Retro_Link Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 http://www.cubed3.com/news/6721/1/Stars_To_Wii_Points,_Stars_Expiring? Nintendo Wii News | Stars To Wii Points, Stars Expiring? By Mike Mason (Mason) 31.01.2007 09:14 In one of those superb chains of rumours that goes around the Internet, DS-X2 are reporting that ConsoleWars.de are reporting that German magazine N-Zone have come across the conversion rates for Nintendo Europe Stars Points to Wii Points, supposedly weighing in at 4 stars to a single Wii Point. DS-X2 have been number crunching and have concluded that since Nintendo occasionally put GBA/DS games on the catalogue for around 4500 stars and these games are sold for an average of 45 euros in game stores, 100 stars are equal to somewhere in the region of a euro. If the conversion rate of 4:1 is true, then this means that the same amount of stars would purchase 1125 Wii Points - meaning the equivalent of 45 euros would buy just over 1000 Wii Points, an amount of money that would buy four times the points by purchasing two in-store 2000 point cards (around 20 euros a-piece). As if this wasn't enough, Nintendo Europe have changed their policy about stars, stating that they will lose their validity 12 months after being registered if they are not used - presumably this is because of the stars to Wii Points system. If you don't redeem your existing stars by the end of 2007, they'll be floating off into the night sky. Nintendo have yet to comment on any of this, but we're still holding out some hope that the conversion rate will be a bit kinder on our star points so that we can continue to fill our computers with wallpapers that we could never possibly get from elsewhere on the Internet for free. Spend those Stars before it's too late! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nintenchris Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Spend those Stars before it's too late! I would if only they would get there arses in gear and get Wii points in the Stars catalogue. Hmm this reminds me i gotta pick up some more Wii points so i can get Mario kart 64! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 yeah get your arses into gear nintendo and give us the coversions. don't want to have waste my 5000 points on wallpapers just so theres something to spend them on before they expire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gio001 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 If we had something worthwile to spend em on we would Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wesley Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I bought my 'cube on the day it was released and I haven't spent any of my stars yet. I wish Nintendo would do this stupid Wii points thing so I could use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowV7 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I have about 5500 stars already and tons of VIP vouchers.They should hurry up and put things that are worthwhile buying.Though I am fairly sure that the Stars to points will be done this year.They just better hurry up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh_gamer Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Well it should happen soon, because the first word we got about the Stars into Wii Points transaction, was in the press statement about Q1 Virtual Console releases. So I'm hoping for something next month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Well it should happen soon, because the first word we got about the Stars into Wii Points transaction, was in the press statement about Q1 Virtual Console releases. So I'm hoping for something next month. yeah true, so we should see it by end of march at the latest I guess unless they retract on this, wouldn't surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtle Squad Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I have 11,500+ points, and have only ever bought Metroid Fusion & Zero Mission.Hopefully they'll hurry up so I can get some Wii points, but... A conversion rate of 4:1 is disgraceful!!!...That doesn't even give me 3,000 Wii Points...A rate of 2:1 would be a lot more resonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViPeR Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 4:1 seems a bit harsh. Though I guess the stars are technically free... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stefkov Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 What a load of balls. I dont like that at all. I've ever only bought crap off the stars cataloue, if they dont put something worth the money then I dont think I'll be spending any. I will leave my 10,000+ alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zell Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I'll reverse it. 20 euros = 2000 wii points right? So 20 euros = 8000 star points. So really, a DS game bought by 4500 star points is only 11 euros. Comparing 45 euros to 4500 wii points is unfair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tellyn Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I got my Pac-Pix stylus from the Stars Catalogue. *glee* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
or else you will DIE Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 wow what fucking assholes if that's true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowV7 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I've got Metroid Prime,Pac Man Stylus,MP2 Poster and Star Fox Poster,oh yea and Pokemon Box. I've had 18k so far and I still haven't registered everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killthenet Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I used my brothers Gamecube so have a paltry 2500 points. Still, 1 free NES game would always be welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harribo Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I'll reverse it. 20 euros = 2000 wii points right? So 20 euros = 8000 star points. So really, a DS game bought by 4500 star points is only 11 euros. Comparing 45 euros to 4500 wii points is unfair. That doesn't work because the games don't cost 11 euros face it Nintendo are just been bitches if that is the conversion rate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedfreak Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 A NES game for every 4 games you buy doesn't seem bad at all to me. They're supposed to be small bonuses, not game giveaways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I dont see why everyone is complaining. As far as I remember you buy games and get the vouchers, for the stars, free. If you were paying for the vouchers then yeah it would suck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I think 4:1 is a good conversion rate, if they did it 1:1 they would lose out on so much money. They give people a free taster of the VC this way, and then they're more likely to come back for more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentleben Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 If this is true it means my 14,000 worth of stars will only net me around 3,000 points to spend on VC games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten10 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 you mean my 14000+ goes bye bye. But I don't even have a wii, what the heck do I do then. Buy all their crappy wallpapers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serebii Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 That means I can get almost 4,000 Wii Points from my stars Not bad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pestneb Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 That doesn't work because the games don't cost 11 euros face it Nintendo are just been bitches if that is the conversion rate. The games don't cost us 11 Euros. even if the games are 20 euros p&p, that makes the conversion more acceptable. and to whoever said about spending £250 and not being given a freebie nes game, so called "freebies" don't exist, would you rather pay £255 and get a "freebie" with it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4q2 Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 My Star points are just sat there rotting anyways. As it stands there is nothing worth 'spending' them on, so if I can get a few VC games with them I will be more than happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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