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According to a press release at eSOL’s website, they’ve been “selected” to bring their middleware to the Wii… but its functionality is already there.

“Both software products constitute fundamental functionalities in the Wii console – managing and transferring data and files with external media. In particular, PrFILE2 provides file management functions which read and write data of theSD memory card, as well as other media;. PrUSB/Host functions are used in Wii, to provide USB host functions.”

I’ve read through the release a few times and I’m not sure what they’re talking about, but it sounds to me like they’re saying they’ll be handling something pre-existing in the system from this point forward, which means this probably has no bearing on future functionality, only on more efficient current functionality. It is possible that this will provide the base for a firmware revision that could change the way the Wii interacts with data… it would be nice to see the Wii running software off of SD Cards for a change, or being able to allow communication between Wii storage and Gamecube storage. External HDD support would also be pretty sweet, but let’s keep in mind that while USB is mentioned in the press release, HDD support is not.

Of course, there is this:

Optional Mass Storage class driver enables using USB flash memory, other mass storage device and digital camera as the external storage.

Let’s hope Nintendo takes that “option,” but the wording of this release seems to imply that this technology will not change the abilities of the Wii. I would expect Nintendo to add support for external storage without increasing functionality. That is to say, you can have more room, but you can’t run software from it.

eSOL Products Selected for the New Game Console “Wii(TM)” from Nintendo press release.
Via Cubed3.