GameCube 251 Memory Card

by Nintendo

Product Features

• Memory card for Nintendo Gamecube system
• Saves up to 251 blocks of information

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000067QW2
• Item Weight: 2.1 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Release Date: June 24, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (109 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,529 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

This Memory Card allows you to save up to 251 blocks of game information. The number of blocks needed to save your game information will vary from game to game. You will only be able to save or load game information for games that are designed to use Memory Cards.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

239 of 247 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now that's a lotta memory!, July 5, 2002

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Dance Music Guy (Cajun Country, LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: GameCube 251 Memory Card (Video Game)

I was finally able to get my hands on this little gem from Nintendo. I would like to start this off by saying that I highly recommend purchasing any of Nintendo's accessories. They may be a few dollars more than Mad Catz, Interact, or Pelican, but with Nintendo you get durable and reliable products. Trust me, this is from personal experiences of buying and having to return third-party products. If you haven't bought a card for your Gamecube yet, I'd say skip the Memory Card 59 and buy this one. If you have, buy this one anyway! You're gonna need this baby if you have or plan to buy any of the current or upcoming sports games such as Home Run King(34 blocks), MLS Extratime 2002(54 blocks), Fifa World Cup 2002(49 blocks), Sega's NBA 2K2(46 blocks), and All-Star Baseball 2003(58 blocks for Season, 153 for Midseason). It's also useful for storing a bunch of mid-range memory games like Burnout(19 blocks), Virtua Stiker(15 blocks), Blitz 2002(17 blocks), Legends of Wrestling(12 blocks), Wrestlemania X8(14 blocks), Resident Evil(8-40 blocks, depending on number of saved games), and Eternal Darkness(15 blocks). This thing is also a great space-saver, unless you rather have 25 regular memory cards scattered around your room. With this, you'll have one card and you'll be ready for Nintendo's future game onslaught. If my review was helpful to you, then don't forget to vote. THANKS!

35 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a decent OFFICIAL memory card, November 18, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: GameCube 251 Memory Card (Video Game)

There's not much to address in the way of memory cards. You buy them, you save games, you're happy. Only when you have to go out and buy yet another memory card are you then sad. That was what we encountered on the memory card 59. Unless, 3rd PARTY. Woo hoo! then all your files are deleated. Oh no. Gone are the days where gamecube owners who actually cared about their saves had to go out once a month to buy a new Memory card. The 251 is a great up grade from the far inferior 59. It holds about 4x more space, which is four times less money you have to spend on memory. This little gem is a must have for sports titles and is quite good on regular games. By the time you finish filling up this little baby, You'll more likely than not have files that may be over written or completely scrapped. On a side note, Amazon is the only place I found to have the 251.

There is only one way to use 3rd party cards efficiently, and thats as warehouses. Have your new buddy the 251 handy at all times, and when a file corrupts, Turn the system off, take out the disc and access the memory screen. Transfer the save that is being "stored" if you will, to the official product and access your memory without problems. YaY! So, in conclusion, pick this baby up with Interact's mega memory 16x card and start saving (and acessing) without problems.

55 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Gets the job done, but still too low on space!!, October 24, 2003

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RoomTenONine (Dillsburg, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: GameCube 251 Memory Card (Video Game)

The Nintendo Memory Card 251 is the largest 1st party memory card offered to Gamecube users. It does a great job with fast saves/loads. I did get a corrupted file once with the game Ikaruga, but other than that the performance has been fine. Unfortunatley 251 blocks isn't enough to save all your settings and season progress in any one sports game...let a lone all the other games you probably play! For example when I bought the awesome Madden 2004, rushed home, popped it in my GC I got a nice big error message saying I wouldn't be able to save all my settings and progress through a season. I also play other sports titles (like FIFA) so the 251 card was NOT cutting it. My solution was to find a 3rd party card with more memory, but a good track record in terms of not corrupting files (some of the large 3rd party ones are known for corrupting often). That really led me to only 1 option: the Nyko 64Mb card allowing over 1000 blocks of data to be saved. After some heavy use it still hasn't corrupted any files and actually loads better than the 251 card! The best part is that the HUGE 64Mb card is the same price as the very tiny 251. Do yourself a favor and just get the Nyko 64Mb.