Topic: Does the SD slot on the Wii U do anything for the Wii U?

[Nile Boogie Returns]

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.

[azeke]

Or is it there just for wii backwards compatibility?

Yep.

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.

[Nile Boogie Returns]

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?)

[pokepal148]

Doesn't Smash do stuff on the sd card?

[azeke]

How can Wii U games more than 25GB?

Wii U discs are pretty much Blu-rays, so they can fill up to 50 GBs into one disc.

[Soren]

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?

Doesn't Smash do stuff on the sd card?

Saves snapshots.

[NWR_insanolord]

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.

[Nile Boogie Returns]

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.

[BranDonk Kong]

You can load GameCube games off of it with Nintendont. Also, you should be able to put Wii VC titles on there.