WiiHacks forum moderator ModderMan recently took his kid to the hospital for a broken leg, and discovered one of the Starlight Foundation Fun Centers made specifically for hospitals. We're sure he paid appropriate attention to his son and all, but the calling of, uh, someone who cares a lot about the Wii cannot be ignored.
While he was unable to figure out how to open up the unit, ModderMan took video footage of the device and its interface instead. The selection of games ranges from the expected Nintendo hits to things like Elebits and Zack and Wiki, whose release Nintendo apparently noticed!
He also inspected the inside of the unit with the aid of a flashlight. The biggest revelation here is that since there are 20 games on the device, and since one of the USB slots was occupied, there's probably a hard drive at work here. In a Wii. But this probably has as much to do with the development of retail Wiis as those hotel systems did with other Nintendo systems.
[Thanks, Eoin!]
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9-17-2008 @ 12:55PM
snapa said...
Hey Nintendo!
Share the wealth. I need some HD action in my life.
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9-17-2008 @ 4:00PM
Josh said...
HDD.
9-17-2008 @ 1:34PM
Orion said...
If I saw a hard drive in the USB slot, that would mysteriously gone missing when I left the room ;).
Especially if it was big enough to put several disk run wii games on it. lol.
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9-17-2008 @ 7:16PM
JC Fletcher said...
So you want to steal from sick children just because you don't like swapping discs?
9-17-2008 @ 1:48PM
josh said...
for wii sake.wtf is their problem with mass storage...they have a huge r&d department with money to spare and makeing a HD would only make them more money wtf???
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9-17-2008 @ 4:00PM
Josh said...
HDD
9-17-2008 @ 10:35PM
Josh said...
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9-17-2008 @ 11:38PM
Josh said...
what's worse than that is that he forgot the capital J in Josh.
looks like we're building a small army here.
there should be a system in place to prevent multiple users with the same name. or fix the profile login so i could change mine.
but back on topic, DO WANT!!!
9-18-2008 @ 12:12AM
Josh said...
this better?? honestly i dont understand why ppl bicth about proper english on the net. It truely doesnt matter how its stated aslong as the message is understood. WII NEED A Mass storage unit!!!
9-17-2008 @ 3:00PM
ZombiePikmin said...
I was just thinking, what if Nintendo was in testing of a 5 terabyte hardrive the size of a thumb??? And just didn't want anyone to know 0_o
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9-17-2008 @ 3:37PM
Sonic_13 said...
That was a pretty sweet interface. I like how you could view the different games by their box arts and then simply click to start one up.
It would be interesting if Nintendo's storage innovation allowed you to copy disc games to a hard drive like that removing the need for a disc drive.
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9-17-2008 @ 5:56PM
Rocketboy said...
Fire Emblem? For sick kids? That's just mean.
"Remember kids, it's easy to die, and when you do, it's final. Have fun!"
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9-17-2008 @ 7:10PM
ButtersParker said...
lol
9-17-2008 @ 9:07PM
Miike said...
That's horrible, but true, but hilarious.
9-18-2008 @ 8:56AM
David said...
You're so right, I'd never let a sick kid play FE. I almost get heartattacks when my healer dies on turn 17 cuz i left one hole in the formation and the enemy crits. :|
9-17-2008 @ 8:03PM
milan said...
Yeah, I hope that Nintendo brings a consumer HD to the market... Oh shit I said HD instead of HDD here comes the Josh police.
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9-17-2008 @ 10:31PM
Josh said...
SHIT DAMN IT I MUST CORRECT YOU
9-18-2008 @ 1:10AM
Chris said...
Yeah, I saw one of these stations when I was touring the Aflac Children's Cancer Center in Atlanta a couple of months ago during an internship. The kids were really enjoying some tennis.
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