@Laoldar,You wouldn't need a hardrive, most of the data could be stored on a server that you log onto. I think nintedo's fear of doing something non-family friendly is limiting them. There are always going to people who a paranoid about video games no matter what, and letting that ruin your online fucntionality and hurting your chances at winning the videogame war, amd more importantly for gamers taking potential away from the games.
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