Wii to Get New Hardware - Possibly Hard Drive?

HoboBob writes "It has been suggested that Nintendo will be unveiling some new hardware for the Wii at the E3 media festival, and some are speculating that it could be a hard drive. According to the article: 'Confirmation back in April that Neo Geo games will begin being added to Wii's Virtual Console download service adds weight to the speculation, considering Neo Geo games are huge — some clocking in it at up to 330MB. One of those bad boys would put serious strain on the Wii's memory.'"

Neo Geo games?

[Canthros]

Duuuuude. I would almost kill for some Samurai Shodown. Dag.

SMB

[rlp]

I'd rather see a software upgrade to support SMB. Then my Wii could access files on my server. While we're at it, they could add a DivX channel for video playback. Oh yeah, and a Java VM ... and a pony.

Re:SMB

[maniac/dev/null]

I'd rather see a software upgrade to support SMB. Then my Wii could access files on my server. While we're at it, they could add a DivX channel for video playback. Oh yeah, and a Java VM ... and a pony.

Why not just wish for a Cell Processor, the end-all-be-all of CPU technology, while you're at it.

I was going to ask for a Folding@Home Channel, but I realized my Wii doesn't have enough downtime to make good use of it.

Re:SMB

[AsnFkr]

I'd rather see a software upgrade to support SMB. Then my Wii could access files on my server. While we're at it, they could add a DivX channel for video playback. Oh yeah, and a Java VM ... and a pony.

Dude, in this conversation you can't use the acronym "SMB" and have it mean what you intended.

Possibly?

[Anonymous Coward]

Here's hoping for a cartridge slot to blow into to bring back the old-school feel.