23rd January 2015, 1:19 AM
I didn't get any of those really good rewards from Club Nintendo, but I did get a few things, including that Ultra Hand WiiWare game, a WiiWare game or two, the Zelda (TP/various Links/PH) poster set, and I think a calendar or something.
As for Nintendo Power, I read it all through the '90s, but my town's library subscribed to Nintendo Power pretty much throughout its run, so I didn't have to subscribe. I had a couple of random issues, and did subscribe for two years in the mid '90s anyway (early '95 to early '97), but stopped because it was the Game Boy's down time and there were so few GB games in the magazine anymore that it wasn't worth paying for (remember that I wouldn't own an N64 until Sept. '99). And by the time I had an N64 websites could mostly cover what magazines had, though I did continue subscribing to PC Gamer for several more years; that one I got from '96 to '01.
Sadly though, all of my old magazines except for one issue of PC Gamer were left behind when we moved in the mid '00s. I have almost everything else gaming-related that I've ever gotten, except for those magazines. I have all of the PC Gamer demo disc CDs that came with the magazines, though, so that's cool... and Nintendo-related, I have some of those trading card sets that came in the magazines, the members card, and one VHS tape they sent to members, the 'introducing the Nintendo 64' one which shows off Mario 64, Pilotwings, and Shadows of the Empire.
Anyway though, as I said before, the issue with Club Nintendo is that getting points for it required you to buy lots of new first-party Nintendo games. Third-party titles and used games get you nothing. So, I only rarely got many points, apart for 2010 since I got a Wii (new) that year...
As for Nintendo Power, I read it all through the '90s, but my town's library subscribed to Nintendo Power pretty much throughout its run, so I didn't have to subscribe. I had a couple of random issues, and did subscribe for two years in the mid '90s anyway (early '95 to early '97), but stopped because it was the Game Boy's down time and there were so few GB games in the magazine anymore that it wasn't worth paying for (remember that I wouldn't own an N64 until Sept. '99). And by the time I had an N64 websites could mostly cover what magazines had, though I did continue subscribing to PC Gamer for several more years; that one I got from '96 to '01.
Sadly though, all of my old magazines except for one issue of PC Gamer were left behind when we moved in the mid '00s. I have almost everything else gaming-related that I've ever gotten, except for those magazines. I have all of the PC Gamer demo disc CDs that came with the magazines, though, so that's cool... and Nintendo-related, I have some of those trading card sets that came in the magazines, the members card, and one VHS tape they sent to members, the 'introducing the Nintendo 64' one which shows off Mario 64, Pilotwings, and Shadows of the Empire.
Anyway though, as I said before, the issue with Club Nintendo is that getting points for it required you to buy lots of new first-party Nintendo games. Third-party titles and used games get you nothing. So, I only rarely got many points, apart for 2010 since I got a Wii (new) that year...
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