'New Super Mario Bros 2' digital incentive announced
Published Jul 22 2012, 10:23 BST | By Mark Langshaw
New Super Mario Bros 2 buyers who pick up the game digitally will receive twice as many Club Nintendo coins as those who purchase a physical copy.Customers who acquire the platform sequel through Nintendo's eShop will be rewarded with 100 coins, compared to the 50 handed to users who buy it on cartridge.
© Nintendo
© Nintendo
To claim the coins, players must link their 3DS to a Club Nintendo account before ordering the game. Once the transaction is complete, users will be prompted to take a survey when they log into the service, and will receive the coins upon completion.
New Super Mario Bros 2 is the first 3DS title to be released simultaneously via digital and physical media.
It will also be the only first-party Nintendo title to offer premium DLC content, following in the footsteps of Square Enix's Final Fantasy Theatrhythm.
New Super Mario Bros 2 is released for 3DS on August 17 in Europe and August 19 in North America.
Watch a trailer for New Super Mario Bros 2 below:
No freegin way I'm buying a digital copy. I don't care about the coins for Club Nintendo. I can't resell a digital copy or trade it for other games..
July 22nd 2012 at 4:28pm
Don't buy it at all, if you're going to sell it.
July 22nd 2012 at 6:55pm
What?? Why can't they sell it?
July 25th 2012 at 8:00pm
I thought it was stars that you received when you bought a Nintendo game for use in Club Nintendo? Have they changed it to coins now?
July 22nd 2012 at 3:55pm
I thought this was only in Japan nothing confirmed for the uk yet? Also the price over here for NSMB2 on eshop hasn't been confirmed so hope Nintendo uk realise digital copies shouldn't cost more than a physical copy
July 22nd 2012 at 12:14pm
ofcourse it shouldnt cost as much but it's going too it the same on the ps3 there are games on there that cost £40 to download that are only £20 or less in the shops
July 22nd 2012 at 2:33pm
Nice try Nintendo, but no dice. How about reducing the price of the digital version, seeing as it would take up precious memory card space?
July 22nd 2012 at 11:40am(+2 likes)
Get a bigger SD card? 32 GB?
July 22nd 2012 at 6:56pm