Reggie: We never said the Wii storage solution is a hard drive
September 6th, 2008 Posted in DS, News, Wii, Written by Valay
In the latest issue of Club Nintendo – a Latin America Nintendo magazine (thanks, Light Wolf!) – Reggie Fils-Aime and Shigeru Miyamoto shed light on some interesting questions. First, and perhaps most importantly, Fils-Aime reaffirmed Nintendo’s commitment to investigating a storage solution. However, Fils-Aime confirmed that it isn’t necessarily a hard drive. Reggie’s words are roughly translated to the following: “We are working on a storage solution and it is especially important in America because our consumers are using Wii Points for the Virtual Console and WiiWare. I want the people to have the right expectations; We have never said that it will be a hard drive nor have we mentioned how we will fix this issue, but we are going to deliver a better way to store the games.” Miyamoto added that gamers should expect an announcement in the future, as Nintendo is researching different technologies to provide Wii owners with some sort of relief.
Between the two, a few more tidbits were shared. As has been previously reported, a new Zelda is indeed in development for the Wii. Although, Miyamoto noted that the new title has not been shown (will not be shown, rather) until the team is confident in the level of development they are in. So basically, when the game is ready to be unveiled to the public, Nintendo will do so.
Other news includes: Miyamoto said that there are enough peripherals for the Wii so we shouldn’t expect too many more. Fils-Aime commented yet again on hardcore gamers feeling left out of this year’s E3 press conference and explained that there’s GTA for the DS and that Animal Crossing is a hardcore game.
Last but not least: No Wii demos on the Nintendo Channel, no DS redesign until sales slowdown, and Reggie Fils-Aime is flattered more than anything in regards to Microsoft’s recent announcements over Xbox Live avatars. New Pikmin confirmed once again. Miyamoto wouldn’t say whether or not we’ll see another Zelda game on the DS.
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8 Responses to “Reggie: We never said the Wii storage solution is a hard drive”
By Baco on Sep 6, 2008
I think that they should definetly allow wii owners to download demos for the wii i mean come on every other system has them psp, ds,ps3,and 360 why not wii hopefully once they announce the new storage system they will reveal demos for wii.
By Jake Flagg on Sep 7, 2008
Wii Animal Crossing- A Hardcore Game???????? Nintendo has just lost any and all respect i previously had for them. What a $^*$%# console, its a great concept with awesome ideas on motion sensing but everything they release is just utterly pathetic… Cooking Mamma? Seriously? I hope that the Wii 2 decides to add a HDD like every other Normal console (this isnt 1992-its 2008)fix up its graphics, stop porting every piece of shovelware known to man and get serious about improved motion controls.
By JoshZTP2 on Sep 7, 2008
When will people/whinny fanboys learn to just FREAKING SHUT UP!!! >:(
Nintendo is going to announce anything official ANYTIME SOON!!! >:(
I hate all you whinny people’s comments and bash Nintendo!!! >:(
By Troy on Sep 7, 2008
If Animal Crossing is considered hardcore, what would you call Metroid Prime or Resident evil 4?
By Light Wolf on Sep 7, 2008
Club Nintendo isn’t a Spanish magazine, it’s Mexican and is the main Nintendo magazine in many Latin American countries. Just for your information.
Anyway, I want this storage solution SOON. If only they could give free access to the SD card…
By Armedandawol on Sep 8, 2008
Nintendo – holographic storage, google it.
By wii fit on Dec 3, 2008
Yeah, Club Nintendo is a magazine in Spanish, but it isn’t been read there.