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USB drives for Wii a reality afterall?

Those USB slots on the back of the Wii are an enigmatic duo aren’t they? A mystery wrapped in a riddle topped with a secret. Why? Because so far they’re like that expansion slot on the bottom of the SNES — no one really knew what the heck it’s there for. But today, some techie […]

Those USB slots on the back of the Wii are an enigmatic duo aren’t they? A mystery wrapped in a riddle topped with a secret. Why? Because so far they’re like that expansion slot on the bottom of the SNES — no one really knew what the heck it’s there for.

But today, some techie far smarter than I has figured a way to make 120 GB USB drives synch up with the Wii so that the system thinks they are SD cards. Here are the rules for you to use an external USB hard-Drive. to make me look like an idiot. Sharp Infendo readers discovered this schmuck duped everyone and got this on Digg.

Saved by the question mark headline — this one is a resounding NO.

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  1. The Digg community has cried foul on this one, and I sincerely hope that Infendo will make an update to inform its readers of this untruth.

  2. I know that the network adapter that Nintendo will be releasing in January will utilize the USB ports. Check out the product picture on the Nintendo store.

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