Wii Channels (released in November 2006): Contained channels that could be downloaded and place on your Wii Menu.Here is a table showing the consoles that games could be got for and the prices: Virtual Console (released in November 2006): Contained games from past systems, including the NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Sega Genesis, Sega Master System, SNK Neo Geo, TurboGrafx-16, MSX, Commodore 64, and Virtual Console Arcade.There were three main components to the Wii Shop Channel: When purchasing Wii Points on the Wii Shop Channel, either a credit card or a Wii Points Card could be used to do so. The Wii Shop Channel was a channel that was used to purchase new games and channels (as well as updating existing channels) for the Wii.