It's not an argument anymore to claim that it's free so it doesn't matter, because there's nothing to get anymore. All the real rewards have been removed (in North America) in favor of downloads for VC games, which I have no interest in. That's why it sucks. I have a ton of points with nothing to spend them on. Even the platinum rewards this year weren't anything physical, just a download of a game. Pointless.

Well, the thing is, I doubt it has that much effect on the consumer's choice for it to matter with Nintendo or really anyone. A consumer for the most part chooses a game based on perference and not cause of the rewards and even if they offered something better, most consumers still wouldn't care. With that being said, Club Nintendo does offer quite a lot of free stuff non the less and considering its a free service, you do get plenty of stuff like the Smash Bros OST or free Hyrule Warriors DLC or free game with MK8 and many more. And not to mention, if you are a premium member or a gold member, you do get exclusive and free items in June of every year that don't affect your points at all and they are usually of high value. On top of that, you do get free digital games and well as physical items that can be resold on ebay for $50+ depending on the item (physical item only obviously). So considering its a free service that doesn't charge u anything but gives you plenty of things for free, I really think all this whining from people is nonsense.

The rewards in the past couple years have been disappointing, which isn't too bad because I didn't buy many Nintendo stuffs lately.

I liked my Mario hat and the plastic figurine set thing.

I don't see what is wrong with getting free VC games. I don't buy many VC games, but it was definitely nice to get Metroid, Legend of Zelda, etc, etc on my 3DS just for buying games that I would've already bought and taking their quick surveys.

The problem is that the service is not equal to every gamer around the world, so complains are bound to pop up.
For example, no one complains about the ddp since we all get treated alike.

Just for reference the deluxe digital promotion during these two years, I've gained 2000 points and been given back 20 eur.

You do get coins for everything you buy in the digital store.

You buy games to play games. Or at least the rest of the world does. You may personally buy the games and then throw them in the trash, for all I know. Either way, Club Nintendo is a free rewards program, because you are rewarded with extras. You don't buy games to earn CN coins, you buy games to play games, and you just happen to earn coins in the process. This has been made clear to you at least a dozen times now. There's nothing wrong with being displeased with the program, but you cannot factually make the claim that it is comparable to PS+ or is a paid service. If you're going to keep that as the basis of your argument, then this thread should be locked.

The reason why it suck is because they never give away really anything good on the WII U.  I have been a member for about a year and the best I saw was mario 2 for nes.  The games are mainly for the 3ds.  Also last years paltnium was pretty pathetic.

Well what do you expect from a free rewards program? Like seriously? They give you free DLC with Hyrule Warriors, free full priced retail games with MK8, free full priced games in June if you are a gold/platinum member with no cost in terms of points, free OST for smash bros and many more things. They also give you free VC and indie games in a monthly baises and they have many limited edition things from time to time which resell for $50+ on ebay. I mean, what do people expect from a free service that gives u free stuff cause if your expecting like what PS+/Gold gives, guess what, they charge a yearly fee for that and of course, if you don't pay for the subscription service, you get heavly punished for it

Not my friends, that's for sure. Now if they start shipping Sonic + Tails, then you can start pointing fingers.