In today's episode of 'why does Japan get all the cool stuff and why haven't we just relocated already?', we present to you the latest selection of physical goodies added to the region's My Nintendo rewards service. And everything's coming up Yoshi.
Yes, these new arrivals all feature our favourite, green, egg-laying dinosaur of joy, and they're surprisingly cheap to obtain. The memo stand is available for 400 Platinum Points, the 'Yoshi and Egg Ballpoint Pen Set' is just 300 Platinum Points, and the canvas pouch is also 300 Platinum Points. From there, users simply pay a ¥540 shipping fee (around £3.70 / $4.90), although this fee is scrapped if you pick up enough other physical goods from the store at the same time.
The service has also recently added discounts for a selection of games and even money off microSD cards, something which isn't actually that unusual for the Japanese version of the service. With the amount of games now available on Switch, we'd love a good discount on microSD cards, too. Sadly, this remains a Japan-exclusive deal.
Would you like the western My Nintendo services to reintroduce physical rewards? We'd certainly be up for a similar style to Japan's current approach.
[source japanesenintendo.com, via store.nintendo.co.jp]
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NO FAIR! (Yes that is all i wish to say)
Japan getting treated better than the rest of the world by Nintendo? Shocker!
A few years ago I spent a few hundred dollars in the eShop to get enough points to exchange for a pair of shoe laces.
That would finally be a good way to use Platinum Points, but they surely don't send to Europe. Not at that shipping price at least.
Japan always gets the good stuff.
And that's not about to change anytime soon, sadly...
#GearForAll! 😉
It's long been common knowledge that of all Nintendo's children, Japan is its favorite
I want, NO I need this now!
Nintendo would make SO MUCH MONEY by rolling this out worldwide. Time to tweet Doug Bowser people. Ask him.
the biggest problem of my nintendo is still that your points expire after only 1 year....
UGH.....once again, Nintendo makes us all jealous of Japan. I hope Doug Bowser does some serious retooling of the North American My Nintendo when he becomes President.
I've tweeted Doug Bowser and Nintendo UK (Nicolas Wegnez) about this. Going to tweet Emma Kent at Eurogamer as well.
My Nintendo in NTSC and PAL regions is nothing more than coupons for Wii U games and phone rewards. So why does My Nintendo in Japan seem to be a continuation of Club Nintendo?
Wow, NoA really wants my platinum coins to expire...
Also, Doug's not officially president until April.
I would definitely not complain if My Nintendo offered physical rewards outside of Japan as well.
AAAAAAAAAAH no it's not fair, I want these!! D:
I would actually stop complaining about the lack of Switch game rewards if MyNintendo had physical rewards in the west.
Hopefully this means we might get a return of Club Nintendo stuff!
Oh how I miss physical Club Nintendo rewards.
@Azikira Yes! The physical rewards were my only reason for Club Nintendo!! It was so disappointing to see them go away and be replaced by generally uninteresting digital rewards (like 30% off an eShop game that I don't want or already own.)
I'd pay good money for this.
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