Some new Wii accessory and VC pricing info

[Julius Seeker]

Price cards are 1000, 3000, and 5000 yen, the 5000 yen one comes with a free classic controller.

The Wii memory cards cost 3800 yen, or about 30 USD. These ones hold half a Gigabyte. I think it is safe to assume that the larger ones won't be available until later, I think I heard in an interview that the largest ones will hold 8 Gigabytes. Likely some third party will come along and get the large ones out long before Nintendo does.

[Lox]

Are these memory cards or SD cards with the Nintendo logo on them?

[Julius Seeker]

They are SD memory cards, as far as I know. The smallest size is 512 megabytes, and the largest is 8 gigabytes. This probably isn't something that anyone here is going to need to buy for quite a while after purchasing the system; I doubt that we're going to be filling up the whole internal drive with MP3s, videos, and photos; might have a few on there, but no more than necessary.

EDIT: Actually IGN updated witht he information:

"This 512MB memory card is functionally equivalent to a standard SD memory card, but has the Nintendo and Wii logos. Pricing is set at 3,800 yen."

So I guess there should be no problems getting however high a density that is required. The prices I have seen are the 2GB ones at 45 dollars, and the 8GB ones at 230 dollars. I am sure by the time that I need one at least, that those prices will have fallen.

[Zeus]

Are these memory cards or SD cards with the Nintendo logo on them?

Normal SD cards. Basically, there's no reason to get a Nintendo-branded one for $30US when you can get a regular one for $25 Cdn. Places like Best Buy and Futureshop have deals on them all the time

[Lox]

Yeah, that's why I was asking. Nowadays you can get a good name brand SD card for around $20 for 1GB easily if you watch for a good deal.