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[[File:SecureDigitalCard Wikimedia Commons.png|right|115px|thumb|Design of an SD card.]]
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An '''SD Card''' ('''Secure Digital Card''') is a well-known storage device often used for storing files, often for a [[wikipedia:personal computer|personal computer]], smartphone or camera. It is not known whether [[Nintendo]] have ever produced their own SD Cards, as Nintendo's game consoles which support SD Cards expect SD Cards from external companies such as [[wikipedia:Toshiba|Toshiba]] and [[wikipedia:SanDisk|SanDisk]].
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'''SD cards''' are very common types of storage mediums that [[Nintendo]] began using in the [[Wii]] era. The Wii, unlike the [[Nintendo GameCube]], has internal memory where players can save their game data, or even on SD cards, especially in cases where the internal memory runs out of storage. SD cards can store the Wii's channel data and some non-save game data, such as [[smashwiki:Snapshot|snapshots]] in ''[[Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'', though the game also allows snapshots to be saved on the internal storage. The Wii, [[Nintendo 3DS]], and [[Wii U]] all support SD cards up to 32GB in memory, though in the Wii's case, before the System Menu 4.0 update in March 2009, it could support only up to 2GB standard SD cards, not any SDHC cards. ''Super Smash Bros. Brawl'' and many other games are incompatible with SDHC cards, especially if they were released before the Wii gained SDHC card support.  
  
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Not all of Nintendo's newer consoles support a regular SD Card, but rather a microSD card. Content from the microSD card can however be attached to an adaptor to use it in the consoles with an SD Card slot.
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The Wii has an SD card button in the lower left corner of the Wii Menu. If the button shows up as blue instead of gray, meaning the Wii acknowledges that an SD card is inserted, clicking on the button will show a special menu with gray boxes on black, showing [[Virtual Console]] and [[WiiWare]] games that are stored on the SD card, including any of ''Super Mario'' franchise.
  
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On Nintendo consoles, SD Cards can be used to store games, downloadable content data, photos/pictures, music and videos.
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The [[Nintendo Switch]] uses '''MicroSD cards''' for internal storage, allowing for up to 2 TB. Two official Nintendo microSD cards designed especially for the Nintendo Switch are ''Super Mario''-themed: the red 128GB microSD card with a {{smw|Super Mushroom}} and the yellow 512GB microSD card with a {{smw|Super Star}} symbol.
  
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Nintendo chose to assign downloaded game content on SD Cards to individual consoles/accounts. This means that moving one SD Card to another console is not enough to play the game. However, the [[System Transfer]] feature allows the player to assign the games to another system while disabling the games on the original system.
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==SD card support table==
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! SD
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|[[File:SecureDigitalCard Wikimedia Commons.png|36px|center]]
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|[[File:SecureDigitalCard Wikimedia Commons.png|36px|center]]
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|[[File:SecureDigitalCard Wikimedia Commons.png|36px|left]]
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|[[File:SecureDigitalCard Wikimedia Commons.png|36px|left]]
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|[[File:SecureDigitalCard Micro Wikimedia Commons.png|36px]]<ref name=two group=note>MicroSD only</ref>
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|[[File:SecureDigitalCard Micro Wikimedia Commons.png|36px]]<ref name=two group=note/>
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! SDHC
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|✔<ref name=one group=note>Needs to be on Wii System Menu 4.0 or higher. Most older games are incompatible.</ref>
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|✔<ref name=two group=note/>
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! SDXC
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|✔<ref name=three group=note>The SDXC card has to be formatted to FAT32 with 32k clusters.</ref>
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==Further info==
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*[[wikipedia:SD card|Wikipedia]]
  
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==Supported consoles==
 
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===Standard SD Card===
 
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*[[Wii]]
 
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*[[Nintendo DSi]]
 
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*[[Nintendo DSi XL]]
 
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*[[Nintendo 3DS]] (comes with 2GB Toshiba SD Card)
 
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*[[Nintendo 3DS XL]]
 
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===MicroSD Cards===
 
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*[[New Nintendo 3DS]]
 
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*[[New Nintendo 3DS XL]]
 
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*[[Nintendo Switch]]
 
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*[[Nintendo Switch Lite]]
 
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Revision as of 01:05, 31 May 2024

Design of an SD card.

SD cards are very common types of storage mediums that Nintendo began using in the Wii era. The Wii, unlike the Nintendo GameCube, has internal memory where players can save their game data, or even on SD cards, especially in cases where the internal memory runs out of storage. SD cards can store the Wii's channel data and some non-save game data, such as snapshots in Super Smash Bros. Brawl, though the game also allows snapshots to be saved on the internal storage. The Wii, Nintendo 3DS, and Wii U all support SD cards up to 32GB in memory, though in the Wii's case, before the System Menu 4.0 update in March 2009, it could support only up to 2GB standard SD cards, not any SDHC cards. Super Smash Bros. Brawl and many other games are incompatible with SDHC cards, especially if they were released before the Wii gained SDHC card support.

The Wii has an SD card button in the lower left corner of the Wii Menu. If the button shows up as blue instead of gray, meaning the Wii acknowledges that an SD card is inserted, clicking on the button will show a special menu with gray boxes on black, showing Virtual Console and WiiWare games that are stored on the SD card, including any of Super Mario franchise.

The Nintendo Switch uses MicroSD cards for internal storage, allowing for up to 2 TB. Two official Nintendo microSD cards designed especially for the Nintendo Switch are Super Mario-themed: the red 128GB microSD card with a Super Mushroom and the yellow 512GB microSD card with a Super Star symbol.

SD card support table

Wii Wii U Nintendo DSi Nintendo 3DS New Nintendo 3DS Nintendo Switch
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 SecureDigitalCard Micro Wikimedia Commons.png[note 1] SecureDigitalCard Micro Wikimedia Commons.png[note 1]
SDHC ✔[note 2] ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔[note 1] ✔[note 1]
SDXC ✔[note 3] ✔[note 3] ✔[note 3] ✔[note 3] ✔[note 3][note 1] ✔[note 1]
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 MicroSD only
  2. ↑ Needs to be on Wii System Menu 4.0 or higher. Most older games are incompatible.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The SDXC card has to be formatted to FAT32 with 32k clusters.

Further info

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