An idea of what Nintendo's new subscription service that's replacing Club Nintendo might be.

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(WARNING: Yet, another LOOOOOOOOOOONG opening. Even longer than the last one that was about succeeding with a console Fire Emblem game. http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=208835&page=1#
When you see the, *, that's suggesting that the NX will have already come out.)

It's been awhile now since Club Nintendo shut down, which allowed you to register games you've bought for coins in exchange for getting other games for free, whether it be new, retail, AAA titles or downloadable titles off the eShop, also getting fancy souvenirs and merchandise of your favorite Nintendo IPs and franchises. It was through Club Nintendo, how I was able to get my Smash Bros. posters and soundtrack, (Route 10 remix from Pokemon Black/White goes great for driving on the freeway, same with Gaur Plain from Xenoblade Chronicles!), and I downloaded some games for free with my coins such as GoldenSun - (Which I have still yet to play).
And now it's no longer around, although Nintendo made the promise of replacing it. And it's been a few months since then, and we still have no idea what that new service may be.
Although, I have come up with one hypothesis of what it could be.
For those wrestling fans out there, I'm sure you're well aware of the WWE Network, seeing as how they never shut up about it on RAW or SmackDown, where for $9.99 a month, you have access to ALL the pay-per-views, ALL the DVD/TV specials (Documentaries, Total Divas, House of Legends), old-school episodes and pay-per views ranging from the entire 80s, Golden Era with Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, and Rowdy Piper (may the latter 2 Rest In Peace), to the late 90s-early 00s, Attitude Era with Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, Triple H, and The Undertaker, wrestling shows from old, defunct companies, like AWA, NWA, ECW, and WCW.
The WWE Network is essentially a legacy platform for all wrestling, past, present and future!

Now I'm sure a lot of your are wondering, "What does that have anything to do with Nintendo?", well, in my opinion, I think Nintendo should take que from Vince McMahon and the WWE, on how to make an effective, powerful, money-making subscription service, which utilizes the growing legacies of their IPs.
With the current prices of old-school games on the eShop and Virtual Console, with NES titles being around $5-6, N64 titles, $10. It's not really justifiable to be paying those high prices for 20-30 year old games, when there are other games in this generation that are around that same price.

What I'm suggesting, is that, for $10 a month, just for the sake of having a price, you can get complete and free access to EVERY SINGLE Nintendo made and published title on Virtual Console from the NES-SNES-N64*-GCN*-Wii*Wii U*. Every Nintendo made and published title from the GB-GBC-GBA-DS-3DS*. That mean, every Mario, every Zelda, every Pokemon, DK, Metroid, Fire Emblem, Star Fox, Animial Crossing, Mother, F-Zero, Smash Bros., you name it. Every old game from past systems, you can download as many as you want, or as many as your device can handle for $10/ per month. So rather than paying a ridiculous $10 for Super Mario 64, and then put down another $10 for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TIme, you could get both those games, plus Majora's Mask, Sunshine, Galaxy, just about all Mario and Zelda's available off the VC for $10 per month.

That leads me, to the VC. Notice how I put an '*' next to some of the old school systems, more specifically ones that were capable of 3D & HD gaming and development. That's because I thought that for this to work and be a success, the VC can no longer be exclusive to Nintendo systems. Now imagine if the Virtual Console could be accessed via an app on smartphones and tablets..
(GASP) "HOW COULD YOU SUGGEST SUCH A LUDICROUS IDEA!?!" Because, this would be an effective way to lure the casual audience back to Nintendo.
Given the Virtual Console prices of their games, and the pricing of games on the iOS/Android market. Do you honestly believe that those people would be willing to pay $5 play Super Mario Bros, plus another $8 to play Super Mario World, plus another $10 for The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask on their phones when they could get other F2P games on their phones?
The answer, is flat out No.
So, the way Nintendo could do it, is drop the prices down dramatically. Like how people who owned those titles on the Wii, get a discount of around $1-2 by transferring that data to the Wii U, (that's how much they should cost to begin with.)
And/Or, they could bring the subscription service to the iOS/Android market, at a discounted price however of, say around $5 a month, which can also be applied to the subscription service on the NX, to have free access to the old school games of systems that don't have a '*' next to it.
Because, old school 2D games from the NES, SNES, Game Boy, all the way up to even the Nintendo DS, could work perfectly on smartphones and tablets, because the controls are more simple, there were less buttons, no analog stick or circle pad, basically there aren't any of the new, modern customs that are necessary for 3D/HD development.
As far as I'm aware, there is no way to get a full scale 3D or HD game like say, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker or Pikmin 3 to run on smartphones and tablets, WITHOUT a huge drop in seemless control or experience that is only possible on modern consoles and handhelds with actual controllers. Or how about getting a Wii game, that uses full scale motion controls like Wii Sports or The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword on a tablet or smartphone.
This, not only can be an explanation as to why they can put those restrictions on smartphones and tablets, but it can also make for another good reason to convince some of that audience to invest in the NX, whether it be handheld or console, so that they can get the full subscription experience.

So to recap, you can have either the:
-$5 subscription plan, can cancel anytime and available on all smartphone, tablet, and NX hardware, for all the past Nintendo games on just NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, SNES, Game Boy Advance, and DS. OR!
-$10 subscription plan, cancel anytime and only on NX hardware, for all the past Nintendo games from all the systems I just mentioned PLUS, the N64, GCN, Wii, Wii U, and 3DS.
Next, to bring back an asset of Club Nintendo, each time you register a new NX game or the system itself, onto the new service, you stack up points, where as soon as you get enough, you can buy merchandise or digitally download a game of the eShop onto the NX, with the points you spend. (Another reason to get the NX!)

Although looking at this, one big flaw that could take place here, is if you can cancel anytime, you could download every single game you want and then cancel before the month ends, so that you don't have to pay a dime.
Ah, and THAT'S where subscription members get special treatment and those who tried to cheat the system, get a rude Awakening.
Along with the old CN assets I suggested by brought back. Nintendo could make it so that, not only is it a great method for old school games, but modern, newer games as well.
Where members of the service, instead of paying the full $60 price tag for AAA retail games, they could register for a subscription user ID, I mean an actual physical ID card, where, you can get those games at a discounted price of around 25%, so instead of paying $60 for say, Mario Kart 9, you only pay $45, and you can get 4 full retail $60 games for the usual price of 3, 8 for the price of 6, 9 for the price of 6, 16 for the price of 12, and so on and so forth. Which sounds like a better deal? $60+tax on a retail game, or $45+$5-10 + tax on a retail game and subscription. and this won't be exclusive to just retail AAA games, it can also include eShop digital games, downloadable content, getting early demos to a highly anticipated title. You don't think it would bring pleasure to a subscription member to know because he/she is a member, she has access to a subscription exclusive demo of Pokemon Gen 7, Zelda Wii U, Splatoon 2, or Metroid Prime IV?
As for the rude Awakening part, for $5-10 a month, you get complete and free access to all those games, with that said, when you cancel and end your subscription, the games go with it.
Back to the WWE Network example, what would be the point of staying subscribed to the Network if I could download every single episode of RAW is WAR during the Attitude Era to my tablet, and they could forever be on my laptop, even if I'm not subscriber to the Network.
So if hypothetically, I could download as many old school Nintendo games as I want for free, and cancel at anytime, than I could cancel my subscription, have all those games downloaded to my system, whether it be NX, phone, or tablet, without having to pay a dime. And as a result, I have just, effectively, cheated Nintendo out of A LOT of money. So it's either subscribe and get all those games, and if I want to unsubscribe for whatever, I absolutely can, but all those games go away, and if I want them back, but I don't want to unsubscribe, then I've got to pay the price they're asking for on the Virtual Console.


.....And I think that's it. Like I said, that's just my hypothesis of what they could do, with their new subscription service, based off of ZERO reliable info. They could make something entirely different for all we know. Only time will tell.
So, thoughts? Opinions? Comments? Do you agree? Do you think I'm insane? How do you think it will turn out? Feel free to share!