(Ended March 24, 2025) How to claim My Nintendo Gold Points

[Tiger21820]

NOTICE! GOLD POINTS HAVE UNFORTUNATELY ENDED ON MARCH 24 OF THIS YEAR! MAKE FREAKIN' SURE THAT YOU SPEND EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM BEFORE THEY EXPIRE! KEEP IN MIND THAT GOLD POINTS CAN STILL BE SCORED FOR PHYSICAL RELEASES RELEASED 365 DAYS PRIOR TO MARCH 24TH OF 2025!

If you have a game card version of any game that is less than a year old of being released, on your switch menu, highlight the game you want to claim your Gold points from, press the + button to open the options menu! Then go to "My Nintendo Rewards Program", then select "Earn Points (Game Card version only)", select your user, and that's it! Please keep in mind that this can ONLY be done for games that have been released for LESS THAN ONE YEAR! If you purchase software or DLC from the eShop, the points will automatically be applied to your account! Gold points expire a year after those specific points were applied, meaning if you applied Gold points on September 20th, 2020, they would expire September 20th, 2021, so be sure to use those before they expire! You definitely don't want those expiring! Gold points can be substituted for eShop funds, where 1 Gold point is equivalent to 1 US cent (or whatever your currency's lowest possible value is)!
You must have the corresponding game card inserted for it to work!

[Tedhaun]

I just want to give a heads up regarding My Nintendo Gold Points. As of March 24th, 2025, Nintendo will be discontinuing My Nintendo Gold Points. If you have any physical Nintendo Switch games released within a year (365 days) from its release date, claim those Gold Points ASAP before it's too late! More info:

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https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/67660/kw/gold%20points%20discontinued

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https://my.nintendo.com/news/97495f34d09fb076

[Tiger21820]

After the date passes, this topic will be closed! First post has been updated!

[Tedhaun]

Since Gold Points are no longer being rewarded from new Switch eShop purachases from this point onward, this topic will be closed. As a reminder, you can still get Gold Points from any physical Nintendo Switch games released within 365 days from its release date but released on or before March 24th, 2025. Any existing Gold Points can still be used until March 31st, 2026, so use them before they expire!

RIP My Nintendo Gold Points (and also technical 5% discounts from eShop purchases)
March 3rd, 2017 - March 25th, 2025