Wii fans' wish come true: Nintendo Fun Center in action
by JC Fletcher 
{ Sep 17th 2008 at 12:42PM }
WiiHacks forum moderator ModderMan recently took his kid to the hospital for a broken leg, and discovered one of the Starlight Foundation Fun Centers made specifically for hospitals. We're sure he paid appropriate attention to his son and all, but the calling of, uh, someone who cares a lot about the Wii cannot be ignored.
While he was unable to figure out how to open up the unit, ModderMan took video footage of the device and its interface instead. The selection of games ranges from the expected Nintendo hits to things like Elebits and Zack and Wiki, whose release Nintendo apparently noticed!
He also inspected the inside of the unit with the aid of a flashlight. The biggest revelation here is that since there are 20 games on the device, and since one of the USB slots was occupied, there's probably a hard drive at work here. In a Wii. But this probably has as much to do with the development of retail Wiis as those hotel systems did with other Nintendo systems.
[Thanks, Eoin!]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
snapa @ Sep 17th 2008 12:55PM
Hey Nintendo!
Share the wealth. I need some HD action in my life.
Josh @ Sep 17th 2008 4:00PM
HDD.
Orion @ Sep 17th 2008 1:34PM
If I saw a hard drive in the USB slot, that would mysteriously gone missing when I left the room ;).
Especially if it was big enough to put several disk run wii games on it. lol.
JC Fletcher @ Sep 17th 2008 7:16PM
So you want to steal from sick children just because you don't like swapping discs?
josh @ Sep 17th 2008 1:48PM
for wii sake.wtf is their problem with mass storage...they have a huge r&d department with money to spare and makeing a HD would only make them more money wtf???
Josh @ Sep 17th 2008 4:00PM
HDD
Josh @ Sep 17th 2008 10:35PM
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Josh @ Sep 17th 2008 11:38PM
what's worse than that is that he forgot the capital J in Josh.
looks like we're building a small army here.
there should be a system in place to prevent multiple users with the same name. or fix the profile login so i could change mine.
but back on topic, DO WANT!!!
Josh @ Sep 18th 2008 12:12AM
this better?? honestly i dont understand why ppl bicth about proper english on the net. It truely doesnt matter how its stated aslong as the message is understood. WII NEED A Mass storage unit!!!
ZombiePikmin @ Sep 17th 2008 3:00PM
I was just thinking, what if Nintendo was in testing of a 5 terabyte hardrive the size of a thumb??? And just didn't want anyone to know 0_o
Sonic_13 @ Sep 17th 2008 3:37PM
That was a pretty sweet interface. I like how you could view the different games by their box arts and then simply click to start one up.
It would be interesting if Nintendo's storage innovation allowed you to copy disc games to a hard drive like that removing the need for a disc drive.
Rocketboy @ Sep 17th 2008 5:56PM
Fire Emblem? For sick kids? That's just mean.
"Remember kids, it's easy to die, and when you do, it's final. Have fun!"
ButtersParker @ Sep 17th 2008 7:10PM
lol
Miike @ Sep 17th 2008 9:07PM
That's horrible, but true, but hilarious.
David @ Sep 18th 2008 8:56AM
You're so right, I'd never let a sick kid play FE. I almost get heartattacks when my healer dies on turn 17 cuz i left one hole in the formation and the enemy crits. :|
milan @ Sep 17th 2008 8:03PM
Yeah, I hope that Nintendo brings a consumer HD to the market... Oh shit I said HD instead of HDD here comes the Josh police.
Josh @ Sep 17th 2008 10:31PM
SHIT DAMN IT I MUST CORRECT YOU
Chris @ Sep 18th 2008 1:10AM
Yeah, I saw one of these stations when I was touring the Aflac Children's Cancer Center in Atlanta a couple of months ago during an internship. The kids were really enjoying some tennis.