Wii finally have a storage solution!!

Wii've won!! lol Man Spring 09 can't come soon enough, I have so many downloaded Wiiware games and its frustrating to delete and then redownload. Are you guys as happy as me or would you have prefered something better then the current solution (like a harddrive!!)

Storage Solution!!

I would of preferred a hard-drive but this will do. It was my biggest complaint with the Wii so far. Not giving us the equipment to use the full effect of what Nintendo has to offer is just lame.kidmoogle

hey that's fine with me...we can also abuse this...now we can finally transfer VC games from one wii to the next, so friends can buy one game each (make some kind of deal) and then trade off well, that's what i got out of it fiercedeity901

Then you got the wrong thing out of it

It's only going to work on the Wii it's downloaded from, just like now

[QUOTE="kidmoogle"]I would of preferred a hard-drive but this will do. It was my biggest complaint with the Wii so far. Not giving us the equipment to use the full effect of what Nintendo has to offer is just lame.fiercedeity901

Thats right it would be impossible to have an optional HDD and have two groups one that use a HDD and the other which choose the cheaper option and just stick with less memory :roll:.

On a side note the Wii has 2 usb ports which do nothing as it stands atm, and usb HDD are very common.

From what IGN reported the storage solution with be on all future released games. That would leave a lot of games that won't take advantage of it if that is the case. Hopefully they can rush this out before the spring.

As far as the USB ports, I always thought it would be an external hard drive with a firmware update via Wiishop. As it stands now I use one port for my remote charger and the other is for my MP3 player to charge.

Thats awesome news!!

Whats with this cerebronews.com? Everyone seems to be sourcing them lately?

Pretty awesome site, if its new.

Exactly what is so good about this solution? We've been able to save games to SD cards ever since the Wii was released. :|helium_flash

I was thinking the same thing.

[QUOTE="helium_flash"]Exactly what is so good about this solution? We've been able to save games to SD cards ever since the Wii was released. :|nini200

I was thinking the same thing.

If I'm correct about this, then probably Wii owners will finally have direct access to the games/save files they have on the SD card to their own console, rather than having to copy and erase.

[QUOTE="nini200"]

[QUOTE="helium_flash"]Exactly what is so good about this solution? We've been able to save games to SD cards ever since the Wii was released. :|SomeOddGuy

I was thinking the same thing.

If I'm correct about this, then probably Wii owners will finally have direct access to the games/save files they have on the SD card to their own console, rather than having to copy and erase.

yep, this

You know...

All that has been said is you can download games straight to the SD card. I hope this also means you can play them FROM the SD card, but that hasn't been explicitly stated, from what I have seen.

Nice, this is all I've ever wanted, to be able to play directly off an SD card. Too bad we have to wait so long.ozzsoad

Yea Spring 2009 is a long damn time, lets hope Nintendo plays nice and releases it earlier.

...It's a step in the right direction.VGobbsesser

One small step for Nintendo is a HUGE step for gamers everywhere lol.

[QUOTE="ozzsoad"]Nice, this is all I've ever wanted, to be able to play directly off an SD card. Too bad we have to wait so long.BigJ411

Yea Spring 2009 is a long damn time, lets hope Nintendo plays nice and releases it earlier.

I don't think it's as long a time as it may seem now. It's October and so many games are going to be coming out between now and then that it's going to seem like time flew by when everyone sees their wii light blinking for the update.

I just heard you could do this from the very begining so what's so special?randomguy15

You can DIRECTLY access saved data on your SD card onto your Nintendo Wii. Couldn't do that before.

Awesome! And we can share VC and WiiWare games now!musicman748

No we can't.

You know...

All that has been said is you can download games straight to the SD card. I hope this also means you can play them FROM the SD card, but that hasn't been explicitly stated, from what I have seen.

Mike1978Smith

this is a good point , anyone got an answer for this?

[QUOTE="fiercedeity901"][QUOTE="kidmoogle"]I would of preferred a hard-drive but this will do. It was my biggest complaint with the Wii so far. Not giving us the equipment to use the full effect of what Nintendo has to offer is just lame.SapSacPrime

Thats right it would be impossible to have an optional HDD and have two groups one that use a HDD and the other which choose the cheaper option and just stick with less memory :roll:.

On a side note the Wii has 2 usb ports which do nothing as it stands atm, and usb HDD are very common.

not exactly.. it could of hooked up from a USB. atleast give us the option to either buy a SD card or a drive

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[QUOTE="fiercedeity901"][QUOTE="kidmoogle"]I would of preferred a hard-drive but this will do. It was my biggest complaint with the Wii so far. Not giving us the equipment to use the full effect of what Nintendo has to offer is just lame.kidmoogle

Thats right it would be impossible to have an optional HDD and have two groups one that use a HDD and the other which choose the cheaper option and just stick with less memory :roll:.

On a side note the Wii has 2 usb ports which do nothing as it stands atm, and usb HDD are very common.

not exactly.. it could of hooked up from a USB. atleast give us the option to either buy a SD card or a drive

...It's a step in the right direction.VGobbsesser

yea, better than nothing

nintendo is going to loose a lot of money from VC gameswebbut

No they're not.

They still won't let you share them.

Why do we have to wait half a year for a simple firmware update?toadster101

So Nintendo can ensure the update will tie games to their original Wii, so people can't share them with other users.

Or they're still trying to find a way to charge us for it.

Either way.

[QUOTE="randomguy15"]I just heard you could do this from the very begining so what's so special?PainGivingLink

You can DIRECTLY access saved data on your SD card onto your Nintendo Wii. Couldn't do that before.

Kudos to Nintendo...I'm now officially excited and glad I own a Wii again, it will last forever!

[QUOTE="webbut"]nintendo is going to loose a lot of money from VC gamesAlexSays

No they're not.

They still won't let you share them.

no from hackers

[QUOTE="AlexSays"]

[QUOTE="webbut"]nintendo is going to loose a lot of money from VC gameswebbut

No they're not.

They still won't let you share them.

no from hackers

I'm sure Nintendo will make it hard enough, to where they won't lose THAT much money.

it'll take all of two seconds for hackers to be able to install WAD files directly on the SD card and it'll be easier than the current way to illegaly uptain VC and Wiiware games

webbut

I'm sure Nintendo is taking these six months before the update to explore all possible precautions.

After all, we still don't know EXACTLY what the update will include.

[QUOTE="webbut"]

it'll take all of two seconds for hackers to be able to install WAD files directly on the SD card and it'll be easier than the current way to illegaly uptain VC and Wiiware games

AlexSays

I'm sure Nintendo is taking these six months before the update to explore all possible precautions.

After all, we still don't know EXACTLY what the update will include.

Sony has been trying to keepup with hackers since the psp was launched its unlikey that they will stop hackers only slow them down

[QUOTE="randomguy15"]I just heard you could do this from the very begining so what's so special?PainGivingLink

You can DIRECTLY access saved data on your SD card onto your Nintendo Wii. Couldn't do that before.

Has anyone been able to prove that? Because that's NOT what nintendo said. They said you could download to your SD card directly now. That's it.