| That Guy said: Here's a novel idea; why not just repackage Saturn/Dreamcast games into Wii cases? Nintendo could just add a DC/Saturn emulator on the disc then sell them as if they were actual Wii games that required either the classic controller or the GC controller. An example of a game would be "Sega Classics: Soul Calibur" or something like that. Then they could sell it a bargain rate at like $15 bucks a game or so. That way no one has to download a huge game onto their HardDrive or have a huge SD card. In fact, this will never happen, but a company like sega could release their Dreamcast game and make it universal-- then pack in an emulator for each system (PS3/Xbox/Wii) so that the disc will work regardless of system!
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Yeah, no way. It removes the whole aspect of "im sitting on my couch, im bored, hmm, bam download a game. It also introduces the "I have to go out and get this old game if I want it, and it may not be in stock".
Stores dont want classic collections taking up shelf space, they want new games on the shelf, unless they are big time sellers.
The answer to Sega Saturn or any "CD/DVD" based game being available for download is
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Its real real simple - two things are possible, option B is the least "annoying"
Option A: Nintendo releases an update for the wii that allows the wii to support HC SD cards, allowing us to choose from many high capacity options, (lets use an 8GB one for example). The Wii can then be made to run those games from the SD card - it would have most of the data on the card and need to retreive an authorization from the Wifi connection, thus allowing the game to run on the Wii.
Option B: cheaper, and more space - the Wii will receive an update which will allow external HD's to be plugged into the USB port - same scenario as above, but an HD is cheaper and has more capacity, we can also put our old unused IDE drives into an external case and use that (I have a 250GB one sitting around).
Plenty of room, and completely possible.
Option C also exsist: proprietary external HD - bad choice because it equals more expense for Nintendo's customer, something they have avoided in the price of their console.
