Club Nintendo Japan increases Miiist vanity factor

by Jonti Davies { Dec 28th 2006 at 4:58PM }

Each year, NCL gives a gift to Platinum members of Japan's Club Nintendo (Platinum members can be spotted by their metallic coating as it shines in the winter sun -- and by their Club Nintendo accounts, which tally more than 400 points amassed during the previous calendar year). This year's prizes are especially funky. Shiny members may choose one item from a list (of two):

a Wii remote battery flap on which Nintendo will print the owner's Mii image (Miis should be sent to Nintendo through Wii Connect before February)
a copy of Club-exclusive DS title Tingle's Balloon Fight

Both items will be delivered in the spring, with the customized Wii remote plastic scheduled for production and delivery all the way through to August 31. We opted for the Mii gift, because we're so vain.

Feel free to commence the vitriolic "Why don't we get that stuff here?" comments --NoA isn't listening.

Tags: Club Nintendo, ClubNintendo, Japan, Mii, Tingles

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Khaosx2030 @ Dec 28th 2006 5:09PM

WHY DON'T WE GET THAT STUFF HERE!?!?!? [/rage]

I don't buy nearly enough nintendo goods to even put it to good use anyways.

Dracula Jones @ Dec 28th 2006 5:10PM

Can I at least express a resigned "Maaaaaaaaan..." and glance dejectedly towards my three free issues of Nintendo Power?

You know what? Reggie looks like a glazed ham. There, I said it. Give me my Mii battery cover.

pete @ Dec 28th 2006 5:10PM

that is dope, since you can upload your mii to the remote and take it with you, now its really YOUR remote it will have your grill all up on i think thats an idea they should probably run with, they could even charge a nominal fee to do it for everyone, how much could it cost? if available would you get one, anwser yes.

manuel @ Dec 28th 2006 5:12PM

I think I will take the DS game.
Maybe some time in the future some company will have a service of printing Miis on your battery covers. If such a service becomes available, I'll order that.
For me as a collector the game may be nicer.

Actually, I want both, though.
I mean, getting far over 400 points wasn't exactly cheap and Nintendo's making a hell of a lot of money right now.
Come on, Nintendo, don't be so cheap and give us platinums both gifts. :o)

David004 @ Dec 28th 2006 6:44PM

What a stupid choose. I piece of plasic no one will see or a game that will be worth a lot on eBay? Hard choice.

And America get's screwed over. Even in Europe they get cooler things then we do. Well they get things and that's a start. I have several games on Nintendo.com and all I have ever gotten was two Nintendo Powers in like a weeks time and another Nintendo Power about a month later that was eaten in the mail.