Bastards.

I'm glad I've registered all my games here in the USA. Ever since NOA announced the system, they've had so many great free items! I mean, I think I got some crappy Pokemon skin for my GameCube once.

u got a pokemon skin, wtf! The last thing i ever recieved was that Zelda Disc, it was great and all but since this whole thing started i was so hoping for what the japanese got.

Everyone should start b!tching out Reggie till he gives this to us.

They ask us to register our games, but they never ever give us any incentive. I only have three games registered, and that was just to get that 3 month subscription to Nintendo Power that had that Wii disk in it.

NOA sucks.

The only reason I've registered anything was to get that pink DS stylus.

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The only reason I've registered anything was to get that pink DS stylus.

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I got the Zelda disc, pink stylus, and Metroid Prime 2 preview disc. Then they just seemed to stop giving stuff out. What was the point of ever registering anything if they're just going to abandon the program?

My Nintendo Registration Gifts so far:

Gift - Requirement
Zelda Collector's Edition Disc (GCN) - Register two of four select games (Mario Party 5, Mario Kart: Double Dash, Avalanche 1080 and Mario and Luigi: SuperStar Saga).
Metriod Prime 2: Echos demo disc (GCN) - Register a total of five items.
Three Month trial subscription to the new Nintendo Power - Register any three items.
Pokémon themed skin for GameCube - Register Pokémon XD.
Pink Kirby Stylus (original DS) - Register Kirby: Canvas Curse.
Three month extended warranty for Wii - Register Wii.
Chance to win GBA game - Register GBA, GBASP or Game Boy micro.
Chance to win DS game - Register DS or DSLite.
Chance to win GCN game - Register Nintendo GameCube.
Custom Robo print - Register Custom Robo (CA only).
Nintendogs - Unknown?

I think that's it... I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

Current NoA Promotions:
https://my.nintendo.com/consumer/opr_promos.jsp

That is scarce, and not only that but last time I looked it was a major pain trying to find that darn-out-of the way "Promotions" page.

I have it bookmarked and check it every so often,

Hooray! We get screwed again. Although, even after accounting for 18% tax included in the price of the Wii, it still costs about $60 or so more over there.

I wonder if Nintendo thinks that free swag belongs to a niche market?

Not Nintendo only NoA.

Why is NoA so bad with the schwag?

NA- Timely launch
Japan- Lower price and wider selection of VC games
Europe- Free wii points

Glass is one-third full or one-third empty for everyone, depending on how you look at it.

Some good news.

For all the US complainers: We get 2.50$ worth of Wii points for every 75$ game purchase (with games arriving 3 months late or never). Would you really want that?

Ha. Finally a use for the Stars Shatalogue.

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NA- Timely launch
Japan- Lower price and wider selection of VC games
Europe- Free wii points

Glass is one-third full or one-third empty for everyone, depending on how you look at it.

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He used it to drink singularity juice.

I've registered 3 systems and 9 games, and all I ever got was the Zelda disc.

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NA- Timely launch
Japan- Lower price and wider selection of VC games
Europe- Free wii points

Glass is one-third full or one-third empty for everyone, depending on how you look at it.

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It's not for all Europeans, I think. Only for those in UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, France and Italy. Correct me if I'm wrong. I live in Norway and we can't register Stars (not htat I know of, anyway).

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NA- Timely launch
Japan- Lower price and wider selection of VC games
Europe- Free wii points

Glass is one-third full or one-third empty for everyone, depending on how you look at it.

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Uhhhhh, I can't get my free Nintendo Power


It says that the site is not found

Three Weeks early might have been good if the Wii was "Feature Complete." In other words if all the channels, Internet, News, Weather, worked out of the box and the VC was steadly supplied and better then a trickle so we be right there with the Japanese launch.

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Originally posted by: MJRx9000
NA- Timely launch
Japan- Lower price and wider selection of VC games
Europe- Free wii points

Glass is one-third full or one-third empty for everyone, depending on how you look at it.

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Hardly. How does a three week earlier launch make up for free money or better game selection? I'll give you a hint, it doesn't.

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Originally posted by: MJRx9000
NA- Timely launch
Japan- Lower price and wider selection of VC games
Europe- Free wii points

Glass is one-third full or one-third empty for everyone, depending on how you look at it.

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Hardly. How does a three week earlier launch make up for free money or better game selection? I'll give you a hint, it doesn't.

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I did not say I liked the $40ish Wii Sports bundle, broken features, and not having good VC games. I was saying their incompetance is different in each region.

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Hardly. How does a three week earlier launch make up for free money or better game selection? I'll give you a hint, it doesn't.

The only "free" money you get is five stars a day if you visit the NoE homepage daily. VERY rarely a questionnaire. The biggest source of stars are consoles (500 stars) and games published by Nintendo (250 stars, third party games = 0 stars) and considering how much more expensive they are in Europe compared to the US you're better off converting those 25$ we pay extra on games directly into Wii points. Oh and don't forget that we get the worst selection of games.

Yeah, I'd hate to live in Europe. Doesn't sound like they're "free points" at all. However, I'm the type of guy who has 34 things registered on My Nintendo with a few I just didn't bother adding. So, that would accumulate for me. Still, I'd hate HATE to have the Europe selection of actual video games. Few and far between, always...

Another reason that MyNintendo sucks. Europe gets points for everything they register and can use them for free stuff. The only things we got are the pink DS stylus for registering Kirby: Canvas Curse and the Zelda Collector's Edition disc.

"Free stuff" being merchandise (tshirts, bags, etc) with a Nintendo logo if you register 10 games or so (per piece) and get there before they are sold out. I WISH we got that collector's edition disc.

"They ask us to register our games, but they never ever give us any incentive."

I know. I haven't registered anything since the Metroid Prime 2 demo disc. And it's not like I've intentionally not registered to stick to da man or anything like that. I've just outright forgotten because there is no reason for me to remember to. I don't think NOA even knows I have a DS.

I think we still have it better off in North America since we actually have games released on a timely schedule. Is swag worth having games delayed or cancelled outright? Still much like pretty much everything Nintendo does MyNintendo is a huge waste of potential. NOA seems to have good ideas in theory and then f*cks them up in execution. They need to just come up with the general idea and then pass it off to someone who knows what they're doing.

I register everything just so Nintendo knows I love them.

I bought a Pokémon GBA Video for $1.50 just so I could register it in hopes of more Nintendo love.

(Also, I wanted a GBA Video for some time, just to check it out and test it with the GBPlayer/Action Replay and Game Port Advance...)

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I register everything just so Nintendo knows I love them.

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