 In 2009, Nintendo of Europe announced the "Connection Ambassador Promotion", a scheme designed to reward users for helping other new users get connected online and to the Wii Shop Channel.Both users (The Ambassador and the person who was helped) received a reward of 500 Wii Points each time the ambassador helped someone get online.If the ambassador assisted 20 people, the ambassador would have accumulated 10,000 Wii Points from the programme while attaining Platinum status and be able to download all titles from the Virtual Console section of the Wii Shop Channel free of charge.