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(SOLVED) Anyone with a DSi? (DSiware shop question)

DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
edited January 2009 in Games and Technology
So, if you're crazy and imported the DSi like I did, you probably know that the DSiware shop finally got products for sale on Christmas Eve, and that anyone logging on to it before March 2010 gets 1000 Nintendo points for free. So, I bought Dr.Mario and Art Aquario, but I wish I could also get Art Decode and the WarioWare paper plane game, but I don't have any more points. I've searched Play-Asia and eBay, but they don't sell the DSi-compatible Nintendo points cards yet, and I'm not convinced I can buy more with a credit card without having a japanese cellphone (at least, according to the pictures in the instruction manual, I can't read a word of Japanese).

Anyone knows where I can buy the cards, or if I can use my CC, how to do so?
Thanks.

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  • darkenedwingdarkenedwing Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Well, the "ninendo points" are still "wii points" here. Nintendo changed the name to "Nintendo Points" in Japan. So the Wii points and Nintendo points use the same cards.
    Maybe this will help some?

    Edit: wii/nintendo points are region specific so you would need a japanese wii/nintendo card to enter.

    Edit 2: here you go

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    image.php?type=sigpic&userid=29216&dateline=1296970870
  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    darkenedwing wrote: »
    Well, the "ninendo points" are still "wii points" here. Nintendo changed the name to "Nintendo Points" in Japan. So the Wii points and Nintendo points use the same cards.
    Maybe this will help some?

    That's what I thought at first but if you look at those pics:

    img03_02.gif

    300px-wii_virtual_console_prepaid_cards.thumbnail.gif

    You'll notice that the old Wii cards are not really like the new ones, and I'm not sure the old Wii cards can work for the DSi. The old ones just say Wii, the new ones say Wii / DSi.



    EDIT: Solved. It just takes my credit card. Heh, waddya know.

    Djiem on
  • darkenedwingdarkenedwing Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    hmm :/
    I guess the only thing you can do if you can't find a card from a japanese store is buy one of the $15 point cards and hope it works.

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    image.php?type=sigpic&userid=29216&dateline=1296970870
  • darkenedwingdarkenedwing Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    double post: awesome :D i'm glad you got it working :)

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    image.php?type=sigpic&userid=29216&dateline=1296970870
  • DjiemDjiem Registered User regular
    edited January 2009
    Man, I love that shop. Once you've downloaded a new channel (or game), it's gift-wrapped and the first time using it you gotta unwrap it first.

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