March 25 will be the end of an era for Nintendo

My Nintendo The gold points are interrupted on March 25th. That date will therefore mark the end of an era for the long -lasting loyalty program of Nintendo, which has supported the gold points for almost seven years.

My Nintendo launched itself internationally in March 2016. Two years later, Nintendo expanded the loyalty program with the introduction of Gold Points, which its customers were able to earn through the purchases of Switch games. Eligible digital products produce 5% of their purchase price in gold points, while physical switch games provide 1%. The main advantage of my Nintendo Gold points is that they can be used for Eshop digital purchases, with every point equivalent to a discount of $ 0.01 / € 0.01.

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On February 28, Nintendo announced his intention to set this key advantage of his loyalty program. The gold points will be interrupted on March 25, 2025, at 12:30 et. The Japanese Game Giant has not developed the reasons for this decision, but provided some additional details on how the interruption will affect the switch owners.

My Nintendo gold points will remain usable until 2026

The suspension of March 25 will prevent my Nintendo users from earning new gold points through digital purchases and to record the physical cartridges released after that date. The whole currency linked to its account on March 25 will remain available for shopping later, in accordance with the existing limitations of the platform. Since the gold points expire on the last day of the month 12 months after being earned, some users will still be able to spend them until March 31, 2026.

My Nintendo Platinum points don't go anywhere

The imminent discontinuous will not mark the end of my Nintendo. The loyalty program will continue to offer platinum points, which can be earned through a variety of app activities and mobile apps, many of which do not require fans to spend money. The Platinum points expire six months after being earned and can be used to order merch in limited time and download digital goodies as wallpapers, among other advantages.

The Gold points will be interrupted only a week before the first Nintendo Direct at 2 focused on 2 Switch, which should provide new details on the next console and its services. The proximity of the two events aroused some speculations of fans that Nintendo could replace the gold points with a new system, but the company has not given any clear indication of these plans. In addition, if the decision was simply preventing customers from using Gold points for discounts on Switch 2, there is no clear reason to stop for existing switch owners. Instead, Nintendo could have treated them as a Switch game vouchers, which recently confirmed will be incompatible with Switch 2 titles, but will not be interrupted.

Source: Nintendo support