http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 8:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 9:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 10:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
The Wii supports SD cards (any SD card) so no need for USB memory, proprietary or otherwise.

Being able to play movies and music from an external USB drive might be a cool feature though...


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In other words, who cares.]]>Jun 10th 2008 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
Plays movies straight from SD already too.]]>Jun 11th 2008 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 8:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Otay Ranch CA (Store 1769)
2015 Birch Rd
Ste 2300
Chula Vista, CA 91915-2015
Phone: 619-397-4050]]>Jun 10th 2008 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
I got one 3 weeks before xMas at Target in Simi Valley. Was like number 45 in line (arrived at 6:00am) and they released like 120 that day (they had been saving them for over a month though).

Hope that helps.]]>Jun 10th 2008 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 11:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 11th 2008 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
Just plug it in when the Wii is off, power it on, and use the message board, web browser, whatever, and it works.

But yes, let's hope for some external storage.]]>Jun 10th 2008 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/System software update 3.0 adds USB keyboard soport then later on an Internet channel update that uses the keyboard update .
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If only they could add SDHC support I would be in HEAVEN!]]>Jun 10th 2008 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 9:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
http://www.engadget.com/2007/10/10/wii-update-adds-expanded-usb-keyboard-support/]]>Jun 10th 2008 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 9:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 8:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
The GeForce2 and GeForce3 were vastly inferior to the Radeon 9700.]]>Jun 10th 2008 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 11th 2008 5:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 8:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 8:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
Just send your wii an email and never read it...then you'll have a blue light all the time, granted you wouldn't ever know when you had mail or not but you can't have your cake and eat it too, and this cake isn't a lie.]]>Jun 10th 2008 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
FIX IT, NINTENDO!]]>Jun 10th 2008 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
So from now on all we need is to run games from SD cards]]>Jun 11th 2008 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
Or, you can delete the games and re-download the games from Nintendo.

It's true...]]>Jun 10th 2008 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
I'm telling you: Swapping content to the SD is slow, tedious, and is not an option.

The whole idea of the "channels" system is to present all of your content. If I purchase a dozen VC games, I want anyone using my Wii to be able to pick-and-play any game from my collection.

I don't want to have to jump through huge amounts of effort to manage my downloaded content. Nintendo needs to implement a way to browse and play directly from removable storage devices and SD cards.

That is the ONLY solution to my dilemma.]]>Jun 10th 2008 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
All of you "Use SD cards / use multiple SD cards / 2GB is enough" apologists can just shut the hell up. It is clearly *not* enough, and no other current-gen console makes me do go through this hassle.

Please, Nintendo, make it easy for your biggest spenders to continue to blow their hard-earned dough on you. It just makes good business sense.]]>Jun 10th 2008 10:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
I have 6 cards, and I keep all the content for each system on them: NES, SNES, Genesis, N64, NeoGeo and TG16. I keep the ones play on the most regular basis on the console, and everything else on the cards. If I get bored, I pop a card in and switch out the channels. It is NOT that difficult, nor does it take that long to do.]]>Jun 10th 2008 10:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
You would be surprised. I *do* play most of them all the time. My Wii with all the VC purchases stays at work at gets played extensively by 24-40 year-olds.

Purchasing most A-list titles from the VC, my collection is extensive. Having the entire collection of purchases available to anyone who wants to browse / play is a priority and it would be a reason for me to continue making purchases for me and my coworkers. Nintendo needs to realize that they are deliberately limiting my ability to spend on their downloadable content. I *want* to throw more money at Nintendo, but Nintendo is stopping me from doing so! For something that costs nothing to produce and practically nothing to distribute, Nintendo is really missing out.

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And where do I sign up? :)]]>Jun 11th 2008 10:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
but they went out of business in jan this year.


...oh, wait... lol... :P]]>Jun 15th 2008 4:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/ele/714025425.html]]>Jun 10th 2008 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/all the possabilities.]]>Jun 10th 2008 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/Jun 10th 2008 9:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/http://www.engadget.com/2008/06/10/nintendo-wii-usb-devices-on-the-way/
You must love pain.
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