how about this instead of free online play

[angrypoolman]

johnsobas said:

angrypoolman said:
I always thought Wii points should come packaged in with some Nintendo first party games. It would encourage consumers to buy the games new, and you would get a little extra value just for buying it.

That is what was cool about Grand Theft Auto.

if you do that too much it starts to devalue the points though, it's a good idea to do if you're trying to sell a special edition of a game.  If they were to include points with the tin version of NSMB for example.  Perhaps they should include 1000 points when you buy the wii, that would encourage people to at least go to the wii shop channel once.

Yea, I think packaging Wii points with the system is a great idea. You need to get your users to know it exists and how they can use it.