A question about the Wii's Memory Cards

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  1. Eric, Nov 24, 2006
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    This kind of a dumb question, and my mom kinda wants me to find the answer to this, so...Do the Memory Cards for the Wii have to be made by Nintendo, or can the Wii accept any memory card? I need to know. Thanks!

    EDIT: I also have another question concerning memory for the Wii. Can game saves be stored on the Wii itself? Or will I need the memory card to do it?
     
  2. MegaMoonMan, Nov 24, 2006
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    It can use any ol' SD memory cards, and the system has 512 MB built in for saves and virtual console games.

    It breaks the memory down into blocks, and I think the 512 translates to something around 2500 blocks. The older games I've downloaded average around 100 blocks, so there's some room.
     
  3. Rhinox, Nov 24, 2006
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    I bought a gig stick with my Wii and it has over 7000 blocks available. Until there's an absolute ton of games for DL or you're saving many, many games on it, the built in memory should do you fine.

    *oh, for the record, my gig stick is of the generic, cheapass variety*
     
  4. OmegaScourge, Nov 24, 2006
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    i got me a non-Nintendo cheap ass brand 1GB mem stick today at Wal-Mart for $13 just for the Wii....

    i was gonna ask this same question but after all the shopping, i went straight to bed.
     
  5. Jux, Nov 24, 2006
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    lol, you blamed your question on your mom?
     
  6. Valkysas, Nov 24, 2006
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    If you get a SanDisk SD card, watch out for their stupid pricing schemes. They have SD cards that are white, which carry the Wii logo and are over twice the price of their normal SD cards.
     
  7. *Deathblade, Nov 25, 2006
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    I ALMOST fell for that crap and paid 100 bucks for one of those 2 gig cards...I just couldnt justify that price..then I did a little research and found anyone will do, and picked up a BF 2gig from best buy for 30 bucks!

    Anybody else think nintendo subtly nickel and diming you to death? I mean just to get a wii mote and nuchchuck=70+ bucks...WTF?
     
  8. OmegaScourge, Nov 25, 2006
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    ummm...its $60 for the remote and nunchuck....the PS3/360 controller is $50.

    and not all games need the nunchuck.

    and the Wii SD is way too much...i wish some 3rd party non-Wii version can come out with a White colored one :D 
     
  9. Eric, Nov 26, 2006
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    Well, she needed to know in order to do Christmas shopping.
     
  10. CripNite, Nov 27, 2006
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    It's $70 Canadian for a Wiimote and nunchuk. That's not the hard part though. Finding them is the hard part. I'm kicking myself now for not picking up a second Wiimote when I had the opportunity.