More details on the American incarnation of Club Nintendo have arisen! Cammie Dunaway, vice president of sales and marketing, spoke in New York about the new service. Points are referred to as "Gold Coins."
You can get them by registering your products - software, hardware, and accessories - on their My Nintendo web-site. Points/gold coins will also be awarded when you fill out surveys discussing your experience with said products. "You actually get points before you purchase, if you indicate an interest in purchasing," Dunaway explained. The system is set up to reward both purchases and potential purchases.
While we are unsure if we can get free green mushrooms or any other 1-up-based items from the service for 100 gold coins, we do have an idea of what will be distributed. The system will be oriented to reward players with physical products like Japan's system, and will be less like the European version which Dunaway explains "is pretty much digital." It would seem the service will provide American consumers more rewards like controllers and soundtracks, where the digital side would be items like screen savers and possible cell-phone ring tones.
Nintendo's New York team is working in overdrive to get the service ready before the end of the holidays this year.
Source: MTV Multiplayer
Sunday, November 16, 2008
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