SD card

I bought an SD card a while back... what's the point of it? I copied over all my VC games on there and then I couldn't play them anymore. So whats the point of getting one?SD card
Backing up/trading/Emailing game saves, music, movies, pics.You don't really need them for Virtual Console games since Nintendo gives you unlimited online storage for all your games. Unless you don't have an internet connection always.SD card
nintendo dont give you unlimited storage, if you run out of internal flash memory then you can delete a game then download it again at a later date, all nintendo do is keep a log file of what youve downloaded they prob assign about 2mb of log file per wii
Unless you really, really like looking at pictures, there isn't much point right now since it only serves as a backup storage. I'd like to see a firmware update that allows your SD card to act as actual expanded (real-time) storage, but we'll see.As for Nintendo offering ''free online storage,'' do you mean the ability to redownload the game whenever I want to? I've got about 20 blocks on my Wii (my blocks left is all RED, like a warning), and if that's what you mean, I don't find it to be a satisfactory solution. Having to delete a game from the internal memory in order to download a game from the WiiShop is about as cumbersome as backing them up to an SD card and swapping them when you need to. With as many channel ''slots'' as there are available on the Wii interface, it's obvious that Nintendo intented for you to fill them, but the storage is quite insufficient at this time. Hopefully they have something in the works...
[QUOTE=''linkinworm'']they prob assign about 2mb of log file per wii[/QUOTE]



Oh come on, that's completely unsubstantiated. Your comment was legitimate until you said that.



To the OP: I have no idea, but I've been wondering the same thing since I bought a 2 gig SD card for my Wii. So far it's been pointless except for backing up game saves. I wish games would come out with the ability to save straight to the SD card so I could have more space on the internal flash memory.
[QUOTE=''linkinworm'']nintendo dont give you unlimited storage, if you run out of internal flash memory then you can delete a game then download it again at a later date, all nintendo do is keep a log file of what youve downloaded they prob assign about 2mb of log file per wii[/QUOTE]Read my post again, notice where it says ''online''?They hold ''online'' all of the games you've downloaded and you can take any of them off their servers as long as you own the rights to the game.
I don't see Nintendo doing anything about this for a long time. This has been a complaint since the VC started releasing games and Nintendo hasnt don squat.
[QUOTE=''yanwasp'']I don't see Nintendo doing anything about this for a long time. This has been a complaint since the VC started releasing games and Nintendo hasnt don squat.[/QUOTE]That's because it's not a concern for most users