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Nintendo 2000 Points Card (DSi or Wii) | 
| From: Nintendo
Category: Video Games
List Price: $24.99
Buy New: $19.99
as of 3/16/2010 22:00 CDT details
You Save: $5.00 (20%)
New (25) from $19.99
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 208
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.1 x 0.5
MPN: RVLAPCD
Model: RVLAPCD
UPC: 045496890346
EAN: 0045496890346
ASIN: B001TOQ8KC
Release Date: April 5, 2009
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | For use on the Wii Shop Channel or the Nintendo DSi Shop Channel | | • | Redeem Nintendo Points to download additional games, features, and items | | • | Points have no monetary value and cannot be redeemed for cash | | • | Use of points will be restricted by any Parental Control settings active on your console | | • | A broadband internet connection is required |
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Product Description
Nintendo's Wii Points Card is a monetary payment system for Wii downloads. The Wii Virtual Console allows owners to download a library of games for an incredibly low price. By simply entering the Wii Points Card code into the Wii onscreen menu, you can get classic games from the past, games for the NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, and Turbo Grafx-16.
Amazon.com Product Description
 Get the most out of your Wii or DSi gaming console with a points card that allows you to access the Wii Shop Channel through the Wii console or the Nintendo DSi. Shop through the Nintendo DSi and then redeem Nintendo Points to download additional games, features, and items. Once you have downloaded a Virtual Console, WiiWare game, or items from Wii Shop, they will appear as a channel within the Wii Channel menu. Once you have downloaded games or items for DSi, they will appear as a channel within the DSi Shop Channel menu.
Things to note about the Nintendo Points Card:
- For use on the Wii Shop Channel or the Nintendo DSi Shop Channel
- Points are valid for use in the United States and Canada and may be used on either the Nintendo DSi or Wii systems
- Points from the same card may not be shared between two systems
- If you have an unused Wii Points Card, it is possible to load that points card on a DSi system instead
- You must have a compatible controller type to play Virtual Console and WiiWare games
How to use the Nintendo Points Card:
- To redeem on the Wii console, start the console and proceed to the Wii Shop Channel. To redeem on Nintendo DSi, start the system and proceed to the Nintendo DSi Shop.
- Select the option to add points.
- Select the option to redeem a Nintendo Points Card.
- Scratch off the silver area on the back of the card to reveal the activation number. Enter the activation number into the appropriate field on the screen.
- Choose your items and start downloading.
The Fine Print:
Redeem for software downloads or other available items. Additional hardware accessories may be required to use certain downloaded software and are sold separately. Downloaded software is licensed to you, not sold. The use of this Nintendo Points Card is subject to a User Agreement found at support.nintendo.com. Please review before opening package. Use of Nintendo Points requires broadband Internet service, which is not available in all places. Points have no monetary value and cannot be redeemed for cash. All points and software downloads are only for use on a single system and are non-refundable and non-transferable and may not be divided between Nintendo DSi and Wii systems. Do not purchase if packaging has been opened. Points will not be replaced by Nintendo or your retailer if the Nintendo Points Card is lost or stolen. A maximum number of un-used points can be stored on one system. Please visit support.nintendo.com for more information.
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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 22
 Amazon scamming us again January 25, 2010
Robert P. Inverarity (Silicon Valley, California, United States)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Has everybody learned to take Amazon's "Suggested Retail Prices" with a grain of salt yet? Because Nintendo's suggested retail price for this card is not twenty four and 99/100 greenbacks, it's twenty. Not nineteen ninety nine, not twenty five, twenty and 00/100. Nintendo points have a very direct correlation with the value of american currency: one centime is one Nintendo point. Easy, simple, clear.
So Amazon ups the "suggested" retail price by 25%, sells it for a 10% increase over the actual value of the points, and tells you how much money you're saving. Oh, those jokers.
 Was able to purchase Pokemon Rumble for kids. January 21, 2010
FamFun (Mass)
Card is no fun. But when you use it too purchase a game (say like Pokemon Rumble!) from the WII on-line store it rocks. My son(8) and daughter(5) love playing it together. The bonus is they work together in this game. It also make you happy seeing them work together and laughing.
 Opens the Door to More Possibilitites January 17, 2010
K. Groh (Pennsylvania)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
If you own a Wii or a Nintendo DSi, these point cards are invaluable. There are so many games and applications that you can download using your DSi or Wii and a wireless internet connection. These add-on games and aps start at 200 points and go up.
When you buy this card, you load it onto your DSi or your Wii by entering the activation number. You then have a 'bank' to draw from when you want to download more programs.
My son loves to download on his DSi but we have also added onto our Wii.
When you put the points on your DSi, they are not available on your Wii and the same goes if you put the points on your Wii. In other words, they must be used on the product that you activate them on.
Once you download games or aps, they sit in the memory of the product you install them on.
The Wii has a lot of options including many older Nintendo games from previous systems.
In regards to pricing, one point is one cent. If you are paying anything more than that, it is not worth it.
You can buy these in store but especially around Christmas, many stores were out of them.
A triple waste January 4, 2010
M. Goodwin (New Jersey, USA)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I don't get Amazon's pricing. From other reviews, we know the price has fluctuated, but there is no excuse for this. Simply put: you can buy the points directly on the Wii, for $20 + tax. Points bought on the Wii are instantly available. You can even gift those points to someone else, which means you don't need a physical card for anything. It's purely a waste - a waste of money, a waste of packaging, and a waste of time.
numbers 'rip off' December 29, 2009
Paul Daly (Austin, TX USA)
10 out of 13 found this review helpful
Typically I will just add points on the Wii shop channel with my credit card, but bought this to wrap as a gift. So we go to redeem it by getting the number -- you have to scratch off the gray material to reveal the number beneath. It says scratch gently, so I do with my fingernail--nothing scratches off. then I get a coin, and it starts to scratch off the gray covering, and the rest of the paper with the numbers. Very flimsy material. Nintendo customer support will credit your system if you mail them the card.
Unless you are giving this as a gift (or don't have a credit card) you are best to buy points directly on the Wii/DSi Shop Channel. Nintendo charges sales tax based on your county, so you might get a better deal elsewhere with no tax/shipping, but be warned.
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