At the Nintendo press event held last night, not only was a new DS model revealed, the DSi, but Nintendo also addressed concerns over the Wii’s desperate storage problems, as well as announcing some new games that should please the hardcore.

First, Nintendo aim to ease the pain of the Wii’s current storage hassles - that of 512 meg Flash storage just not being enough for all the downloadable content that the Wii has on offer. Nintendo are to make it possible to download content directly to an SD memory card for storing downloadable games and content. In order to use the content, such as games, however, you’ll need to copy the content back onto the Wii.

Nintendo also announced some upcoming games for the Wii, including an update to the classic Nintendo boxing game, Punch-Out, as well as revealing that Sin and Punishment 2, Another Code and Dynasty Warriors 3 are currently in development for the Wii.

One last bit of news is that Wii owners will soon be able to play some of the classics from the Gamecube. Certain selections of Gamecube games will be re-released under a new brand called ‘Wii de Asobu Selection’, or ‘Play On Wii Selection’. The games will be updated to suit the controls of the Wii, with Pikmin and DK Jungle Beat amongst the first games to receive the renewal treatment, and will be available as soon as November in Japan. Luigi’s Mansion, anyone?

You can check out videos from the conference by going on over here. Look for the Nintendo Conference header and click on either the Wii, DS or DSi buttons for moving pictures, or click below to access the Wii line-up show reel: