I know what a lot of you might be thinking. What in the world is Club Nintendo?
The answer is simple here. Club Nintendo is a rewards program that allows people to accrue “gold coins” when they purchase Nintendo products. Do remember all those little red inserts in the Nintendo game you bought? That included a code you could enter on club.nintendo.com and earn coins with which to make purchases. The included physical goods like 3DS cases, folders, and bags as well as digital game downloads. The program is, unfortunately, coming to an end and while Nintendo has stated they are working on a replacement; we have no idea what it is yet.
The good news is that there is still time. Dig through all your boxes and grab those codes! Head on over to club.nintendo.com and sign up for an account. It will take some time to enter the codes since you will need to fill out a survey with each, but even 200 coins earned (which isn’t that hard) will net you a game download on the Wii U.
Nintendo released the final batch of rewards today and the list is VERY long and includes some great games for not a whole lot in the way of coins.
Physical Rewards
Mario & Luigi Greeting Cards (300 coins)
2016 Desktop Calendar (400 coins)
3DS XL Pouch: The Legend of Zelda (600 coins)
Animal Crossing Mini Playing Cards (600 coins)
Fierce Deity Link Jigsaw Puzzle (800 coins)
Limited Edition 2013 Platinum Poster Set (700 coins)
Nintendo 3DS Game Card Case: 2015 Edition (400 coins)
Nintendogs Greeting Cards (300 coins)
Retro Mario T-Shirt (700 coins)
Super Smash Bros. 3-Poster Set (700 coins)
Super Smash Bros. 3-Poster Set v2 (700 coins)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D Messenger Bag (800 coins)
WiiU Rewards
Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3 – Wii U (200 coins)
Balloon Fight – Wii U (200 coins)
Baseball – Wii U (200 coins)
Clu Clu Land – Wii or Wii U (200 coins)
Donkey Kong 3 – Wii U (200 coins)
Donkey Kong Jr. – Wii (250 coins) or Wii U (200 coins)
Dr. Luigi – Wii U (300 coins)
Dr. Mario – Wii U (200 coins)
EarthBound – Wii U (250 coins)
Excitebike – Wii U (200 coins)
F-Zero – Wii U (200 coins)
F-Zero Maximum Velocity – Wii U (200 coins)
Game & Wario – Wii U (600 coins)
Golden Sun – Wii U (200 coins)
Golf – Wii U (200 coins)
Ice Climber – Wii U (200 coins)
Ice Hockey – Wii U (200 coins)
Kid Icarus – Wii U (200 coins)
Mario Bros. – Wii U (200 coins)
Metroid – Wii U (200 coins)
NES Open Tournament Golf – Wii U (200 coins)
NES Remix – Wii U (300 coins)
Pilotwings – Wii U (200 coins)
Pinball – Wii U (200 coins)
Punch-Out!! – Wii U (200 coins)
Super Mario Bros. – Wii U (200 coins)
Super Mario Bros. 2 – Wii U (200 coins)
Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels – Wii or Wii U (200 coins)
Super Mario Bros. 3 – Wii U (200 coins)
Super Mario World – Wii U (200 coins)
Super Metroid – Wii U (200 coins)
Super Punch-Out – Wii U (200 coins)
Tennis – Wii U (200 coins)
The Wonderful 101 – Wii U (600 coins)
Urban Champion – Wii U (200 coins)
Volleyball – Wii U (200 coins)
Wario’s Woods – Wii U (200 coins)
Wii Fit U – Wii U (600 coins)
Wii Party U – Wii U (850 coins)
Wrecking Crew – Wii U (200 coins)
Yoshi – Wii U (200 coins)
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link – Wii U (200 coins)
Wii Rewards
1080 Snowboarding – Wii (250 coins)
Art Style: Cubello – Wii (200 coins)
Doc Louis’s Punch-Out – Wii (250 coins)
Eco Shooter: Plant 350 – Wii (250 coins)
Excitebike: World Rally – Wii (250 coins)
F-Zero X – Wii (250 coins)
Fluidity – Wii (250 coins)
Mario Golf – Wii (250 coins)
Mario Kart 64 – Wii (250 coins)
Mario Party 2 – Wii (250 coins)
Mario Tennis – Wii (250 coins)
NES Play Action Football – Wii (200 coins)
Paper Mario – Wii (250 coins)
Pilotwings – Wii (250 coins)
Snowpack Park – Wii (250 coins)
Starfox 64 – Wii (250 coins)
Super Mario 64 – Wii (250 coins)
Super Mario Kart – Wii (250 coins)
Super Punch-Out – Wii (250 coins)
Super Smash Bros. – Wii (250 coins)
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (250 coins)
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask – Wii (250 coins)
ThruSpace – Wii (250 coins)
Zoda’s Revenge: StarTropics II – Wii (200 coins)
3DS Rewards
3D Classics: Twinbee – 3DS (150 coins)
3D Classics: Urban Champion – 3DS (200 coins)
3D Classics: Xevious – 3DS (200 coins)
A Kappa’s Trail – 3DS (200 coins)
Brain Age Express: Arts & Letters – 3DS (200 coins)
Brain Age Express: Math – 3DS (200 coins)
Brain Age Express: Sudoku – 3DS (200 coins)
Brain Age: Concentration Training – 3DS (600 coins)
Chibi-Robo: Photo Finder – 3DS (250 coins)
Crosswords Plus – 3DS (600 coins)
Dillon’s Rolling Western – 3DS (250 coins)
Donkey Kong – 3DS (150 coins)
Donkey Kong 3 – 3DS (200 coins)
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D – 3DS (600 coins)
Donkey Kong Jr. – 3DS (200 coins)
Fluidity: Spin Cycle – 3DS (300 coins)
Golf – 3DS (150 coins)
HarmoKnight – 3DS (300 coins)
Kersploosh – 3DS (150 coins)
Ketzal’s Corridors – 3DS (200 coins)
Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters – 3DS (150 coins)
Kid Icarus: Uprising – 3DS (700 coins)
Looksley’s Line Up – 3DS (200 coins)
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move – 3DS (250 coins)
Mario Golf – 3DS (200 coins)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again – 3DS (200 coins)
Mario’s Picross – 3DS (150 coins)
Metroid II – 3DS (150 coins)
New Super Mario Bros. 2 – 3DS (600 coins)
Nintendo Baseball – 3DS (150 coins)
Paper Mario: Sticker Star – 3DS (700 coins)
Punch-Out – 3DS (200 coins)
Radar Mission – 3DS (150 coins)
Sakura Samurai: Art of the Sword – 3DS (200 coins)
Sparkle Snapshots 3D – 3DS (200 coins)
Star Fox 64 3D – 3DS (700 coins)
Super Mario 3D Land – 3DS (600 coins)
Super Mario Land – 3DS (150 coins)
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins – 3DS (150 coins)
Tennis – 3DS (150 coins)
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening – 3DS (200 coins)
Tokyo Crash Mobs – 3DS (200 coins)
WarioLand II – 3DS (200 coins)