Super Mario Galaxy pre-orders yield free coins
Monday, October 8th, 2007 at 3:36pm by Jack
OK, so strike my previous rant on the September Surprise. Nintendo was a little late, but today they came through in a pinch.
Basically, Nintendo is going to be giving away free money to people who pre-order Super Mario Galaxy.
Nintendo’s Super Mario Galaxy Horoscope
For Monday, Oct. 8, 2007You’ve got plenty of energy today; it’s a good day to dream of future rewards. After a lifetime spent chasing coins, finally one comes to you!
Now through Nov. 11, stop by a participating retailer and place a deposit to reserve your copy of the magnificent Super Mario Galaxy™ for Wii™. Your cosmic bounty will be great: When you return to retrieve your game on its Nov. 12 launch, you will claim a limited-edition shimmering silvery Mario™ coin, an eternal testament to your foresight.
Don’t put off tasks you know need doing-–surely this is one of them.
So it isn’t really free money, unless your closest friends are mushroom-wearing asexual midgets and you have a curious tendency to go to the wrong house eight times in a row looking for your girlfriend.
And I’m sure it’s just me, but why is the prospect of getting a free, meaningless coin about ten times more appealing than a Spartan helmet DVD case holder?
October 8th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
so i already pre-ordered at my gamestop…i’m assuming i’ll still get my free coin?
October 8th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
“And I’m sure it’s just me, but why is the prospect of getting a free, meaningless coin about ten times more appealing than a Spartan helmet DVD case holder?”
Umm, because you’re a Nintendo fanboy?
October 8th, 2007 at 4:10 pm
Not necessarily ResedentialEvil, the Spartan DVD Holder was/is a bit on the lame side.
Anyway, yeah that does sound awesome. I might actually preorder a game just for this coin.
October 8th, 2007 at 5:06 pm
@ RE:
No, i dont think that’s it…
For me, that is way more appealing because of what the name Mario represents, and that the helmet, while cool looking, doesnt has the feeling of a collector’s property. In other words, i can picture my coin stored kinda like those collectors dudes store really old coins… but the helmet, well, its just not the same feeling.
October 8th, 2007 at 5:16 pm
that helmet is lame. this coin is neat.
and this GAME…
is going to be INCREDIBLE.
October 8th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
I would love to see a Pic of this… Legendary coin…
October 8th, 2007 at 6:12 pm
“And I’m sure it’s just me, but why is the prospect of getting a free, meaningless coin about ten times more appealing than a Spartan helmet DVD case holder?”
Umm, because you’re a Nintendo fanboy?
Wrong, it´s because Mario is cool, and Master Chief has no charisma at all.
October 8th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Isn’t this only for Australia? I heard that about some pre-order gift thingy from Nintendo…
October 8th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Ugh.. it’s just more plastic crap to me. Now if it were a Zelda coin…. then we’d have something!
October 8th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
So in other words…it’s because you’re a Nintendo fanboy. Your responses pretty much confirm that.
Personally, I think they’re both pretty lame.
October 8th, 2007 at 11:38 pm
Lame as hell compared to the bonus for Wind Waker (the Zelda collectors’ edition.) But the Halo helmet was even lamer because it cost like twice as much. As a friend of mine whose kid bought it said, “It can go on the mantel as a monument to your gullibility.”
October 8th, 2007 at 11:55 pm
I think a mario coin is cooler than a spartan helmet cd case. Now if that Spartan Helmet was an actual helmet we’d have a different story.
October 9th, 2007 at 1:31 am
@ goji:
if it was a PB helmet it would kick major ass as the best collector’s edition gift! But it’s just a pretty geekee cd case…
October 9th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
“deepthought says…
October 8th, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Ugh.. it’s just more plastic crap to me. Now if it were a Zelda coin…. then we’d have something! ;-)”
it’s called a Ruppee nub.
@raindog:
yeah that was the best.