@Shameless: lol

Yes, only Japanese Nintendo employees have the true Tri force...Europe and American ones are not true Nintendo.

Only Miyamoto is allowed to say..."Come kids, play with my wii..."...and not go to jail.

People like this should be fired, its there job to represent Nintendo in a positive manner, not make an ass of yourself and the company you work for.

Yes, yes it is. Is there a problem?

@ topic: Haha yes, finally, Nintendo shitting on people through PR (even if it is NoE) and making them scream on message boards. It was getting a little old when it was just Sony and Microsoft (but mostly Sony) shooting their mouths off. Of course this is a far cry from the days when Yamauchi would just bitchslap an entire segment of people from across the Pacific without a second glance, but it's a start.

 Agreed... that's why all the games take forever for no reason...

Nintendo of Europe has always done a pretty solid job of screwing over the Europeans. Adding bad PR to that is a minor offense compared to the ridiculous release date delays. That said, most publishers treat Europe like crap...

Didn't Nintendo say 70% of all their customers were Core gamers?

If Core Gamers = Geeks then 70% of all there customers will (at some point) require more disk space then presently offered. (eg anyone with 5+ WW games)

Maybe I'm strange but if I thought 70% of my clients wanted a feature I would put a bit of effort to provide it.

Lets hope NoJ show a bit of leadership at E3 and announce some solution. (Maybe I can put my 500GB external drive to good use)

The people Nintendo are hurting the most are not us the gamers, not themselves who are making money cash over hand it's the SMALL Wii Ware developers who are going to be hit hardest. If they care about them at all they will HAVE to provide more Storage.

If Nintendo claims 70% of their customers are Core gamers, then claiming there is no mainstream desire for an extended storage solution is a direct contradiction.

Of course, the claim that there is no mainstream desire for that storage comes from the mouth of one exec from Nintendo of Europe, who maybe didn't get the memo in regards to the upcoming storage solution, assuming it's in the works.

Then again, Nintendo claiming 70% of their customers are core gamers is based upon what standard? Wii owners who own more than Wii Sports and Wii Play?

Most of their advertising is directed at family gaming and distinctly non-core gaming demographics, and for good reason: that's where the sales and growth are at.

Honestly, the guy is right. The MARKET shows that people DO NOT CARE for storage solutions. It is not a major decision factor in buying a gaming system.

==> Animal crossing for E308 CONFIRMED

 Whatever the amount of hardcore games coming to the Wii (Fire emblem or Metroid prime), the games that are selling the console are Wiisport/MarioKart/Brawl/Wiifit