Miyamoto and Reggie talk storage solutions, peripherals

Online storage isn't feasible at all for we rural folk who don't have access to broadband.

What is the point of online storage? We already have that, if you buy a game you can redownload it whenever you want.

What people want is a way to store all their download and access them instantly.
They need a storage device that directly attaches to the WII, hell they could just reprogram the OS to consider an SD card a harddrive and up it's data access rate.
Or, considering most USB keys are only 20 bucks for 8gigs now, they could shrink the size of it and it would only bit a little bump at the back of the Wii.

Considering it's probably hurting sales of WiiWare and Virtual Console sales, you think they'd be going at a faster rate.

"Online storage isn't feasible at all for we rural folk who don't have access to broadband."

But technically without broadband you can't access the Wii Shop Channel and thus don't have a storage problem in the first place. Game saves alone won't fill up your Wii.

Sure some people may have rigged a setup with dial-up, but since dial-up isn't officially supported they don't have to worry about it in the event of online storage.

Well, considering that you have to have nunchuks for each Wiimote (not HAVE to, but most likely want to)... and also Classic Controllers... and completely optional accessories (wireless nunchuk & coolers, for example)... and guitar hero stuff... and Hori Fighting Sticks... and SD cards... and chargers for controllers... and wristbands and Wiimote covers... and additional Wiifit go-alongs... and advanced sensor bars... and upcoming WiiSpeak & Motion+... and stuff.

In all honesty, the Wii would have the same amount of accessories as all other systems as long as you take out the idea of "nunchuks being separate purchases" & think "so-and-sos aren't accessories, they're plastics".

...it's just the nunchuks, really. That's what adds to the number. Not to mention that you mostly HAVE to get up to 4 controllers when you have family and friends who play with ya'. (as opposed to the 360, where not everyone wants to play with you. :P)

Oh, and as much as I agree that those plastic bats and sword-attachments for the Wiimote are just plastic (adding no additional feel for the handler... other than the fear of breaking something) - - I do believe the Zapper & Wii Wheel are accessories by their own right. Though not everyone's comfortable with the Zapper, many (including me) find the Zapper beyond more comfortable & fun than just using Wiimote+Nunchuk by themselves (for only some games though). And many people love the Wii Wheel... since just holding the Wiimote-sideways normally doesn't feel so wonderful.
Since it changes the feel for the game for people, those "plastics" can be considered accessories.
(Especially when compared to the things REALLY considered as plastics)

Thats totally what it is...but i wonder how soon they can get that to market and how expensive it will be...holographic
storage sounds pricey.

I think since the patent was just filed for the holographic storage that it may be a next gen thing since R&D takes lots of time then after you figure out how to make your product work smoothly then you have to make the technology affordable. That was Sony's downfall with the PS3 they rushed BlueRay and it still has a big price tag and as they find ways to make it work cheaper the price will slowly come down.

If Nintendo wants to do things right then holographic storage will be seen in the next generation of consoles so that their next system would be new tech while still keeping a reasonable price tag. As for the storage problem with the Wii I can see that we may be screwed since they have yet to do the cheapest and most logical thing by simply allowing the use of flash drives or SD cards (which would be a simple firmware update). Storage is the big flaw of the Wii and it was obviously not thought out very well or Nintendo had no idea that they would do WiiWare by launch.

yep, we're gonna have to keep all of our water in a safe place, just in case we get drunk and fill out fish tank with out VC games

Actually, you have your facts wrong. You can already copy VC and WiiWare games to an SD card. You have been able to do that since day one. DRM prevents them from being copied to other consoles. That's not the issue.

The issue is that you cannot run games directly from the SD card. You need to copy them over from the SD card to the internal memory. Simply allowing the games to be played directly from the SD card would essentially fix the problem.

And the easiest way to make that click and void piracy concerns is through a simple system of software keys. You download a 1-block "key" for every title you own that's stored on the system memory, but cannot be copied. Corresponding games on the SD card could be run thus

You would also need to incorporate an SD channel (much like the Homebrew channel), where you can instantly access apps stored on the Card

Unless it's really pricey?

......... it IS REALLY REALLY PRICEY.
It'd kill our wallets and make us wonder why we didn't just buy a PS3, which would be cheaper comparatively!

For now, even a shrunk-down version could still make a PS3 seem affordable.