Reddit mentions: The best wii memories

So for your working purposes, the best equipment may already be sitting in your house (if not cheap alternatives to them). Let me explain…

A) The best, cheapest hard drive you could have with ample size?

____a. If you have a 256GB or 512GB SSD sitting in one of your unused computer (I don’t think everyone has access to this, as not everyone works in an IT-based industry), then a simple USB 3.0 -> SATA converter cable, priced at a mere… $10.99 might save you a few extra dollars. This is IF you decided to go this route. Traditional external SSDs, nominally 2.5-inch or smaller, are very fast, with speeds of 6Gb/s or faster, so this could be an option. (This also has yet to be outlawed by the Wii modding community [or as far as I know--they're just as reliable, if not moreso than traditional SSD portables.])

____b. Otherwise, a simple $59.99 SSD – 250GB Portable may be sufficient and cost efficient for ya!

B) The emulators the Wii can handle are as follows:

____a. Nintendo systems leading up to Nintendo 64: Wii64

____b. Nintendo portable systems leading up to Nintendo DS: DeSmuMe Wii

____c. Sega systems up to Sega Saturn: Yabause Wii

____d. Sony systems—Sony PS1: WiiSX

____e. Atari Systems leading up to the Atari 7800: Wii7800

____f. …and a variously-mixed set of arcade/personal retro-gaming computers from the 70s – late 80s. Check the list here.

C) As for Nintendo Gamecube cards, there is this one, which is 512MB! And it only costs $13.99!

D) Personally, seeing that read-write speeds degrade over time, I would recommend (if you’re not using your external drive, partitioned like I mentioned in THIS post, like mine), then getting a decently fast SDHC card, may help: See this 128GB cheaper-end SanDisk, that is MORE than capable of holding plenty of games/apps for your Wii.

E) Also, if you have any troubles, I wouldn’t mind helping you out while getting any/all of this setup! You can just message me if you have any snags or anything, and I’d be more than glad to help!

…and trust me, I know the feeling. I don’t really mod my Wii much, except for when my USB Loader GX tends to act funny, and then I’m scrambling the internet looking for an update to inject into my FAT32 partition! Bahahah! #AncientWiiProblems

Here's a memory card I got off Amazon.It works great!
https://www.amazon.com/Mekela-Memory-Compatible-Nintendo-Gamecube/dp/B075ZPGMJT/ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa?keywords=gamecube+memory+card&qid=1558671235&s=gateway&sprefix=gamecube+mem&sr=8-1-spons&psc=1

It’s honestly more than I could possibly need and so far so good, it’s been with me for almost a year.

Also, there’s a button you press for switching banks. You have 4 banks in total and each at around 4000 blocks or something.

Not an affiliate link, just want to share exactly what I bought.


Mekela Memory Card 512MB (8192 Blocks) Compatible Nintendo Wii Gamecube Game Cube NGC GC (Blue) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075ZPGMJT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_FoENDb6RFEJ8T

I have this one and it's only $2 right now. It's worked fine for the past 6 months since my last two corrupted within 2 weeks of each other ;__;

My gamecube memory card is actually 512mb. I'm playin gamecube and livin in the fuckin future at the same time. The perils of still playing a 15 year old game competitively I guess.

Here’s a list along with amazon links. Ordering online is the easiest, or check if you’ve got a retro game store nearby (there’s more of them around than you’d think)
The controllers I linked are on the cheap end, but I used them for a time and had little to no issue

AV Cable https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07GRTSCHQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_obliDbEE86NMV

Power Adapter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VBZ3SGG/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_VcliDbMTD9D8Y

Controllers https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07PDGLG2Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_OdliDbQ2FWAES

Memory Card https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075ZPGMJT/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_bfliDb9FYTKDS

nah, there are memory cards still in production that are marketed as wii memory cards, but they're essentially the same as GC memory cards

For example, http://www.amazon.com/Memory-Card-Console-1019-Blocks-GameCube/dp/B000X37732

Biggest i ever had as a kid was 32MB. But i found a 512 MB here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B011HEMLL8/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_tLkRyb65C8ZDB

 

Thats the biggest i see without researching longer lol. How big were you looking for?