I’ve been pretty Jealous of Japan’s Club Nintendo for a few years now. They get all these cool giveaways and items for sale that we Yanks only get to look at with puppy dog eyes over here in the States.
Well, no longer. Club Nintendo is coming Stateside. We should have more details from the field as Sean reports back more from the Media Summit in San Francisco, but for now I’ll leave you with an additioanl bit of new info.
The Wii Speak Channel is coming to the U.S.
“Wii Speak Channel – Let’s you use the microphone to talk to up to four groups of people at once. The hardware comes with a ticket that lets you download the channel at no additional charge,” reports Infendo field correspondent Sean.
More to come as Sean get some hands-on time with the bevy of software demos he saw this morning on the West Coast.
And a final note… It’s about BLOODY TIME Club Nintendo came to the U.S.
Now just hope that Club Nintendo will have cool exclusive treats for us and that they haven’t used all their good ideas on Japan. Yes, it’s about time.
Both of these sound like great things. I can see my son talking to his friend via the Wii.
@ Brian
Hopefully by the time it gets here, Nintendo will have figured out which are the “good” giveaways, and which one are the “bad” ones, and only give us the “good” ones. On the other hand, they might just give us the leftovers from Japan.
eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Finally. To everything in the blog. About freaking time Ninty.
I hope they take all my registered products into account. If the club starts with only new products this fall then they are ignoring their long-time “core” gamers agaiin.
Does Stateside include Canada? I hope so. Do we get credit for stuff we have already bought or will it just be for future purposes?
I like the Wii Speak idea. Will it be before or after Club Nintendo NA starts up (lol)?
i love the wii speak idea. if we could get some sort of video component added Nintendo could usurp the telecom business. i mean srsly, how long till you can dial out on the DS?
So, did they say “Club Nintendo coming to America” OR “Club Nintendo coming to the Americas” OR “Club Nintendo coming to North America”, because the 1st means US only, 2nd means whole continent and 3rd means Canada, US and Mexico…
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Finally we are blessed with Nintendo Club!
What’s the news on Canada? I’ve been wanting this for years. Please say we’re included. Can we get an update? :O
Can you use the Wii speak channel while you’re playing another game, like Mario Kart? Doubt it, but that would be great…
YES! Club Nintendo!
Don’t get too excited yet, here in Australia we got “Club Nintendo” about 6 months ago and it’s yet to offer us anything beyond a page to register mario kart and wii fit. (with no reward for doing so)
Cmon Nintendo.
And it only took 20 years to get here…
I’m gonna guess Latin America’s not getting squat so we’ll continue getting screwed like we have since… ever.
Anywho, bring that sweet SNES controller for the Wii!
Finally! I hope this means it is coming to Canada as well! I mean I have bought the club nintendo items I want off ebay from people in Japan…but c’mon Nintendo, dont you want my money?
I’ve been looking forward to to Club Nintendo. I seen something in a NP once that you could only get from Club Nintendo. It was a classic controller that looked like the Super Famicom controller. I so wanted that but now I may have that chance to get it.
Do you have to be 13 to join Club Nintendo?If so,I’ll have to continue suffering until April!
Wii Speak is no big deal for me.I don’t have any friends anyway.