Wii external memory support via eSOL

[DarkNight_DS]

shams said:
Firstly, finally scored a USB wireless keyboard that works - so typing this on my Wii :) Now on-topic: this doesn't mean anything. The Wii already has SD card support - and has from the launch. The photo channel has always allowed reading/writing data to the card. This might allow for support of higher-spec'd cards, and maybe other devices. The issue with WiiWare / VC has always been that of *running* binaries straight from external storage devices - which would require them to be unencrypted. This could be useful as a storage medium for songs (for instance) in GH, Rockband and other games - but even those games may be likely to encrypt their media.

 Shams... you are wrong.  I've researched the eSOL deal pretty extinsively.  Nintendo has two deals with eSOL which cover the Wii's basic SD card driver and the second deal which covers the USB and SDHC 1.1 driver.  The press release by eSOL that I posted is the second driver deal. Once again SDHC cards are 66x and faster and start at 4GB in size.  Currently the Wii driver only support SD 1.0 which allows for cards up to 2GB.  This driver deal changes everything.

eSOL is also the company which jumped in to help Nintendo out with Wii production after the other company was unable to keep up with parts demand (Circuit boards).