Nintendo today notified Club Nintendo Elite Status members of their rewards. The free prizes for the 2009 Club Nintendo Year include an exclusive Doc-Louis's Punch-Out!! WiiWare game, Mario Hat and Club Nintendo 2010 Calendar. These items are exclusively available for Club Nintendo Members who reached Gold or Platinum status by June 30, 2009.
GamesRadar writes: "We know we're not alone in our ridiculous affection for the Punch-Out!! series, so it's likely that many of you are seething with jealously over the tasty morsel Club Nintendo dropped on its Platinum Members this week. Long story short: If you took those white forms that come in all your Kirby games the rest of us just throw away, registered your first-party Nintendo potpourri online, and redeemed 800 Coins in the Club Nintendo store, you've earned the privilege of downloading the extremely exclusive Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! for WiiWare."
NL writes: "Before the release of the Wii version of Punch-Out!! earlier this year, rumors began circulating that a few "surprise" fighters would make appearances in the game. One of those rumors was that Mac would have to face his trainer, the rotund and irresistibly optimistic Doc Louis."
Nintendo Dpad:
"Platinum Club Nintendo Members receiving their upcoming Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! should feel lucky-or might feel sad- as that was not originally what gift the platinum members were to receive."
yea if you get 600 club nintendo points you get special platinum memeber prizes at the end of every year(their year ends in July).
You get points by registering first and second party nintendo games. each game is worth 50 points, but then you get surveys afterwards that can make a single game between 50-70, depending on the title.
You also get points for doign surveys off of certain virtual and wiiware titles aswell.
This years platinum reward for NA was an exclusive punchout wiiware game where you fight doc louis.
oddly enough I think the Nintendo picture with Reggies signature on it was more of a reward than these they are offering... and I got that one out of the blue! Yet, that could be the reason I like it more ;)
i just acceptd my mario hat gift. i cant wait to don the legendary red hat. im gonna be stomping on all-a yalls.
I only had enough to get the calendar. Part of me would kinda dig that mario hat replica. Oh well, there is always next year.
sweet.
I think I'm going to get the replica hat :)