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Title: Wii problems
Post by: Shyguy92 on August 15, 2007, 07:36:39 PM
Here you can post any problems that you've had with the Wii remote, or the Wii. Things like injurys would be most welcome. (I'm just curious, but mabye it'll help people be prepared)
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: Robert on August 15, 2007, 08:29:19 PM
Well, once or twice, my Wii-mote wouldn't turn on at the Wii channels screen.

Once, when my mom was playing Zelda, the plus button and the accelerometer in the Wii-mote wouldn't work, so we called Nintendo tech support, and he told us to turn the Wii-mote backwards and hit the Wii-mote on the palm of our hand (it worked, thankfully).

Finally, I was playing my own custom level in Elebits, when the game froze. I unplugged the AC adapter, and the reattached it. I turned on the Wii, and it worked perfectly.
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: Vidgmchtr on August 15, 2007, 08:34:15 PM
I've not really had problems, but every so often I have had to reset the console after waiting 3-5 minutes after starting the Disc or Mii channels.
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: Shyguy92 on August 15, 2007, 08:42:39 PM
Oh ya I forgot to say, my friend and I were playing Wii Sports, when he hit me, quite painfully, with the remote, in the elbow.
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: MaxVance on August 15, 2007, 09:31:14 PM
The best way to be prepared is to read the manual and use some common sense.
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: BP on August 15, 2007, 09:38:56 PM
I am having my Wii sent to NoA for repairs tomorrow. It does not read a single disc I try to put into it. My cartridge-based consoles, except for my ancient NES, work like new. I've had a few problems in the past with it suddenly crashing on a black screen and needing to be unplugged, but that's not happened since some distant update. Sometimes the remote doesn't respond, but that's also easier to fix these recent days.
Anyone else experiencing their remote going... wonky? Mine definitely doesn't pick up from as far as it did when new, and often it'll be stuck pointing left when I've pulled it up to point upward. It takes a few seconds to register the change and the cursor reappears.
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: MaxVance on August 15, 2007, 09:50:14 PM
You might just be having infrared light interference that you may not have had when you first got your Wii. Try adjusting the sensitivity.
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: BP on August 15, 2007, 10:16:50 PM
When I send it to Nintendo and get it back, of course. The only thing that could be interfering is the reflection of my light bulb.
Since I tried every disc I own on that thing, my entertainment center's a mess. Just like the rest of my room.
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 15, 2007, 10:42:31 PM
and he told us to turn the Wii-mote backwards and hit the Wii-mote on the palm of our hand (it worked, thankfully).
Weird, man. That fixed the plus button as well?
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: Robert on August 15, 2007, 10:55:40 PM
Weird, man. That fixed the plus button as well?

Indeed it did.

Although, by that time, I wanted to switch to Wii Sports to ensure it wasn't a problem with the game. Unfortunately, I couldn't save mom's game, so she lost a lot of data :(
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: ShadowBrain on August 16, 2007, 08:26:03 AM
One of my remotes--the one that came with the system, I think--just spontaneously started going abolutely nuts a little after I got a new one. I tried everything, called tech support ("hit it on your hand?" Oh, and there was Twilight Princess hold music!), did what they said, and... well, it got replaced. New ones have some kind of serial number on the side, I guess.

I'm so glad I don't own a 360.
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: Chupperson Weird on August 16, 2007, 11:00:41 PM
They have their FCC ID printed on the side.
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: Metric on August 17, 2007, 01:59:18 PM
When on stand by, my Wii gets really hot. So I just leave it on.

Also, my Wii is like 5 times louder than my TV.

Of coarse, these are more of annoyances than problems.
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: Luigison on August 17, 2007, 05:39:38 PM
I haven't had any heat or lockup problems since the last update.  I never noticed any noise from the Wii since my TiVo fans and hard drives run all the time.
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: Lizard Dude on August 17, 2007, 11:15:51 PM
I used to think my Wii and PS2 were noisy.

Then I got a 360.

Now I think my Wii and PS2 are dead silent.
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: Mr. Wiggles on August 18, 2007, 01:30:23 AM
Biggest problem I've had is that I've practically abandoned it for the last 2 months since It hasn't had very many interesting games released.
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: spamspamspamspam on August 18, 2007, 01:58:29 AM
what I think is the worst problem I've encountered was, when playing a GameCube game, I ACCIDENTLY PULLED IT OFF THE TV! I you don't seee what the problem is,  after that, if you played it for a while, the Wii would overheat because the fan was broken
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: Metric on August 18, 2007, 08:20:06 AM
Biggest problem I've had is that I've practically abandoned it for the last 2 months since It hasn't had very many interesting games released.
I agree with you here, or at least that there are none worth buying. But don't forget, the Wii does play game cubes games, and you can get them pretty cheap right about now. I've been playing through all the ones I never got to play because Final Fantasy XI took over my life from like 2004-07. But they are jsut as fun as any Wii games.
Title: Re: Wii problems
Post by: Toad on August 18, 2007, 09:04:29 PM
Once after downloading and using the Internet Browser (to post here in a topic that was for internet browser users), I went back to play Zelda, but only the A, B, Plus and Minus buttons were working. I could only move Link and use the items I had equipped last time I saved.

I didn't have to call Nintendo's Tech Support, though, because my sister somehow knew what to do.. I don't know what she did, but she did it to both Wiimotes anyway, just to be sure.

The only problem (or minor annoyance) I have now is that my system gets really warm after extended periods of play.