Nintendo drops gold points, switching game vouchers 2

Nintendo 2 It is less than two months away from that A major statement on April 2But Nintendo is already making some changes on ESHOP in preparation for the new portable control unit. The company announced on Tuesday that it plans to cancel two programs for its digital store, which provided the owners of some money when buying games online.

The first program that is sunset is Gold points. This was the Nintendo reward program for those who buy Switch games on Eshop. Each purchase earns a certain amount of gold points, depending on the amount they bought. For example, the purchase of a $ 60 game leads to $ 3 of golden points. These points can then be used to buy more games.

Starting March 24 at 9:30 pm Pacific time (12:30 am on March 25), gold points will not be obtained when purchases are made at Nintendo Eshop. The points will remain valid for 12 months after granting them, including those obtained just before cutting.

Besides the end of gold points, Nintendo also updated its page about Switch the game vouchers. This program allows customers to purchase Nintendo games from ESHOP – Splatoon 3 and Mario Kart Deluxe 8, for example – for $ 100, saving $ 20 of full price. What has changed is that the switching game vouchers cannot be replaced with exclusive games for switch 2.

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Nintendo did not immediately respond to a request to comment on why these programs change.

Looking at the timing of these updates and their proximity to Switch 2 in April and it is possible that it is a summer version of the control unit, it seems that Nintendo wants to end these programs before the big launch, and perhaps to start the Switch 2 reward program that focuses on Switch 2. It is not clear what plans are Nintendo is currently, and everyone will have to wait and see in the coming months.