Nintendo's Platinum Points Merch Is No Good Anymore
For those unfamiliar with Club Nintendo, it may be hard to imagine that Nintendo Points and Coins ever used to be worth earning. My Nintendo has lessened the usefulness of the currency since its golden days, and its current offerings don’t match up with what was offered in the past. Platinum Points used to be just called Coins and would reward players in the United States with digital downloads and physical keepsakes, but have been replaced with wallpapers and portions of strategy guides.
In an update that happened this April, Nintendo upped the amount of uses Platinum Points have so that Nintendo Switch owners still looking for July's games can earn profile pictures and small backgrounds. The replacement for Coins are Gold Points that can be earned by buying video games, but the rate at which buyers earn Gold is low compared to how much money they spend. Platinum Points merchandise has always been free to obtain, but there could be room for improvement.
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Even since the closure of Club Nintendo, rewards have focused more on digital goods rather than physical rewards. There’s been no official statement by Nintendo as to why it’s moved away from items like cards, controllers, and posters. However, the change to My Nintendo brought with it an influx of digital rewards and later, a drop in quality that has yet to recover.
In the era of Club Nintendo, coins were earned when purchasing Wii games, even ones still missing from Switch for Nintendo systems and entering codes. These could be used for various real-world items like Wii Classic Controllers and full games like the Game & Watch collections. Club Nintendo often struggled in America with providing items on par with
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