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  Blackfalcon | February 12, 2008

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  the Wii only has 512MB,

  Only 512MB??? Lol, pathetic.
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    Xenctuary | February 12, 2008
    Given that the save files and downloadable titles hardly take up any room, it's not al that bad. Read the article for the full impact of the internal memory size.
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      jmac353 | February 15, 2008
      Given how cheap memory is in general it would have made more sense to include at least a gig, if not more.
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  Seeker X | February 12, 2008
  Well...why not upgrade the SD card? Seriously, it can't be that hard...right? In fact, isn't that a Memory Stick? Or does the Wii actually use a specific kind of card?? Because Memory sticks can reach all the way up to 8 whole gigabytes. I mean you can't really tell me that the PSP can hold more memory storage than the Wii.
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    Krunal | February 12, 2008
    You don't get it, the Wii has an internal memory of 512, you can transfer things to an EXTERNAL SD card, which is pictured, however you cannot run things off from the External device, you always have to copy it back onto your Wii to play.
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      Seeker X | February 13, 2008
      Oh I see. That's a bit discouraging, unless you're always gonna be downloading and redownloading it doesn't sound half bad.
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  kik36 | February 12, 2008
  I never knew this about the Wii. Thanks for the article Krunal, it is very informative. I was considering getting the Wii for the family and the old school NES games, so hopefully this problem is addressed soon.
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    Gogetenks | February 12, 2008
    I wouldn't worry about NES games, since I don't believe even the highest games go over 1MB. Even SNES games aren't too large. Those games aren't a worry at all. N64 games do take up a fair bit of space, though, and WiiWare is definitely going to have some rather large games. I hope Nintendo just updates the firmware to allow you to directly read off of an SD card or, even better, use an external hard drive.
    
    I still have some space left, but it is eventually going to run out. There is no reason to limit the internal memory like this when a firmware update is all the Wii needs. Nintendo keeps ignoring this, and it's getting ridiculous.
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  iLLmatic | February 12, 2008
  I didn't even know this. From a technical standpoint, The Wii really is behind the times.
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    Existenz | February 13, 2008
    From a technical standpoint the Wii is *bleep*ing expensive, i mean yes for the lack of a motion controller you can get an Xbox 360 something that is vastly more powerful for slightly more, and even a PS3 which is like 32 times more powerful than a PS2 or something stupid and thats about the Wii's spec (maybe its slightly higher), i mean the Wii is cool but for it's spec it should be cheaper a lot cheaper, since to be honest it is a Gamecube with a motion control, i personally don't think a controller is worth like $150, i dunno whatever the price would be minus the going rate for a Gamecube before it was taken from the shelves.
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      nnkklo | February 13, 2008
      The Wii is nothing like the gamecube, even minus the motion control.
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        jmac353 | February 15, 2008
        Wrong, it almost IS the GameCube. Christ, it has GameCube conroller slots.
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      Final Blade | February 13, 2008
      I never really thought about that Existenz, good point. But wow i didn't think the internal memory was that low i though at least it was 512MB, i figured it had 1GB.
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  nnkklo | February 12, 2008
  I have the Wii and I have not had any problem with the memory. It really isn't something to worry about.
  
  I picked up a 2 gig SD card for 20 bucks, haven't had a problem since.
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    Krunal | February 12, 2008
    I guess the only good thing with that is that you don't actually have a limit on the number of times you can redownload a game from the store, it's unlimited... as long as you don't get a new Wii console that is.
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      Xenctuary | February 12, 2008
      But who wants to keep redownloading? It's a shame!
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  Storm | February 12, 2008
  Something should be done about this. Get an attachment of some sort to help store games and such...I don't have to worry now since I barely have any VC games, but for the future.
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    nnkklo | February 13, 2008
    A clear solution would be an external hard drive, but none have been developed yet.
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  BANDITO ATTACK | February 13, 2008
  holy shit. i never even thought about the internal memory of the wii, that's ridiculous.
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  Raikou376 | February 14, 2008
  My Wii is already running out of space. >>
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  Jaw Breaker | February 14, 2008
  yea that worries me, good thing i bought a 2GB SD card for 10 dollars