The calendar may read April 1, but Nintendo is not joking around. The company just released the free Elite Status rewards given to anyone who's achieved Gold or Platinum status in Club Nintendo last year.
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Not that Nintendo made it easy. The Club Nintendo site was down for most of last evening because we all wanted to register everything because human beings, as a whole, are god awful at time management. But for those of you who scanned and uploaded every barcode # you could find, the rewards are pretty great.
Not only are they great, they're obvious in a sort of 'why aren't these offered up all the time?' It doesn't hurt to have a AAA game as a prize, at least once in a while.
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Unfortunately, you may encounter a lot of the same traffic problems in trying to download these. Club Nintendo has been up and down for maintenance all day. As a reminder, you have until June 30 to claim your reward, and since it's digital they presumably aren't going to run out any time soon. So chill out, play some more Monster Hunter 4 (because it's amazing) and relax. The games will be here.
Just make sure you're at the official site. There are some tricksters out there.
To the most loyal of all, the Platinum Members:
Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS)
Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
Mario Golf World Tour (3DS)
Mario Party Island Tour (3DS)
New Super Mario Bros 2 (3DS)
Yoshi's New Island (3DS)
Donkey Kong Country Tropical (Wii U)
NES Remix (Wii U)
Punch-Out!! (Wii U)
Pushmo World (Wii U)
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Wii U)
Ultimate NES Remix (3DS)
Whereas you poor, poor souls who only managed to get Gold status can download one of the following. Choose wisely. (Platinum members can download these games, too, but unless you already own all the platinum rewards games...why would you?)
Crashmo (3DS)
Freakyforms: Your Creations, Alive! (3DS)
Pushmo (3DS)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (3DS) - okay, so you can totally get this one if you want.
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe (3DS)
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (3DS)
The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (3DS)
The Mysterious Murasame Castle (3DS)
Advance Wars (Wii U) - aaw yeah!
The Legend of Zelda (Wii U)
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga (Wii U)
Metroid Fusion (Wii U)
Super Mario Bros: The Lost Levels (Wii U)
Super Mario Kart (Wii U) - the original game that helped ruin a thousand friendships
Wario Ware Inc: Mega Microgames! (Wii U)
Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3 (Wii U)
Reminder, you can only download one. So think about this real hard before you do. Club Nintendo is on its way out. Now begins the slow march to the farm upstate. If the site ever comes back, that is.
