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Title: Does the SD slot on the Wii U do anything for the Wii U?
Post by: Nile Boogie Returns on February 23, 2015, 12:37:17 AM: Or is it there just for wii backwards compatibility? I was thinking (again) games like Xenoblade X and Zelda U are going to be pushing the limits of 25GB of space. Since the price of SD media is fairly cheap could a company pack in a pre formatted card with additional content that has to be inserted to play. I am aware that day one patches also can remedy this issue but that seems less intuitive than simple add a card in the box. Like adding a 8GB card in the box.

But I don't think the SD slot does anything for the U anyway so it may be a moot theory.
Title: Re: Does the SD slot on the Wii U do anything for the Wii U?
Post by: azeke on February 23, 2015, 12:42:03 AM: Quote from: Nile Boogie Returns on February 23, 2015, 12:37:17 AM
Or is it there just for wii backwards compatibility?
Yep.

Quote from: Nile Boogie Returns on February 23, 2015, 12:37:17 AM
I was thinking (again) games like Xenoblade X and Zelda U are going to be pushing the limits of 25GB of space.
That's what external HDDs are for. And games on disc can easily be more than that.
Title: Re: Does the SD slot on the Wii U do anything for the Wii U?
Post by: Nile Boogie Returns on February 23, 2015, 12:49:37 AM: Quote from: azeke on February 23, 2015, 12:42:03 AM

That's what external HDDs are for. And games on disc can easily be more than that.

How can Wii U games more than 25GB? I'm not sure the laser is capable of dual-layering but you may know.
(2- disc?)
Title: Re: Does the SD slot on the Wii U do anything for the Wii U?
Post by: pokepal148 on February 23, 2015, 01:07:19 AM: Doesn't Smash do stuff on the sd card?
Title: Re: Does the SD slot on the Wii U do anything for the Wii U?
Post by: azeke on February 23, 2015, 01:08:57 AM: Quote from: Nile Boogie Returns on February 23, 2015, 12:49:37 AM
How can Wii U games more than 25GB?
Wii U discs are pretty much Blu-rays (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_optical_discs#Wii_U_Optical_Disc), so they can fill up to 50 GBs into one disc.
Title: Re: Does the SD slot on the Wii U do anything for the Wii U?
Post by: Soren on February 23, 2015, 01:14:01 AM: We already know X is 22.7GB. Zelda will either match that or be just under.

SD cards cannot be used as external storage for Wii U software. Also, do you really want to put part of your game data on an SD card? Can you even make read-only SD cards?

Quote from: pokepal148 on February 23, 2015, 01:07:19 AM
Doesn't Smash do stuff on the sd card?

Saves snapshots.
Title: Re: Does the SD slot on the Wii U do anything for the Wii U?
Post by: NWR_insanolord on February 23, 2015, 01:20:13 AM: You can make SD cards read-only. Most if not all the ones I've ever seen have a little tab on them for switching writability on and off, so I assume you could make ones that only work for reading.
Title: Re: Does the SD slot on the Wii U do anything for the Wii U?
Post by: Nile Boogie Returns on February 23, 2015, 01:41:37 AM: I would hate to lose out on content cause the developer ran outta space. I know the Xenoblade guys said the almost ran out and I'm wondering if we are going to lose dual audio cause of said restrictions.
Title: Re: Does the SD slot on the Wii U do anything for the Wii U?
Post by: BranDonk Kong on February 26, 2015, 07:41:00 PM: You can load GameCube games off of it with Nintendont. Also, you should be able to put Wii VC titles on there.