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Topic: How many wiiware/vc per console?

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Giannacl

Hi!
I'm super new to the wiiware/virtual console, have played wii for a long time but have never before took time to check them before till I saw Goo and Zelda.
Mine are more of thecnical questions...
how many wiiware/vc can a console hold?
what happen if you got full memory and wants to get something else, you have to delete something?
can any of those be save so you don feel like you are throwing money away?

Nintendo fan since 1981...

Punny

For the console itself, the Wii can hold 36 Channels. On the SD Card menu, I believe you can hold 240 Channels. If you have full memory, save or move your data to an SD Card. If your SD Card is full, then you have to start deleting. Don't worry though, the Wii Shop Channel will hold your previous data once it's deleted from your console itself! I think your data will be safe so no cash is thrown away. Happy shopping!

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irken004

Now that the wii has been updated to play games from an SD card, you can play plenty of wiiware and VC games. As for how many EXACTLY, I'm not sure.

LzWinky

there is no definite number. The Wii can hold up to 512 Mb of data, and the games aren't all the same size

Current games: Everything on Switch

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Giannacl

PunnyGuy wrote:

For the console itself, the Wii can hold 36 Channels. On the SD Card menu, I believe you can hold 240 Channels. If you have full memory, save or move your data to an SD Card. If your SD Card is full, then you have to start deleting. Don't worry though, the Wii Shop Channel will hold your previous data once it's deleted from your console itself! I think your data will be safe so no cash is thrown away. Happy shopping!

what size of sd card would you recommend?

Nintendo fan since 1981...

irken004

Giannacl wrote:

PunnyGuy wrote:

For the console itself, the Wii can hold 36 Channels. On the SD Card menu, I believe you can hold 240 Channels. If you have full memory, save or move your data to an SD Card. If your SD Card is full, then you have to start deleting. Don't worry though, the Wii Shop Channel will hold your previous data once it's deleted from your console itself! I think your data will be safe so no cash is thrown away. Happy shopping!

what size of sd card would you recommend?

That depends on how many games u want to get. I have about 6 pages of my 4GB SD card filled up, but that has plenty more room for games.

Punny

Giannacl wrote:

PunnyGuy wrote:

For the console itself, the Wii can hold 36 Channels. On the SD Card menu, I believe you can hold 240 Channels. If you have full memory, save or move your data to an SD Card. If your SD Card is full, then you have to start deleting. Don't worry though, the Wii Shop Channel will hold your previous data once it's deleted from your console itself! I think your data will be safe so no cash is thrown away. Happy shopping!

what size of sd card would you recommend?

I use a 2.0 GB SD card. It has always worked for me!

I'm back (for the moment)!

Giannacl

irken004 wrote:

Giannacl wrote:

PunnyGuy wrote:

For the console itself, the Wii can hold 36 Channels. On the SD Card menu, I believe you can hold 240 Channels. If you have full memory, save or move your data to an SD Card. If your SD Card is full, then you have to start deleting. Don't worry though, the Wii Shop Channel will hold your previous data once it's deleted from your console itself! I think your data will be safe so no cash is thrown away. Happy shopping!

what size of sd card would you recommend?

That depends on how many games u want to get. I have about 6 pages of my 4GB SD card filled up, but that has plenty more room for games.

and you can only get that info in 1 card or can you have multiples cards?

[Edited by Giannacl]

Nintendo fan since 1981...

irken004

Giannacl wrote:

irken004 wrote:

Giannacl wrote:

PunnyGuy wrote:

For the console itself, the Wii can hold 36 Channels. On the SD Card menu, I believe you can hold 240 Channels. If you have full memory, save or move your data to an SD Card. If your SD Card is full, then you have to start deleting. Don't worry though, the Wii Shop Channel will hold your previous data once it's deleted from your console itself! I think your data will be safe so no cash is thrown away. Happy shopping!

what size of sd card would you recommend?

That depends on how many games u want to get. I have about 6 pages of my 4GB SD card filled up, but that has plenty more room for games.

and you can only get that info in 1 card or can you have multiples cards?

You could download games to multiple cards if u want (i think), but a 2 GB or 4GB SD card should be more than enough to hold all the games.

Punny

Giannacl wrote:

irken004 wrote:

Giannacl wrote:

PunnyGuy wrote:

For the console itself, the Wii can hold 36 Channels. On the SD Card menu, I believe you can hold 240 Channels. If you have full memory, save or move your data to an SD Card. If your SD Card is full, then you have to start deleting. Don't worry though, the Wii Shop Channel will hold your previous data once it's deleted from your console itself! I think your data will be safe so no cash is thrown away. Happy shopping!

what size of sd card would you recommend?

That depends on how many games u want to get. I have about 6 pages of my 4GB SD card filled up, but that has plenty more room for games.

and you can only get that info in 1 card or can you have multiples cards?

If you're referring to multiple data for one game, I believe you can put it in multiple cards. I do it by saving one data on the SD Card Menu, re-downloading the same game to my console's memory, then inserting another card and copying the console's memory to it.

I'm back (for the moment)!

Giannacl

irken004 wrote:

Giannacl wrote:

irken004 wrote:

Giannacl wrote:

PunnyGuy wrote:

For the console itself, the Wii can hold 36 Channels. On the SD Card menu, I believe you can hold 240 Channels. If you have full memory, save or move your data to an SD Card. If your SD Card is full, then you have to start deleting. Don't worry though, the Wii Shop Channel will hold your previous data once it's deleted from your console itself! I think your data will be safe so no cash is thrown away. Happy shopping!

what size of sd card would you recommend?

That depends on how many games u want to get. I have about 6 pages of my 4GB SD card filled up, but that has plenty more room for games.

and you can only get that info in 1 card or can you have multiples cards?

You could download games to multiple cards if u want (i think), but a 2 GB or 4GB SD card should be more than enough to hold all the games.

as far a "any kind", I have a Kingston 8 GB Class 4 SDHC and a Fujifilm 4 GB Class 6 SDHC (faster) cause i keep upgrading to a bigger one. can I use either one (or both)?

Nintendo fan since 1981...

Giannacl

THANK YOU GUYS! I'l try and let you know!

Nintendo fan since 1981...

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