Wii GH5 to stream from large SD cards

By Robert Purchese Published 12 August, 2009

Feature enables 32GB of DLC space.

Developer Vicarious Visions has said Guitar Hero 5 will be the first Wii game to stream content from high-capacity SD memory cards, which can be as large as 32GB.

And booting straight from the cards is possible, according to IGN, which means easier downloads and quicker data transfers.

Activision reckons over 800 songs can fit in that space: songs with better audio quality, note data, album art, motion-capture animation triggers and song-specific displays. A new Rock Archive will offer easy access to the SD card contents, which can then be sorted and imported.

To help fill the SD card, previously-bought DLC will be transferable to GH5, albeit for a small cost.

The Wii Music Store also offers more than single-song downloads, now; full track packs, albums and queues of songs can be stacked for transfer.

It's one step closer to decking the Wii version out with the features inherent to PS3 and Xbox 360 games.

Check out our Guitar Hero 5 preview to find out more.

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds. @Clert on Twitter.

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Comments (7) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • LazyDan #1 3 years ago

    Oooh, excitement... If the DLC keeps up with the 360/PS3 versions, I may even get the Wii version instead :o

  • mkreku #2 3 years ago

    Wait, they're going to charge money to let you transfer your already bought DLC to a new media..?

  • Ignatius_Cheese #3 3 years ago

    @mkreku - I imagine this will be platform-wide, unfortunately...

  • Stompy #4 3 years ago

    Post deleted at 23:13:35 17-04-2012

  • smelly #5 3 years ago

    I havent played a guitar hero game since the original.

    Is the wii version any cheaper (considering they can put the wiimote in the guitar - which saves them money on motion sensing/bluetooth communication devices)?

  • Sharzam #6 3 years ago

    This really is great news for wii owners, when i had one one of the biggest problems i had was the lack of online features and lack of hard drive. Things you kinda take fro granted with ps3 and 360, now if nintendo sort out dum friend codes the wii may slowly start becoming a proper gaming machine in todays world (raw graphics and sound aside).

  • crazyhorse174 #7 3 years ago

    So this'll mean that my Wii could potentially have more downloadable songs stored on it than my 360 with a 20GB HDD and for cheaper (360 HDD vs. SD card prices)!? Argh - pull the finger out MS and release a larger HDD with a lower price!
    Edited by crazyhorse174 at 13/08/09 @ 09:25