Club Nintendo is now available for North America.

[PatMan33]

Huzzah! My "free" Game & Watch Collection is on its way! It looks absolutely delicious.

[nintendodork]

How do I register my Channels that I bought on the Wii Shop Channel?

I have 460 coins just from the games I bought a long time ago (or, that is, at least the Nintendo Power spam I didn't throw out) and I am saving up for the following things--

Game and Watch Collection - 800 Coins

Mario Hanafuda Cards - 800 Coins

Super Mario Bros. Themed Stylus Set - 600 Coins

Mario Hat Nintendo DS Game Rack - 600 Coins

TOTAL: 2,800 Coins
           -   460 Coins
                  2,340 Coins -- Got a ways to go
         

But yeah, how do I register the Channels?

[PatMan33]

I just got another email from Nintendo concerning which things can be registered. What they were saying is that apparently the kinks should be worked out. Everything that is elligible will be on your list. I guess if it isn't you should send them an email but the guy I got sounded fairly sure. Here is the actual response:

Hello Pat,

I can appreciate your interest in Club Nintendo. Using the information you have provided in your email, I was able to locate your account and confirm that your Virtual Content has been successfully registered previously. You should see them included in your list of registered products.

If registered games are eligible for surveys, those surveys will appear in your To-do list. Complete the surveys to earn coins. Remember that only those games which were released in December 2008 and forward qualify for surveys. For a complete list of games which qualify, please visit the Club Nintendo FAQ.

He went on to link me to this list. The following are all of the things worth points.

Wii Games
Animal Crossing: City Folk
Big Brain Academy: Wii Degree
Endless Ocean
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess
Link's Crossbow Training
Mario Kart Wii
Mario Party 8
Mario Strikers Charged
Mario Super Sluggers
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Pokemon Battle Revolution
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Paper Mario
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Wario Land: Shake It!
WarioWare: Smooth Moves
Wii Fit
Wii Music
Wii Play

Wii Shop Channel games and Wii Channels
Alien Crush Returns
Art Style: Cubello
Art Style: Rotohex
Big Kahuna Party
Boingz
Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure
Brain Challenge
Bruiser and Scratch
Digital Champ Battle Boxing
Earthworm Jim
Enduro Racer
Forgotten Worlds
Gradius II Gofer No Yabou
Hockey Allstar Shootout
Home Sweet Home
Mega Man 3
Metal Slug 2
Pit Crew Panic!
Secret of Mana
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
Space Harrier
Space Invaders Get Even
Space Invaders: The Original Game
Street Fighter II: Special Champion Edition
Strong Bad Episode 3: Baddest of the Bands
Strong Bad Episode 4: Dangeresque 3
Strong Bad Episode 5: 8-bit is Enough
Sudoku Challenge!
Target Toss Pro: Bags
Tetris Party
The Incredible Maze
World of Goo
Yummy Yummy Cooking Jam

Nintendo DS Games
Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Big Brain Academy
Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day
Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day
Clubhouse Games
Crosswords DS
Diddy Kong Racing
Electroplankton
Elite Beat Agents
Flash Focus: Vision Training in Minutes a Day
Hotel Dusk: Room 215
Kirby Super Star Ultra
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass
Mario Kart DS
Mario Party DS
Master of Illusion
Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir
New Super Mario Bros.
Nintendogs: Chihuahua and Friends
Nintendogs: Dalmatian and Friends
Nintendogs: Labrador Retriever and Friends
Nintendogs: Miniature Dachshund and Friends
Personal Trainer: Cooking
Planet Puzzle League
Pokemon Diamond
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness
Pokemon Pearl
Pokemon Ranger
Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Super Mario 64 DS
Tetris DS
Yoshi's Island DS

[nurd]

Want to ask them how I recover my userame?

If I can't do that, I'll have to use my dad's workplace address 

[PatMan33]

I think I remember someone saying you can use the email that you registered your account with as the username.

[nurd]

That didn't work : ( I'll try again, though, I guess

[nintendodork]

So does this mean, as of right now, I can't register my Wii Channels?  Because it said on site I could....Bummer

[PatMan33]

Looking back at that list I may have missed some of my DS games... gotta check that out.

[nurd]

Naw, the email thing doesn't work : (

I think I only have like three games with point card thingies in them?

[nintendodork]

I didn't register any of the games on that list  (except for like...2 or 3) and I still have 460 Coins....Hardly any of the games I registered are on that list

[PatMan33]

Their site appears to be down at the moment.

*looks at the stack of DS games that is currently higher than my head*

[nintendodork]

How many coins do you have Pat?


Also, I have two different copies of the same game...since they have different serial numbers...does that mean I could register them twice?

[manuel]

Probably the same game can't be registered twice.
Only hardware like the DS or Wiimotes/Nunchucks can be registered more that one. Well, that's in Japan.
Just look up the homepage. There MUST be an explanation somewhere.

How much coins do you get for 1 game usually?
I see over there the G&W collection is 800 coins. In Japan it's 500 points, so probably you get more points per registered game.

[nintendodork]

For Wii games, you get 50 Coins but I got 80 Coins for Wii Fit because of the balance board...even though it was $90...

For DS games, you get 30 points....

$1 = 1 Coin Apparently


And what the HELL is wrong with the American site??  Everytime I try and log in with my Firefox-remembered username and password...it says it's WRONG!!   Any help?

[UglyJoe]

What a buggy website.  I activate my account and login.  Things look good.  I put in the code for Wii Play and then it tells me I need to login.  I go to login and it tells me the account information is wrong.  I go to reset my password and the recovery form returns an error.  WTF Nintendo?

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Working for me now.  Only 250 points, though...