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Flamecondor 09:02, 28 September 2006 (UTC)OK I'm just wondering that first part where it talks about you getting Wii Points everytime you buy a game is there any proof of this, I'm pretty sure I haven't heard this said anywhere before. If someone can put in a link to where it has been said that would be great.
I, dimensinalism, agree with flamecondor on many levels.
I am dissappointed somewhat in the Wii's ability to put out their merchandise. I think that hey should do three things. One, make use of the useless USB ports on the console.
It would be beneficial for those of whom have jump drives to upload songs and documents and such on the console.
THat would be a great improvement and benefit for the system's selling. Two, if they fix up the speaker on the Wiimote, the Wii player's will also be more drawn in to play the game. Three, if the creaters of the Wii could just ask people about any possible improvements and upgrades with the Wii, more people will buy it.
Not really sure, but how else would you get Wii Points? and What is that card for? In the NYC, Reggie did say something about earning points from your cash (something like ONE POINT = TEN CENTS)
Flamecondor: I dunno I would of thought you would have to buy them flat out, as cool as I think getting free Wii points for buy a game is, it just dosen't seem right that Nintendo would be giving us this stuff for free, lets face it, going by how it is on the page, every time you buy a Wii game would be able to also get 5 N64 games for the Virtual Console. That just dosen't seem right, however putting $50 on your Wii Points card seems more likely. Could you at least proved a link to were Reggie stated the ONE POINT = TEN CENTS line. All I'm asking for is some proof, not speculation.
I have redone a bit of the formatting, but may somebody please give links and update all information to make sure it's up to date. → N i n t e n d o n i e n 00:02, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
WARGH! Dude, shorten your sig. Put it in a template. On topic, I agree. Chwoka
What's to stop someone buying a whole suitcase full of 5000-point cards in Japan and then selling them in Europe for a tidy profit that's still well below the going rate in euros? (EUR/JPY ≈ 150, EUR/WII = 100, JPY/WII = 1) Neon Merlin 13:04, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Why do we need this? I don't want to just go and delete it, but isn't this row a little against the attempted globalization of Wikipedia?«»bd I'm cool! I'm cocky! I'm bad! 21:49, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Are you sure the Wii Point Cards aren't region specific? Because we live in Canada and for X-mas got our American Nephew a Wii point card, and that worked for him fine... -- Phred Levi 19:46, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Canada and the US are both at North America. Therefore, the Wii units, and its products are the exactly the same. Including the Wii Points Card. So you can buy a Wii Points card from the US and use it in any region in North America. Even Canada. If you use it on Wii from the UK or other countries, it may not work. Munchlax 22:30, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
But that is only speculation, Munchlax. Do you have solid proof that you cant just buy your Wii Points card in the US, import it to the UK and thereby save a lot of cash?-- 83.135.105.246 14:59, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I have proof. The next time you buy a Wii Points Card, look at the back of the package and it should say "For sale and use only in USA and Canada." Munchlax 00:18, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Where can you buy the Wii Points Cards and how much do they cost? Ilikevideogames 16:36, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
I think there should be a section in the article regarding taxes (wheather you need to pay taxes or not when purchasing Wii Points online ). I heared that you need to pay a small amount of taxe depening on your region. 74.111.14.37 03:07, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't know for sure about taxes. Logically, though, I think if you buy the points in a store and your area has sales tax, that would apply normally as with any other purchase, ie...in Pennsylvania you might have to pay $21.20 for 2000 wii points, but in Deleware, where there are no sales taxes, it would be $20. This is speculation, though, and can't be added to the article until proven...
Let me explain about US sales tax, since apparently nobody here understands it. The consumer does not pay sales tax. The seller does. That's why "sales tax" isn't just a clever name. There's a reason it's not called "purchase tax". Business in the US are not required by any law to add anything to their listed prices in deference to sales tax. If they wanted to charge you exactly $50 for a dongle instead of $49.99 + $2.45 (4.9% national average), they could do that. The business pays sales tax totally irrespective of what they charge you. Business do not pay sales tax per purchase. They pay it as a percentage of total sales. When they list their prices as "pre-tax prices" they are lying to you, deceptively making their prices less than they actually are. They suggest to you that you have to pay tax on your purchases, when in fact you don't. They are saying, in essence, "please pay us extra money because we pay tax on this transaction and you don't." In addition to that, this article is about Wii Points, not the taxation of Wii Points. If other countries require consumers to pay taxes on things they purchase, that sucks for them, but it's irrelevant to this article. That has nothing directly to do with Wii Points or any other particular commodity. It would apply to every commodity in that region, wouldn't it? -- 76.217.82.113 ( talk) 06:39, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Are those star points in video games sold in America?
Nope only Europe. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.150.213.182 ( talk) 17:46, August 21, 2007 (UTC)
After you add Wii Points, the Wii Points Card expires and can no longer be redeemed. -- PJ Pete
Do we REALLY need to add Microsoft Points in the See Also section? Some anonymous IP keeps adding them in. LN3000 04:24, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Can we now agree to leave Microsoft Points out of the article? LN3000 18:38, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
You don't have to be an ass about it, Rob. LN3000 04:32, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
If you guys need an admin to keep an eye on things and unprotect when it's wound down, I'm watching this discussion. I'll unprotect when I think the likelihood for edit warring has passed. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 02:19, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
There has been no more disscussion either way since July 30, can we finish this arguement so that the page can be unprotected.→ 041744 15:05, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}} —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Superjustinbros. ( talk • contribs).
Microsoft Points are almost the same as Wii Points, and are relevant to the article. It seems that wanting to take out the link to "Microsoft Points" was only motivated by fanboyism and not by real "non-notability." They're both types of points, and are both used to pay for things online with consoles. How much more related do they have to be? I'm sorry, but the link should just be added and this edit war ended promptly.-- ZXCVBNM 22:31, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
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The table list only the defualt price, as thus we should not note every price variant or the table will grow vastly to large, could some please remove it, becuase as of now the page is locked from me to edit.→
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Requesting page edit to either remove the unneeded price variants, or to unprotect the page. LN3000 18:22, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
I think in the See Also section we should put Wii, and Virtual Console. Cause it's useful to understand the console it self and what the points are used on.. Uch iha 23 05:51, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
In the Pricing -> Channels section, both the "Internet Channel" and the "Everybody Votes Channel" was mentioned. Do ya think that the Metroid Prime 3 Preview should be mentioned, even though it doesn't really add much to Wii Points? 99.245.71.154 02:01, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
I think WiiWare is being released earlier than 2008 meaning this year. I heard it from thewiire.com Could someone check this again? 70.107.81.179 23:02, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
I think it should be mentioned that there is a limit as to how many points can be credited to a single Wii system at any given time. I'm not sure what that limit is, so I can't add this information, myself, but I'm sure somebody else out there knows the limit. If you could, please add this information to the article. It's pretty relevant and could help those researching Wii points decide on when to add points to their Wii system, so as not to overlap too many points. - D14BL0 19:42, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
I am proposing a merge discussion on several Wii articles - the discussion to be, however, what to merge and where. If anyone would like to join in, please go to Talk:Wii. - A Link to the Past (talk) 17:52, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
I kinda messed up the page and don't know how to fix it. I was trying to remove the citation needed thing about the credit card. Claycrow 15:16, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Fixed it. Please be careful on your edits, especially if edit conflicts occur. -- 208.138.31.76 17:03, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
It appears that vandals are partially blanking this page, so it needs to be locked.
This part of the introduction strikes me as a bit weasel wordy. A reader can see for themselves the amount of time between the announcement of Stars-for-Points and the eventual implementation of the scheme, so the addition of this phrase seems to be nothing but an implicit criticism of that delay, which is not particularly encyclopaedic. I suggest removing the phrase. Kelvingreen ( talk) 18:13, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
I don't think I'll be able to work on it myself, but the article should probably be generalized and moved in light of the Nintendo's announcement of the DSi Shop. Dancter ( talk) 16:58, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
I Googled the bad link. It is http://www.mcvuk.com/news/31919/DSi-digital-content-shop-announced, not http://www.mcvuk.com/news/31919/DS-digital-content-shop-announced. One missing I. 99.27.132.205 ( talk) 01:59, 25 June 2009 (UTC)Anonymous
Is there an area in the article that specifies a particular length (or lengths) of the redeeming codes? Mechamind90 ( talk) 02:31, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
We need a chart comparing the relative cost of points for different regions, similar to this chart for Microsoft points. Frostnova ( talk) 01:02, 2 January 2010 (UTC)
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Flamecondor 09:02, 28 September 2006 (UTC)OK I'm just wondering that first part where it talks about you getting Wii Points everytime you buy a game is there any proof of this, I'm pretty sure I haven't heard this said anywhere before. If someone can put in a link to where it has been said that would be great.
I, dimensinalism, agree with flamecondor on many levels.
I am dissappointed somewhat in the Wii's ability to put out their merchandise. I think that hey should do three things. One, make use of the useless USB ports on the console.
It would be beneficial for those of whom have jump drives to upload songs and documents and such on the console.
THat would be a great improvement and benefit for the system's selling. Two, if they fix up the speaker on the Wiimote, the Wii player's will also be more drawn in to play the game. Three, if the creaters of the Wii could just ask people about any possible improvements and upgrades with the Wii, more people will buy it.
Not really sure, but how else would you get Wii Points? and What is that card for? In the NYC, Reggie did say something about earning points from your cash (something like ONE POINT = TEN CENTS)
Flamecondor: I dunno I would of thought you would have to buy them flat out, as cool as I think getting free Wii points for buy a game is, it just dosen't seem right that Nintendo would be giving us this stuff for free, lets face it, going by how it is on the page, every time you buy a Wii game would be able to also get 5 N64 games for the Virtual Console. That just dosen't seem right, however putting $50 on your Wii Points card seems more likely. Could you at least proved a link to were Reggie stated the ONE POINT = TEN CENTS line. All I'm asking for is some proof, not speculation.
I have redone a bit of the formatting, but may somebody please give links and update all information to make sure it's up to date. → N i n t e n d o n i e n 00:02, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
WARGH! Dude, shorten your sig. Put it in a template. On topic, I agree. Chwoka
What's to stop someone buying a whole suitcase full of 5000-point cards in Japan and then selling them in Europe for a tidy profit that's still well below the going rate in euros? (EUR/JPY ≈ 150, EUR/WII = 100, JPY/WII = 1) Neon Merlin 13:04, 10 November 2006 (UTC)
Why do we need this? I don't want to just go and delete it, but isn't this row a little against the attempted globalization of Wikipedia?«»bd I'm cool! I'm cocky! I'm bad! 21:49, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
Are you sure the Wii Point Cards aren't region specific? Because we live in Canada and for X-mas got our American Nephew a Wii point card, and that worked for him fine... -- Phred Levi 19:46, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
Canada and the US are both at North America. Therefore, the Wii units, and its products are the exactly the same. Including the Wii Points Card. So you can buy a Wii Points card from the US and use it in any region in North America. Even Canada. If you use it on Wii from the UK or other countries, it may not work. Munchlax 22:30, 8 January 2007 (UTC)
But that is only speculation, Munchlax. Do you have solid proof that you cant just buy your Wii Points card in the US, import it to the UK and thereby save a lot of cash?-- 83.135.105.246 14:59, 23 July 2007 (UTC)
Yes, I have proof. The next time you buy a Wii Points Card, look at the back of the package and it should say "For sale and use only in USA and Canada." Munchlax 00:18, 27 July 2007 (UTC)
Where can you buy the Wii Points Cards and how much do they cost? Ilikevideogames 16:36, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
I think there should be a section in the article regarding taxes (wheather you need to pay taxes or not when purchasing Wii Points online ). I heared that you need to pay a small amount of taxe depening on your region. 74.111.14.37 03:07, 24 February 2007 (UTC)
I don't know for sure about taxes. Logically, though, I think if you buy the points in a store and your area has sales tax, that would apply normally as with any other purchase, ie...in Pennsylvania you might have to pay $21.20 for 2000 wii points, but in Deleware, where there are no sales taxes, it would be $20. This is speculation, though, and can't be added to the article until proven...
Let me explain about US sales tax, since apparently nobody here understands it. The consumer does not pay sales tax. The seller does. That's why "sales tax" isn't just a clever name. There's a reason it's not called "purchase tax". Business in the US are not required by any law to add anything to their listed prices in deference to sales tax. If they wanted to charge you exactly $50 for a dongle instead of $49.99 + $2.45 (4.9% national average), they could do that. The business pays sales tax totally irrespective of what they charge you. Business do not pay sales tax per purchase. They pay it as a percentage of total sales. When they list their prices as "pre-tax prices" they are lying to you, deceptively making their prices less than they actually are. They suggest to you that you have to pay tax on your purchases, when in fact you don't. They are saying, in essence, "please pay us extra money because we pay tax on this transaction and you don't." In addition to that, this article is about Wii Points, not the taxation of Wii Points. If other countries require consumers to pay taxes on things they purchase, that sucks for them, but it's irrelevant to this article. That has nothing directly to do with Wii Points or any other particular commodity. It would apply to every commodity in that region, wouldn't it? -- 76.217.82.113 ( talk) 06:39, 9 December 2007 (UTC)
Are those star points in video games sold in America?
Nope only Europe. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.150.213.182 ( talk) 17:46, August 21, 2007 (UTC)
After you add Wii Points, the Wii Points Card expires and can no longer be redeemed. -- PJ Pete
Do we REALLY need to add Microsoft Points in the See Also section? Some anonymous IP keeps adding them in. LN3000 04:24, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
Can we now agree to leave Microsoft Points out of the article? LN3000 18:38, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
You don't have to be an ass about it, Rob. LN3000 04:32, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
If you guys need an admin to keep an eye on things and unprotect when it's wound down, I'm watching this discussion. I'll unprotect when I think the likelihood for edit warring has passed. - A Man In Bl♟ck ( conspire | past ops) 02:19, 29 July 2007 (UTC)
There has been no more disscussion either way since July 30, can we finish this arguement so that the page can be unprotected.→ 041744 15:05, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
{{ editprotected}} —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Superjustinbros. ( talk • contribs).
Microsoft Points are almost the same as Wii Points, and are relevant to the article. It seems that wanting to take out the link to "Microsoft Points" was only motivated by fanboyism and not by real "non-notability." They're both types of points, and are both used to pay for things online with consoles. How much more related do they have to be? I'm sorry, but the link should just be added and this edit war ended promptly.-- ZXCVBNM 22:31, 28 July 2007 (UTC)
{{
editprotected}}
The table list only the defualt price, as thus we should not note every price variant or the table will grow vastly to large, could some please remove it, becuase as of now the page is locked from me to edit.→
041744
00:59, 31 July 2007 (UTC)
Requesting page edit to either remove the unneeded price variants, or to unprotect the page. LN3000 18:22, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
I think in the See Also section we should put Wii, and Virtual Console. Cause it's useful to understand the console it self and what the points are used on.. Uch iha 23 05:51, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
In the Pricing -> Channels section, both the "Internet Channel" and the "Everybody Votes Channel" was mentioned. Do ya think that the Metroid Prime 3 Preview should be mentioned, even though it doesn't really add much to Wii Points? 99.245.71.154 02:01, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
I think WiiWare is being released earlier than 2008 meaning this year. I heard it from thewiire.com Could someone check this again? 70.107.81.179 23:02, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
I think it should be mentioned that there is a limit as to how many points can be credited to a single Wii system at any given time. I'm not sure what that limit is, so I can't add this information, myself, but I'm sure somebody else out there knows the limit. If you could, please add this information to the article. It's pretty relevant and could help those researching Wii points decide on when to add points to their Wii system, so as not to overlap too many points. - D14BL0 19:42, 13 September 2007 (UTC)
I am proposing a merge discussion on several Wii articles - the discussion to be, however, what to merge and where. If anyone would like to join in, please go to Talk:Wii. - A Link to the Past (talk) 17:52, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
I kinda messed up the page and don't know how to fix it. I was trying to remove the citation needed thing about the credit card. Claycrow 15:16, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Fixed it. Please be careful on your edits, especially if edit conflicts occur. -- 208.138.31.76 17:03, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
It appears that vandals are partially blanking this page, so it needs to be locked.
This part of the introduction strikes me as a bit weasel wordy. A reader can see for themselves the amount of time between the announcement of Stars-for-Points and the eventual implementation of the scheme, so the addition of this phrase seems to be nothing but an implicit criticism of that delay, which is not particularly encyclopaedic. I suggest removing the phrase. Kelvingreen ( talk) 18:13, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
I don't think I'll be able to work on it myself, but the article should probably be generalized and moved in light of the Nintendo's announcement of the DSi Shop. Dancter ( talk) 16:58, 2 October 2008 (UTC)
I Googled the bad link. It is http://www.mcvuk.com/news/31919/DSi-digital-content-shop-announced, not http://www.mcvuk.com/news/31919/DS-digital-content-shop-announced. One missing I. 99.27.132.205 ( talk) 01:59, 25 June 2009 (UTC)Anonymous
Is there an area in the article that specifies a particular length (or lengths) of the redeeming codes? Mechamind90 ( talk) 02:31, 15 September 2009 (UTC)
We need a chart comparing the relative cost of points for different regions, similar to this chart for Microsoft points. Frostnova ( talk) 01:02, 2 January 2010 (UTC)