Club Nintendo, that awesome rewards scheme for registering Nintendo products that everyone but Australians has enjoyed for the best part of forever, is now available Down Under!

The Club starts off with Mario Kart Wii. If you buy the game, you'll find a registration code inside you can use to register on the Club Nintendo website, for which you will earn Star Points. You can use your Star Points to earn Nintendo goodies, but unfortunately, the goodies page isn't open yet...

Still, the registration page is open and now there's one less reason to feel brutally used after paying double the price for games often six months late. Full press release follows:

 

GET INTO CLUB NINTENDO WITH MARIO KART Wii

Australia, 24 April, 2008 -

Reward yourself with Club Nintendo, now you can turn your Nintendo games into Star points with Nintendo’s new loyalty program. Available now, Club Nintendo allows you to earn and swap Star points for exclusive Nintendo merchandise not available anywhere else. The first game that allows you to register for Club Nintendo is Mario Kart™ Wii.

Mario Kart Wii, Wii Fit™ and future participating products will come with a unique PIN code which allows you to register that you have purchased a particular game, and that’s when Nintendo rewards you. Simply visit www.club-nintendo.com to input your unique code and join Club Nintendo where you will receive Star points credited to your membership account. Use your Star points to redeem Nintendo goodies from the Stars catalogue, which is only available to Club Nintendo members.

The Stars catalogue is not yet available to browse, however you can still register your product/s and reserve your Star points. Nintendo will email you once the full Club Nintendo website is up and running, so you can then redeem your Star points on premium items from the Stars catalogue, and that’s when the fun begins!

Join Club Nintendo and gain access to the exciting world of Nintendo today! If you do not own any Nintendo product yet, you can still register to receive our Nintendo newsletter to be kept up to date with all the latest products, visit: http://www.nintendo.com.au/.

Further information about Club Nintendo will be forthcoming, once the full website is up and running.

hmm i was wondering what that little card gave me and if should be bothered
got any examples of goodies, sliced mofobot?

Browse: http://www.nintendo.co.uk/NOE/en_GB/club_nintendo/stars_catalogue_5823.html

That should give you an idea.

i hope all the good things arent sold out on the australian club like they are on the UK one, it seems the only things left atm are the ones no one else wants

do they get restocked reguarly?

I cant believe they sell wallpapers, so how many stars did you get for MK?

Dunno.

the mario, bowser, wario and yoshi kart figurines look cool - i quite like the bowser one
but 2000 star points? how much do you get for joining? and how do you get more?

I think it's like 1000 for joining and 250-500 for a game depending on its RRP.

It'd be awesome if we could somehow earn points for all the other games we've spent money on =/

It'd be awesome if we could somehow earn points for all the other games we've spent money on =/

No kidding I would have a few thousand by now.

I realised today I have 12 Wii games.

I realised today I have 12 Wii games.

I think I am the same but that includes wii sports/play and crossbow training. Still have 3 to finish as well.