My Nintendo Finally Becomes Useful, Can Be Used To Buy Switch Games and DLC

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Switch fans rejoice&comma; as Nintendo announced today that My <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;nintendo&period;com&sol;">Nintendo<&sol;a> will finally become a useful service&excl; My Nintendo Gold Points will be gaining a new function in early March&period; These points&comma; which are earned through a small kickback when buying 3DS&comma; Wii U&comma; and Switch games digitally or physically&comma; will now be available to use when purchasing Nintendo Switch games and DLC from the eShop when the changes take place&period; While there is no exact date announced for when these changes will occur&comma; Nintendo has stated that around early March the new system will be implemented&period; There is no word on how many points games and DLC will cost&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">While digital Wii U&comma; 3DS&comma; and Switch games get you a 5&percnt; value kickback of Gold Points every time you purchase them&comma; Switch physical games only get you a 1&percnt; value&comma; so be wary if you prefer physical copies of your games&period; Also&comma; note that your points expire at the end of the month 12 months after receiving them&period; They don’t last forever&comma; so start redeeming soon&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">While there are some small caveats as mentioned above&comma; overall&comma; with games costing around &dollar;60 nowadays&comma; any discount you can find is a blessing&comma; and this is no different&period; When My Nintendo was launched in early 2016&comma; many fans missed the superior rewards that were often found in its predecessor rewards program&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;my-nintendo-will-club-nintendos-replacement&sol;">Club Nintendo<&sol;a>&period; Hopefully&comma; this new&comma; useful change will bring fans back around on My Nintendo&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;