After today's revelation of WiiWare, the new original content download service, the idea of an add-on hard drive for the console seemed much more likely. Until, that is, Nintendo UK unequivocally said, "no." Looks like it's time to start employing a wee army of SD cards, because with all the downloadable goodness, that 512 MBs of space is going pretty fast. Nintendo waves away hard drive rumors
After today's revelation of WiiWare, the new original content download service, the idea of an add-on hard drive for the console seemed much more likely. Until, that is, Nintendo UK unequivocally said, "no." Looks like it's time to start employing a wee army of SD cards, because with all the downloadable goodness, that 512 MBs of space is going pretty fast. 
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6-27-2007 @ 3:27PM
vidGuy said...
The question was posed in a way that asked if Nintendo had plans to release a PROPRIETARY harddrive... hopefully that doesn't eliminate the enabling of ANY USB HDD.
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6-27-2007 @ 3:29PM
Tylor said...
Im not gonna lie, nintendo is really droppin the ball on this one, unless they add a way to use SD cards without having to move stuff back and forth. I know that my wii is almost full, as I have 22 virtual console games! I wish they would suck it up and make something. or maybe a 3rd party would....
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6-27-2007 @ 3:47PM
Alisha Karabinus said...
I'm right there with you on the dream train, vidGuy. I do think they'll do it eventually.
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6-27-2007 @ 3:47PM
Jonathan Tran said...
I don't have an issue now but I hope this is added at some point.
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6-27-2007 @ 3:48PM
Dragod said...
I'm too cheap to buy an SD card =P
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6-27-2007 @ 3:51PM
gigi said...
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
...hmm...okay, let's see what happens E3
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6-27-2007 @ 4:03PM
Mr Khan said...
Please:
They've emphatically denied things that have turned out to be true in the past
DS Lite, anyone?
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6-27-2007 @ 4:04PM
Mario said...
Get a 2GB SD Card and you'll be doing ok. You can search the net for the right deal or check out Radio Shack. I grabbed a 1 GB card for $15 not too long ago. I believe the 2GB card was less than $35.
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6-27-2007 @ 4:25PM
krd1979 said...
Sure Nintendo UK said no... but remember when they said "No, there's not a redesigned DS coming out" then the DS Lite was announced like two weeks later... so I take their info with a grain of salt and we'll see what kind of announcements some out at E3.
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6-27-2007 @ 4:45PM
Alisha Karabinus said...
It's always good for hilarity when they say UH UH NO WAY and then renege like a week later. Gotta love Nintendo! :)
I smell tomorrow's conjecture countdown rumor....
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6-27-2007 @ 5:10PM
kingalekz said...
Does the Wii have any limit on SD Cards like only up to 4GB, or can I use 8GB ones too?
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6-27-2007 @ 5:15PM
Mr Khan said...
@ 11
From what i read in the Wii User manual, there is an upper cap for SD card size at 2 GB
Although this is the launch manual, mind, so that may have changed with the 5 or so firmware updates since then
Oh, and F-Zero X rocks, but must be controlled with a GC controller (Analogue stick on Classic Controller is teh suck)
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6-27-2007 @ 5:16PM
vidGuy said...
I'm not positive but I don't think Wii supports SDHC (high capacity), so that would mean it tops out at 2GB cards, which can now be found for $20.
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6-27-2007 @ 6:20PM
Nushio said...
Didn't they also say "NO DS REDESIGN" and announced the DSLite the following day?
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