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found this just announced on http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3169805

Nintendo Working On 'Better' Wii Storage Solution than HDD
Also: New Zelda reconfirmed to be in the works, and Animal Crossing is so not casual.
By Kris Pigna, 09/08/2008
Week after week, Nintendo releases new WiiWare and Virtual Console games, and the storage capacity in Wiis the world over continues to shrink. So how do they intend to solve this issue for Virtual Console gluttons? Not with a hard drive, apparently, as Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime says the company is working on a solution that's even better.

Fils-Aime, along with Shigeru Miyamoto, were recently interviewed by Club Nintendo, the official Nintendo magazine for Latin America. But thanks to a translation by GoNintendo (via Kotaku), we know some of the important bits that the two of them had to say. When asked about the lack of storage space on the Wii, Miyamoto apparently said that an announcement should be expected soon, as Nintendo is currently working on a solution. Fils-Aime added that it won't be a hard drive, as what they're working on will be a "better solution."

What could possibly be a better solution than a simple hard drive? Your guesses are as good as ours, but the obvious (and probably easiest) possibility might simply be to allow users to plug in any external hard drive they want through the Wii's USB ports.

A few more interesting tidbits from the interview: When asked about incorporating the Wii MotionPlus remote add-on in a future Zelda game, Miyamoto didn't comment specifically about the use of the add-on, but did reconfirm that new Zelda and Pikmin titles are currently in development. Miyamoto also said not to expect any more Wii peripherals, as Nintendo feels they've released enough already.

Fils-Aime, meanwhile, said he doesn't consider Animal Crossing: City Folk to be a casual game, and that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the DS is being made as a game for the hardcore audience. And when asked about another DS redesign, Fils-Aime said they only consider console redesigns when sales go down, not when they continue to stay up.

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Very interesting...(evil laugh) but what ever they do I hope they do it soon, but I'm starting to wonder if you can just hook up a hard-drive...

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Yah the wii needs a storage update...smash bros save takes so much space..

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I hope they change their mind and make a HDD instead!

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or they good give out free sd cards!!! lol. i wish

So if this is true I culd use my Ipod for the wii as well

think of it I dont use my Ipod alot so it would be usefull for the wii as more memory.

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So yesterday was the big N conference and of course the storage problem came up for a minute...

1:23PM: Onto the Wii

STORAGE SOLUTION!

1:24PM: To address the lack of Wii memory, you can now download software directly to the SD memory card, but you need still copy it to the Wii to play... ruh roh.

And that's it guys and girls, no fancy SSD, or external HD. Guess we'll have to wait for the homebrewers to what Nintendo wont.

Well, what could Nintendo do to change the storage problem?

Wow.....Nintendo is a bit blind.

The least that they could do is let the software be playable on the SD card itself.

There is mixed reports about this, some are saying that it actually will run from the SD card and the update will happen Spring '09. So not too long until we find out. Lets hope it is off the SD card otherwise it's as good as useless!