GDC 09: Wii Storage Solution Launches

[wraggster]

No more fridge cleaning, friends. While Nintendo President Satoru Iwata was busy making his GDC keynote address this morning, the Wii itself was receiving its long-awaited storage solution. If you check your console for an available system update now, you'll find it's finally arrived.

It had been previously revealed that Nintendo planned to "open up" the SD card slot on the Wii to allow for easier file transfers and expanded storage capacity for its memory-restricted current console, as gamers have complained about the lack of available space almost since Day 1 of the Wii's hardware launch -- having too many game saves or too many downloaded VC or WiiWare games quickly meant finding yourself in a frustrating situation where you'd have to spend tedious amounts of time "making room" on your Wii's internal memory before you'd be able to download anything else. But, today, those days are behind us -- the Wii Shop maintenance earlier today was done to introduce the solution, and you should now have no trouble firing up your Wii and downloading the necessary upgrade to allow your system to experience the new, open SD card functionality.

We'll have more information as it becomes available, and as we test out the new solution to see if it's the thing we've all been waiting for -- or if it's just a small bandage on top of a still too-large wound.

http://uk.wii.ign.com/articles/966/966145p1.html

[djdynamite123]

good solution if you need it Big bump from 3.4 to 4.0 hehe

[kevenz]

we can't run wiiware directly from the sd card I guess?