3DS Club Nintendo 3DS Game Card Case (Zelda & Animal Crossing)

[Iwatasan]

Ah, I didn't know that thing was from Club Nintendo, good info!

[Iwatasan]

Well here it is. I got the Zelda one obviously, not the Animal Crossing one. It came in an unpadded shipping bag with the little Toad card you see below which is just blank white on the back. All three interchangeable cover art inserts came inserted in the case (3DS Art on the outside, Mario in the middle, and Zelda on the inside), and the case was sealed with a cheap "resealable" polybag (the adhesive was stronger than the plastic so mine ripped trying to get it open ).















Pretty sturdy little case and definitely has functional value. Looks like as of now the Zelda one is sold out on Club Nintendo but you can still buy the Animal Crossing one. These have sold on eBay from $8.50 for a broken one all the way up to $29.00, so your prediction was spot on, Knight.

While searching eBay for this, another card case set kept popping up in my results. I thought maybe it was Japanese or European at first, but no, this one is North American too. Released in February 2012, and yes it has Zelda. Damn, no idea how I missed this. It's selling for the same and a little more than the one we've been discussing here. A little research shows it only cost 250 coins at the time AND it came with 4 cover art inserts instead of 3. Go figure. I'm thinking you made the right choice holding your coins Knight!




Edit: Oh yeah and since we were talking about it here I got the other Majora's Mask OST I was expecting so PM me if you want a rip.

[Platfus]

I wish sony would do similar thing for purchasing games and maybe earning trophies.

[Cosmic_Link]

Originally Posted by Iwatasan

Well here it is. I got the Zelda one obviously, not the Animal Crossing one. It came in an unpadded shipping bag with the little Toad card you see below which is just blank white on the back. All three interchangeable cover art inserts came inserted in the case (3DS Art on the outside, Mario in the middle, and Zelda on the inside), and the case was sealed with a cheap "resealable" polybag (the adhesive was stronger than the plastic so mine ripped trying to get it open ).















Pretty sturdy little case and definitely has functional value. Looks like as of now the Zelda one is sold out on Club Nintendo but you can still buy the Animal Crossing one. These have sold on eBay from $8.50 for a broken one all the way up to $29.00, so your prediction was spot on, Knight.

While searching eBay for this, another card case set kept popping up in my results. I thought maybe it was Japanese or European at first, but no, this one is North American too. Released in February 2012, and yes it has Zelda. Damn, no idea how I missed this. It's selling for the same and a little more than the one we've been discussing here. A little research shows it only cost 250 coins at the time AND it came with 4 cover art inserts instead of 3. Go figure. I'm thinking you made the right choice holding your coins Knight!




Edit: Oh yeah and since we were talking about it here I got the other Majora's Mask OST I was expecting so PM me if you want a rip.

Yeah, we had a case like that on Euro CN, which came with Mario inserts. Might just try and snag a cheap broken one since all I want is the inserts.

Cheers for the pics! ^^

[Twisted]

SONY has a program,..but you earn points towards general sony products..not special items like club Nintendo...I am not sure about the current status of "club sony" USA..but it was announced with a splash in late 2012/2013?..and then the buzz on the internet died down..but basically you registered points from PS3 games and you could redeem them for sony headsets, and tvs, and other PS3 games.etc.but they required a lot of points..and nothing was really exclusive..not sure of the status of it now though.

[Platfus]

It wouldn't work here in CZ though. Even ni tendo had problems with us.

[KnightOfTruth]

Anyone know what the difference in the "thank you" card is about? It seems some people got the Mario one, others the Luigi one, and obviously the Toad one shown above? Is it by region or just random?

Also, why do I have this huge desire to collect all of those??

[Iwatasan]

Ah yeah, I saw that too on eBay. There's a Peach one too. Total guess here but I'd say it's random, not by region or anything. Hard to say if any of them is more rare than the others. But I can say this card case is the first thing I've ordered from the catalog that came with one of these cards, and unlike the Mario one that came with the Majora's Mask soundtrack (and apparently the 2014 calendar)?which says "Congratulations on Achieving Elite Status!"?these Mario/Luigi/Peach/Toad cards say "Thank you from Club Nintendo. We appreciate your continued feedback & loyalty. We hope you enjoy your [nonspecific] Club Nintendo Reward." And it looks like they are now being included with just about any reward you can order from the catalog (Cleaning Cloth, Wii Remote Holder, Pen Case, Luigi Pouch, Mario Pouch, etc). I got one of the Wii Remote Holders back in June 2011 and I'm 100% sure it did not come with one of these cards or anything else, but it does now apparently.

[KnightOfTruth]

Just saw that the Link Between Worlds Poster set is back up for 500 coins!! Does anyone know If the poster from the Game UK CE is one of the ones included or are these all different?

[Likey]

The poster is the same design. So for 500 coins you get 3 separate posters?

Thanks for reminding me about 3DS, I still had to claim my free Super Mario 3D Land so I'm doing it right now.

The code would have expired on 14th March! :/