Question About Club Nintendo

[burninmylight]

ebw said:

burninmylight said:
Yeah, you'll get to choose a free prize at the end of the fiscal year. Platinum gets you the best prizes of course. I was gold this past fiscal year and got SSB on the Wii VC.

You also get coins for registering games and doing surveys, and those net you free swag throughout the year as well.

Nintendo's fiscal year, like that of many Japanese companies, starts on April 1st. But Club Nintendo's annual cycle starts 3 months later on July 1st. I'm not sure why people often call this a "fiscal" year, unless they're imagining a Nintendo coin-based economy.

Also, although you choose your gift in July it tends not to arrive until much later into the (calendar) year.

Yes, I was referring to Club Nintendo's fiscal year for us consumers, not the entire company. And I'm not imagining a coin-based economy. You buy games and register them with Club Nintendo, you get virtual coins. You fill out surveys on those games, you get virtual coins. You can use these coins to get free swag, but they expire by a certain date. Thanks for correcting something that didn't need correction.

And if you choose a digital gift, you get the code right away.