About a few hours ago, word was out that Nintendo was making plans to release the WiiWare service for the Wii console. Much like its Xbox Live Arcade counterpart on the Xbox 360, WiiWare will allow consumers to purchase and download games for their console by using Wii Points.

But while this new service promised to provide the fans with an even wider selection of titles to choose from outside standard DVD-based games and the Virtual Console, one limiting factor that's come to light is the Wii's memory space - the console doesn't have an existing hard drive, with saved data and VC titles instead being transferred to an SD card.

In light of this - and the subsequent rumors that are popping up - a Nintendo UK correspondent provided for a word regarding the Wii hard drive: "No." The company doesn't appear to be making plans to manufacture an HDD for the Wii.

That's the news for the moment; Wii owners may want to drop by their local retailers for an extra SD card or two if they're preparing for the new WiiWare releases. Of course, there's also a the prospect of USB-HDD workarounds, although that's another story...