Nintendo: We have run out of parts necessary for repairs, so as of July 3, 2024, we will no longer be accepting repairs for Wii U consoles and peripherals
Nintendo: We have run out of parts necessary for repairs, so as of July 3, 2024, we will no longer be accepting repairs for Wii U consoles and peripherals
by Georgesmith17
17 Comments
New_Bumblebee_9519
I suppose they’ll just try and rerelease the last few wii u exclusives that could sell well in theory
heywaddupboi
The interesting part is that the WiiU may become a rare and expensive collector’s console in a few years. They didn’t sell or produce as many consoles as their competitors, and now they’re hard to fix, so numbers will drop even more. If no third party intervenes, the WiiU will become rare.
Broken-Nero
If they’d just port over Twilight Princess and Windwaker HD I would have no reason to even play the Wii U.
Dukemon102
I need to protect my Gamepad with my life at all costs. Otherwise I’ll never be able to play Xenoblade Chronicles X again (With Yoshi’s Woolly World and the Zeldas at least I can use the Pro Controller).
Great_Gonzales_1231
It’s joever…..
ProfessorCagan
Wii U is such an odd case of simultaneously being worthless and priceless. It’s a very historically important device with strange hardware choices, a library that has largely been taken and placed on more successful devices, probably the best emulation box out there for Nintendo games, and has variety of canceled titles from companies Nintendo courted to satisfy the hard-core audience and it failed spectacularly. I don’t think we’ll see anything like Wii U again, that’s not to say consoles and gaming services won’t fail (we saw the rise and fall of Stadia after all), but I don’t think we’ll see anything end up in the same place Wii U has.
andrewober
Youtube guy MattKC is working on being able to use an android device as the gamepad. Hopefully something will come of that project.
LoserOtakuNerd
Reminder that if you have a Wii U and are heavily invested in keeping it in working order, make sure to back up its console-specific files and keys to rebuild your NAND on replacement parts.
A lot of Wii U consoles, particularly the black 32 GB models, have Hynix NAND chips that are prone to failing and preventing the console from being used. If you back up system files this is fixable–if you don’t, it isn’t (right now).
ArtoriasBeeIG
Make some FUCKING MORE THEN
IThinkItsCute
I honestly had no idea they were still repairing the Wii U in the first place.
G-Kira
Third parties will eventually make parts. Same as it is for older systems nowadays.
McKnighty9
Luckily all their good games were ported…
Hopefully the Switch doesn’t ruin itself in the future
saul2015
are they able to recreate the gamepad with a TV on the steam deck yet?
Jusup
For the love of god port xenoblade x
Fit-Rip-4550
And the third party market for parts has just increased ten fold.
flower4000
Ok Nintendo but don’t get mad when I emulate wind waker hd.
TheShweeb
Didn’t this only happen to the Famicom around something like 2007? I guess parts don’t stick around for all that long any more.
17 Comments
I suppose they’ll just try and rerelease the last few wii u exclusives that could sell well in theory
The interesting part is that the WiiU may become a rare and expensive collector’s console in a few years. They didn’t sell or produce as many consoles as their competitors, and now they’re hard to fix, so numbers will drop even more. If no third party intervenes, the WiiU will become rare.
If they’d just port over Twilight Princess and Windwaker HD I would have no reason to even play the Wii U.
I need to protect my Gamepad with my life at all costs. Otherwise I’ll never be able to play Xenoblade Chronicles X again (With Yoshi’s Woolly World and the Zeldas at least I can use the Pro Controller).
It’s joever…..
Wii U is such an odd case of simultaneously being worthless and priceless. It’s a very historically important device with strange hardware choices, a library that has largely been taken and placed on more successful devices, probably the best emulation box out there for Nintendo games, and has variety of canceled titles from companies Nintendo courted to satisfy the hard-core audience and it failed spectacularly. I don’t think we’ll see anything like Wii U again, that’s not to say consoles and gaming services won’t fail (we saw the rise and fall of Stadia after all), but I don’t think we’ll see anything end up in the same place Wii U has.
Youtube guy MattKC is working on being able to use an android device as the gamepad. Hopefully something will come of that project.
Reminder that if you have a Wii U and are heavily invested in keeping it in working order, make sure to back up its console-specific files and keys to rebuild your NAND on replacement parts.
A lot of Wii U consoles, particularly the black 32 GB models, have Hynix NAND chips that are prone to failing and preventing the console from being used. If you back up system files this is fixable–if you don’t, it isn’t (right now).
Make some FUCKING MORE THEN
I honestly had no idea they were still repairing the Wii U in the first place.
Third parties will eventually make parts. Same as it is for older systems nowadays.
Luckily all their good games were ported…
Hopefully the Switch doesn’t ruin itself in the future
are they able to recreate the gamepad with a TV on the steam deck yet?
For the love of god port xenoblade x
And the third party market for parts has just increased ten fold.
Ok Nintendo but don’t get mad when I emulate wind waker hd.
Didn’t this only happen to the Famicom around something like 2007? I guess parts don’t stick around for all that long any more.