Gaming Forums => Nintendo Gaming => Topic started by: Hotdiggedydemon on December 01, 2006, 12:46:05 PM
Title: free wii points
Post by: Hotdiggedydemon on December 01, 2006, 12:46:05 PM
Refresh my memory... We all know that you need Wii points to buy games from the virtual console, and you need wii cards to get wii points, but does the wii come with some free wii points already on the system when you buy it? like "Frii Points"? just so the person can wet their whistle a little bit, and get an understanding of what the VC is about? this has probably been answered already in the mailbag, but I forget
Title: RE: free wii points
Post by: 31 Flavas on December 01, 2006, 12:48:44 PM
No free wii points. If you want Wii Points you need to buy a Wii Points card at a store or Use a credit card to buy Wii points through the shopping channel.
Title: RE: free wii points
Post by: Spak-Spang on December 01, 2006, 05:38:56 PM
If you wait to buy your Wii in June Nintendo is having a special promotion giving away 5000 Wii Points with each system, and a classic controller. It is going to be the Summer special to push more Wiis and compete with Halo 3 launching.
Title: RE: free wii points
Post by: IceCold on December 01, 2006, 06:17:53 PM
Black will probably also ba available by then..
Title: RE:free wii points
Post by: Armak88 on December 01, 2006, 07:02:23 PM
I'm not sure if I heard this somewhere or I'm just making it up, but regardless, it's a decent idea that I think Nintendo should use for it's wii points. Can you accumulate wii points without actually buying them, that is to say by perhaps completing a game on the most difficult setting or getting a certain percentage in a game? I think that this would be a great idea, as it rewards the toils of the bigger fans, who are the ones more likely to want to buy older games from virtual consol.
Just an idea, what do you people think?
Title: RE: free wii points
Post by: IceCold on December 01, 2006, 07:18:36 PM
They could also have.. say, Smash Bros online tournaments, and the winner gets some Wii Points.
Title: RE: free wii points
Post by: BlkPaladin on December 01, 2006, 09:01:41 PM
Well if you want to get "free" wii points go to Wal-Mart and buy the points cards there. Nintendo charges tax on the Wii points bought online at $20.00. Wal-Mart sells the Wii points cards at 19.85 or something like that. So you are getting a few free points.
Title: RE: free wii points
Post by: WuTangTurtle on December 01, 2006, 10:39:18 PM
Here in AZ, buying Wii points through the Wii does not charge tax, I've already heard it is the same for some other states too.
Title: RE:free wii points
Post by: NeoThunder on December 02, 2006, 12:30:44 PM
wait a sec, and how do you know this?
Title: RE:free wii points
Post by: NeoThunder on December 02, 2006, 12:33:37 PM
Quote Originally posted by: Spak-Spang If you wait to buy your Wii in June Nintendo is having a special promotion giving away 5000 Wii Points with each system, and a classic controller. It is going to be the Summer special to push more Wiis and compete with Halo 3 launching.
I want to know how you know this?......sorry for the above post
Title: RE: free wii points
Post by: Ceric on December 02, 2006, 02:08:51 PM
Actually, its state by state. Here in Tennessee if there is a physical presence here in the state, be it a store or a server, sales tax has to be charged. (Another funny law for people to chew on. If I got to say Florida and buy something at the 7% tax rate when I come back to Tennessee I'm suppose to pay Tennessee the extra 2.75% that I didn't get charged in Florida. Got to love Tennessee.)
Title: RE: free wii points
Post by: MorningStar on December 02, 2006, 02:24:06 PM
I'm sorry you live in Tennessee to begin with.
Title: RE: free wii points
Post by: Ceric on December 02, 2006, 02:45:18 PM
