And by "Wii hard drive" we actually mean "portable air conditioner." This image emerged from the bowels of the internet earlier today, purporting to be a Nintendo-designed hard drive for the Wii. The pranksters responsible for this didn't count on the razor-sharp observational skills of one JC Fletcher, who located this familiar-looking air conditioner at Amazon Japan. Nintendo had earlier dismissed the image as "rumor and speculation" when CVG inquired, but this pretty much nails it.
Not that this forgery is good for nothing -- for example, it does give us an excuse to once again raise the issue of where the heck our storage solution is, Reggie, and also a chance to guide you into our Wii mockup gallery of lulz.
Yamazen portable air conditioner here
Nintendo's denial here
[Update: Spelling correction!]
Save your VC games to the 'Wii hard drive'
Posted Aug 13th 2008 4:30PM by Chris Greenhough
Filed under: News, Fan stuff, Rumors, Peripherals
Tags: fake, hard-drive, hardware, storage
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
8-13-2008 @ 4:35PM
sn1per said...
"Nintendo had earlier dismissed the image as "rumor and speculation" when CVG enquired"
You mean "inquired"?
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8-13-2008 @ 5:08PM
Chris Greenhough said...
You know what? I DID mean inquired!
Thanks for the heads-up, sir. :)
8-13-2008 @ 4:51PM
Mr Khan said...
There's a whole culture grown up around pointless Wii hate since that conference, huh?
At least, that's the impression i'm getting. Someone posted this out there to try and get more people laughing at Nintendo
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8-13-2008 @ 5:22PM
coast19 said...
Awww.. and I had my credit card out and everything to pre-order it online :(.... I kid, I kid...
But seriously Nintendo where is our storage solution! Or at least a firm ware update that lets us use a usb hard drive or sd cards.. Cmon!!!
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8-13-2008 @ 5:31PM
Atlantis1982 said...
Looks like no one ever tries to get over things.
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8-13-2008 @ 7:42PM
Roto13 said...
I saw this posted somewhere last night and the first thing I thought was "That's not a hard drive, that's a dehumidifier or something." I wasn't far off. :P
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8-13-2008 @ 9:25PM
benmully said...
that thing is so obviously a fan of some sorts, blimey!! if anyone was sucker by that!
but i agree, where the hell is out real hdd nintendo?!?!?! come on already!!!!
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8-15-2008 @ 8:52AM
Otis said...
It actually says "table-top cold air fan." Not usually the word used for ac. So not only is it not a Wii hard drive, it is probably just a gimmicky hunk of plastic to put on your table. I wonder if you have to put ice cubes in it?
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