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Nintendo club stars > Wii Points

  • 20-03-2008 11:47am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,439 ✭✭✭


    Hi,

    Has anyone managed to successfully convert there Nintendo club stars into Wii Points?

    The option is on the Nintendo club website. I use the link and log in but they say that they have zero available Wii points. This is strange as they are not a tangible item. I only got the Wii at the weekend so I wonder if they need to validate my stars first before the Wii poins will show up.

    Anyone encounter this themselves?


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Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    Only every bloody time I go on the site to try it... :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 583 ✭✭✭Steak


    Only every bloody time I go on the site to try it... :(

    +1

    it's an absolute joke. just keep checking back and eventually they'll have some but then there's also the problem of only being able to buy one card per day.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I cashed in some of my points for gifts 4 months ago, still waiting for them to arrive and a reply to numberous emails i have sent :mad:


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 52,413 CMod ✭✭✭✭Retr0gamer


    I've a load of points ready to be converted and only managed to get 200 points for my stars the first day they were selling them, now they are sold out all the bloody time. Absolutely ridiculous that there is a limit to a digital item.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,020 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Took me about a month of trying to redeem all my points. The smaller ones are nearly worse than nothing, since you need like eight of them to actually buy anything.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 192 ✭✭1408


    Nintendo's club store is also a joke. I know you should never expect anything for free but when I registered my system software they promised me a free gift for cashing in my 'stars' which are relative to the cost of your Nintendo related purchase. Some games didnt register on their system and those that did gave me some points...except the keyrings were sold out last Jan, and theyre still sold out, alongside everything else on that site!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,285 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    I managed to convert 8400 stars to 2100 points over the space of a week or so (26/12 - 02/01). 1x500, 5x300, 1x100. Still not done anything with them. Was going to get Super Metroid and Super Mario World, but I'll see what WiiWare is like first.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,285 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    I managed to convert 8400 stars to 2100 points over the space of a week or so (26/12 - 02/01). 1x500, 5x300, 1x100. Still not done anything with them. Was going to get Super Metroid and Super Mario World, but I'll see what WiiWare is like first.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,820 ✭✭✭grames_bond


    i dont understand how they can be "sold out" its not like they have to actually send you anything! they are not a tangible item!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,126 ✭✭✭✭calex71


    still waiting on the stupid mario keyring i traded stars for in January :mad:


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,820 ✭✭✭grames_bond


    100 and 500 wii points cards available now!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,439 ✭✭✭Josey Wales


    100 and 500 wii points cards available now!!

    Not for me unfortunately.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    Yup, all gone... :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 192 ✭✭1408


    calex71 wrote: »
    still waiting on the stupid mario keyring i traded stars for in January :mad:

    Are you serious? Thats terrible, I really liked the look of the Yoshi keyring, I wonder if anyone ever actually got one


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    calex71 wrote: »
    still waiting on the stupid mario keyring i traded stars for in January :mad:
    Thats what i've been waiting on for months now (from mid Dec 07), i ordered the whole set :mad:
    At this i don't think they'll ever arrive.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,439 ✭✭✭Josey Wales


    There are some Wii Points available on the site now. I just got some 2 minutes ago.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭DMBandit


    1000 Wii Points Cards available now


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,439 ✭✭✭Josey Wales


    Cheers. Just got some more points. Think I'll get Mario 64 on the Vitual Console.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    ****e... all gone again. :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    I tried to sign in with my old Nintendo VIP log in details... but it doesn't seem to accept it.... Did they get rid of the old accounts?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    They deleted old unused accounts some time back, before they updated the site...
    They had sent out emails imforming of the impending deletion if you did not verify your account too...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Oh yay... thanks Nintendo... great way to reward those who were with you during the dark days of the Gamecube.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,285 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    Did you not get the email last June? Some new Privacy Policy they wanted everyone to agree with by July, or account deactivation. Basically they wanted to put a time limit (1 year) on how long you could hold on to your star points.
    Nintendo wrote:
    Dear Nintendo fan,

    At Nintendo we respect the privacy rights of our online visitors and we recognise the importance of protecting your personal details. To allow us to implement additional features on our website, to improve our products and to adapt them to our users’ needs and preferences, we need your permission to gather information about your online activities on our web site and with Nintendo’s products..

    Please review our new Privacy Policy by clicking on this link http://www.nintendo-europe.com/NOE/en/GB/home/index.do and logging in to your account. Once you have read the information on that page, please use the appropriate buttons to either ACCEPT or DECLINE this new Privacy Policy.

    Please note that if we haven’t received your answer by July 15, 2007, or if you choose to DECLINE our new Privacy Policy, you will from that day onwards no longer be able to use your Stars in the Stars Catalogue, as we will be forced to deactivate your Nintendo membership. No matter what you decide, you can still use your Stars and enjoy all the other benefits of the Nintendo membership account until July 15, 2007.

    Also note that when you continue your Nintendo membership, from now on your Stars will automatically expire 24 months after they were added to your profile. Stars you have earned before the introduction of the new Terms and Conditions expire 12 months after the introduction of the new Terms and Conditions, which will not occur until June 1, 2008.

    However, you will soon be able to swap your Stars for Wii Points in the Stars Catalogue if you linked your Wii Shop Channel account to your online Nintendo membership.

    We look forward to seeing you again on our website soon, and hope you will enjoy the new generation in videogaming together with us!
    Your Nintendo team
    But yeah, Nintendo hate Europe.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 885 ✭✭✭kendragon


    Man this stars to points conversion is a joke. I spent ages waiting for a 500 point card to appear so i can pick up the Internet browser (which should be free, thanks nintendo) and nothing but 100's came up... so then out of frustration I decided that I would buy four of the 100's completely forgetting that You can only buy one card a day.... Nintendo are obviously making this difficult so it wont be used too much... I mean why couldnt it be a limit of say a thousand points a day or something....

    :mad:absolutely head wrecking..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2 Mickonetwo


    The damn points just seem to disappear before you get a chance to make the conversion.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    The Wii Points Card Shop is momentarily closed due to maintenance work. Please come back later. We apologise for the inconvenience.

    Hopefully sorting their sh!t out, but somehow I doubt it...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    wiipointsshop.jpg

    Get online and get buying points my friends!!!

    > 200 1000 point cards left, and > 200 100 point cards too


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭DMBandit


    Everytime I get to that screen, I click on purchase and then it kicks me back to the login screen again. Sometimes I have to put in my password 4 or 5 times before it actually lets me log in at all. :(
    Anyone else have that problem?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 515 ✭✭✭ZOLTAN28


    1000s are all gone - only 100s left


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    DMBandit wrote: »
    Everytime I get to that screen, I click on purchase and then it kicks me back to the login screen again. Sometimes I have to put in my password 4 or 5 times before it actually lets me log in at all. :(
    Anyone else have that problem?
    No, but doesn't surprise me!!! What did surprise me was actually being able to get some points today!
    ZOLTAN28 wrote: »
    1000s are all gone - only 100s left
    Bugger... thought I might have been able to help some of our fellow nintendo-boardsies points today


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    500 points and 1000 points cards available NOW!!!

    >200 of each


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 91 ✭✭magnia


    how do you actually do this? I have a wii with some games but how do i get points for them?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 241 ✭✭sandt


    all gone - again!!! someday god dammit!!!!! :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,123 ✭✭✭✭Star Lord


    I've started checking in the mornings to see, and struck lucky both days, but none today!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,411 ✭✭✭jonski


    I am also looking to convert to but the online browser , which as said above should be free anyway .


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,325 ✭✭✭Q_Ball


    They were up today. managed to score a 1k card, there's only the 200s left. > 200


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 405 ✭✭An Bradán Feasa


    I just bought the Wii last weekend. Tried to register with Club Nintendo, using the code that was with the console, to no avail, and then tried the one that came with Wii Sports, to no avail. That's bollocks if you ask me. There's no reason why they shouldn't work.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 9,654 Mod ✭✭✭✭mayordenis


    I just bought the Wii last weekend. Tried to register with Club Nintendo, using the code that was with the console, to no avail, and then tried the one that came with Wii Sports, to no avail. That's bollocks if you ask me. There's no reason why they shouldn't work.

    happens all the ****in time,
    its ridiculous i know :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,411 ✭✭✭jonski


    100's and 300's there atm , get em while they're hot !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,824 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    Guys, Opera was free until June 2007.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 91 ✭✭magnia


    how do you sync your nintendo club account with your wii ship account. when i click on help on how to do it from there shop page, it just opens up a new window with the same page your already on. FUBAR!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,789 ✭✭✭✭ScumLord


    I just bought the Wii last weekend. Tried to register with Club Nintendo, using the code that was with the console, to no avail, and then tried the one that came with Wii Sports, to no avail. That's bollocks if you ask me. There's no reason why they shouldn't work.
    You just have to keep trying and trying. Eventually it will work.

    Are these points cards up at random times? You don't get any notification do you?

    Is there anywhere that sells the cards.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 583 ✭✭✭Steak


    ScumLord wrote: »
    Are these points cards up at random times? You don't get any notification do you?

    yeah they're just up at random times you just have to check the site regularly to convert your stars into points.
    ScumLord wrote:
    Is there anywhere that sells the cards.

    yeah you can buy them in most gaming shops afaik, e.g. Game, Gamestop, etc.

    you can also buy them from the Internet Shop Channel on the Wii with your Credit Card.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,007 ✭✭✭Gerard_Smith


    Finally managed trade in all my stars for points. A process slightly swifter than continental drift but at least I got it done before they expired in June.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    1408 wrote: »
    Are you serious? Thats terrible, I really liked the look of the Yoshi keyring, I wonder if anyone ever actually got one
    I posted up the below reply on the 20-03-2008, 13:03:
    hellboy99 wrote: »
    I cashed in some of my points for gifts 4 months ago, still waiting for them to arrive and a reply to numberous emails i have sent

    still nothing has arrived and not one reply to a single email, so i emailed Nintendo in the US and the response i got from them was that it's nothing to do with them :mad:, thats some way to treat a customer !


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    received this today, not a great answer:
    Dear Customer,

    Thank you for your email.

    Sorry for the delay in the reply but we have been looking into ways to come to a resolution to your query (and similar queries from other customers).

    In regards to your product not yet arriving there are a few changes currently in development which will give you greater ability to track the product you have ordered through your Club Nintendo account.

    It may be the case that in several circumstances the product has not arrived due to problems with the supplied address, stock problems or general error – in regards to this, the changes in development will give you the chance to amend details or even cancel your order (which will then refund your stars points to your account). You could then re-order the item which should then go ahead smoothly, as the first time of ordering, something may have gone awry.

    If you have any further questions please feel free to email back. There isn’t a guaranteed timeframe for when these changes will occur, but it should be in place as of the first week of May.

    Kind regards,

    Your Nintendo Team


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 35 loadzac


    Just got one for 300 there. It said there was 1200 left.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,012 ✭✭✭✭thebman


    i dont understand how they can be "sold out" its not like they have to actually send you anything! they are not a tangible item!

    It means their generosity has sold out and they only have a certain amount they want to give away each month.

    Its limited number because your star points expire after a while and they want to screw people over as much as possible especailly in Europe.

    The only positive is at least they are giving us something (if your lucky that is)!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,899 ✭✭✭✭machiavellianme


    Plenty of all types at the moment. Still >200 1000 point cards left.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,131 ✭✭✭subway


    nothing left now


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