Download Wii Internet Channel For FREE (Previously 500 Wii points) OR get 500 Wii points Bonus

I just received a message saying that Wii internet channel is now available for FREE. This used to be 500 Wii points before. It also says if you've paid for this before, they will credit you for 500 Wii points towards games. So fire-up your Wii and get the internet channel or get the 500 Wii bonus. You can use this to buy some games.

Btw: For those who don't know what this is, this is an internet browser. You can surf the net with it. Xbox 360 and Ps3 always had this for free but now its free on Wii as well.

SWEET! Thanks for the heads up. I regret missing this the first time around when they were giving it for free during the beta stages of the browser (which they allowed free beta users to upgrade for free). My opinion is that this should've been free from the beginning, but I guess that doesn't matter now.

rsuaver said: For what you get, it should be free. Anything flash based won't work for the most part as it only supports flash 7 which is 4+ years old technology...

Incorrect - it's free and updated to Flash Lite 3.1

xbox 360 does not have a browser. but great deal.

do you get an email on your wii saying you get credited back the 500 pts? My son has it on his wii, but says he hasnt received any message-

cheapnchong said: I just received a message saying that Wii internet channel is now available for FREE. This used to be 500 Wii points before. It also says if you've paid for this before, they will credit you for 500 Wii points towards games. So fire-up your Wii and get the internet channel or get the 500 Wii bonus. You can use this to buy some games.

Btw: For those who don't know what this is, this is an internet browser. You can surf the net with it. Xbox 360 and Ps3 always had this for free but now its free on Wii as well.

Other companies should take note of this- making a previously paid for product free and REFUNDING the cost is a great move on Nintendo's part. Makes the people that paid for it not feel as hornswoggled.

Almost makes me want to remove the homebrew channel...

/edited due to offensive nature/

how do I download?

"If you've already shelled out 500 Wii points for the Internet Channel, Nintendo is offering a make-good in the form of a free game download, but you'll have to wait until October to collect.
Nintendo says in a press release: "Starting at the end of October, consumers who have previously exchanged 500 Wii Points to download the Internet Channel will be able to download, at no cost, one NES game of their choice valued at 500 Wii Points from Virtual Console."

green for OP and Nintendo. Refunds rock.

Go to mediamall.com or search for playon and you get a 14 day trial to use netflix on the wii, ps3 etc... If you like you pay a one time fee to use their service. They also have other plugins for free, from ESPN, Food Network etc... So far I love it...

If Hulu works with this, I'm disconnecting my cable. Can't wait to try.

Woohoo! I bought my Wii right before they stopped offering the free browser, but didn't know about it until right after they started charging for it. I was bitter, so I never did pay the $5, even though that's not all that much money. It was just the principle of it--the fact that I could have gotten it free a month earlier, if I'd only known about it. I'm glad to see they've made it free again. Maybe I'll have to go dust off the poor, neglected Wii, download the browser, and look into the downloadable content I recently read that they finally started offering a while back for guitar hero type stuff.

hot thanks!!!

I tried Hulu earlier today and it did not work. So at least I couldn't get it to work, wondering if others had better luck.

YankeeRedneck said: Is this called the "Nintendo Channel"?

Is that was the OP is referring to?

No...it's called the Internet Channel.

Goatgirl said: ElCapitanAmerica said: I tried Hulu earlier today and it did not work. So at least I couldn't get it to work, wondering if others had better luck.

I couldn't get Hulu to work, just got a black box instead of the video playing. Tried going to ABC, NBC, FOX and videos didn't work on those sites either. But Youtube worked.

youtube has always worked. So far I haven't found anything new that works

Awesome, I paid 500 points for this, but haven't used the Wii in months.

Goatgirl said: ElCapitanAmerica said: I tried Hulu earlier today and it did not work. So at least I couldn't get it to work, wondering if others had better luck.

I couldn't get Hulu to work, just got a black box instead of the video playing. Tried going to ABC, NBC, FOX and videos didn't work on those sites either. But Youtube worked.

I just got the net channel & am lovin it!
and, I just got done watching Operation Repo on Hulu with no problems.

Xbox 360 has an internet browser? And for free? There are two things wrong with that sentence OP. But it is a great deal and I own a Wii so green to you.

Hey Thanks. Setting up the Wii internet was always on my to-do list, I finally did it. It only took a couple of minutes for a newbie like me. The nintendo website has good step-by-step instructions.

jenbie said: FYI - you don't get 500 points, you get a free title from a list of 8 NES titles - so not even worth getting your points back!

@ Jenbie: Really? My Wii has always shown (just confirmed again today) 8 pages worth of games to choose from - some of which are hard me to choose between because I remember them on NES and loved playing them back in the day.

Just a reminder that your free NES game credit of 500 pts expires 12/31.