With the DSi on the horizon, bringing with it DSWare, Nintendo needed a way to sell it. Just like the Wii with Wii Points, the DSi will have DSi Points - and to encompass this, nintendo will be introducing Nintendo Points cards. Same principle and now...
Source: Nintendo Wii Fanboy
Preorder date for the GameCube controller too.
Metroid, Donkey Kong, mouse controls, C-Buttons? We played it.