I filled my Wii’s memory with about 3% of the stuff i wanted. cant hold all VC games, WiiWare games, and homebrew stuff. Ugh, need a 20GB hdd for my Wii.

My hopes for the Wii community is that there would be more Channels and more VC games in the future. But with the limit of storage space that will drastically slow the availability of future content on the channels and VC games. Also everyone seams focused on just the VC games. When the channels have a real opportunity to expand what they provide and could really use up storage to make it more efficient. There is no reason to be limited in this way SD or USB could both be used.
I am sure Nintendo is working on this and it will come but if the community of Wii owners do not show support for it why would they provide it.

One more note
Also in terms of efficiency; server/internet performance from WiiConnect is impacted by unnecessary downloads there is a limit to the size of the internet pipes being used for all these download. When you are the only one the impact is small but multiply it across the hundreds of thousands of potential Wii consumers that are downloading games over and over again because of space it becomes an issue. And you will see this at prime times for large populated areas in slow download response no matter what GB wideband access you have.

regardless, whether it be 52, or 45 its still way more than the average user.

and I think these problems should be fixed, and they need to be especially with downloadable content, and possibly original games, or another console being added to the VC.

I just think people are making WAY more out of this than they should be. a couple people who want everything under the sun stored on their wii isnt necessitating them to do anything at this time.

should the time come and they do nothing believe me ill be right beside you joining in the complaint.

“actually, yes, you can, but the game can only be played if it was previously downloaded on that console in the first place. its kind of backwards, but you can at least get your info right.”

Ok your right I can take my card over to my pals place and stick it in his Wii. However since they are encrypted to only run on my Wii they still are not going to work. If my friend has the same game what is the point of me being able to bring it over? I can show him the card and the card will fit but the software will not run.

Since the Wii software takes up several channels it is less than 52.

On the Xbox 360 you can run software on a card. Imagine if you could not run a program off a disk or CD in a PC and you had to transfer it to the hard drive in order for it to run even if it’s a simple game or a small program.

actually, yes, you can, but the game can only be played if it was previously downloaded on that console in the first place. its kind of backwards, but you can at least get your info right.

listen, you do have virtual instand access. you can download them whenever, you dont even have to keep games stored on sd cards since you can just download them, again for free.

you are right, there is a glass ceiling, that one can walk around by redownloading games. I do aggree, that by years end, I would like to have some kind of alternative option to deal with my games, but even then it wont be the end of the world, and I would by no means need it, though I may want it.

the software would be nice, and provided the data transfer rate on the SD card slot is high enough, they will implement it eventually.. when its worth it to make an update that at least a large chunk of their users will find advantageous. 52 games is not what the aveage wii owner downloads.. its very atypical, hence, not worth the time right now.

and alternative storage methods are in the works, mass storage software was licenced recently, so flash drives, hard drives are at least on their way. like I keep saying, this is hardly an imminent issue

Proof that Nintendo has done well in forecasting any possible problem with the Shop Channel.

Actually no, you can’t. Wii VC games are DRMed to only work on the Wii console that you bought them on.

I would like to see the Virtual Console store full of hundred of games including PC Engine and Super Famicom games that never had a chance in the US. But they are going to need to address the storage issue in order for that to be a reality.

I have higher expectations for Nintendo and I don’t think that a software solution for this is too much to ask for. There is a glass ceiling about how many VC games you can fit on the Wii under the current software. I am not asking for an external hard drive just slightly better software to take advantage of the SD slot.

I understand that, and Its true it would be useful. but really, do you need to have all of your downloads on there at all times? as convinient as it would be, its hardly required, and it hardly constitutes a storage problem. a storage problem would be, you have so many game saves that the wii is full, but thats not it.

it would be delightful to have everything on there at all times, but at wiis modest price, Im not expecting gigs of storage.

and as for that update, we can only hope, but a few minutes to transfer a few games isnt really a pain is it?

If they changed this in an update I would be a happy camper.

Honestly the N-64 games take up a lot of space.

half of the vc games as well as all the channels, (and no doubt a hefty amount of save files) is not normal. the average wii owner has downloaded, I would say, between 5 and 10 titles, not 52!

though I would aggree that an emulator with each game is nedless, but lets not make people think that everyone is running out of space. I would consider myself a “hardcore” gamer and I have about 15 vc games and only 2 of my pages are being used, not even full.

this is because thre is a fair bit of space. I store games I dont usually play on SD cards and when ive beaten or am good and bored with a game I delete it, and then redownload it free of charge at a later date.

dont get me wrong, being able to play vc games off an SD card would be great, dedicated emulators and channels for each system on the vc would also be a good idea, but sd cards are hardly “expensive or impractical.”

I really think that people need to get off the whole “nintendo will screw everything up” kick. its getting tired .. that being said, im not saying they are perfect … I just think people enjoy complaining about something that is succesful

Jon