller!
RoboSheep's Avatar
RoboSheep at 10/02/2008 17:08
See, this is how you combat piracy correctly. Give people reasons to buy your product beyond just the game/music/video. It's the special features that pull people in.
Mista Smegheneghan's Avatar
Mista Smegheneghan at 10/02/2008 17:18
NoA will screw this to the wall.
bluemeep's Avatar
bluemeep at 10/02/2008 17:21
Please don't suck. Please, please, please don't suck.
Mista Smegheneghan's Avatar
Mista Smegheneghan at 10/02/2008 17:25
@Justice: We have this already. albeit an incredibly.... shit version of it. but a version of it nonetheless that deletes registered stars after 2 years
TheCleaningGuy's Avatar
TheCleaningGuy at 10/02/2008 18:35
YEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CelicaCrazed's Avatar
CelicaCrazed at 10/02/2008 21:08
This is exciting. I never thought I'd see the day.
atastysammich's Avatar
atastysammich at 10/02/2008 22:32
Until they say otherwise, I'm assuming our swag will be along the lines of FREE Player's Guides or some such.
GohanGVO's Avatar
GohanGVO at 10/05/2008 23:19
Hell yeah! Please stock it with good stuff, NoA. Not wallpapers and paper hats like Euroland.
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