My Nintendo Value Breakdown & Tips: Part 3
Pt. 1:
http://neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=199769428&postcount=20
Pt. 2:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=199843474&postcount=400
Just out of mild interest, I thought I'd do a breakdown of what the relative value between rewards is. I'm excluding Miitomo rewards from this. And themes, since you can get those by practically accidentally clicking a couple times on the site.
Lower points spent per dollar = higher value.
Discounts (Plat)
15% Discount on The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD (Wii U) - $7.35 value @ 750 point cost. You're spending 102 points per dollar.
15% Discount on Yoshi's Woolly World (Wii U) - $7.35 value @ 750 point cost. You're spending 102 points per dollar.
15% Discount on The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds (3DS) - $6 value @ 600 point cost. You're spending 100 points per dollar.
15% Discount on Animal Crossing: New Leaf (3DS) - $4.5 value @ 450 point cost. You're spending 100 points per dollar.
15% Discount on Super Mario 3D Land (3DS) - $4.5 value @ 450 point cost. You're spending 100 points per dollar.
Games (Plat)
My Nintendo Picross: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (3DS) - $6 value @ 1000 point cost. You're spending 167 points per dollar.
Wario Ware: Touched! - $10 value (based on DS VC prices on Wii U - this is the only DS retail game on 3DS) @ 1000 point cost. You're spending 100 points per dollar.
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Discounts (Gold)
30% Discount on Splatoon (Wii U) - $18 value @ 140 point cost. You're spending 7.8 points per dollar.
30% Discount on Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker (Wii U) - $12 value @ 100 point cost. You're spending 8.3 points per dollar.
30% Discount on The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (3DS) - $12 value @ 100 point cost. You're spending 8.3 points per dollar.
30% Discount on Ultimate NES Remix (3DS) - $9 value @ 70 point cost. You're spending 7.8 points per dollar.
30% Discount on Punch-Out!! (Wii via Wii U) - $6 value @ 50 points. You're spending 8.3 points per dollar.
Games (Gold)
Donkey Kong Country Returns (Wii via Wii U) - $20 value @ 230 points. You're spending 11.5 points per dollar.
Super Mario 64 (N64 via Wii U VC) - $10 value @ 90 points. You're spending 10 points per dollar.
New Super Mario Bros. U DLC: New Super Luigi U (REQUIRES NSMBU, is not separate) (Wii U) - $20 value @ 170 points. You're spending 8.5 points per dollar.
Pikmin 3 Mission Mode DLC Map Pack 2: Battle Enemies Stages 7-10 (Wii U) - $2 value @ 20 points. You're spending 10 points per dollar.
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (3DS VC) - $4 value @ 35 points. You're spending 8.75 points per dollar.
Metroid Fusion (GBA via Wii U VC) $8 value @ 60 points. You're spending 7.5 points per dollar.
Super Punch-Out!! (SNES via Wii U VC) - $8 value @ 70 points. You're spending 8.75 points per dollar.
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Conclusions
A couple take-aways from this. The point values for the Gold are of course much lower. This is because the points themselves are much pricier to come by (vs. the Plat points which are free). So anything you can get from the Plat points essentially constitutes free money/digital goods. If for some reason you need to ration the Plat points, WWT is a much better deal than TP Picross.
With regards to the Gold points, bear in mind that 1 gold point may cost you anywhere from 50 cents to 1 dollar. DKCR is the worst value per points spent (11.5 ppd) *and* it costs $230 spent to get the coins it costs you to get the game, whereas Metroid Fusion is the best value per points spent (7.5 ppd) *and* at up to $60 spent to get the coins it costs you to get the game.
If I've messed up any of this math, please don't hesitate to correct me. Thank you.
