Wii Gets SD Card Storage Solution

by Chris Faylor and Nick Breckon, Mar 25, 2009 9:49am PDT

Related Topics – nintendo, WiiWare, Virtual Console, Nintendo Wii, Wii Shop Channel, GDC 09

At long last addressing cries that the Wii's internal 512MB of storage isn't enough to store all the downloadable Virtual Console and WiiWare games one could acquire, Nintendo today released the SD Card Menu as part of the latest Wii System Update.

The free download enables Wii owners to launch applications, such as WiiWare and VC gamers, from an inserted SD card "by temporarily utilizing the Wii System Memory."

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By: flasher 907 x Show Full Post

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This is awesome because IMO Wii Virtual Console and WiiWare are the only reason I play my Wii lately.

Mar 25, 2009 7:09pm PDT

This is awesome because IMO Wii Virtual Console and WiiWare are the only reason I play my Wii lately. : flasher 907

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By: rosewood x Show Full Post

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Nintendos, please use this new found memory to give me a real fucking friend's list.

Love,

Rosewoody

Mar 25, 2009 5:31pm PDT

Nintendos, please use this new found memory to give me a real fucking friend's list. Love, Rosewood... : rosewood

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By: Link. x Show Full Post

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Funny, the homebrew community has been doing this for almost 2 years.

Mar 25, 2009 10:03am PDT

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Funny, the homebrew community has been doing this for almost 2 years. : Link.
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- Yeah, I'm wondering what the new firmware plus this new "read channels from the SD card" will do for HBC.... : DOOManiac

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By: Sailor of Fortune x Show Full Post

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The Wii isn't SDHC capable right? So it's stuck at 2 GB at the most per SD card?

Mar 25, 2009 9:57am PDT

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The Wii isn't SDHC capable right? So it's stuck at 2 GB at the most per SD card? : Sailor of Fortune
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By: Masem x Show Full Post

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AWE-some!

Now to figure out how to reload games I've had to delete to make room :/

Mar 25, 2009 11:23am PDT

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AWE-some! Now to figure out how to reload games I've had to delete to make room :/ : Masem
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- Just go back to the store and redownload them. : capt tripps
- What's to figure out? =o : MoreVespeneGas

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By: matrixneo42 x Show Full Post

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Now I will actually buy VC/Wiiware again. It was getting annoying trying to manage all the data. My 20 gig 360 is getting tight on space too. Damn it.

Mar 25, 2009 11:44am PDT

Now I will actually buy VC/Wiiware again. It was getting annoying trying to manage all the data. My 20 ... : matrixneo42

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By: baron calamity x Show Full Post

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I might actually put my Wii online now.

Mar 25, 2009 9:57am PDT

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I might actually put my Wii online now. : baron calamity
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  If only they'd include an actual friends list and whatnot it would be worth playing online. : Xevo
  - hear hear! : Funran
  - hear hear hear : sanewave
  - ditto : sanewave

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Maybe its because I havent turned on my Wii in ages, but I am obviously out of the Wii-loop. Can someone explain to me the difference between Wii-Ware and the Wii Virtual Console?

Mar 25, 2009 10:14am PDT

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Maybe its because I havent turned on my Wii in ages, but I am obviously out of the Wii-loop. Can someone ... : f4lln
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  Wii VC = NES, SNES, N64 etc.. games Wii Ware = original downloadable games made for Wii. : jabuck
  - ^^ Better response. : steauengeglase
- One is where you get games and the other is where you get other channels, the opera browser, etc. : steauengeglase

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By: pyrogen x Show Full Post

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Better late than never?

Mar 25, 2009 9:51am PDT

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Better late than never? : pyrogen
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- They could have put all this in at launch but it would have cost more and taken longer. Plus VC library ... : dumptruck

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By: jabuck x Show Full Post

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I'm glad nintendo was so quick to fix this...

Mar 25, 2009 10:14am PDT

I'm glad nintendo was so quick to fix this... : jabuck

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By: Xevo x Show Full Post

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Thank God. I've had an SD card in my system since day one, and it's done little to help me since a lot of things (save files especially) can't even be moved onto it. I just had to delete and move stuff around to make space to download Bit.Trip Beat last week and then to make room for a MadWorld save file.

Now I'll just move all of my Virtual Console games onto my SD card and leave all the save games on the Wii's memory. Thanks for FINALLY implementing this, Nintendo!

Mar 25, 2009 9:55am PDT

Thank God. I've had an SD card in my system since day one, and it's done little to help me since a lot o... : Xevo

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