SanDisk Wii 2GB Secure Digital SD Gaming Memory Card - Bulk Packaging

by SanDisk

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000M6DHA2
• Item model number: SDSDG-2048
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #367 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
  • #5 in Video Games > Wii > Hardware > Memory
• Date first available at Amazon.com: August 5, 2008

Product Description

The SanDisk SD Gaming Memory Card line is the must have card for the Nintendo Wii game console. For maximum performance and to get the most out of all the advanced features on the Wii, youll need a SanDisk Gaming Card. With SanDisk, you will be able to download and store games, store game saves, and edit and store photos.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

156 of 182 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Limited usefulness, inexpensive generic cards serve same purpose, January 1, 2007

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H. Lam (USA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: SanDisk Wii 2GB Secure Digital SD Gaming Memory Card - Bulk Packaging (Video Game)

SD memory cards are an optional purchase of limited usefulness for your Nintendo Wii. Use a SD memory card to store photographs and music for the Wii's Photo Channel; and to back-up saved games, downloaded Wii Virtual Console titles, and Wii software (such as the Wii Internet browser).

Downloaded virtual console titles and software can't be run directly from an SD card but only from the Wii's console memory. Nintendo's thought here is that if you don't have any free space in your Wii's console memory for new software or a saved game, offload something onto a SD card. However, one may also delete purchased virtual console titles and software, because these may be re-downloaded free of charge from the Wii Shopping Channel.

Offloaded virtual console titles and Wii software on an SD card may not be used on another Wii console, as they are locked specifically to your Wii Shopping Channel account. SD cards will not store Nintendo GameCube saved games -- you will need to purchase a GameCube memory card for that. Your Mii avatars may not be backed up onto a SD card. Use a Wii Remote Controller to store up to ten Mii characters per controller.

Of note, generic high-speed SD memory cards perform just as well (for example, PQI, Ridata, or Sandisk), and often cost one-third less than a Sandisk/Nintendo branded SD memory card. Given the Nintendo Wii's limited utilization of SD memory cards, generic SD cards are a smarter buy.

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great buy, September 21, 2009

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Raymond Sindell (Wilmington, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: SanDisk Wii 2GB Secure Digital SD Gaming Memory Card - Bulk Packaging (Video Game)

With the new Wii update, you can really utilize these 2GB cards for storage, and they are a must have for anyone that downloads from the wii store. Sadly, the space on this tiny card is about 100 times greater than that of the wii console memory. Cmon Nintendo, I expect better from you.

If you can find these at a great price (under 30), as I did, definitely pick one up. And one is plenty, considering I've downloaded over 20 games onto it and it is not even 1/4 filled up.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars wow guys..., December 27, 2009

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A. D. Bart "artistofwords" (pennsylvania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: SanDisk Wii 2GB Secure Digital SD Gaming Memory Card - Bulk Packaging (Video Game)

Surprise.... it's a normal SD card, but white.

Regular SD cards will work just as well, like this one:

SanDisk 2 GB Class 2 SD Flash Memory Card SDSDB-2048-A11

To all you mommies and daddies who want to buy all the Wii accessories your kids are screaming for, IT'S EVEN THE SAME BRAND. Buy the cheaper one and let me know if you can tell the difference in terms of performance. Go ahead. Try it.