Com a chegada de conteúdo disponível para download como Wii-ware, Virtual Console e Wii Channels fez com que a memoria da Wii (uns míseros 500 MB) torna-se num dos principais problemas da consola.

De acordo com Reggie Fils-Aime, presidente da Nintendo nos E.U.A, há agora uma certa urgência para resolver este problema sério. Muitos proprietários de Wii’s reclamaram e não são tímidos em mostrar que estão zangados (^^ americanos ftw).

“We have said publicly that we’re looking hard at the storage situation, that we’re working on a range of solutions. We have nothing to announce now. But certainly it’s an issue we are aware of and we’re working to find a solution and we will. We have a consumer base who loves virtual console. We have a user base who really is enjoying WiiWare content.

So for us really our challenge really is how do we satisfy all these consumers who are loving all of the product we make available on a download basis? As we continue to have things, as you point out, like ‘Mario Kart’ that has its own channel when you’re playing from an Internet perspective, we’re just making this challenge tougher and tougher. So in our view this is becoming much more of a mainstream problem, which is why we have a sense of urgency to solve it.”

Reggie Fils-Aime, presidente da Nintendo U.S

Já no mês passado, a Nintendo anunciou ao mundo que não irão usar discos externos de forma a aumentar a capacidade da Wii. Será interessante ver que solução irá a companhia nipónica lembrar-se para resolver isto. Talvez novas Wii’s com maior memória…? Grátis para quem já comprou e tal… =D