Geeks and Otaku, stand proud. Our incessant bitching has finally made it to the ears of the upper brass at Nintendo, and now it seems that they are finally working on some kind of storage solution for the memory-gimped Wii.
After the recent controversy, Nintendo let NoE marketing man Laurent Fischer drop the good news: "We're working on a solution." Nice save! But don't go jumping to conclusions yet; whatever this solution is, it's not external hardware.
"Definitely there's no plan to issue hardware, an external hard drive, but we know that we have an issue in that area," said Fischer. "It's very obvious and we're perfectly aware of it, but there's nothing we can say beyond this."
"We definitely detect that they [gamers] are serious and we know there is an issue in this, so it's something that we're working on," he told GamesIndustry.biz.
He did not give any other details, other than say that "this area is fully handled by the development team in Japan."
What do you think this solution will be? Do you think they'll free up some of the SD memory card restrictions?
[Thanks, Coonskin05]
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10:20 AM on 06.17.2008
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believe it
and what's a soulution?
A new Wii sku would be ridiculous, considering the really solid install base, and the problems making enough of the things for new retail
..holy shit I just thought of an awesome post title
New Wii sku = me very pissed off.
Unlocked SD card slot? That would work for me, if it's software based. But I still have to buy a 4GB SD card, which sucks
:)
I'm starting o believe that we'll never have an edit button
Also, didn't Iwata say they were working on this a few months ago?
As far as piracy goes, Nintendo's already got it down. You can only play downloaded games on the system you downloaded them on, so just being able to use the SD card would be absolutely fine.
In fact, I think that'd be the best solution of them all. Either that, or straight external storage support via USB in the back.
I hope that Nintendo understands what it is we're really asking for here. It's not so much that we don't have any place to put our VC titles and WiiWare games, it's that we're fucking fed up with having to delete stuff to make room for other shit. Make that happen Nintendo.
I think unlocking the SD slot would make the most sense, especially if they can speed up the data transfer rate and make sure SDHC works. With 32GB SDHC available or at least on the horizon, it's a logical step, and one that should be easy to accomplish.
As it stands, I have a good amount of VC games and two WiiWare games on my Wii (Dr. Mario and My Life As a King). I think I've got something like 400 blocks left, but had to move games like Gate of Thunder (can't remember if it was 200 or 300 blocks) off to the SD card. I've been holding out on getting anything else, just in case something I really want (re: Earthbound and Super Mario RPG) comes along.
If they let us play games off the SD card...huge improvement. Not the external drive we want...but it's enough to keep us quiet for a while.
So, yeah, it's great that they're addressing the issue of storage, but how about the rest? No word of integrating DLC = no rejoicing for me.
Nintendo need to watch more Pimp My Ride.
It's good to know the Wii is finally going to see a solution.
*Bizznet: "It's good to know the Wii is finally going to see a solution."
Yeah, go ahead a praise the company for announcing they have a "solution", without knowing what the solution is. In corporate lingo, "solutions" are never solutions. Solutions are actual products you can see.
Hey, we have a solution for the 360 overheat issues! It's called a class-action lawsuit deflector... I mean, extended warranty!