Wii Fanboy walks you through the Gifting feature

by David Hinkle { Dec 10th 2007 at 9:24PM }

The new update is pretty self-explanatory, but for all of you out there who don't have a Wii or might be away from yours, we figured a nice stroll through the update would brighten your day. So, hit up the video above and see how one hooks up a friend with a Virtual Console game on the Wii.

Tags: gift, update

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

A. says "raw" @ Dec 10th 2007 9:26PM

first comment!!!

A. says "raw" @ Dec 10th 2007 9:27PM

lol. i just had to do that. thanx wiifanboy for the demo!

David Hinkle @ Dec 10th 2007 9:30PM

No problem, buddy. We aim to please. :)

THRILLHO @ Dec 10th 2007 9:39PM

if you are in the giving mood (christmas is a comin') i'd like mario kart 64.... please???

Sonic_13 @ Dec 10th 2007 10:09PM

That is pretty cool. I hope I get the chance to try it out sometime.

I like how they implemented the refund policy. It's a small feature, but a nice touch to make sure you don't waste your points.

KirbyMeister @ Dec 10th 2007 10:19PM

I gifted the Metroid Prime 3 preview channel to my brother's friend as a test.

Maybe he'll send back the Photo Channel 1.1 update? (It's on WiiWare, not a normal system update. Also it's downgradable.)

Valien @ Dec 11th 2007 9:09AM

heh..I gifted Photo Channel 1.1 to my brother in law. :)

Nushio (NDF - Blue) @ Dec 10th 2007 10:40PM

Here's an idea on a Fanswag contest: VC Games via the gift shop channel!

Since I suggested it, I get to have Mario Bros 3 too, right? :D

ArmorForVictor @ Dec 10th 2007 11:28PM

just downloaded pokemon snap and its better than i remembered. still waiting for your vc monday madness wrap up :)

gevenstaines @ Dec 10th 2007 11:33PM

thanks! but i believe you mispelled "giift"...

scri33le @ Dec 10th 2007 11:51PM

Just sent my first gift to a buddy. I like that it won't let me double buy and will credit my account if my friend doesn't claim the gift.

Biggest problem I had was trying to find a friend who actually had their Wii online. I guess wireless isn't as popular as I thought.

I have a strong feeling that Super Mario 3 is going to do astronomical sales thanks to this new feature. Now if we could use that momentum to extol the virtues of Gunstar Heros.

Ian @ Dec 11th 2007 10:21AM

The gifting feature is both silly and a pain.

With the new shop channel update, there are now two buttons side-by-side, and I can see how many people will push the wrong button and get into the gifting screen by mistake and have to go back one screen.

Also, while the gifting may be helpful for anyone who wants to pay for a pre-agreed-upon VC purchase, it's actually very undesireable for true surprise gifts (assuming one knows the recipient's console number). And that's because the Wii memory is extremely limited, and tastes in games vary. I can see someone gifting games which the recipient doesn't like or doesn't have room for on the console.

For all the above reasons, I'm thinking that it's a cute gimmick, but ultimately having very little real benefit.

hvnlysoldr @ Dec 11th 2007 10:43AM

Stop looking in a horse's mouth.

scri33le @ Dec 11th 2007 10:43AM

I bet you hate puppies too. :)
They make it very clear that you're giving a gift and not downloading it for yourself so I can't see how anyone could mess that up.
I only wish I could do this on the 360 so I could play some arcade titles with my buddies. This feature would be insane if the VC allowed for online multiplayer. Take note MS!

Michael Sliczniak @ Dec 11th 2007 12:36PM

But how does the receiving end look? Also any notification that the gift was accepted?

Dylan Bennett @ Dec 11th 2007 1:23PM

It's painful watching people post videos of the Wii /without/ using a digital video input device (like a tv tuner card or something).

Ludwig Kietzmann @ Dec 11th 2007 2:13PM

No sir, you are the jerk.

(Thanks for the game!)

David Hinkle @ Dec 11th 2007 8:15PM

Anytime, sweet cheeks. :D

TheOverlord#2 @ Dec 11th 2007 4:00PM

Anyone notice the gifting pages are as slick and clean as the normal pages in the channel?(They seem so gritty)

But...let us all hope that nintendo goes to our "My Nintendo"s and gifts us 500 points when our birthdays come!

Trey @ Dec 15th 2007 12:40AM

Am I the only person that wonders what happens if someone already has the game you are gifting to them? Does the Wii know if "John" already has Pac-Man, so the Wii sends you a warning like "John already has this VC game, so you don't need to pay for it and send it to him as a gift"? It just makes me wonder why I haven't seen anything about that. Lots of my friends download games all the time. Why would I pay for and send a "gift" not knowing whether or not they already have it? If they have it, do they just get a button that says "return gift" and I get my points back?