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 Great item, terrible price February 18, 2007
Brian A. Jacobs (Tallahassee, FL USA)
8 out of 23 found this review helpful
You can buy points online for a penny a point, or you can buy these cards at most retailers for $19.99. Charging $30 for it is highway robbery.
$25 for $20 worth of points? March 19, 2007
Alessandro Abate (Miami, Florida)
7 out of 18 found this review helpful
On the Wii, you can use points to purchase games from their online store. One dollar buys you 2000 points. I wonder why anyone would want to spend an extra $5 for $20 worth of points. You cannot use these points unless your Wii is connected to the internet and if you are, you can buy the points directly from Nintendo. Save your money, buy your points online. The only excuse for buying this card is to give it as a gift. Even so, I think you are better off giving them the $20 bucks and letting them buy the points online.
 It Makes a Good Alternative April 18, 2007
Sean (Aurora, Colorado)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Before, for some reason, this card was being sold for the price of twenty-five dollars. Obviously, if you bought it then you were paying five dollars more than you have to. Now the Wii points card is at an affordable price, and it's not so bad. This one comes with 2000 points. That's equivalent to twenty dollars, and you'll need it to be able to download virtual console games and other wii-ware (if they so charge you for it).
I'll be the first to admit that I probably wouldn't buy a Wii Points card right off the bat simply because I'm comfortable buying points directly from the network and charging the to my card. This brings up the question as to why ANYONE would spend money to buy a wii points card at all. Don't be shocked when you see people doing it. There are a couple of good reasons.
Firstly: There's sales tax. In certain states when you charge to your credit card, you're paying more than twenty dollars to purchase wii points. With the Wii Points card, there are no taxes. EVER. Not even when you buy it in the store. So some people save an extra buck or two by buying the card as opposed to charging to their credit card.
Second: They make fantastic gift cards, especially if you happen to know someone who can't get enough of classic gaming! If you really know someone who loves classic games, you can help this person out by just giving them a Wii Points card.
Third: Maybe for some reason (be that you hate them or whatever) you don't have a credit card. How then, is one supposed to purchase Wii Points without a credit card? So you can do the next best thing, just simply get a Wii Points card.
So while it isn't necessary, if you're someone who goes nuts with the virtual console, then you might want to consider using a Wii Points Card from time to time.
 Buy this card only if have free shipping March 7, 2007
Rodrigo Lopez Schenkel (San Pedro Sula, Cortes, Honduras)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you are buying the Wii points card with a credit card, do it only if you have free shipping, and are buying directly from Amazon at the $19.82 sale price for saving $0.18. Else just buy the Wii points through the Wii Shop Channel, it's easy and you get the points immediately available for use.
Do not buy it from sellers selling at past this price, except if you don't have a credit card and you are using some other method for paying. Then you have no other option.
The Virtual Console is another genius stroke from Nintendo, having all those games available for downloading makes that nostalgia for the games we played as kids go away. Definitely recommend getting Wii Points for downloading these games. Also I recommend getting the Classic controller.
Why buy this 3rd party? October 18, 2007
M. Thompson (San Jose, Ca United States)
6 out of 14 found this review helpful
Just get the normal 2000 point card for $20 (also on amazon). Don't be fooled.
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