You Can No Longer Add Wii Points to the Wii Shop Channel

Wii Shop Channel

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In accordance with Nintendo’s plans for the Wii’s true end-of-life, a change has come to the Wii Shop Channel. You can’t add Wii Points to the channel anymore. That said, if you still have points, you will be able to spend them through January 30th, 2019. Nintendo’s announcement of the news:

As of March 26, 2018, it is no longer possible to add points to the Wii Shop Channel using either a credit card or Nintendo Points Card. Any points added before that date can be used to purchase content on the Wii Shop Channel until January 30, 2019. For more information on the closure of the Wii Shop Channel, please visit http://support.nintendo.com/wii/shopnews.

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