I'm actually gonna wait for the first revision of the console for more internal hd, bundle deal, price drop, colors, a certain must have game, more battery life gamepad, etc. Don't need one right away till that happens since I can just use a friends in the mean time.

Primarily its my understanding that flash memory only has so many read/writes available, yes newer technology has increased the number tremendously, and I think its plenty viable, but you get more bang for your buck in this instance out of an external hard drive, I have several, one is a 1TB WD, no requirement for an external power adapter, I may use that, or a 2TB, I also may just buy a 3TB (depending on my options at the time) just for the Wii U

It took the Wii over 3 years to get its first price drop.  Do you want to wait that long?

I'll be getting at least 200GB of storage due to the fact that I'll be downloading almost every retail game that comes out.

Didn't say all those conditions needed to be met, like one or two of them. At minimum I see a retailer adding a free game 2013 Black Friday to make it worth it to me.

Yeah, I'm concerned about the data management issues that Nintendo might impose on add-on storage as well. Ever try to move your Mario Kart save file to another Wii? You can't. Just can't. I don't want to have to dig around in clunky sub-menus to launch a game or otherwise jump through hoops.

I'll start with the 32GB model and consider adding storage when I see how Nintendo organizes (or doesn't organize) additional storage.

It would be better to get a usb HDD. They are far cheaper on a per GB basis that an SD card. You can get a 1TB for probably around $60. You never really know what you will end up needing.

I really want a white Wii U (looks better in my opinion), but the lack of memory and Nintendo Land forces me to buy the black version... Damn it, Nintendo! :(

Not sure if I'll need additional memory on top of the 32 gigs though. I still have most of my Gamecube games, so I'll only need to download a few (maybe two or three) of those.

That was an issue that Nintendo failed to address because any game that can be played online could not have their save file moved.  All save filed for offline games could be moved no problem.

But that's been addressed since the 3DS so no problems here.

I think i will get a 64 G sd card.. will not have any more moving parts.. (and more noise and heat) if thats not enugh.. i will bye a 64 G sd more..

But it all depends.. if i can play my mp4 and avi movies from hd, i will just use one of my usb HD..

An other thing.. does anybody knows, if we can tranfer the wii ware demos to wii u..?