MyNintendo is a rewards program that Nintendo offers to Nintendo Account holders, where any purchase made digitally on the eShop gets you 10% back in credit in the form of gold coins; this credit can then be used towards purchase of further games on the eShop. Apparently, it can also be used to purchase a Nintendo Switch Online subscription, as it turns out.

Nintendo revealed this on the Nintendo Switch Online FAQ page of their website, also confirming that the coins can’t be used for auto-renewals. Since they have to be manually redeemed for eShop credit, that much at least makes sense (though you can always just manually purchase a new subscription using those coins, if it comes to it). If you purchase a lot of games digitally, then those coins can help bring the cost of the subscription down substantially. If you’ve been saving them up, this might be a good time to use them.

Nintendo Switch Online launches tomorrow.

Nintendo is finally making those gold coins- which you get each time you purchase a physical or digital game on the Switch- useful. You can now use Gold Coins to avail of discounts on the Switch eShop when purchasing a game off of it- one Gold Coin is equal to 1 cent, so 100 Gold Coins will be $1.

Going forward, Nintendo will also be increasing the amount of Gold Coins you get from purchases on the Nintendo eShop- if you purchase a $60 game, you will get 300 Gold Coins (or 5% in the value) back. Basically, you get 5% in cash value back on every digital game purchase you make, which you can then use towards more purchases from the Nintendo eShop. Which is certainly one way to impel users to spend money on your digital storefront.

You can check out the full details of how the Gold Coins will work from now on for yourself on Nintendo’s website.