Wii SD card

[sprittles]

Does the SD card come with the Wii? (I am getting one for christmas) and wanted to know if the SD card came with it or if I have to buy it sepretly.

Ps: whats the normal cost of an SD card if I have to buy one sepretly?

 

[Blindman]

I'd like to know if there's a difference between an SD card that's blue and says "Scandisk" or something like that and costs $15; or, one that's white, says Wii on it and costs $40.

But no, no SD card included.

 

[Magnacor]

No, an SD card doesn't come with your Wii, but the Wii itself has hard drive space you can save your data to. And they cost around 15-20 dollars at my local Walgreens.

 

[sprittles]

thanks

cool, I needed to know that

 

[Pegasus Knight]

The difference between the Sandisk 'Wii-branded' ones and a generic SD card? Probably minor at best. Both will work fine on your system. It's possible the generics will have a slower data-transfer speed, but even if so that's not a big deal; you're using it as a memory card equivalent, not for 'streaming data.'

Save yourself some money, go with a generic SD card. They work fine in most cases. You're mostly buying the 'brand name' with the Sandisk Wii SD card.

 

[Chaosblade77]

The difference between the Sandisk 'Wii-branded' ones and a generic SD card? Probably minor at best. Both will work fine on your system. It's possible the generics will have a slower data-transfer speed, but even if so that's not a big deal; you're using it as a memory card equivalent, not for 'streaming data.'

Save yourself some money, go with a generic SD card. They work fine in most cases. You're mostly buying the 'brand name' with the Sandisk Wii SD card.

I have not been able to find the read and write speeds for that card. I figure it's an average 10mb/s card, but it has a Wii logo on it and sells for more

My card was $45 without shipping, but it was 2GB, 133x (20mb/s, the fastest SD card you can get, and the Wii supports it). Speed probably won't make a HUGE difference, but without a doubt, a faster card will mean faster save and load times when using the card, and much faster times when transferring things from your SD to the Wii flash memory.

If you don't download VC games, you would probably be fine for a very long time without an SD card at all.

 

[Mic_128]

This is something best asked in the Lihgthouse, specifically the Wii thread.