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Nintendo on Wii hard drive: 'pure rumor & speculation'

Nintendo has spooned out a helping of its classic canned response, dismissing rumor that an external hard drive for Wii is in the works. GameIndustry.biz was force-fed a mouthful of "pure rumour and speculation" when seeking clarification about the w...

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Wii noisiest of them all, according to sound meter test

Now, before you all start yelling at us because the graph has a reading for a hard drive on the Wii, which we all now doesn't exist, keep in mind that we did not perform the sound test. Instead, using an analog sound meter, the fine folks in the Pre...

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Wii hard drive just isn't happening

If your Wii is getting ready to overflow and you're looking for a reprieve from Nintendo in the form of a hard drive, it's time to accept purchasing some extra SD cards and erasing VC titles. Even with the announcement this morning of WiiWare, Ninten...

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Save your VC games to the 'Wii hard drive'

And by "Wii hard drive" we actually mean "portable air conditioner." This image emerged from the bowels of the internet earlier today, purporting to be a Nintendo-designed hard drive for the Wii. The pranksters responsible for this didn't count on t...

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Wii Warm Up: Storage space

We've talked about the hard drive issue before, but now we're curious as to how much space you have left on your Wii. If you have the time, you can turn it on and give us an exact amount, but estimates are fine, too! Are you almost full already? Do...

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Nintendo Direct covers Wii U USB storage, Wii backward compatibility

Surprise! Nintendo of Japan sneaked out another Nintendo Direct presentation, with more miscellaneous information about the Wii U explained by president Satoru Iwata. The video details parental controls, but more importantly, it has details on the ...

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Harmonix: Wii needs hard drive for DLC

Speaking to CVG, Harmonix Design Director Rob Kay states the Wii needs a hard drive for Rock Band to offer downloadable content on the console. Actually, Kay does more of plea, "Come on Nintendo, we need a hard drive." Kay explains that Harmonix wo...

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How to live through Wii U error code 150-1093

Are you getting error code 150-1093 from your shiny (very shiny) new Wii U? Reader Matt did, and it was a bummer. Games were freezing at load, leaving him with a confusing error code and no Mario. Nintendo support told him that this code results whe...

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Harmonix explains gimped Wii Rock Band

So it appears you're all pretty upset about the Wii version of Rock Band. And hey, we can't blame you -- we feel the same way! The reduced feature-set of the Wii game hurts, and like many of you, the lack of online play and DLC may well force us to p...

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Reggie believes Wii storage is a 'mainstream' problem

Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime acknowledged, "from an Americas-centric perspective," that the Wii's storage capacity is becoming a "mainstream" problem as the regional consumer base embraces WiiWare and the Virtual Console. He tells...

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Wii Fanboy Weekly: Aug 7 - 13

So, we guess you heard about the homebrew app that lets you play DVDs on your Wii? Well, Wii Fanboy has put together a simple guide on how to do this yourself. All you have to do is click here to check it out. Oh, and be sure to enter our latest...

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Wii U Basic bundled with Nintendo Land at Best Buy

The Wii U's Basic Set is bundled with Nintendo Land at Best Buy for the next few days. SideQuesting took note of the bundle, which has the basic set at the standard $299.99 price with Nintendo Land included. The sale runs until December 29. What you...

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Finally, Wii at Gamestop and EB this Sunday

Looks like Gamestop can stop complaining about the Wii shortage -- this week. We received an internal Gamestop email (pictured at right) from one of our more reliable tipsters. The memo states that participating stores will receive 200 copies of Game...

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Nintendo's Wii storage solution: Load from SD cards; coming Spring 2009

Well, it's no hard drive (then again, it's certainly no air conditioner unit). Nintendo has revealed its answer to the Wii storage solution by allowing for software to be opened directly from (and downloaded directly to) an SD card. That will give y...

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This 'Wii hard drive' is hot, but so, so cold

OK, so you probably would have been a little upset to find that the "Wii hard drive" you bought after reading about it on gaming and anime site NeoCrisis was, in fact, a picture of an air conditioner (sadly, the story has now been removed). But thi...

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