Nintendo announces Wii storage solution: SD cards

[wraggster]

Yeah, the solution seemed pretty obvious to us, and now it looks like Nintendo's willing to admit it. Nintendo will be solving its little Wii Shop game storage overflow problem by opening up the SD card slot for storing and playing games from (with DRM galore, we're sure). The update will hit in the Spring of next year, and don't forget that 2GB maximum when stocking up on the little buggers. It's not exactly as exciting as a new DS, but we're really glad Nintendo's going to do the right thing here, instead of building yet another peripheral to clutter our lives with.

http://www.engadget.com/2008/10/02/n...tion-sd-cards/

[brunobelo]

Yeah, we can use some rare standard SD cards on Wii. It's hard to find but there are 4gb SD that aren't SDHC...

[DarkJesus]

It's been revealed that you can't actually play games off the SD, all you can do is download directly to it.

[ICE]

It's been revealed that you can't actually play games off the SD, all you can do is download directly to it.

Source?

[mcdougall57]

Source?

You can't play wiiware games directly off the sd card, you have to install it to the console first before playing. But for homebrew you can.

[exkillerxe]

That's currently. This is the solution to that current problem...

[ICE]

That's currently. This is the solution to that current problem...

Thats what I was thinking until that person said different.. If we wont be able to play off SD cards the nothing will have changed.

[brasssmunky]

what this "solution" is basically fixing the fatal flaw of SD cards in wii.
meaning
you can now download DIRECTLY TO, and PLAY FROM SD cards, basically making them just as viable as the onboard memory
which is nice, but not the greatest...

[kevenz]

brasssmunky: I hate your sig :P It took me 2 minutes to click all these damn buttons.

[Keitaro Urashima]

All right. Wii is in business. Thanks, Nintendo.