Nintendork Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Stuff appears to be happening, if you didn't know Nintendo is going to offer us a way of exchanging an unknown amount of Nintendo Stars into an unknown amount of Virtual Console points to spend on games. By clicking the link you get the following message: Thank you for downloading 'Internet Channel' You will soon be able to claim your stars here. You only have access to these benefits once you link your Club Nintendo account to the Wii shop, it is thought that all purchases on the virtual console will equate to stars. Keep your eyes open for the expected questionaire that is meant to be happening- I think it's going to be a big week for Club Nintendo. As soon as the questionaire hits, we should be able to claim stars on VC purchases and also be able to get some free stars for games- don't get your hopes up for thousands.. and it might be a first come first served deal like most items in the Stars Catalogue. --- Wii system update is out- updating now. 2.1E adds parental controls. No sign of any other changes.
Owen Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 How did you get the Wii system update? Was it through mail? I had my Wii Connect 24 stand by mode off, because it was making the console a little too warm for my liking, so thats probably why i haven't recieved anything? Great news about the stars! :awesome:
Nintenchris Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Wii system update is out- updating now.2.1E adds parental controls. No sign of any other changes. Hmm i came across that today aswell when changing my WiFi settings... wonder what else it does because the last firmware update 2.0 i think said it added perental controls also?
Guest Jordan Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Or it could be adding/changing them... who knows? Nothings happend for the US or Japan yet.
The-chosen-one Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 when will that be possible? to use your Stars points to download games
david.dakota Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Has anyone tried the news channel. I'm not near my wii at the moment, but news seems most likely.
Nintenchris Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Na it cant be the news channel... like i said my Wii didnt light up blue to say there was a message from Nintendo like they did with the weather channel.. i just came across the new firmware when i was changing my wireless connection.
Nintendork Posted January 10, 2007 Author Posted January 10, 2007 I am expecting the account linking to be finished this week. Updates are usually on Thursdays to the catalogue so I'll be moseying about Nintendo tomorrow.
BGS Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 How did you get the Wii system update? Was it through mail? You know you can update it manually through the wii system menu right? Has anyone tried the news channel. I'm not near my wii at the moment, but news seems most likely. Just tried the news channel after grabbing 2.1E - nada.
Guest Jordan Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 You know you can update it manually through the wii system menu right? Just tried the news channel after grabbing 2.1E - nada. News is, thats out 10 days from now.
Owen Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 You know you can update it manually through the wii system menu right? Just tried the news channel after grabbing 2.1E - nada. No idea. I didn't know you could manually up-date it! Thanks for telling me! Shame about the news channel. I reckon that will be end of the month though.
david.dakota Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Does anyone know if Nintendo accounts can be merged? EDIT ***Sorry, if I have two NOE VIP accounts, can they be merged?
Nintendork Posted January 10, 2007 Author Posted January 10, 2007 Yes you can. As stated in my original post, and evident in the picture that I posted. If you're talking about multiple accounts no.
The Peeps Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Why doesn't the weather channel show up in 'products downloaded to date'? Or maybe that was an update... can't remember. Think it must have been.
Nintenchris Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Why doesn't the weather channel show up in 'products downloaded to date'? Or maybe that was an update... can't remember. Think it must have been. The Weather channel was an update if i remember rightly.. where as the Internet channel was from the Wii shop channel just like the VC games.
flameboy Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 hmmm well the update looked like it was merely for parental controls. hopefully they will get the star catalogue sorted soon....
raven_blade2006 Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 A new update huh? I better check this.
Guest Jordan Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 hmmm well the update looked like it was merely for parental controls. hopefully they will get the star catalogue sorted soon.... According to the people at gonintendo.com, it always says that.
flameboy Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 According to the people at gonintendo.com, it always says that. ah...well maybe then it is an update in preperation for the stars to wii points, maybe we weren't meant to know about it yet, as there was no mail sent about it.
steggy Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 My NoE account has always had my VC downloads showing on that list. Although Mario 64 hasn't shown up on mine, only F-Zero and the Internet Channel.
Jasper Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Hope they get it up and running. And they keep their promises. i don't want stars for VC titles, I want to trade thel for VC titles, not get them! I wonder how the system will work, because they can't do a straight trade. The current mushroom kingdom economy does not allow one-to-one trading into antoher coin unit than stars. I think you'll get a point per 3 stars - because a game costed about 3000 stars in teh catalogue. They won't do a straight conversion, cause they don't want to lose money on their point cards (wich is purely profit to them, like liquid gold).
triforce_keeper Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Downloaded the update. Thanks Nintendork for the heads up! Oh and the internet channel purchase isn't chowing up for me on my NOE account even though I have linked them.
Platty Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 My NoE account has always had my VC downloads showing on that list. Yeah same here, I noticed it a couple weeks ago. Hopefully I will be able to use some of my 8,000 stars I have left for VC games. I wont be happy if I cant use them as I dont want crappy wallpapers and screensavers.
Tellyn Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Downloaded the update. Thanks Nintendork for the heads up! Oh and the internet channel purchase isn't chowing up for me on my NOE account even though I have linked them. That's weird, it should have done...
Gentleben Posted January 10, 2007 Posted January 10, 2007 Bear in mind after buying a VC game it's doesn't show up on your NOE account straight away. Sometimes they appear a few days later and not always at the same time. For example: I purchased Bonks Adventure, Donkey kong and Bomberman all at the same time. But a few days later only Bonks Adventure and Bomberman appeared on my NOE account. At first I thought maybe only certain games appeared linked to your account depending on how many Wii points you spent on them, and anything worth 500 pts wouldn't appear. But I was proven wrong when I got Donkey kong added a few days later.
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