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The Nintendo Points purchasing system in use on the DSi and Wii may not carry over to the 3DS, according to the Japanese 3DS information page.

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Target’s giving away 1,000 free Nintendo Points with every DSi.

Similar deals happened in Japan when the handheld released last year.

The points can be redeemed through the Wii Shop Channel.

Thanks, GoNintendo.

Well, that’s not entirely true. Nintendo has provided customers with a handy, easy-to-use chart. Unfortunately, it comes inextricably tied to news that, in spite of their new, console-free name, Nintendo Points will not transfer between the two most recent additions to Nintendo’s pillar collection.

According to Siliconera, download-seekers will have to dedicate each Nintendo Point card they purchase to a single console. No back-and-forth.

On the bright side, though, the DSi is still a ways off from journeying to the West, so there’s always the outside chance that Nintendo might come down with a terrible case of sanity and change this perplexing policy.

We can only hope.

By Nathan Grayson