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I finally got my Platinum gift shipping notice today. Still no word on my Kirby medal though.

I received the Platinum Playing Cards today. Haven't opened them yet though.

Originally Posted by Strell On a somewhat related note, I might have to get you to send me a Wii Mini one day. Hopefully they'll bottom out on prices like the GB Micros did and I can get some. I have NO NEED for them. But I want one anyway, dammit. I'd love to find out the hacking homebrew community finds a way to add in internet connectivity. That would be hilarious and awesome.

Just assuming, does anybody know if you can use the USB dongle to make the wii u mini internet accessible?

That is exactly what I am wondering too! If the wii mini has the same OS as the regular wii and a USB port then it should be able to get Internet. Of course it may be a gutted OS but I'm hoping it has the shop channel and all the other Internet apps. I guess we will find out on December 7th when some Canadian un boxes thier wii mini

I read something that implied above and beyond the lack of WiFi that Internet connectivity was not supported. I can't remember where, but I was looking specifically for that info and it seemed like bad news to me.

Originally Posted by SKEETER How/why did that happen? Were you trying to get the nunchuk?

I had already ordered one set of the nunchuk and actually wasn't doing anything with the accounts for the past year or so (other than redeeming for the plat reward on my main). I wasn't hoarding coins or anything even.

Originally Posted by needler420 Good.

Terrific. You're a class A fellow.

Originally Posted by Arakias I had already ordered one set of the nunchuk and actually wasn't doing anything with the accounts for the past year or so (other than redeeming for the plat reward on my main). I wasn't hoarding coins or anything even.

That is really concerning...

Originally Posted by KanYozakura I finally got my Platinum gift shipping notice today. Still no word on my Kirby medal though.

Ugh. Nothing here and I was definitely platinum and ordered the cards...

Originally Posted by mtxbass1 Ugh. Nothing here and I was definitely platinum and ordered the cards...

Same here...

Originally Posted by skiizim Just assuming, does anybody know if you can use the USB dongle to make the wii u mini internet accessible?

Originally Posted by rocky435 That is exactly what I am wondering too! If the wii mini has the same OS as the regular wii and a USB port then it should be able to get Internet. Of course it may be a gutted OS but I'm hoping it has the shop channel and all the other Internet apps. I guess we will find out on December 7th when some Canadian un boxes thier wii mini

Originally Posted by io I read something that implied above and beyond the lack of WiFi that Internet connectivity was not supported. I can't remember where, but I was looking specifically for that info and it seemed like bad news to me.

io is basically right here - Nintendo has said they are wholesale cutting out the internet connectivity from the Wii Mini altogether. This suggests that the OS itself won't recognize any kind of connectivity, has no Wii Shop, none of the original system's apps, etc.

This makes me wonder what the homebrew crowd can do, since the Wii's OS is apparently swiss cheese to them. Assuming the Wii Mini still has USB ports - which it would HAVE to I would assume since certain games require them (EA Active) - then it's possible they can hack in an internet module. But this is EXTREMELY wishful/theoretical thinking on my part since I have absolutely zero idea about how they'd go about doing this.

Point being is that I'd love to find out a week after its out that the hacker doods rip it open and add that kind of stuff in, because I'd definitely pick one up for pure consumer whore status (though after a price drop, to ensure CAGitude).

Originally Posted by Strell io is basically right here - Nintendo has said they are wholesale cutting out the internet connectivity from the Wii Mini altogether. This suggests that the OS itself won't recognize any kind of connectivity, has no Wii Shop, none of the original system's apps, etc. This makes me wonder what the homebrew crowd can do, since the Wii's OS is apparently swiss cheese to them. Assuming the Wii Mini still has USB ports - which it would HAVE to I would assume since certain games require them (EA Active) - then it's possible they can hack in an internet module. But this is EXTREMELY wishful/theoretical thinking on my part since I have absolutely zero idea about how they'd go about doing this. Point being is that I'd love to find out a week after its out that the hacker doods rip it open and add that kind of stuff in, because I'd definitely pick one up for pure consumer whore status (though after a price drop, to ensure CAGitude).

Honestly, if the "new" OS is simply just a neutered version of the current Wii OS, I'd expect some sort of crack within weeks. If the existing groundwork is already there, more or less, I doubt any of the hack crowd would pass it up.

Out of curiosity, I looked at the order page today for the first time in months, and I noticed it says that my Gold reward calendar has shipped. There's no date or anything, so I don't know if it shipped ages ago or today, and I never received an email. Has anyone gotten either their calendar or a shipping notice for it yet?

This is my first experience with Club Nintendo so I'm just hoping nothing got messed up, heh.

Got my calender yesterday and my nunchuk today. Am a happy clam.

My account now says "Preparing Order" for the Kirby Medal, I guess that means they'll be shipping those out soon.

Oh, and I got my platinum shipping confirmation on Monday (posters) but they still haven't arrived yet.

finally got shipping confirmation today for my silver card set.

Got my cards the other day. They're made of strong plastic and are semi-transparent. Pretty sweet card set that I'll never use just because it's so good-looking:

Anyone who decides they suddenly don't want their reward, let me know.

Originally Posted by Strell Anyone who decides they suddenly don't want their reward, let me know.

Sent ya a PM Strell.

I have a spare Twilight Princess code, if anyone wants it shoot me a PM (worth 20 coins). EDIT: gone

Got my gold nunchuck in today, happy it came so fast. On a side note, I got Toad as my Club Nintendo Thank you card that came with the chuck, which is inferior (IMO) to the Mario, Luigi and Peach ones I've seen so far, oh well.