Memory Cards!

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So, Nintendo just announced it will have downloadable content. Guitar Hero 3, Brawl, the possibilities for this are endless. The only problem: Memory. Arvin and Ben have mentioned it, we all know it, the Wii needs more memory. SD Cards don't count. We need a serious memory card to make up for this. My question is: how might this work? Would it plug into the gamecube memory card port? Maybe be USB port? Any thoughts...

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Why do u you say sd cards dont count, you can get 32 gb cards and sandisk and samsung are thinking ofdoing 64gb ones.
Also you can get 1 gb car for £1 in the uk (http://www.amazon.co.uk) so that would be $0.50, look on the amazon of you country.
I think that letting us plug in flash memory drives or even external hard drives would be good though.

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SD cards dont count because though, you can back up Virtual console games, save files, etc., the Wii can't actually use it as a memory card the way the Gamecibe did with theirs. Basically it cannot read it in game, making it useless for downloads except to back them up.

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yeh, but a simple firmware update could change that

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then that should be the first download!

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If they have too, they should update the wii, so that memory sticks work with the system like SD cards too, im that sense, with all channels, there problem solved.

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wy wuldent a sd card work sorry for asking but i dont get it

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we are discussing a way to expand the memory for wii, but since you cant put VC games on SD, there has to be a better way to expand the wii memory capabilities without increasing retail price of the system by 100$.

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yes I have a memory card and it helped me alot because I was able to back up my data on my wii.

Sorry I have been gone so long I have been encountering problems with my computer and my internet so I havent been able to get on as much as I would like to.