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siliconera.com - 10/7/2008

Nintendo Points Are Either Wii Points Or DS Points, Not Both

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. October 3, 2008 . 1:10pm dspoint At Nintendo’s Japanese press conference Nintendo announced Wii Points would now be called Nintendo Points since you can use them on the DSi store. DSi games will cost 200, 500 or 800 for premium titles. The above slide shows what the new cards will look like ...

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nintendo.co.uk - 10/2/2008

Nintendo - Home

— nintendo.co.uk — Nintendo of Europe Join the Club Join the Club Product Registration | Site help | Language Login... Forgot your password? Remember me. Home Nintendo DS Wii Games Club Nintendo Support News Wii.com Wifi Touch Generations Make 10 Wario Land Shake ... (more) Nintendo - Home

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venturebeat.com - 10/7/2008

Q&A: Nintendo of America chief on game industry competition

— venturebeat.com — Reggie Fils-Aime is sitting pretty. The president of Nintendo of America has the two hottest-selling game systems:... the Nintendo Wii and the Nintendo DS . Today, he introduced the new DSi model, which has two digital cameras, music playback and flash ... (more) Q&A: Nintendo of America chief on game industry ...

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joystiq.com - 10/3/2008

Nintendo announces Wii Speak Channel

— joystiq.com — As one of the last two announcements for their fall media summit , Nintendo has announced the... Wii Speak Channel for use with the Wii microphone ( pictured , from E3 2008). According to Cammy Dunaway, up to four people can chat together, and the ... (more) Nintendo announces Wii Speak Channel

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Nintendo Points will not be transfer from Wii to DSi, vice versa
CrunchGear — ... When the DSi was launched last week, Nintendo rebranded Wii points to Nintendo points to try and give a sense of synergy between the two systems. Sounds good in theory, but you may or may not have noticed that Nintendo will not allow you to transfer points between the two systems. It wasn’t something I thought about until I just came across it and thought I’d share. But it doesn’t mean much to us since we’ll be waiting at least 3-6 months before the DSi hits our shores. Silicon Era via Wii Fan Boy via Joystiq

Nintendo Points Are Non-Transferable Between the Wii and the DSi [Nintendo DSi]
Gizmodo — ... . But that is where you would be wrong. Simply put, the points are locked to a single system—they cannot be transferred. That is a real bummer—especially because I have a few hundred points that have been collecting dust on my Wii for months now. [Siliconera via ...

Nintendo Points non-transferable between DSi and Wii
SlashGear — ... last week the company also announced their DSi Shop and the rebranding of its “Wii Points” digital currency to “Nintendo Points”.  We now know that doesn’t actually mean the points are held in a universal bank; according to Siliconera once they’re loaded onto, say, a DSi account, they can’t be transfered to buy things for a Wii. ...

Nintendo Points won't make the leap between Wii and DSi
Engadget — ... While it's not exactly a huge surprise given that Nintendo doesn't have an overarching account system for the Wii and DS, plenty of folks will no doubt still be disappointed to learn that the company's new Nintendo Points won't be transferable between the two consoles. ...