Re: The Wii is Built to Last

by ElkinFencer10 Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:07 pm

sikokiller wrote:nintendo has been in this business for 25 years so its obvious the wii wont fail much .. even if alot od people played the wii it will still be a reliable hardware.. my nes is still kicking ass these days

The NES is the only Nintendo system that has even remotely common hardware failures, and the only problem that ever occurs is that the 72 pin gets worn out and needs to be replaced (an EASY do-it-yourself fix), and they fixed that problem with the NES 2 (which is why the rest of their cartridge systems were top-loaders instead of front-loaders; front-loading puts too much stress on the pins).

by **sikokiller** Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:55 pm

i love Nintendo (No Homo)

by **sikokiller** Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:56 pm

ElkinFencer10 wrote:
sikokiller wrote:nintendo has been in this business for 25 years so its obvious the wii wont fail much .. even if alot od people played the wii it will still be a reliable hardware.. my nes is still kicking ass these days
The NES is the only Nintendo system that has even remotely common hardware failures, and the only problem that ever occurs is that the 72 pin gets worn out and needs to be replaced (an EASY do-it-yourself fix), and they fixed that problem with the NES 2 (which is why the rest of their cartridge systems were top-loaders instead of front-loaders; front-loading puts too much stress on the pins).

thats true but all you need to do is buy a nes cleaning kit then its done lol..

by stink183 Sat Sep 19, 2009 8:44 am

my wii fell off a dresser and it survived its a tuff gaming console.

by nintendorocks Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:43 am

yep i've had mine for 2 years and it's still working the same as it did when i first got it

by **SoaringDive** Sun Sep 20, 2009 7:53 pm

stink183 wrote:my wii fell off a dresser and it survived its a tuff gaming console.

Happened to me like 10 times, every time having Brawl in the Wii. Brawl doesn't have a single scratch and the Wii works perfectly fine, never got one of those cleaning kits or anything. Yet if I were to have a 360 do the same fall, the 360 wouldn't work and the disk would be in 5 million peices.

by Camo Junky Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:57 pm

nintendo, now only if you can make grade A fps games, and have a new OPTIONAL controller that doesnt have motion controlls.

by Invaderzzim Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:10 am

ElkinFencer10 wrote:Nintendo may not have the prettiest graphics, the best online, or as many 3rd party games as Sony or Microsoft, but they don't have as much fail as Sony, and nobody could ever compete with Microsoft in the "epic fail" department after their massive 360 melting fiasco....The Gamecube, for example, may not have been the best in terms of power or graphics, but I left my Gamecube on for over 7 months straight (I was paused and couldn't find a save point and then forgot about it, lol) and it wasn't even hot.

I got to admit, that gamecube story was the dumbest thing i've ever heard, but i'm still really impressed with how the gamecube held up, lol. *claps*

by SiLeNtDo0m Sat Oct 03, 2009 11:18 am

I read that someone's little brother or cousin managed to stuff some bread in their Wii (thinking that was how toast was made) and after managing to fork the majority of it out the Wii still worked perfectly. Microsoft and Sony could learn something....

by Jade789119 Sat Oct 10, 2009 4:29 pm

for games i left my game cube on for unlokes night after night my friend did it on his original xbox i broke lol after only one day Razz

by Godwind Sun Oct 11, 2009 9:18 am

Nintendo tends to make sturdy hardware. So did Sega. Too bad Sony and Microsoft will never learn.

Although Launch Gamecubes and Wiis had a fair shake of problems but they have been fixed pretty quickly. Disc reading errors happened on the Gamecube although it happened on the PS2 and Xbox as well.

The Wii had some issues. Things such as Dirty Lens. There are a few other issues that happened. Most are related to Launch Wiis.

by Jade789119 Sun Oct 11, 2009 8:56 pm

my wii is a launch wii never had one problem or heard of any Razz

by Godwind Sun Oct 11, 2009 10:14 pm

Jade789119 wrote:my wii is a launch wii never had one problem or heard of any

As I said, Nintendo tends to make solid hardware. However, there are certain issues such as the Fan going out and the dirty lens and a few other issues but it is pretty small.

by Jade789119 Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:14 am

if a Game cube suvives that first bit im amazed cuz that would never happen in normal situations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBHH-H837gg&feature=related

funny video tho could do without accent

by **Darrien** Sat Dec 26, 2009 4:27 am

not my dsi Neutral

I have to send it in for repairs

by Super Smash Bros. Fan Sat Dec 26, 2009 11:00 am

Another reason why I love Nintendo. They make excellent hardware and they don't fail for a very long time. Both PS2's that I had die, but my SNES is still in perfect condition.

by Jakester12621 Sun Dec 27, 2009 11:27 am

Out of all of Nintendo's consoles I say the worst ones hardware-wise are the NES and N64. The only reason I put the N64 on here is because it just FREEZES so much ease. If you nearly nudge the cartridge, INSTANT KO. If you do not put the game in well enough it may jack up as you play the game. It disappoints me ho much of a better top loader the SNES was...

by Smashboy64 Wed Jul 21, 2010 10:16 pm

Nintendo said at they're confrence that they did Wii-search(a corny pun that regie used) and said that the wii is the most used console of the 3,so yeah.

by Jmo1link Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:32 pm

I've had mine since day one of it's release, still working. =D

by **Darrien** Sun Aug 22, 2010 4:42 am

my disc drive is starting to fail Sad

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