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

[Iwatasan]

NoA tweeted a couple hours ago about a new Club Nintendo reward they just put out. It's a game case that holds 18 DS/DSi/3DS game cartridges, and it comes in a Zelda flavor and an Animal Crossing flavor. Either one you get will set you back 400 coins but the case will come with 3 reversible covers, including a 3DS-themed one and a Mario-themed one in addition to either the Zelda-themed one or the Animal Crossing-themed one.





It may sell out fast, especially the Zelda one, so if you live in North America, get em while you still can. The recent A Link Between Worlds Poster set sold out pretty fast and so did the multicolored 3DSXL charging docks (although I think those are now available in NoE's Stars Catalogue).

[Matt16]

I really like that Zelda one, shame it's not coming to UK club Nintendo

[Platfus]

Originally Posted by Matt16

I really like that Zelda one, shame it's not coming to UK club Nintendo

At least you have something like club Nintendo there. Nothing here

[Cosmic_Link]

Oh joy! ^^ I look forward to having my wallet emptied by rip-off eBay sellers...

[KnightOfTruth]

Yes! Now I have something to use my coins on! I was waiting for something like this. Watch them come out with something next month or so for 600 coins like a Zelda statue or something though

Seeing how this'd be my first official CN purchase, are there any recommendations on whether this is a good buy or should I wait? How often does Nintendo release big ticket collection items?

[Platfus]

Why did you get coins? I wanted to redeem some Wii games but it dost work

[KnightOfTruth]

Originally Posted by Platfus

Why did you get coins? I wanted to redeem some Wii games but it dost work

I've had a ton of Nintendo games/systems over the years and not once did I ever even look up anything about registering or Club Nintendo or anything until someone posted that picture of the Club Nintendo Statue awhile back (which I now own).

So I dusted off all my wii/3ds/etc. games and registered enough of them to get me into the platinum club and was just gonna sit on the rest of them until next "year" (July) and register the rest of those too to ensure I get into Platinum again. Sorry it doesn't work for you though mate

I don't wanna use my coins on something that I can buy outright (especially E-shop things) so have just been saving them for something neat. I wasn't really feeling that Luigi statue so just wanna get some "expert advice" on whether I should use my coins on this or save them for some other statue/release thing. I'm just not sure how often they release those things?

[Matt16]

Originally Posted by KnightOfTruth

So I dusted off all my wii/3ds/etc. games and registered enough of them to get me into the platinum club and was just gonna sit on the rest of them until next "year" (July) and register the rest of those too to ensure I get into Platinum again. Sorry it doesn't work for you though mate

Make sure you register your oldest games first as the codes expire. I've had quite a few I've missed over the years because of this.

[Iwatasan]

I was doing the same thing Knight, what with the Zelda Wii U and 3DS XL and all the games I got for Christmas I'm sitting on a pile of points, but, I thought, why cash them in now when they can get me Platinum status next CN year. But then I was 30 coins short for this game case so I had to do a little more.

In addition to what Matt said about PINs expiring, watch out for Post Play Surveys sitting on your account which I believe will generally expire faster than PINs and you'll miss out on 10 coins per survey for those.

I've been with CN since the beginning and I can tell you that things worth buying, like the gold wii nunchuk for instance, used to pop up like once or twice a year maybe, but to me it seems like since toward the end of last year there's been new stuff I like popping up every few weeks or so. Who knows if that trend will continue, but it does seem like they're kinda trying harder. There was the ALBW poster set, the 3DS XL charging cradle, the Luigi statue you mentioned, and now this game case. I wouldn't hold your breath for a Zelda statue or anything.

Any advice I could give you would be hit or miss...I went for this game case and now have 20 coins in my account, and I'm gonna just wait till July for Platinum Status to reset before registering more PINs (none of which are old enough to worry about expiring). If something nice comes out between now and then I'll just have to buy it second hand. My strategy here is just to hope that 2015's elite status reward is as cool as the Majora's Mask soundtrack they had last year. Trouble is you just never know, and my strategy could be all wrong. Between now and July they could come out with another thing that sells out in a day and resells on eBay for $75. And 2015's Elite Status reward might be a crappy set of pencils or something, and then I would be regretting not spending my points on the $75 thing instead. It's a crapshoot.

[Twisted]

I say go for this case...actual tangible "physical" items that are game related are rare on US club Nintendo..we get a lot of hand towels, pencil holders, shoe laces, posters, paper cards, more posters, more paper stuff etc...the game case is something you should definitely go for..400 coins is reasonable because otherwise you can get paper posters for around that as opposed to this actual item.