Hmm..Good point.

I guess that opening the DS cards may be the best non-HDD solution then..or a USB thingy

It's stupid to just throw away a product I paid for just because Nintendo was too ignorant to give me proper storage.  I don't throw away two DVD's to make room on my shelf when I buy a new one. 

I like to keep my games collection--I paid for this stuff after all.  I shouldn't have to go through some asinine ass-backwards ordeal of redownloading a game I suddenly want to play that I had to delete.  If I want to play a Genesis game, I simply put the game in my Genesis and play it.  Playing games I already paid for on the Wii should be that easy--easier in fact, since all I should have to do is click on it's damn channel--and EVERYTHING I downloaded should ALWAYS be readily available.

That rumored "virtual harddrive" is beyond stupid. 

So I assume you call the shelf maker to complain when you run out of shelf room.

Obviously, I either buy a new shelf (if I have enough extras to make sense to do so) or reorganize so things fit, for instance, moving box sets to a new place, etc.

You're name is really intended for irony, isn't it?

I love how people were actually serious about a "holographic device" or "virtual harddrive" of some sort. He probably said a "better solution" because he meant it would be simple and/or cheap to implement and not require any major peripherals. The most likely scenario is expanded SD card functionality imo.

That's all I'm really hoping for--direct access and use of the SD card--and the Channels Menu should expand naturally once you begin filling it up.

If anyone had bothered to read up on what Nintendo is doing with the Holographic Storage, they'd (theoretically) realize that Nintendo and InPhase are working on what appears to be a "disk reader" for an HVD--Holographic Versatile Disk.  Had they read further, they'd see that these disk drives currently cost $13,000.  Which makes it pretty clear that A) holographic storage is extremely highly unlikely for the Wii, and B) they're likely developing the technology to use in the next generation machine.  Instead of optical disks (Nintendo's disks aren't actual DVD's) capable of 8 gigabytes of storage, they'll use HVD's capable of 1-4 Terrabytes of storage.  It's not a cheap technology yet, but theoretically could be by the time the next generation kicks off.

Here's the other thing, though:  If the solution is just "opening up the SD card," what the hell is taking so long?  Have a team of 2-5 guys churn out the coding and firmware update in a couple weeks and get it done already! 

I just hope it's not some stupid "virtual harddrive."  The last thing I want to have to deal with is untimely lag while trying to play Splatterhouse or Sin & Punishment.

Except, in this case, buying a new shelf is not viable and you cannot make "things fit."  The closest extension of your analogy would be tossing your unused items into a box (SD card) and keeping your preferred ones on the shelf.

You know, there are many ways you could have responded to my post.  You could have:

A)  Realized that I was criticizing your analogy and make a better one.
B)  Taken it jokingly and made some witty remark about it.
C)  Ignored it.

But instead of those, you choose to extend your bad analogy even further and then insult my username.  Congratulations, you are a clever one though.  You made a joke about my username.  Surely I've never seen that done before.  Did you really think it up all by yourself?  What a bright little boy you are.  Show it to your teacher and you might even get a gold star.

Also, I recommend you check for grammar errors when you insult someone.  Confusing "your" and "you're" while trying to make a witty insult makes you look bad.

Now please don't do it again.  It makes me unhappy when people are rude to one another.  ^_^

@Resident Hazard: Whether WoW:s nickname is irony or not, what you just did caused me a good laugh, since the shelf analogy describes just how you are supposed to move your downloads/saves to an SD card.
If you want to argue, tell me first how many discs your DVD player can take at the same time, mine can use only one.

I'll believe "NO HARD DRIVE" when I hear it from Miyamoto-san or Iwata-san, not their american whipping boy: Reggie... who's my favourite Exec, but honestly, has anything Ninty America and Ninty Europe said that contradicted Ninty Japan, ever been correct? (Not saying that Ninty Japan said yes to a Hard Drive either, I'm not sure what their opinion is on the issue, I was just saying that I'll wait to hear it from them first)

Ahhh, struck a nerve I did.  I'm not sure how you misunderstood such a simple analogy, but the point is, "deleting" a purchased product and "reacquiring it" later is a stupid decision on the part of Nintendo.  It's not like I'm buying upgrades where it's pointless for me to keep an old game that I routinely go back to play.  It's not like upgrading from 3D Studio Max 5 to 3D Studio Max 9, where I can simply delete the old because it's really not needed anymore.  Splatterhouse is not really an upgrade to Super Ghouls 'n' Ghosts.  I shouldn't have to delete one to get the other.  That's stupid.

I find it a bit ironic that you don't like rudeness when the majority of your posts that I've noticed are either blatantly rude, condescending, or deliberately ignorant (as when you responded to me initially).  That's why I questioned your username.  It's not like it's your given or "Christian" name and that it's sacred to you. 

Now, you could have taken my response jokingly or simply ignored it as well.  Hypocritical a bit, aren't we in that you should reply to my "insulting" post with one that is, shall we say, verbally aggressive?

The misuse of "you're" was a typo.  Usually I catch that stuff as spelling, punctuation, capitalization (and to a lesser extent, grammar) are pet peeves of mine in internet communities.  I've often written out massive posts only to go in and edit one misspelled word or awkwardly constructed sentence.  In fact, generous misuse of the variations on "your" and "to" and "there" tend to drive me up the wall.