Club Nintendo

The logo of Club Nintendo

Club Nintendo was a Nintendo rewards/loyalty program. It is now defunct and was succeeded by My Nintendo.

Summary

Players could register an account online to access promotional Nintendo items. Most items were physical products like posters, clothes, and other commemorative accessories. However, special controllers were also released such as Gold Nunchuks, gold and character themed Wii Wheels, and character themed GameCube controllers. Club Nintendo also had video game sound-tracks available. (such as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D Official Soundtrack)

Exclusive Games

Physical games:

• Game & Watch Collection (Nintendo DS) (Japan, North America, Australia)
• Game & Watch Collection 2 (Nintendo DS) (Japan, North America)
• Tingle's Balloon Fight DS (Nintendo DS) (Japan)
• Zekkyou Senshi Sakeburein (Nintendo DS) (Japan)
• Excitebots: Trick Racing (Nintendo Wii) (Japan)

Digital games:

• Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! (WiiWare) (North America)
• Grill-Off With Ultra Hand! (WiiWare) (North America, Japan)
• Nintendoji (Japan) (DSiWare)
• Club Nintendo Picross (Nintendo 3DS) (Japan)
• Club Nintendo Picross + (Nintendo 3DS) (Japan and South Korea)

The items available in the Club Nintendo shop varied based on region. Some items were available for free, while others were available with virtual currency/points earned by registering games the player owns. For retail games, Club Nintendo inserts were included with compatible games and consoles where the player could scratch off a code to register it and earn a specific number of points based on the item.

Many other nonexclusive games were also sold on Club Nintendo, these games mainly consisted of both new and retro WiiWare, DSIWare, and 3DS Virtual Console software.

How to become a member of Club Nintendo (Quotes)

The following quotes come from an insert for the Wii game New Super Mario Bros. Wii.

"Join Club Nintendo! Register your Nintendo product and get access to our Stars Catalogue!"
	–Front of the insert, Insert from New Super Mario Bros. Wii

"Become a Club Nintendo Member... ... and discover a wealth of valuable product info at our massive website, swap Stars for exclusive premiums in our Stars Catalogue and much more! 1. Scratch off panel to reveal PIN code 2. Tap it in at www.club-nintendo.com 3. Follow the easy steps to register Eligibility for membership exclusive to residents of UK & Ireland, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal and South Africa."
	–Back of the insert, Insert from New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Nintendo online services

• Famicom Network System (Famicom, 1988)  • Satellaview (Super Famicom, 1995) (scheduled satellite broadcast/download, but not Internet)  • Randnet (Nintendo 64DD 1999)  • Mobile System GB (Game Boy Color/Game Boy Advance w/Mobile GB Adapter and mobile phone, 2001)  • Online Nintendo GameCube gameplay (Nintendo GameCube, w/GameCube Broadband Adapter/Modem Adapter, 2002)  • Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection (Wii, Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo DSi, Nintendo DSi XL optionally w/Nintendo Wi-Fi USB Connector, Nintendo DS & DSi Browser, 2006)  • Nintendo Network (Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, Web, 2012/3)  • Nintendo Switch Online (2018; Nintendo Switch)  • Websites (Nintendo web browser games)