I've heard something about Wii points? How do they work, and do you need them for getting games from the wii shop channel?

They are like money. Every 100 points are $1. Yes you need them for getting games from the Wii shop. That's all they do

Wii points are points on a card that you buy through Best Buy, Target or any electronic retail store. The points allow you to download and buy games and also you can purchase the Internet channel so you can download the browser Opera to surf the internet through the Wii.

Once you enter your code on your card in the Wii Shop Channel it will keep track of your points and how much you download and purchase games. It will show you how many points you have left. The points doesn't expire.

yes, you can use wii points for buying stuff on wii shop.

Wii Points are sort of like virtual currency, you use them to buy stuff from wii shop

you can buy wii points cards at game stores which are gift cards with points on them or you can use a credit/debit card to buy points right from the wii shop channel.

The Wii Points are like money for the Wii. You use the card to buy stuff on the Wii Shop Channel. You need internet to do this but thats another thing. Every 100 points is $1.00. Some games you buy on it need the classic controller.

wii points is nintendo wii's currency (so to speak) in which 1point has the same value as 1 penny. you can purchase these cards in 2000 point cards or go to the wii shop channel and buy using a visa or mastercard buying either 1000 2000 3000 and 5000. you can then use these points to purchase wii channels (such as the internert channel) wii ware games like (lost winds) or virtual console games which include NES, Sega,SNES,Turbo G ,and N64 games.

its money in wii form. you can buy wii points 2 different ways
1) go to any magor retailer and ask for a wii point card, take it home and go to the wii shop channel, go to redeem points, click the option with the code from the back of the card.
2) buy them off the wii. go to the wii shop channel and again press redeem points. then click buy wii points with credit card. then after that its pretty straight forward from that.
every 100 wii points you get cost 1 dollar, and when you have the wii points you can go shopping and buy games that were very popular in the 80's and 90's. the most for a game i think was 15 dollars, so its pretty cheap no matter what game you get, but the 3-D games cost more then the 2-D games. have fun with the wii!

The wii points are the wii shop channels currency and you can use them to buy old nintendo games like Mario bros and The legend of zelda and new games made just for the wii in the shop channel, there are 2 ways to get them:
1.- Buy the wii points card: The WPC is sold at electronic stores, it comes with 2000 points and it costs 20 dlls.
2.- Buy them at the wii shop channel: You just need a credit card, your buying them directly from nintendo so its safe and easy, this way you can buy 1000, 2000, 3000 or 4000 points and they cost 10, 20, 30 or 40 dlls respectively.