The Video Game Critic

I should have posted this awhile ago, but better late then never.

I did indeed get my Wii back, freshly repaired from Nintendo. Actually, they sent me a different Wii altogether. Fine by me, especially since they managed to keep all of my data intact. All I had to do was redownload my VC games (free, obviously). The only casualty is that my Miis aren't editable anymore, but that's hardly a big deal.

I was surprised to find that even my VC save states were intact, depite having to redownload the games. Pretty sweet, since I had progressed pretty far into some of them.

All in all, it took Nintendo a little less then 2 weeks to get my Wii and send it back. A good experience, well, as good as having a bad console can be, I guess.

The one good thing about waiting before making this post: My new Wii isn't showing any signs of graphics glitching or overheating.

-Rob

I havn't heard much about Wii or PS3 failures, and I kind of expected to. Even when it is a small percantage, it often gets played up. There was a big media event over defective 360's on their launch, which may or may not have been warranted, I personally do not know. The PS3 was supposed to be especially ill fated, so was that all hype?

Also, Paul Campbell, did you get your wimote to work?

 The PS3 was supposed to be especially ill fated, so was that all hype?

I havn't heard much about Wii or PS3 failures, and I kind of expected to. Even when it is a small percantage, it often gets played up. There was a big media event over defective 360's on their launch, which may or may not have been warranted, I personally do not know. The PS3 was supposed to be especially ill fated, so was that all hype?

Also, Paul Campbell, did you get your wimote to work?

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Yup.  I actually forgot it was even broken, and then when a friend and I played Madden '07 it worked fine.

Just to mention with my 360.  MS got it back to me within a week, paid all the shipping costs, didn't require me to send back the hard drive so I kept all my data too.

You probably got a refurbished unit, not a brand new one.

Yeah, it was most likely someone else's repair. I would guess they repair units and send those back and repair the one you sent in later, to keep the pipeline going. Don't care as long as it works.

-Rob