Wii Points Card Shop

[david.dakota]

Great news! We can now exchange our Stars points for Wii points, but i've just tried this after an evening of server failure at the wii point shop, to find that there are no cards available and so my points are sitting there as usual... Is this right?

Could the wii points shop turn out as understocked as its stars catalogue predecessor?

[Tales]

You exchange them at that Nintendo site, not the Wii Shop Channel.

[Mayjest]

Unless he magically edited it without the edit message appearing, he didn't mention the Wii Shop Channel.

But the stars catalogue is actually relatively well stocked at the moment. I reckon they'll add more point cards in January though, after the deadline for point expiration.

[Phube]

300 point cards are back in !!!?

[tapedeck]

None left...Already :( Is it going to be like this forever!!

[Shorty]

*sigh* the fact that you can sell out of virtual cards is just another "Why, Nintendo? WHY??" moment for me.

[ThePigMarcher]

*sigh* the fact that you can sell out of virtual cards is just another "Why, Nintendo? WHY??" moment for me.

It really makes no sense whatsoever.

[Columnar]

I tried to get 1000 points on Friday night but they were sold out. Funny thing is that there were 500 in stock before I logged in and in the time it took me to do that (all of about 5 seconds), they had apparently all sold out! Luckily I managed to get two lots of 500 points which bought me KOF'94 which btw is a BITCH to play on a GameCube pad.

[Sparko]

Well this is a bit crap, I thought once they got this in place, I could just exchange all my stars and finally get some use out of them, instead the site was practically non-responsive when it came online, and then when I finally got on all the big cards were "sold out". Ridiculous.

[Hero-of-Time]

Well this is a bit crap, I thought once they got this in place, I could just exchange all my stars and finally get some use out of them, instead the site was practically non-responsive when it came online, and then when I finally got on all the big cards were "sold out". Ridiculous.

Yeah the whole thing stinks. Fair enough for items like the Link Statue and stuff they only get a few in but for something like points they should be in stock all the time.

[Kurtle Squad]

Nintendo & Microsoft suck!!

[Emasher]

Yeah the whole thing stinks. Fair enough for items like the Link Statue and stuff they only get a few in but for something like points they should be in stock all the time.

I would imaging that the packaging takes longer to produce than the actual cards. I guess the packaging is different in the UK from here though.

Why not just send the points directly to your wii?

[ShadowV7]

Probably to much hassle for NoE or something. I dunno cause that's how I imagined things would of worked. I don't mind entering a code or anything though. I'm happy the conversion is up, but not happy with no points available to buy.

I've got no stars expiring this month so i'm gonna save them all up and hopefully order something good of the catalogue for the next time it get's updated.

[Din]

What? They've sold out, that sucks. Why limit the amount available?

[Sheikah]

I just bought 2 lots of 100 points cards. But what the hell can you do with 200 points? Silly Nintendo.

[ShadowV7]

Well I'm happy there's 100/300 point cards cause I often find myself just a small amount of points away from a game I want but I always need to buy 1000 instead of say 100/200.

Will help out in the future, but I want the 500/1000 points to go up cause I kinda of want to download a game now.

[Mayjest]

That's annoying. I just noticed that Sheikah said he bought 2 cards today, so I went off to try and buy some. There were about 200 cards of 100 points left, so I go to purchase, go to confirm... sold out. About 20 seconds too late. sigh.

[Serebii]

Whats worse is that buying them doesnt use the points that are due to expire >:(

[Sheikah]

Whats worse is that buying them doesnt use the points that are due to expire >:(

Nintendo have basically manufactured this system to **** the customer over. They are just hoping that a combination of "limited amounts" of digital points, expiry dates and the fact that expiring stars get used up last means that they have to give away less games so people have to buy them theirself, since they most probably won't get all the Wii points this way.

[Strider]

I just bought 500 points, get on there quick if you want them,

[ShadowV7]

Ahh gotta act quickly. I can't type properly.

Meh there out already.

EDIT- There's 100 point cards up.

[Hero-of-Time]

Whats worse is that buying them doesnt use the points that are due to expire >:(

Your kidding?!!! That is shocking.NoE suck giant balls, GIANT...HAIRY.... BALLS.

[thomaschung]

Looks like I was one of the lucky ones to get 2000 points. I kept trying all night on Friday despite the fact it kept crashing out. I for one can't complain, but it does suck for people who didn't manage to swap their points. Expecially, with this expiry date looming.

[not_so_tiny]

There were 100 points cards up this morning (which was lucky as that's all I needed for Mario Kart 64).

[Yoochem]

Damn Nintendo!
I thought I'd just wait with exchanging my stars for points, but now that I can finally enter the site, they're sold out?!
And why, why do 500 stars expire after december? It's not like they can rot, can they? Just give me my damn Wii points or don't let my stars expire, damnit!

[dazzybee]

I'm sorry but this is a fucking joke. Nintendo, I love you, I'm glad things are going well but you are doings things which are completely pointless and are pissing off a lot of you fans off

1. No headset for online games

2. NO FUCKING HARDDIVE SUPPORT!!!!!!! WANKERS!!!!!

3. Capping the amount of points wer can have! Our accounts are synched to our Wiis! There should be an unlimited amount of points, if we have the stars, give us our goddamn points you stupid c*nts!!!

[Hero-of-Time]

I'm sorry but this is a fucking joke. Nintendo, I love you, I'm glad things are going well but you are doings things which are completely pointless and are pissing off a lot of you fans off

1. No headset for online games

2. NO FUCKING HARDDIVE SUPPORT!!!!!!! WANKERS!!!!!

3. Capping the amount of points wer can have! Our accounts are synched to our Wiis! There should be an unlimited amount of points, if we have the stars, give us our goddamn points you stupid c*nts!!!

Well said! Your stock has just gone up Dazzybee :)

[James McGeachie]

it's a good business decision to limit them though. Means when they're not there but someone really wants a VC game they'll still buy a points card with money if they cant be bothered waiting.

[stev2604]

The site is down now for maintenance work. Hopefully they're changing it!

[Shoryuken]

Anyone else noticed that their expiring stars are set to 0? 750 stars were about to expire ,but now it says 0...

*turns off Encounter song from MGS*

[Zelda_Rulez]

Anyone else noticed that their expiring stars are set to 0? 750 stars were about to expire ,but now it says 0...

*turns off Encounter song from MGS*

I had 1250 to expire this month, but I checked again and it's at 0 now. I hope it stays that way.

[Hero-of-Time]

I had 1250 to expire this month, but I checked again and it's at 0 now. I hope it stays that way.

Mines the same as you guys. I had 4000 odd stars expiring in December and now its back to 0, good stuff.

[ShadowV7]

I thought at first limiting the Wii points would be fun and it would be a fun challenge to get a card before anyone else. But now when it actually get's updated and I try to get 500 points, it never loads properly and coincidently, when it loads, there's none left.

Now it's just getting really annoying to get just 500 points.

[Mokong X-C]

I too have noticed my "points to expire in Dec" have been reduced to 0, at leats they got that part right.

STill no updated stock on the Stars Catalogue or the Points Shop, this makes me a sad panda :(

[Tellyn]

At least I have my Mario game rack on the way, I'm just wondering if they're gonna wait a few weeks then release the SNES controller and the wacky Japanese DS games.

[ShadowV7]

Some of you have probably noticed that if you go to the stars catalogue, there's a list at the left hand side which narrows down your search and it has things like hard ware and software etc. So i'm keeping my points for those and hopefully they'll be added in January.

[Bob07]

Some of you have probably noticed that if you go to the stars catalogue, there's a list at the left hand side which narrows down your search and it has things like hard ware and software etc. So i'm keeping my points for those and hopefully they'll be added in January.

They've had them since the stars catalogue was invented as far as I am aware.

[Mayjest]

More cards are available now. Go quickly.

[Tellyn]

Question: how long do star points last for until they expire? I'm thinking of just putting in all my codes before another update.

[ShadowV7]

That's what I want to know aswell. I asked a little bit ago but dunno where I posted it so dunno if there's a reply or not. I'm tempted to add all my codes just now but want to know how long it will be before they expire.

[Shoryuken]

Maybe you already know, but your DS codes wont get you 250 stars anymore.


Price < € 29 = 100 stars, price € 29-49 = 200 stars, prijs > € 49 = 250

[ShadowV7]

Just found this on the site:

4. Number of Stars that can be earned and expiration of Stars

The maximum amount of Stars you can earn in total may be limited by Nintendo with a notice period of 1 week. This does not apply to Stars you have already earned at the moment of notice.

The Stars expire 24 months after they have been earned, so that unredeemed Stars which are older than 24 months will be deleted from your account. Stars you have earned before the introduction of the new Terms and Conditions expire 12 months after the introduction of the new Terms and Conditions, which will not occur until June 1, 2008.

If you subscribe to the Nintendo Newsletter, you will be informed about your current Stars Balance and how many Stars will be deleted in the next four weeks. There will be a monthly clearing of all Stars earned after the introduction of the new Terms and Conditions which are older than 24 months

So i'm entering my codes now.

[Mayjest]

I'm going for every Wii point I can get my hands on. I'm not particularly fussed if they bring out any hardware or software available on it, as it's not like I won't already own pretty much all the decent Nintendo made stuff. Models and things do not interest me.

However, Wii Points allow me to buy games for free. Such as Lylatwars, which I've had a craving to play for a while now. That has been satisfied thanks to free points.

The rest (should have about 3000 Wii Points when all my stars are converted) will be saved for WiiWare titles.

[Din]

STill no updated stock on the Stars Catalogue or the Points Shop, this makes me a sad panda :(
And when one little panda puts his furry little willy in another panda's ear, that makes me a very sad panda.

I also have got 0 stars expiring at the end of the year. Good.

[S.C.G]

Ok so I was gonna get some Wii points with my stars and have found out that they have a limit of how many "virtual" Wii points that they can sell? quite literally pointless... :blank:

What I want to know though is, I currently have 5400 points registered, I can use those up right now nps.

BUT! I also have loads of VIP pin codes I got with games but haven't registered yet, ones from GC, Wii, DS games and hardware.

What I want to know is, if I don't register those now, are they safe? i.e after the January date can I register them? seeing as I haven't registered them yet they should be unaffected by the expiration if I'm correct.

If someone could tell me whether the situation is otherwise or not that would be awesome. :smile:

*edit*

spent 5000 of my registered stars on a DS value pack which has a ltd edition stylus and cases or sth, stupid address entry form they have on the site though only lets you enter 10 chars for address line 1? and apparently according to Nintendo every house has a number.

...

I just put 00 and then the rest of my address and hope it gets here, still what a stupid entry form, didn't have this problem when they send my my remote jackets (which are pretty useless) meh w/e *rant over*

[Yoochem]

Just spent 1,200 stars on Wii points yesterday, but I can't remember getting any codes for the Wii shop :confused: Do I get them by (e-)mail, or am I an idiot and did I miss something? :p

[david.dakota]

log back into the wii points shop, and there is an option to view your wii points codes on the right. click it, your code will be there.

[ssj]

I managed to get 800 wii points with this. In which I got a free copy of sonic 3d with

[Yoochem]

log back into the wii points shop, and there is an option to view your wii points codes on the right. click it, your code will be there.

I see now ^^ thanks!

[S.C.G]

I have loads of VIP pin codes I got with games but haven't registered yet, ones from GC, Wii, DS games and hardware.

What I want to know is, if I don't register those now, are they safe? i.e after the January date can I register them? seeing as I haven't registered them yet they should be unaffected by the expiration if I'm correct.

If someone could tell me whether the situation is otherwise or not that would be awesome. :smile:

[Hero-of-Time]

I have loads of VIP pin codes I got with games but haven't registered yet, ones from GC, Wii, DS games and hardware.

What I want to know is, if I don't register those now, are they safe? i.e after the January date can I register them? seeing as I haven't registered them yet they should be unaffected by the expiration if I'm correct.

If someone could tell me whether the situation is otherwise or not that would be awesome. :smile:

Im assuming they will be safe, they had better be as I have a drawer full of them!

[ShadowV7]

You should be able to register them fine. No reason not to I would think. I entered some codes the other day that i've had for a couple of years!

Wait a minute here...

Did GBA games have VIP codes?

[S.C.G]

Im assuming they will be safe, they had better be as I have a drawer full of them!

lol I'm in the same situation thats why I am hoping they are too and thus I'm gonna save registering them until after the expiration period for registered points. :smile:

The way i see it as, they aren't registered yet so they should be safe I'm hoping.

And yes Shadow GBA games did have VIP codes too.

[ShadowV7]

Ohh so it looks like I have more codes to add now! Better dig out all my old boxes when I get home.

Wait a minute I entered Pokemon Fire Red the other day so offcourse GBA games have them.

Doh!

[gekko]

Keep going to the Nintendo site only to find out there are no cards available is becoming very dull. Does it get updated often? Wondering if it's worth checking several times a day or just every few days.

[Shoryuken]

Lol! Just found out that some of my GBA games still had codes in them. Since everything GBA-related I have (except for the Zelda LE Pack) is pre-owned, I just assumed there wouldn't be any (I barely touched them actually:blush:).


Thanks ShadowV7, you triggered me:heh:

[david.dakota]

Heads up!

100 wii point cards available. Better than none, i suppose!

[Mike1988uk]

1000 wii point cards are now up. Got myself 2 of them! So happy, least my star points have not gone to waste now.

[Din]

Yes I've got myself a 1000point card. Dunno if I should get another one as well...hmm. I've still got 11,000 stars left.

[gaggle64]

Phew. Managed to grab a card with seconds to spare. VC's popular, innit?

[Din]

1000 cards now sold out. In the end I decided to buy 2. So 2000 points for me to spend on VC games.

Just registered my remaining games. So that takes me to 8000 points now, down from the 19,000 I had orginally!

[or else you will DIE]

so what, they send you a code once you buy them? you don't have to use it straight away do you?

[Hero-of-Time]

300 point cards are now up. Just nabbed me 2 lots which is nice as I have been waiting to spend my points.

[BowserBasher]

I'm tempted but I am going to keep checking to see if the 500's go up. I can't buy anything with 600 points that I want.

[triforce_keeper]

300 point cards are now up. Just nabbed me 2 lots which is nice as I have been waiting to spend my points.

Thanks mate =]

Will be able to get ALTTP now =D

[BowserBasher]

Well, all 300 points cards are gone. that took just 10 minutes.

[darksnowman]

I got 300 points, just to see how this works. So they give you the code and you add the points via the Wii as you would if you bought a card. It would be cool if they added them automatically seeing as the Wii and your Nintendo account are meant to be joined aren't they?

[Tellyn]

I got myself 300 stars and bought Super Mario Bros. 3.

[Bob07]

Because of this I got Streets Of Rage 2 and Pokemon Snap for free.

[Hero-of-Time]

300 points are back up, just nabbed me another 1 to take me to an even 2000.

[BowserBasher]

I notice they only allow you one a day now. Well that should give you a little more of a chance to get some.

[Deathjam]

Yeah but this is the first time I have been able to access the shop and now all I have is 300 points =( Not even enough to buy the web browser >:(

[tapedeck]

Loads of 300 points up at the moment.

[Fallen_Angel]

1000 points have just gone up

[Moohawk!]

gahh! that's so annoying. my home computer has died recently so i'm hardly ever online. an hour ago i purchased a 100 points card as i need to spend these stars before they expire. just went to purchase a 1000 points one now after seeing your post and...

"you have reached your daily limit"

... F**K OFF NINTENDO!!!

[tapedeck]

So now they are letting us only get one per day.. .So that means a lot of people are basically going to hold out for 1000 point cards and crash the website all over again. Daftys.

Am I right in thinking all cards add up to the same amount anyway? Like 10 x 100 cards cost the same as 1x 1000? Can't remember!

[Ike]

Am I right in thinking all cards add up to the same amount anyway? Like 10 x 100 cards cost the same as 1x 1000? Can't remember!

Yep.

Arrg! Stupid day limit I found some extra VIP codes so now i have enough to buy a 300 point card which means I'll have enough points to buy Sin and Punishment, but I already bought a 100 point card this morning :(.

[Deathjam]

The way nintendo do things sometimes really pisses me off...sometimes. The hell can i do with 300 points =/

[Mokong X-C]

My god this is a joke, what about people like me who can't get online till evening times, everytime they update the points shop never enough to still be in stock by the time i get home.

This new website is just the same as before with a new coat of paint, the stars catalogue got some decent "real" products but as before not enough stock of the actual decent ones (like the Link Statue).

And the limited points available is a joke, ok the daily limit i could give them that, that's fair enough, but only if they kept the bloody thing stocked

[Rowan]

Well its all down to the fact that Nintendo want as much profits as possible especially since its Christmas soon. I don't think Nintendo even mention on the Wii Shop Channel that you can convert Stars to Wii Points.

[Deathjam]

nintendo appear to be 'for the kids' but really they can be a money hungry ruthless corporation. This stars to wii points has another purpose I feel.

I think it may be there to stop people getting second hand games as there would be the chance that the copy they receive has already been registered. More people buying brand new copies and nintendo getting more direct sales and more money.

Also there is the free market research they are getting thru the survey you are forced to fill every time you register.

[Ike]

300 points are up. Here I come Sin and Punishment!

[Pyxis]

Bloody hell.. The 300 ones were in stock just now and even though I wanted 1000 points, I thought i'd buy 3 x 300 points and 1 x 100 points, but ive reached my limit according to the website!

Why set all the points cards at the same limit of one per day when 10 x 100 points = the same as 1 x 1000 points.:confused: Now I have to try and get a 500 and a 100.... Not today of course.:blank:

[BowserBasher]

500 point cards are up. Got me one to take my total too 800 from the shop so far. Yay.

[Deathjam]

Same here. Now its a case of what do I want first =/

[El Che]

This limiting of points business is absurd, but I don't particularly care anymore as I managed to grab 1000 the other day, then 300 yesterday morning, which allowed me to buy SIN AND FUCKING PUNISHMENT.

Fucking right.

[mr-paul]

It's ridiculous that you can only buy one card per day. I bought a 100 point card this morning, as that was all that was in stock, then I log onto this evening to find there are 1000 point cards available. It's bloody stupid.

[Eddage]

1000 point cards are up right now people.

[Hero-of-Time]

Thanks for the heads up, just nabbed me some taking me to 3000. Shame I little room on my Wii though :(

[Tellyn]

Thanks for the heads up, just nabbed me some taking me to 3000. Shame I little room on my Wii though :(

Take some food out H-O-T, it's not that hard! :shakehead

[Hero-of-Time]

Take some food out H-O-T, it's not that hard! :shakehead

I would but im the kind of guy who likes looking at his food even though I dont feel like eating it at the moment :)

*Shakes angry fist at lack of hard drive*

[darksnowman]

Thanks for that Edd my duck, I got a thousand too. As for the harddrive issue, have a gander at this, though it took an eternity to load for me:

http://uk.media.wii.ign.com/articles/841/841416/vids_1.html

[ShadowV7]

I mean what if your on a diet and all the food on your fridge isn't what you want, but you want to keep the food cause it can be used for special occasions so you don't want to throw them out.

Yea what do you do then Nintendo,hmm? How about bringing in a fridge-freezer combo with an ice dispenser? Means you can save all that food up and have much more space.

[Hero-of-Time]

Yea what do you do then Nintendo,hmm? How about bringing in a fridge-freezer combo with an ice dispenser? Means you can save all that food up and have much more space.

LMBO at Fridge-Freezer Combo!

On loading that vid now, DSM.

[darksnowman]

Ha, it ain't that thrilling a watch. Nothing we haven't said before or read before! As for the ever filling fridge, when I reach the point of saturation the first thing to go will be the Metroid channel- but its a pity that won't free up much room at all.

[Hero-of-Time]

Just watched it now.

I totally agree that it is frustrating and like Bozon said I would have alot more VC games purchased if I only had the room. I mean I still want to pick up Mario 64, Yoshis Story, Streets of Rage 3 and Shining Force to name a few but my fridge is full :( ( well thats a lie it has space for 1 maybe 2 games at a push but thats being saved for DKC3! )

[ShadowV7]

I would have more aswell. That's why i'm being carefull with what I download cause I can't be bothered moving/deleting games everytime I want to download a new one.

[Ashley]

So wait you can now only buy one card a day (somewhat fair enough) but they are added randomly during the day, or are there going to be set times?

[Tellyn]

Random is better, because if it's scheduled then half of the people in Europe are gonna be on that site ready to buy. I think it's a fair system.

[Ashley]

Random is better, because if it's scheduled then half of the people in Europe are gonna be on that site ready to buy. I think it's a fair system.

Except the next time I have a day to do nothing is....3rd January? Kumf.

[martinist]

just got a 1000 point card a while ago, used it to get a free pokemon snap ^_^

[Ten10]

Somehow I was able to register my wii twice. So I've got an extra 1000 points to spend. Not really sure what VC games go get. Might get pokemon snap. But is taking photos of pokemon really all that fun?

[moorek]

My Wii also registered twice. Strange!

Still sucks how they can run out of a virtual product.

100 point cards currently up

[Maiky-NiSuTe]

... i keep on getting "Perhaps you made a typing mistake, or your Club Nintendo account is not yet linked to your Wii Shop Channel account. Do you want to try again?" does any one else have this problem? and what might have caused it?

[tapedeck]

... i keep on getting "Perhaps you made a typing mistake, or your Club Nintendo account is not yet linked to your Wii Shop Channel account. Do you want to try again?" does any one else have this problem? and what might have caused it?

must be all in lowercase otherwise it wont work.

[Tellyn]

Mine won't work twice. :( I managed to re-register Smash Bros. as I had two codes.

[Gio001]

I can't even register Galaxy, registered it before the site went down & it's disappeared. I've e-mailed NOE so it should get sorted soon (sarcasm!)

[Columnar]

I managed to grab 500 points and then went to get 100 and it said I had reached my daily limit??!! - I thought you were allowed to get two cards a day???:wtf:

[Hero-of-Time]

I managed to grab 500 points and then went to get 100 and it said I had reached my daily limit??!! - I thought you were allowed to get two cards a day???:wtf:

They have changed the system where you can only buy 1 a day.

[ShadowV7]

Now it's 1 card a day? Oh god this system fails more than translation times...

Wait, is that possible O.o

[Tellyn]

An as of yet unannounced TBA date for Smash Bros. Brawl in Europe that hardly has any text, potentially after June 2008? No, no it's not possible. :heh:

[david.dakota]

More cards available now... including 1000 point cards!

[moorek]

cards are back up inc 1000 500 300.

Peeved i settled for 100 this morning

[mr-paul]

Finally got a 1000 point card! yay!

[Dyson]

Hey peeps, I just found a Mario 64 DS star card that wasn't scratched off in my room but somehow I managed to register it before with a different code.

Basically, it's up for grabs if anyone has a different one they can offer me! Let me know : peace:

[moorek]

i'll take it if its free, gave one away today myself for resi 4 in the trade thread.

[Ashley]

Well that was well timed, got myself a 1000 point card and now they're sold out.

[Tellyn]

Haha, we just talked about that whilst recording the podcast.

[ShadowV7]

Heh yea. Looks like after the podcast only the 300 points made it to the end.

[Dyson]

And coincidentally I just bought a 300 card :P

[ShadowV7]

And even more of a coincedence is there out of stock. Again.

[Mokong X-C]

out of stock by the time i got there, as usual :heh:

[Portlett]

got me self 1000 points and was gonna go and get a 500 card but it sold out by the time id gone back.

[tapedeck]

Yessss..they are in stoc...Oh no. Gone again. How quickly are these selling out? Isn't this pretty big news?

I'd like to know exactly how many points they are putting up at a time. It says less than 200 at certain points...But less than 200 cannot last less than 1 minute..Believe me..I've watched how fast these go.

I'm sure they are pulling a fast one.

Also..How long does it take for registered stars to appear on the "specific" nintendo star site? I registered a wii the other day and still no 1000 increase on the stars site.

[Sparko]

How do they sell out so quickly? Are there people all over Europe just sitting at their computer hitting refresh all day?

[Dingle Cream]

What's happening with these Wii points cards? I have been trying for 3 days to swap some stars for one but have had no luck whatsoever. What time are new cards likely to appear?

[gmac]

seem to be some 1000 point cards up at the moment

[flameboy]

grrr im 100 points off being able to afford streetfighter which I really wanna get, but I'm not paying for more points and got enough stars left to get two lots (810) but they are never on there.

[Dingle Cream]

seem to be some 1000 point cards up at the moment

Ironically soon after I posted, I indeed managed to get one of those 1000 point cards. Nothing since though. Seems like you have to keep checking and be in the right place at the right time.

[Rummy]

I don't understand WHY nintendo are so reluctant to just make it a non-limited feature! Maybe it's an issue of code cracking, people working in shops registering loads of stuff then cashing in for tons of points, or that they're just a big bunch of gayfaces, but it's incredibly silly. Maybe they're just worried about losing revenue, and think people only cash in for the points to buy a game they want, so if the cards are sold out, people'll pay for the points and buy it instead?

(btw, for anyone having trouble with the shop channel, apparently the wii has problems with some routers' WPA setting, which I found out on christmas after trying to send a present for 2 hours, then finding it buried in the error code help)

[Ten10]

cards currently 'in stock' 100 and 300 points cards even if they are crap denominations.

[Speedysurfer]

No more 300, just 100 points... ">200 available"

[flameboy]

No more 300, just 100 points... ">200 available"

dammit missed them again how annoying!

[DazzeL]

I managed to nab a 400 points card this morning. Getting close to a free SNES game now!

[Ike]

100 point cards are up, so keep checking for the higher amounts.

[Gizmo]

I still don't understand why they can't wire the points to your account directly.

[flameboy]

100 point cards are up, so keep checking for the higher amounts.

woohoo, finally can top my account up with enough points to get a SNES game, recent Streetfighter 4 info makes me wanna play them so gonna get one of them!

[killthenet]

Yeah, why can't they just wire the points to your account? If we can't then why did we have to link our VC accounts to our Club Nintendo ones?

Don't make no sense.

[Ten10]

At the time of writing 100 and 1000 points are "instock."

[killthenet]

Anybody know how long the codes are valid for? I have no internet access on my Wii at the moment and will not have any for a while, so need to know how long I have to use my codes, and whether it would be wise to buy more.

[Ike]

They should last until you use them.

[phazonwarrior]

Wii Points Card 300 now available...

im new to this place btw :D

[flameboy]

Wii Points Card 300 now available...

im new to this place btw :D

well allow me to be the first staff member to welcome you to our illustrious site!

[dontasciime]

TBH Nintendo should be giving away the virtual games If you buy a Wii game you should automatically be able to pick A virtual game for free.

The stars Cat is such a waste of time I spent over 3 years trying to get something worthwhile with my thousands of stars.

I also think it was flawed and set up against someone like me who bought 3 gamecubes, 3 GBA Adv, 3 Nintendo Ds's as you can only get stars for 1 of each when I bought 3 of each 1 for me 1 for son 1 for daughter. So They punished one of their best customers.

Now it starts again with the Wii points they finally got their act together and offered something worth having only for me to find out IT sucks and I still cannot buy anything as they only make available 200 of each , Actually I did manage to buy 100 points a few days ago, No good to me though as I think the lowest game is 500 points.

[tomma1000]

i know people get upset about this but does sony or microsoft offer any reward system 2 their costumers?

[HaniKazmi]

Yes, release dates close to the US and better online

[Ramar]

i know people get upset about this but does sony or microsoft offer any reward system 2 their costumers?


The odd 48 hour Live Trial in a game goes down nicely. At least I can use it straight away, and actually gain a reward. Not a number on a website.

[Kodiwolf]

Can someone tell me the exchange rate for Stars - Wii Points? I wanna know how much I can buy when I get my Wii tomorrow.

[Rowan]

I believe it is 4 stars for every Wii Point. So if you want 1000 Wii Points, you would need to trade in 4000 stars.

[Kodiwolf]

Got it all set up early, but no cards available, any idea when they get updated?

[david.dakota]

As far as I can tell its completely random - the epitome of random. A bit like NOE's release policy

[Hero-of-Time]

As far as I can tell its completely random - the epitome of random. A bit like NOE's release policy

LMBO. I salute you sir.

[boggie]

i have only just returned from months travelling and decided to trade in my stars that ive had sitting there for ages and about to expire. I heard about this about a year ago and was waiting for it.

Anyway, after a few days of constantly trying I have found out some of the times that points become available and have been able to get 3 x 300 and 1 x 100 cards.

You can only get 1 card a day so it might take some of you a while to spend those points.

There are over 200 x 300 point cards made available at midnight every night, thats the ones I have been going for, I also found that the 100 point cards are avaialable around 10pm so you can grab one at 10pm and another after midnight if you missed out the previous day.

As of yet I have no idea when the 500 or 1000 point cards are out and I will probably have spent all my stars before I figure it out.

Good Luck.

[Mike1988uk]

Heads up! 500 and 1000 points cards are up at the moment!

[Nintendohnut]

I have 395 stars, 5 stars too little to get a 100 point card. Does anyone know a way for me to get just five measly stars so that I can buy a bloody card? It's so annoying!

[Ike]

I have 395 stars, 5 stars too little to get a 100 point card. Does anyone know a way for me to get just five measly stars so that I can buy a bloody card? It's so annoying!

If you have registered Mario KArt Wii there is a questionnaire you get 50 stars for doing it. Unless you've already done it. Or don't have Mario Kart Wii.

[Mokong X-C]

points are gone now anyway :mad:

[James McGeachie]

I have 395 stars, 5 stars too little to get a 100 point card. Does anyone know a way for me to get just five measly stars so that I can buy a bloody card? It's so annoying!

Shame it's not the old site, the worst thing about the new design is it no longer offers you 5 points a day simply for viting the site. I set Nintendo Europe to my homepage so I made a ton of points that way.