Nintendo Wii Programming Manuallines page 6

Wii Programming Guidelines
7.3 Nintendo GameCube
7.3.1 Application Support for the Nintendo GameCube Controller [Information]................................. 38
7.3.2 Use of Origin Reset Command as Game Input Prohibited [Required] ....................................... 38
7.3.3 Support for Origin Reset Command [Required].......................................................................... 38
7.3.4 Hot Swapping Support for Nintendo GameCube Controller Socket Devices [Required] ........... 39
7.3.5 Frequency of Checks for Nintendo GameCube Controller Hot Swapping [Recommended]...... 39
7.3.6 Nintendo GameCube WaveBird Wireless Controller Support [Required]................................... 39
8 Wii System Memory.................................................................................................................................... 40
8.1 Restrictions on Wii System Memory [Required] ................................................................................. 40
8.2 Limits on Frequent Rewrites [Required] ............................................................................................. 40
8.3 Error Handling [Required]................................................................................................................... 41
8.4 Write Operation Display [Required].................................................................................................... 41
8.5 Data Compatibility Within the Same Program [Required] .................................................................. 42
8.6 Applications Dependent on Wii System Memory Access Speed Prohibited [Required] .................... 42
8.7 Reset Handling [Required] ................................................................................................................. 42
8.8 Data Unit for Users [Required] ........................................................................................................... 42
8.9 Checking the Number of Free i-nodes and Amount of Free Memory Using NANDCheck[Async]
[Required]....................................................................................................................................................... 42
8.10 Timing for Checking the Number of Free i-nodes and the Amount of Free Memory [Required]........ 43
8.11 Notification When the Number of i-nodes or the Amount of Free Memory Is Insufficient [Required]. 43
8.12 Do Not Change Created File Size [Required] .................................................................................... 44
8.13 Handling Corrupted Files [Recommended] ........................................................................................ 44
8.14 Handling Corrupted Wii System Memory [Recommended]................................................................ 44
8.15 Saving Data During the Shutdown Process [Recommended]............................................................ 44
9 Nintendo GameCube Memory Card........................................................................................................... 45
9.1 Nintendo GameCube Memory Card Compatible Application [Information]........................................ 45
9.2 Use of Write Functions Prohibited [Required] .................................................................................... 45
9.3 Programs Must Not Depend on the Access Speed of Nintendo GameCube Memory Cards
[Required]....................................................................................................................................................... 45
9.4 Support for High Capacity Nintendo GameCube Memory Card [Required]....................................... 45
9.5 Errors Displayed when Memory Cards Cannot be Used [Required].................................................. 46
9.6 Compatible Slots [Recommended] ..................................................................................................... 46
9.7 Memory Card Menu in Application [Required].................................................................................... 46
9.8 Limit on Accessible Memory Card Files [Required]............................................................................ 46
RVL-06-0132-001-I
Released: October 11, 2006
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