Kinda was hoping for some physical stuff, but Earthbound is cool too, I guess.

F' it, I'll get Game & Wario. It really isn't a game I'd buy for myself but if it's being given to me I'm willing to try it despite mostly negative reactions. Perhaps it could be a crowd pleaser at party's?

Earthbound is amazing though and I'd get it if I hadn't already played it like 10 times.

Donkey Kong returns 3d is a must buy compared to all this other stuff. It's legit full modern game whereas the rest of this is old schcool or new indie games. I love some of these games no doubt but dk3d is biggest bang per buck here.

Really... that's it? This is the first time I've ever gotten Platinum status, and they just throw this at my face? Oh well, guess I'll be getting either Game & Wario or Dr. Luigi.

I'm totally good with this. Most CN Elite Status rewards in America are worthless IMO and don't even get delivered until December. Something cool I can play immediately works much better for me.

PS: If you are Platinum and own a 3DS but don't own DKCR3D, that should be the game you download without question. It's awesome.

NOA Club Nintendo is a Joke. Every other region that has it is better than what NOA has to offer. This platinum rewards are even more of a Joke. What the hell am I going to use my reward on? I own ALL of those. Those are how i got to platinum in the first place. There is NOTHING for me at all. Way to go nintendo, way to say F*** you to some of your last remaining support.

Europe has it better now? Or are we pretending only Japan exists?

Anyhow, sucks that you own every game there (no sarcasm). Why not trade your free game to someone in exchange for something else?

Europe has had it better for a while now, yeah stuff is a bit high in cost but at least they have stuff where in NOA we have 6 items to chose from and they... are pretty pathetic. Japan, don't even bring them in as we know that Japan has the best and will always be the best. Also, how would I exchange it, i mean seriously, I would be an idiot to trust some random guy over a forum or other blog site. The best I would be able to do it trade it with my friends but here's the problem. Most of them are in the exact same boat as me as are probably a hell of a lot of other people. You need to buy games inorder to get gold/platinum status and a lot of people would have bought these games or at least the good to decent ones just to have very slim pickings.

I don't pretend to speak for them, but I'd hazard most of the Europeans would strenuously disagree with you. They don't even get the option of an extra bonus gift.

As for trusting someone on the internet, I've yet to be burned when it comes to folks on this site, and I've run over a half-dozen Secret Santa events which involved literally hundreds of people. Besides, even if you get burned, what do you care? Your extra gift is completely meaningless to you: you lose nothing.

Finally, I guess where we differ is our level of entitlement. I bought my way to Platinum status because there were enough games they offered that I spent the money to play said games. I never once spent a penny solely, primarily, or even partly due to Club Nintendo.  Heck, a large chunk of my coins came from games I downloaded via Club Nintendo, so without those freebies I wouldn't have made Platinum at all.

I reserve the right to be disappointed in the extra goodie of course, human psychology being what it is, but I'm not going to be angry or upset that the year end freebie isn't of much use. If I was, I'd have stopped registering games years ago: I never listened to the Majora's Mask CD, or used my Nintendo Playing Cards, and the calendars are useless to me. But that's alright: I spent money to get games I wanted to play, use some of the points acquired by said purchases to get additional free digital games that I wanted to play, and now I got an additional freebie on top of that, one which didn't cost me a single coin. It's the cherry on my sundae, and even if I don't like it it doesn't spoil my dessert at all.

Your mileage may vary.

Wow what a disappointment... This was the first year I made Platinum too! :(