{"id":133268,"date":"2023-04-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-148343"},"modified":"2023-04-21T10:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T10:00:00","slug":"some-advance-wars-physical-owners-are-having-trouble-redeeming-gold-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2023\/04\/21\/some-advance-wars-physical-owners-are-having-trouble-redeeming-gold-points\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Advance Wars Physical Owners Are Having Trouble Redeeming Gold Points"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dbe310ee04298\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dbe310ee04298\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"Advance Wars 1+2\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dbe310ee04298\/advance-wars-1plus2.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA3Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/dbe310ee04298\/advance-wars-1plus2.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Advance Wars 1+2\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Back in 2022, with a little more than a month to go until the planned release of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/advance_wars_1plus2_re-boot_camp\">Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp<\/a> on Switch, Nintendo delayed the game indefinitely in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Skip ahead to April 2023 and the game is finally out, though it appears that the delay <em>may<\/em> have had an unfortunate impact on users&#8217; ability to redeem My Nintendo Gold Points. As reported by the Australian website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vooks.net\/advance-wars-12-re-boot-camp-was-delayed-so-long-you-cant-redeem-its-gold-coins\/\">Vooks<\/a>, an attempt to redeem the points results in an error code that states <em>&#8220;You cannot collect My Nintendo points for this software as the expiry date has passed&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/vooksdotnet\/statuses\/1649244847268855808 @ 2023-04-21T15:16:11+01:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Advance Wars 1+2 Re-Boot Camp was delayed so long you can&#8217;t redeem its My Nintendo Gold Coins <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TMdCBrIRsw\">https:\/\/t.co\/TMdCBrIRsw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6K1Pv05Q1p\">pic.twitter.com\/6K1Pv05Q1p<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Vooks (@vooksdotnet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/vooksdotnet\/status\/1649244847268855808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>In addition to the above, users on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/NintendoSwitch\/comments\/12tm0r8\/advance_wars_physical_gold_coin_claim\/\">Reddit<\/a> are also claiming that they&#8217;re unable to redeem their Gold Points due to the expiration period. While most appear to be based in Australia, there are examples in other territories.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, however, one of our own writers attempted to redeem the points and actually succeeded, gaining 80 Gold Points from a physical copy of Advance Wars 1+2.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"picture\"><a class=\"scanlines\" title=\"My Nintendo Gold Points\" href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ba5c20f250740\/my-nintendo-gold-points.large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy\" src=\"image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciIHZpZXdCb3g9IjAgMCA5MDAgNTA2Ij48L3N2Zz4=\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" data-original=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/ba5c20f250740\/my-nintendo-gold-points.900x.jpg\" alt=\"My Nintendo Gold Points\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption\"><em class=\"credit\">Image: Nintendo Life<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So what&#8217;s going on here, exactly? Well, as stated by Nintendo itself via the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendo.co.uk\/Support\/My-Nintendo\/How-to-Earn-My-Nintendo-Points-for-Physical-Software-1482198.html\">official support page<\/a>, Gold Points must be claimed &#8220;within <strong>two years<\/strong> of the game\u2019s original release date&#8221; in Europe and South Africa, however other countries must be redeemed &#8220;within <strong>one year<\/strong> of the game\u2019s original release date&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s entirely plausible, then, that certain batches of the physical edition may have been manufactured prior to the original release date back in April 2022, meaning that the year&#8217;s redemption period has passed. This is, of course, merely speculation on our part and not confirmed at this time.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be undertaking further testing on our end and will provide an update as soon as we&#8217;re able.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you managed to redeem Gold Points from your copy of Advance Wars 1+2: Re-boot Camp? Let us know with a comment below.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image: Nintendo Back in 2022, with a little more than a month to go until the planned release of Advance Wars 1+2: Re-Boot Camp on Switch, Nintendo delayed the game indefinitely in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 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