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Pluck A Plush Pikmin From Club Nintendo EU

Posted Tue, 08 Sep 2009 by Jonathan Wahlgren

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Club Nintendo in Europe is on top of things. Stuff may be relatively expensive, but the variety and timeliness of gifts is usually much better than its American counterpart.

Case in point: for 2000 stars, you can snag your very own blue Pikmin doll.

The stuffed buggers are 24 cm, which isn't even close to life-size; kinda makes you wonder whether some sort of radioactive accident went down at Club Nintendo HQ.

If you've got the spacebucks, fly on over and claim one. It seems like blue is the only color option, but hey, beats sewing one yourself.

Source: gonintendo.com.

Tags: Wii, Club Nintendo, Europe.

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irken004

1. irken004 United States 08 Sep 2009, 01:23 BST

O.O LUCKY!!!

Supermarioman

2. Supermarioman United States 08 Sep 2009, 01:24 BST

Damn you Club Nintendo of Europe, we haven't got an update since day one here in America. :(

irken004

3. irken004 United States 08 Sep 2009, 01:25 BST

@Supermarioman Yes we did, we got this later on: https://club.nintendo.com/rewards-details/a/10512.do

MetalMario

4. MetalMario United States 08 Sep 2009, 01:26 BST

America needs more stuff.

....need some new games on there. For DS, you know?

MetalMario

5. MetalMario United States 08 Sep 2009, 01:27 BST

HOLY CRAP! You can get a freaking DS Lite with Giratina on it for 30000! Is that alot?

Cheezy

6. Cheezy United States 08 Sep 2009, 01:29 BST

Poor us...just...I don't even know anymore :(

bboy2970

7. bboy2970 United States 08 Sep 2009, 01:29 BST

Someone tell NOA it's ok to to give America Club Nintendo prizes that aren't utter crap.

Supermarioman

8. Supermarioman United States 08 Sep 2009, 01:30 BST

A Navy Blue case, woo....... Boring in my opinion, I want something that is really good!

Cheezy

9. Cheezy United States 08 Sep 2009, 01:31 BST

Not even, that Navy Blue case has been there since day one as well, they just changed the name of it and the picture (if you check the item description it explains everything.)

slambert215

10. slambert215 United States 08 Sep 2009, 01:33 BST

DO WANT.

Too bad NoA doesn't give us cool stuff :/

donth8theplaya69

11. donth8theplaya69 Canada 08 Sep 2009, 01:33 BST

First Prosody's pony and now this :'(

irken004

12. irken004 United States 08 Sep 2009, 01:35 BST

@Cheezy Oops ur right, my mistake.

SUPERZELDAMAN

13. SUPERZELDAMAN United States 08 Sep 2009, 01:38 BST

whats club nintendo? lol

uel

14. uel United States 08 Sep 2009, 01:45 BST

Club Nintendo lets you register games for points that you can redeem for prizes. It's just another thing we're missing out on.

aaronfuhrer

15. aaronfuhrer United States 08 Sep 2009, 01:54 BST

@uel We have it, we just have suckish stuff.

Egg miester

16. Egg miester United States 08 Sep 2009, 02:00 BST

i wish i had a club nintendo eu or jpn account you guys get good stuff and with the special ac cd coming out later in eu i really hate noa they don't care about gamers in na

Popyman

17. Popyman United States 08 Sep 2009, 02:37 BST

How much is 2000 stars? Like, how many stars do you guys get for one game? I'm curious how many coins it would be if it came out on our Club Nintendo. I really want one...

gameking23

18. gameking23 United States 08 Sep 2009, 02:41 BST

Now if only Club Nintendo NA would release cool stuff like that.

Rum Rapture

19. Rum Rapture United Kingdom 08 Sep 2009, 02:42 BST

@Popyman: I got 200 stars when I bought Rhythm Paradise the other day... So I'd have to buy 10 DS games to have enough for that plushie... I'm not sure how much you get for Wii games, but I want to say 250 stars..?

I only have about 950 stars at the moment anyway... Wonder how long that'll be in the catalogue!

uel

20. uel United States 08 Sep 2009, 02:49 BST

@aaronfuhrer: I know we have club nintendo, I just said that because it's pretty useless. I was answering SUPERZELDAMAN's question, although I think he already knew the truth.

Nintendo-Naut

21. Nintendo-Naut United States 08 Sep 2009, 02:50 BST

Pfff. Club Nintendo of North America is so lame.

No No No Wrong Way

22. No No No Wrong Way United States 08 Sep 2009, 03:04 BST

Yeah, who needs Blue Pikmin dolls when we get... uh... an empty DS game case?

Objection_Blaster

23. Objection_Blaster United States 08 Sep 2009, 07:07 BST

Thats actually pretty cool, not bad in price. 2000=10 DS games? That'd be the equivalent of 300 coins for us, I think. It's late though, so may be wrong.

KDR_11k

24. KDR_11k Germany 08 Sep 2009, 07:18 BST

Games above 40€ retail price are 250 stars, games below that 200.

Shortay

25. Shortay United Kingdom 08 Sep 2009, 08:24 BST

Damn, by the time I get the 330 Star Points I need to buy it I just know it'll be sold out. :(

Terranigma

26. Terranigma United Kingdom 08 Sep 2009, 08:52 BST

I keep on buying Wii points with my stars so this is a no for me

Starwolf_UK

27. Starwolf_UK United Kingdom 08 Sep 2009, 09:40 BST

HOLY CRAP! You can get a freaking DS Lite with Giratina on it for 30000! Is that alot?
Using Wii game = 250 stars = 50 coins it works out at...6000 coins. I'd be inclined to say yes. Moreso given the limitations on when they must be spent by.

Apparently, these Pikmin Plush figures are ex-stock from the Nintendo World Store. So basically, Europe gets another hand-me-down...

As for "America has no updates". If it follows the trend of Japan expect several new items after a year. Europe seems to be 1 item whenever we feel like it with no warning or knowledge in advance.

Stuffgamer1

28. Stuffgamer1 United States 08 Sep 2009, 10:22 BST

I forget where I read this, but somebody from Nintendo said they're adding SOMETHING for NA Club Nintendo this month. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what that's all about. Meanwhile, I have WELL over 1000 unspent coins, and that's after getting my Hanafura cards! :P

Mayhem

29. Mayhem United Kingdom 08 Sep 2009, 11:12 BST

I was wondering if the plush Pikmin was the same as those from the store, as I've got a full set of red Pikmin here at home.

SoulSilver IV

30. SoulSilver IV United Kingdom 08 Sep 2009, 15:36 BST

Just ordered one. I have just over 2000 stars left, so I could get another if they bring out any other colours.

But eight weeks delivery?! Sheesh...

tambourine man

31. tambourine man United Kingdom 08 Sep 2009, 16:00 BST

I already have one of these, got it from ebay. :D

Shortay

32. Shortay United Kingdom 08 Sep 2009, 17:31 BST

You can get a Yellow one now too. I'm on 1970 points now, so close, but I have nothing left to register. :(

Outrunner

33. Outrunner United Kingdom 08 Sep 2009, 17:54 BST

Spent all my stars on Mario Galaxy soundtrack. This looks sweet though.

SoulSilver IV

34. SoulSilver IV United Kingdom 08 Sep 2009, 19:14 BST

Spent my last 2000 or so points on the Yellow one. XD

Larkin

35. Larkin Ireland 08 Sep 2009, 20:08 BST

I got a plush yellow pikmin a while ago off ebay couldnt hurt to get another though

odd69

36. odd69 United States 08 Sep 2009, 20:40 BST

Plush dolls.This should be a trend for all NClubs. Plush dolls are a piece of gaming that you can put anywhere and truly Shows how much a fan you are towards a particular series.I have lots of nintendo characters in plush, I will cherish these just as much as i cherish the series itself.

Bensei

37. Bensei Austria 08 Sep 2009, 21:45 BST

I guess we'll see red tomorrow, purple on Thursday and white on friday

my_point_is

38. my_point_is United Kingdom 08 Sep 2009, 22:53 BST

EU people, don`t forget that you canntop up your star points by 50 just by filling in questionnaires on some of the DSIW, WW and VC games you`ve download. that`l, help towarfs getting one of these.
just remembered, you also need to link you`re ds, and wii shop accounts to your club nintendo account.

39. 09 Sep 2009, 00:09 BST

Can you get wii points from club nintendo; In NoA. How much coins?

Alien Jesus

40. Alien Jesus United Kingdom 09 Sep 2009, 02:30 BST

Have a lot of stuff to register, i just hope i have enough to get blue and yellow. I f they add red white or purple though, i may cry. I had 7000 odd stars before they deleted them all, as i couldnt put in the request to keep them as i wasnt in the UK or near a computer for several months :(

KnucklesSonic8

41. KnucklesSonic8 Canada 10 Sep 2009, 16:01 BST

@Ezekiel: Not yet. In EU you can.

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