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This news has now been confirmed by retail sources, who claim that the card, which features 17 times more storage than the original media offered for the 'Cube, will be released across the world in time for summer of 2004.

Yeah I heard, it will have 1019 blocks of memory. I think they should have had this from the beginning. I just hope its not ridiculously priced. I will pick one up because right now I am switching between two 251's all the time since some games only like slot A.

Who actually needs that? I have 2 3rd party 59's and I'm fine for right now.

Originally Posted by Drico Who actually needs that? I have 2 3rd party 59's and I'm fine for right now.

I am going to go ahead and guess people with a lot of games that need to be saved will need this memory card. Just a hunch though.

Originally Posted by Drico Who actually needs that? I have 2 3rd party 59's and I'm fine for right now.

Pick up Madden 2004 , It takes an entire 251 card.

I have 8 official cards.
4 x 59 and 4 x 251.

I bought one just for Ikaruga, but then realized that it would be sad if it would have no friends on the same Memory Card :(, so I moved it to one that has a couple of other good games

Originally Posted by Drico Who actually needs that? I have 2 3rd party 59's and I'm fine for right now.

Some games take a big save, two of my games, BG&E and Hitman 2 require 55 blocks and 59 blocks respectively. Some games have multiple games on one disc. I have 26 or so games for the cube and add to that the games I have rented. With some of the games requiring big saves I am on my second 251.

I think this is especially necessary for the sports games, the fact that sports games will take an entire card themselves is reason enough for a bigger card. Also the new sims games takes around 150 blocks I believe.

i have to say nintendo sure is smart and nice, itd be amazing if sony put out diffrent sizes, like 4, 8 and 16 megs

The Sims Bursting out takes up 169, and sport games take up even more. Beyond Good and Evil takes up 55 and I was shocked about that. I only have 77 blocks left, so this thing better come out soon.

the 1019 card will be priced 29.99. i need one bad.

I have a 256 and im doing fine...I will be picking this up however (im buyin animal crossing and harvest moon)...and I dont think my measly 256 can handle those games on top of my others

Animal Crossing comes with a free formatted memory card (it has a present on it for you)

Third party memory cards suck ass. I wouldn't want my 2000+ hours of PSO corrupted to save a few bucks.

I know it does...but im just gunna take that and put it on the other...and sell that memory card ^_^

According to EBgames' website, the release date is 6/8. We'll see if it's out then. I really need a new card.

The funny thing is is that the cards are in the same casing as the 59 cards. They mustve had left over stock of the old cards and just swapped them out. You can see a video of it on the new sampler disc which should be at most stores with a demo cube on the floor.

I have 8 GCN games. I can fit MAYBE four or five saves onto the one card I have right now.

This is one reason why I only have 8 GCN games, compared to the 30+ PS2 and nearly 50 Xbox games. I refuse to bend over for Nintendo.

Maybe you should bend over, at least then it may look like you have a life.

Nyko makes one with a little over a thousand blocks for twentyfive bucks. Think it's any good?

I bought a 3rd party interact 16x card a year and a half back for 20 bucks, used. It's been dunked underatwer, nd slammed on the ground to the point where the casing shattered and I actually had to duct tape it bac on. Guess what, it still works. No save losses whatsoever. It's worth the 20 bucks to not have to worry about five or six memory cards. Just make sure you keep your backups on your old cards if you're that worried about the data.