Nintendo’s loyalty scheme – Club Nintendo, have announced that they will be closing down later this year. Ending on September 30, the stars in the loyalty scheme will no longer be redeemable for products in the catalogue.
Nintendo will be replacing the loyalty scheme in the future, but no information has been given currently.
Below is the discontinuation schedule for Club Nintendo:
April 1, 2015
From this date, Nintendo will no longer include product registration cards with its packaged games, so such products cannot be registered in Club Nintendo. You may still find product registration cards in games that were in stock before this date, however.
April 20, 2015
Termination of the registration of digital products downloaded from Nintendo eShop. Digital products obtained from Nintendo eShop after this date will no longer appear in the My Registered Games & Systems page in Club Nintendo. In addition, surveys for download software titles will no longer be available.
September 30, 2015
End of Club Nintendo programme. All Club Nintendo features, such as signing up as a new member, logging in as a registered member, earning Stars, and exchanging Stars for items from the Stars Catalogue will no longer be possible from this date.