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Wii Points officially being renamed to 'Nintendo Points'
Joystiq [Nintendo] —
... With the new DSi just being announced, it'll allow people to download titles direct to their handheld, kind of like Apple's little doodad, the iPhone. So, in order to share the Point system between the Wii and the handheld, Nintendo will go ahead and rename "Wii Points" to "Nintendo Points," said Satoru Iwata at the Japanese fall press conference. ...
Highlights from Nintendo's big news day
Joystiq [Nintendo] —
... and a new handheld to geek out to. There was a lot of news coming out of Nintendo's Japanese and American fall press conferences. As a recap, find all of the news from the show below, in case you missed something. ...
Nintendo Points non-transferable between Wii, DSi
Joystiq [Nintendo] —
... To allow for the fact that the DSi will feature an online store, Wii Points were recently renamed to Nintendo Points. Despite this rebranding exercise, Nintendo has revealed that you won't be able to transfer points between its new handheld and the Wii. In other words, if you buy a Nintendo Points card and use it to purchase (say) DSWare, you'll have to spend any remaining Points from the card on DSi downloads. Likewise, this also means you won't be able to transfer any 'spare change' Points from the Wii to your DSi, meaning you're stuck with the 100 ...
Wii Warm Up: Your favorite reveal
Joystiq [Nintendo] —
... There was a ton of stuff to come from Nintendo's big news day last week. What we're wondering is what your favorite item was? Were you stoked about a certain game more than any others? Are you thrilled to hear about Club Nintendo coming to the States? Was the Nintendo DSi your favorite thing from the show? Nintendo's storage solution? What was your favorite thing to come out of Nintendo's fall media summit? ...
